In 2007 a couple of friends of mine lost a lot of weight on LT and so I looked into it. I had already successfully slimmed from 14st 4lbs to 12st 12lbs over a period of 2 years, through high protein, low carb healthy eating - but then my weight loss had stalled. I did LT just for a short while - in 5 weeks I dropped down to 11st 5lbs, but then it was the Christmas period so I used my remaining shakes to help me maintain rather than lose (successfully - I was 11st 4lbs by the first week of January). I maintained fairly sucessfully, putting on around 7lbs which I believe was mainly due to not refeeding correctly (or at least, not correctly FOR ME - IMHO the lipotrim refeed is crap, and I should have eeked it out over more like 4 weeks!) and then I stayed at that weight for over a year.
Which takes us to early 2009, when I had the contraceptive implant, and piled on 2 stone in 1 month, and another stone the following 2 months. 2 weeks later I stop my [very physical] job but don't change my eating habits, and voila another stone creeps on. Suddenly it's Summer 2009 and I'm over 15 stone. I tried slimming world, weight watchers and basic calorie counting over the next year, and the lowest I ever got to was 14st 5lbs - and that went back up very quickly.
My sister had decided to give CD a go and rang me to chat about my experiences of LT, and as I was telling her how fab it was, I suddenly thought 'Why the hell am I not back on it?!' and went to the pharmacy 2 days later.
I have actually swapped to CD now because my consultant lives very close to me (as oppose to having to drive 22 miles each way to the LT pharmacy) and I LOVE their range of products. I have considered swapping to Exante (Sandra - it's £25 a week, not month!) but I feel I 'need' the visit to a person, sort of like 'name and shame' to be weighed in. I daren't cheat as I don't want to let her down! I know that when I am at target weight, I will continue buying about 7 products a week for lunches, and a weekly weigh in when I collect them will help me stay on track AND have me in the ideal position to pick up a few ore products if I've let a little weight creep on and want a week of TFR or 2 shakes a day to get back on track. No letting it creep on without noticing this time!