ALIZONNE!

[Beccie77]

Hello all Alizonners out there, starting a new thread as the old one is full to bursting, and I still want to know how everyone is doing and any tips.

@CXGAMBLE Welcome! hope your first day goes well and motivates you even more.

I also wanted to go a bit further with the weight loss, but the doctor set a reasonable goal for me according to the tests etc, and once the target weight is really close, we will take a look and see if we can go on a bit more or if my body has had enough. I also started a bit over 3stone overwheight.

Looking forward to following your journey.

@bettybrighton hey! I like the "treats" idea. Maybe I will do it too : )

Experimenting with the swap box.

So I've been trying a few random new sachets, because I had 14 sachets to replace, and I made a few discoveries.

(GOOD)

• bacon and cheese pancake (yellow - now one of my favs)
• beef and onion soup (mushroom soup is better, but this one is close after)

(BAD)

• potato and leek soup (had to bin it, YUCK!)
• Banana dessert (only tried it as a frozen lollie and it was vile. Will give it another chance as a pudding)

Thanks everyone for the encouragement. I'll obviously post my actual starting results once I have them

That treats idea sounds really good. Definitely loving that.

How's everyone finding the endermologie treatment? Dies everyone find that it's working? Another concern I have is if this weight does come off rapidly it would leave bad looking skin behind.

Cheers. Xx

Another week finished and another 4lbs lost (12 lbs lost in two weeks)- i'll take that! I was a bit worried this week as I drank less water (always over 2L but last week I was nearly always at or near 3L). Also I was much less adventurous with sachets this week. Mainly stuck to chocolate, vanilla, orange and pizza. I love these but I need to be careful that I don't get sick of them! Might try some cheese sachets this week if they have some and start having some omelettes again. FYI the fine herb omelettes aren't nice at all : (

Sandy x

P.S. Week two Alizonne tracker and reflection is on my blog now x

@ CXGAMBLE - Loose skin is a problem with rapid weight loss. Endermologie will help to reduce it but I have 100lbs to lose so I know endermologie alone won't be enough to tighten everything! I've seen others on Alizonne who have lost this much and their loose skin is much less than you would expect without endermologie but they do still have some. The things I'm doing include:

• Having endermology and having it regularly - always at a high intensity
• Drinking plenty of water
• Dry body brushing daily before showering - this is something I'm trialing - only started it yesterday. It is supposed to help release toxins, encourage lymphatic draining and encourage blood flow to skin surface to boost natural collagen. I thought this would help to tighten skin along with endermologie.

Does anyone have any more tips?

Sandy x

Thanks Sandy. Nearly a stone in 2 weeks, that's amazing. Well done you!!!

I have about half of that to lose, just over 50lbs so fingers crossed the endermologie will do the trick, but mainly I'm worried about my bust as I'm a FF at the mo, and don't want boobs on my knees as a result lol ??

Hello everyone

@Sandyxblog you're doing really well! I've lost the same as you but in 3 weeks instead. But my weight loss totally stalled (even gained a bit) during my menstrual cycle, maybe that's why? Anyway pretty happy with this loss! - I don't like the fine herb omelettes either! And it's very easy to get bored of the sachets you like if you don't vary a bit more, I'm finishing my 3rd week and now I'm starting to get really tired of some. Will need to visit the swap box and pick a few new flavours to experiment.

@CXGAMBLE I have to lose more or less like you in total, around 42lbs and they recommended me using a very good firming cream for my bust twice a day to prevent that. The cream they recommended was super expensive though (I think around £90)

@Brigidwasp - Awww thanks! I think your body naturally keeps hold of water when aunt flo comes to visit but its weight that gets lost after as your body gets rid of the water its holding. You're doing really well too!

Sandy x

@Sandyxblog thanks :) x

Hello everyone and welldone, I am in my week 10 of a 16 week programme, as at last wednesday i have lost 22kg, hoping to hvae lost 24kg when i visit the clinic tomorrow, when i lose 25.2kg then i get into phase 2.

One aspect of the diet I dont think I was ready for, was the drastic change in my physique, I sometimes look like a stranger to myself in the mirror.

I always stick to my, chocolate, banana and peach mango drink as i am now used to them.

Good luck to everyone as we continue the marathon race towards a new body, like someone said every little lose counts and no 2 weeks are the same.

Hello @Jafojo, hey! you're almost there on Phase 1, good for you! :)

I understand what you mean, I still haven't lost as much weight to see a stranger in the mirror. But I am really looking forward to it! Hello to new me! : )

The banana drink you mention is it the same as banana dessert sachet? or it's a different one?

I start week 4 tomorrow!

@jafojo Phase 2

Thanks Brigidwasp,

It is the same as the banana dessert, but i take it anytime with hot water or cold water depending on my mood, it is quite handy as it doesnt congeal and it is easy to just pour into a bottle of water and shake

Phase 2 knocking, but I have been told my dream of having tuna salad for lunch will have to wait as the intake of chicken/fish /meat will have to be the last meal of the day, a replacement for the 5th sachet

You will soon see the stranger, you will first notice it when you start finding it easy to wear the grey suit ...lol

@Jafojo thanks, I think I wouldn't like it then. I hated the banana dessert, which was so disappointing because I love bananas and I miss the flavour. :/ I thought this was going to be one of my favs.

I will let you guys know when I see the stranger then hehehe

Aww sorry about that. Yeah I knew it was the 5th sachet. I would also kill for a tuna salad lunch at the moment, haha. But I'm strong enough to prepare my boyfriend's lunch and he's had a few tuna/avocado salads, etc. A bit hard to resist!

Hello everyone

Just got back from my week 10 treatment, I have lost another 2kg, so I am now down to 106kg from 130kg, I will enter phase 2 next week when I should have hit the golden 104.8 mark. I had an interesting discussion with my therapist about how I look, according to my program I still have 2 stones to lose before I hit my target of 94kg, she wasnt sure I could lose that much and not look sickly, she advise we have another check in 2 weeks and that there might be a need to adjust my target upwards. While I want to lose weight I dont necesarilly want to be thin as I am tall, so there is a likelyhood my target might be adjusted to 100kg....fingers crossed. I like the way I look now apart from some unfinished work in progress business in the stomach area. I have been advised its time for some exercise to keep fit

Congratulations Jafojo!

Brigidwasp & Sandy, I've been reading all your threads and I get really useful information.

I am really stuck now, which is rather disappointing, I started on June 27 and so far I have only lost 8 kg. There were times when I visited the clinic every 2 weeks for my treatment but so far I've had more than 8 sessions. I cheated two weeks ago when I visited Stonehenge and I had a veggie burger, which I didn't enjoy at all. The doctor said today: 'You lost 2 weeks' (apart from lots of money!!)
The good thing is that we can all see it works if we really stick to the rules..
Unfortunately for my diet programme, I am going to be working in a summer school in Oxford and there might not be a great variety of veggies and salad so I have to think of plan B.

Keep posting (that really puts my hopes up)
XX

Back from my 4th treatment. I lost 2,1kg this week, which is awesome considering last week I lost only 1kg. I'm down almost one stone now, which is already 1/3 of the total. Dr. told me I'm exactly where I need to be to meet the target for Phase 2 which made me really happy!

@jafojo, from what you tell us it sound like probably you just have to keep going a few more weeks and that's it! specially if they adjust the target. :)

@Dolores1980 Glad you found the posts useful! Yes, sadly I also believe that this diet works wonders only if you stick to it 100%. It must be a bit frustrating to be told you lost two weeks, as that's a lot of money and it puts 2 extra weeks on your diet.
While you're in that summer school, will you be staying somewhere with cooking facilities? fridge? what will you have available?

@sandyxblog thanks for all the reward tips in your blog. Thanks to that I took the idea of the pandora bracelet and I'm going to add one new charm every time I lose a stone. Great idea, and it looks really nice :) I got two charms already, because before Alizonne I lost one stone on my own too. I will have 4 charms when I finish!

I'm on my way into birmingham for my ultrasound and endermologie and doctors appointment but I was too excited I couldn't wait to share!

I'VE LOST OVER ONE STONE :D I weighed in this morning (as I always do before clinic) and I was down -15lbs in 18 days :D :D :D :D Whoop whoop time to treat myself to a Pandora Charm!

@ Brigidwasp - Aww thanks! I'm continually looking for ways to keep myself motivated because as bad as it sounds...if it was just me and the diet, at some point I would likely give in to temptation! I think it's why I love chatting about it and reading peoples post because you realise you are not alone. On other diets I've done in the past, its always been with a friend or family member so we motivated each other, but this is me on my own.

@ Dolores1980 - I normally chop up all my veg (mushrooms, swede, courgettes, aubergines etc) and store in 100g portions so when it comes to stir fry time I'm pretty much ready to go. Sometimes I even wash and freeze spinach and spring onion otherwise I would spend ages each day weighing and chopping veg! Would you be able to freeze veg so you could whip up stir frys whilst away? Sounds extreme buy maybe get a mini fridge if you havent got access to one in the kitchens. So you can keep fresh food in your room. Maybe there's a supermarket nearby where you could order online from your phone and they will deliver?

@ Jafojo - congratulations on your success so far! you are an inspiration to the rest of us :D

Hope everyone is well!

Sandy x

@Sandyxblog congrats!!!! it will be a well deserved charm :)

I know it's hard to do it on your own, same here! but the forums/blogs are really useful for motivation and support. We're not alone!

Well I had my 'free' consultation yesterday, which pretty much amounted to a lady reading out what is already read within the literature they sent me, so seemed to be an hour wasted.

I mentioned about having a large bust and she said there's not a lot they can do except recommend a surgeon !!!

Back next week to actually meet the doctor and get some useful information and have bloods done x

@jafogo congratulations. Bet you're over the moon. You're an inspiration!!

@CXGAMBLE - I found the initial consultation helpful because it was with a lady who had done Alizonne herself. The information about the diet wasn't new as I had read about it significantly online (I literally scoured every website and chat discussion I could find!!). But I found it useful asking things like what sachets they liked and didn't like, how they worked out their routine, things they learn't to minimise side effects, what they found most challenging, how they worked exercise into the programme etc. Then again I'm the kind of person who likes to question things lol!!!

I was quite impressed with myself yesterday! I was in town with my brother when he decided he was hungry and fancied Japanese curry with sushi.

I actually went with him and resisted eating anything!! I just enjoyed a cup of green tea with mint :) It sounds strange but I was happy just smelling the food! I didn’t have the urge to eat it, just enjoyed the waft of nice smells! I did the same on the way out when we walked past a stand selling fresh hot doughnuts!

Hi, I am on day 2 of Alizonne and surviving so far! I'm using the oatmeal sachet for breakfast and really not keen. Has anyone found another way of using this sachet that would make it more palatable? The recommended water amount is really low so it comes out like thick paste, and sticks to the mouth. I might try with more water but I'm funny about texture and I think it might be a bit slimy and smooth. I wondered if I could bake it and have an oatmeal biscuit?

I've just had my proper week three weigh in and I've lost 4 lbs again this week :D That makes -16 lbs in 3 weeks :D Whoop Whoop!!

@ Bottomlesspurse - Aww welcome, it's always fab to hear from those Alizonne. Unfortunately I've never tried that particular sachet :(

Sandy x