LincsBren
Silver Member
I'm currently on Lipotrim TFR and doing well. I like it; the VLCD suits me and I haven't struggled to stick to it. I am fortunate in that I like the shakes a lot. I know there's not a lot of variety, but even after 6 weeks I'm not bored with mainly having 3 flavours of shakes plus the odd soup or flapjack.
However, my closest pharmacy is 24 miles away and I can only go on a Saturday due to their opening hours and my working hours. This is a bit of a pain as it instantly swallows up a large chunk of my morning, to say nothing of fuel costs, and restricts me a bit regarding making weekend plans. I have found a CD consultant who lives 4 miles from me - I would drive past her house every day anyway, so if she did evening appointments I could totally free up my weekends.
I have a couple of questions; once on SS (which I'd be eligible for as I am BMI 25 plus 1st 11lbs currently) is there a cut off for stopping? Do you have to move onto step 2 as soon as your BMI reaches 25? In an ideal world I'd stay SS to BMI 23-ish which means losing another 2st 5lbs. This should take me about 10 weeks, so is within the 12 week frame.
My other concern is cost. With LT there is a set price (£36 per week, so 21 servings for women) but I'm aware that on CD, each product is priced up differently. I appreciate it may vary slightly, but could people give me an idea of what they pay per shake / porridge / bar? (I'd probably not bother with soups anyway). What would you typically pay for 21 servings of a variety of products?
Anything else I should consider when thinking about changing? My sister is on CD 810 and I've compared nutritional values, calories etc of products (all the same!) and she swapped me a mint choc shake which I liked (tasted virtually the same as LT to be honest!)
However, my closest pharmacy is 24 miles away and I can only go on a Saturday due to their opening hours and my working hours. This is a bit of a pain as it instantly swallows up a large chunk of my morning, to say nothing of fuel costs, and restricts me a bit regarding making weekend plans. I have found a CD consultant who lives 4 miles from me - I would drive past her house every day anyway, so if she did evening appointments I could totally free up my weekends.
I have a couple of questions; once on SS (which I'd be eligible for as I am BMI 25 plus 1st 11lbs currently) is there a cut off for stopping? Do you have to move onto step 2 as soon as your BMI reaches 25? In an ideal world I'd stay SS to BMI 23-ish which means losing another 2st 5lbs. This should take me about 10 weeks, so is within the 12 week frame.
My other concern is cost. With LT there is a set price (£36 per week, so 21 servings for women) but I'm aware that on CD, each product is priced up differently. I appreciate it may vary slightly, but could people give me an idea of what they pay per shake / porridge / bar? (I'd probably not bother with soups anyway). What would you typically pay for 21 servings of a variety of products?
Anything else I should consider when thinking about changing? My sister is on CD 810 and I've compared nutritional values, calories etc of products (all the same!) and she swapped me a mint choc shake which I liked (tasted virtually the same as LT to be honest!)
I swapped from LT to CD too 
