Hi PinkPonyTail and DorsetMum, I hope you are settling into Exante and seeing a difference on the scales. I find it I only drink 2 litres of water a day my weight loss slows, but it increases if I drink 3-4 litres. I never go over the 4 litres as there is no benefit and can flush all the vitamins and minerals in the packs out of the body and you can feel unwell. The first week is the hardest because you will be hungry. Even when you have been doing for a few weeks you can still have days when you will feel ravenous. I really look forward to the fourth week and start planning ahead what my 200 calories each day will be. I'm dreaming of salmon and salad as a real treat! I have slip ups sometimes as I crave savoury food, but they are all weird things -horseradish sauce, pesto, etc straight from the jar, but now a lot less often than in the past.
Good luck with your weight loss.
If you are doing Total Solution this Exante's list of allowable extras.
Total Solution List
Total Solution is an abstinence based programme where you consume either 3 x 200 calorie or 4 x150 calorie Exante Diet food packs per day and no conventional food. For best results you should consume:
- 3 x 200 calorie or 4 x 150 calorie Exante Diet meal products per day.
- 2 - 4 litres of water per day (still or sparkling)
Food packs should be prepared without the use of oil/fat (Frylight or similar is acceptable).
Drinks Maximum Amount
Coffee, no milk - freeze dried (flavoured or regular), freshly roasted, decaffeinated or regular Unlimited
Tea, no milk - tea from the leaf, root or seed (not fruit based or from the flower) Unlimited
Dr Pepper Zero or other sugar free soft drink NOT containing citric acid 330 mls per day
Exante Drinks Mix 4tsp per day
Stock powder/bullion or stock cube 2 tsp. or 1 cube per day
Beef Bovril or Marmite 1 tsp. per day
Condiments Maximum Amount
Walden Farms products (all varieties as long as calorie and carb free) 3tbsp. per day
All herbs and spices - dried, fresh or in a tube/jar Unlimited
Garlic (fresh, paste or powder) Unlimited
Frylight or other 1 kcal spray Unlimited
Tabasco Unlimited
Soya sauce, Worcestershire sauce 2 tsp per day
Fish sauce Unlimited
Tablet Sweetener Unlimited
Vinegar - malt, balsamic 1 tsp per day
Salt, pepper Unlimited
If you are doing Total Solution Plus, you can add healthy snacks and meals, but it will slow down your weight loss and you won't go into ketosis. Depending on what you want you can add up to 600 extra calories, taking you to 1200, but most people only add 200-400 calories of real food.
UPDATE: The new Coca Cola Zero contains citric acid so I have removed it from the list. Dr Pepper Zero is okay, plus some supermarket own brand diet coke but just 330ml a day.
http://www.exantediet.com/blog/health-trends/coke-zero-ketosis/