Exante

[UpinScots]

Thanks to an unexpected payment i've decided to test the waters with 1 week's worth of shakes so now all I need to do is decide what flavours to go with.

Are there any that I should avoid? Any that you feel tastes better than the others?

I had a WW banana drink from their powder years ago and it tasted vile, nothing like their premade banana drink so i'm unsure about picking the banana and I don't like chocolate is milkshake form so thats out too.

I got on well with exante some years ago but after the initial pack didn't buy any more shakes: went with savoury foods and bars so no help to you I'm afraid.
Nothing tastes like real food but after a while you stop noticing.

I heard there was a dodgy batch of the strawberry ones that was super sweet so be careful of those.
I like the lemon cheesecake flavour and the coconut one is nice. It's definitely best to add plenty of ice and blend in a blender if you can as this improves them a lot.
Most of the flavours are ok though and I also recommend the bars as a change from shakes. Favourite bar is the choc caramel crunch.

Do they put you in ketosis? And fill you up?

If you just do the 3 shakes a day it is a very low calorie diet like Cambridge or Lighter life. You will feel hungry at first but after a few days you will get used to it and most people get into ketosis. Then you won't feel hungry and the shakes or other packs are fine to fill you up.

So I have placed my order and chosen

Banana + Strawberry
Toffee Caramel
Honeycomb
Cookies and Cream
Mango and Passionfruit

Will start them next week and hopefully fine it okay enough to try 4 weeks

Good luck don't forget week 1 is the hardest so if you get through that you will be doing well.

I've started LighterLife today as they have a 40% off offer, I've heard good things so feeling hopeful to lose this 3 stone!

I really need the counselling side of things as I can never stick to SW or WW.

How you finding Exante?

Anyone on here still?

I am thinking of starting on Exante. How have you all done? Do I do it or do something more "healthy" like Slimming World?

How do the exante meals compare to the slim save meals? Particularly the spicey ones. I really like the ss chilli and spicey potatoes. Is the exante as nice?