hi there aktrs and welcome to our little exante corner.
Magggie is our lovely experienced font of knowledge.
I am afraid not having really looked at the other diet I wouldn't be able to compare for you. What I can say, is I find the food packs on exante are definitely not unpleasant and I do not dread meal times. I find I enjoy the shakes and bars and find myself looking forward to the soups pepped up a little with tabasco.
But this is my exante opinion, it might be a good idea to also post this question on the liptrim boards, and see if any exante dieters moved over to that diet, in order to get a good balance of opinions.