mousey
Full Member
Hey all,
Brand new member here. I've never done exante before, though I did cambridge many moons ago, their version of total solution, and lost about 4 stone. Regained, of course, and swore no more vlcd! I now also have medical issues meaning I need to get a certain degree of calories in and genuinely wouldn't medically be allowed to do a vlcd.
However, I really need a good way to get the right nutrition in, and watch my calories, that's more convenient than cooking a million times a day. I also need to lose at least 4st 9lbs...
So I'm doing a version of the working solution diet. 3 exante packs (one bulked with some vegetables) plus a low carb meal of around 400cals. I'm aiming for between 1000 - 1200 cals a day, including some soya milk for tea and some sugar free drinks (a-la coke zero).
I haven't tried a calorie controlled diet for ages. The diet I had most success on was actually low carb/high fat but with some real life events going on I don't have the time or focus for the food prep involved. Really hoping exante will help me out.
I have to say VLCD have improved since I did cambridge and I appreciate the fact exante is far cheaper and has more options than just bars and shakes.
Having dieted since I was 14 I have finally realised that the technique many weight loss companies have of making you hate yourself as a fat person is the wrong thing to do. It's ingrained in me now to hate myself but I'm trying to change and be kind to myself instead. I've been fat and been thin and while I'd rather be thin my life wasn't dramatically different. Fat me and thin me are the same person with the same worth and both as good or bad as each other.
I have some issues with 'diet talk' - I refuse to consider food as 'naughty' or anyone as 'bad' for eating 'sinful' things. Food is food and there should be no moral or ethical judgement made about it. We are not bad, lazy or evil for being a bit bigger than other people. Fat people certainly aren't disgusting. (People who think fat people are disgusting are disgusting).
I'm not doing this for my health - my health was better when I was bigger and dieting for so long has been one component of messing it up. It's entirely possible to be healthy at any size.
There's no thin person inside of me screaming to be let out and (I know from experience) my life won't be vastly improved if I'm thinner.
But I do have anxiety problems and people are far kinder when you're thinner. I'm doing this for the aesthetic benefits, mainly. It's also much easier to shop for clothes when you can buy in mainstream shops and I've just hit size 20 again, I'd like to be 16 or so so I can buy most places.
Ok so, starting today and having (if all goes to plan):
Apple and custard pack
Pasta carbonara pack with added courgette
double chocolate bar
Fillet steak and prawns cooked in fry light
Soya milk
Coke zero
Medications
cals: 1123
Start weight 15st 9lbs
Start BMI: 40.1
Brand new member here. I've never done exante before, though I did cambridge many moons ago, their version of total solution, and lost about 4 stone. Regained, of course, and swore no more vlcd! I now also have medical issues meaning I need to get a certain degree of calories in and genuinely wouldn't medically be allowed to do a vlcd.
However, I really need a good way to get the right nutrition in, and watch my calories, that's more convenient than cooking a million times a day. I also need to lose at least 4st 9lbs...
So I'm doing a version of the working solution diet. 3 exante packs (one bulked with some vegetables) plus a low carb meal of around 400cals. I'm aiming for between 1000 - 1200 cals a day, including some soya milk for tea and some sugar free drinks (a-la coke zero).
I haven't tried a calorie controlled diet for ages. The diet I had most success on was actually low carb/high fat but with some real life events going on I don't have the time or focus for the food prep involved. Really hoping exante will help me out.
I have to say VLCD have improved since I did cambridge and I appreciate the fact exante is far cheaper and has more options than just bars and shakes.
Having dieted since I was 14 I have finally realised that the technique many weight loss companies have of making you hate yourself as a fat person is the wrong thing to do. It's ingrained in me now to hate myself but I'm trying to change and be kind to myself instead. I've been fat and been thin and while I'd rather be thin my life wasn't dramatically different. Fat me and thin me are the same person with the same worth and both as good or bad as each other.
I have some issues with 'diet talk' - I refuse to consider food as 'naughty' or anyone as 'bad' for eating 'sinful' things. Food is food and there should be no moral or ethical judgement made about it. We are not bad, lazy or evil for being a bit bigger than other people. Fat people certainly aren't disgusting. (People who think fat people are disgusting are disgusting).
I'm not doing this for my health - my health was better when I was bigger and dieting for so long has been one component of messing it up. It's entirely possible to be healthy at any size.
There's no thin person inside of me screaming to be let out and (I know from experience) my life won't be vastly improved if I'm thinner.
But I do have anxiety problems and people are far kinder when you're thinner. I'm doing this for the aesthetic benefits, mainly. It's also much easier to shop for clothes when you can buy in mainstream shops and I've just hit size 20 again, I'd like to be 16 or so so I can buy most places.
Ok so, starting today and having (if all goes to plan):
Apple and custard pack
Pasta carbonara pack with added courgette
double chocolate bar
Fillet steak and prawns cooked in fry light
Soya milk
Coke zero
Medications
cals: 1123
Start weight 15st 9lbs
Start BMI: 40.1
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