Vicky I did Lipotrim a couple of years ago and find Exante so much better. I could still taste LT bars the next day and never managed to finish one! While Exante is ok, I find I can stick to it reasonably well, and as you say it is so much cheaper. I am not overly keen on the bars but I can eat them which I couldn't do with LT. Also the shakes are so much better and I am not a shake person. The soups are a bit hard going at times but again so much better than LT.
Good luck to you both.