I would probably look at giving up Exante and exploring an alternative diet where you can eat on a daily basis. SlimFast would be a good option.
The Exante diet itself is simple in that you can only stick to the Exante shakes, soups or bars. You have 3 or 4 a day. That's it. Adding in stuff, whatever it is, Oxo Cubes, Pork scratchings, whatever, is going to add calories and you will no longer be doing a VLCD. It will slow down (and possible reverse) the fat burning process which will lead to less/no weight being lost, resulting in you swiftly getting impatient and dropping it altogether.
If you don't have the willpower to stick with these rules, fair enough, I'm not attacking you, but you can't "mix and match" and add things in whenever you feel like it. If, as you say, you're feeling very ill on the diet, then you don't need to see a GP in order to establish that you probably should come off it anyway and go get some medical advice before exploring new avenues. However, the diet does come with some 'symptoms' that do seem to disappear given time. Hunger, is, of course, one.
Obviously pork scratchings are a terrible thing to eat, regardless. C'mon! They're full of fat, have hardly any nutritional value whatsoever, and, more to the point, would surely do little in the way of filling you up even if you were starving hungry in the first place (unless you ate absolutley loads and the amount you would need to eat on order to feel significantly fuller would be calorie/fat city). I doubt Oxo Cubes provide exactly a wealth of nutritional value either.
I don't deny that Exante is somewhat challenging at times. I'm into my third week and have had some tough days. However, I have stuck with it 100% and have just had my second month's supply arrive. Although it's hard, there IS a payoff - I've already had well over a stone and a half disappear. But then, I've done exactly what has been requested of me. If this is too hard, please go and look at other diets. They may not be as rewarding quite so quickly, but you may find them easier to cope with.
Well done for being so dedicated, but I must tell you that I have been on VLCD now for almost 5 weeks so I am well aware of how it works.
I came from an atkins background so the reason I chose pork scratchings is because they will not take me out of ketosis.
Out of 5 weeks I have had 2 slip ups, one was a miniscule chicken salad and the other was today.
You appear to be quite educated on diet, so you would know that not only does slim fast contain ungodly amounts of sugar, but exante also has higher plans.
I am more than capable of sticking 100% to a VLCD diet, it is NOT a case of willpower (I think my stats speak for themselves) it was a case of I felt as though I was literally going to pass out in the street. Yes I should have had a shake but I didn't, I just wanted to feel better in that moment, back to willpower, as my diary shows I have exercised a massive amount of willpower over my journey.
I appreciate what you are telling me, but I wasn't looking for someone to give me a reason to give up exante, I am very much enjoying the quick results and my losses have not been hindered. Also exante states that you MAY use boullion, I was asking about oxo because it is all they have in the shop. I am also enjoying the products and giving up has never entered my mind.
conventional dieting does not work for me, I have alot of issues with food and I have been of almost every diet out there. I know that low carbing/vlcd is for me, therefore I made the wisest choice I could basd on my resources and knowledge, the fact that KFC is next door, I think it showed restraint to not go and get what I actually wanted to eat.
Thank you for taking the time to write back to me, but I do not appreciate the negative undertones in your message. I will continue my exante journey, I am no less committed, and I will reach goal. I may have added one week on to my journey today, but I feel better and I no longer feel ill, so if that is what I had to do then I am glad I did it.
Everyones journey is different, all power to everyone who has 100%ed their whole time, but it is the end result that matters.
I wish you every success in your journey