Alevere / Alizonne

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For reasons unknown, the name of the Alizonne diet has changed to Alevere. I have only known it as Alevere and wanted to start a new thread so people can find it under the new name.

I am nearing the end of week 1 and have lost 8lbs so far. I don't count this much as I lose 7lbs in the first week of any diet. I'll see how I go over the next few weeks.

It's a lot of work to follow but I'm getting used to it. Would be happy to swap tips with anyone - particularly on recipes.

Also very happy as I won £500 today which covers a lot of the 1st month costs!!! :)

Hi everyone
I'm so happy I've found this thread!
I'm on my 3rd week of alevere now, first week I lost 4kg, and second 1.2kg, I'm over the moon as don't normally loose that amount in a month let alone 2weeks!
Looking forward to my next weigh in on Monday.
Hope everyone is doing well x

Thank you @mrspannie . very good loses from yourself especially considering you don't need to lose a great deal of weight!!

Loving the veg chilli mind, loads of jalepinos, mushrooms etc added, lovely! Hot chocolate is also very nice.

@Angielester1 - Hey there! How are you doing now that you're on the sachets? Keep trying lots of different flavours to find the ones you can work with best. I've been using the swap box at my clinic to investigate the various new flavours. My personal favourites are the two chocolate ones... :-)

@Dmacka75 - Great to have you on the thread! We all need lots of support we can get... so the more of us posting regularly the better chance we have of being successful, for ever! Good luck with your weigh in tomorrow. Let us know how you get on.

@Tsilivi - How's this week going for you?

I've given myself my own Alevere drawer in the freezer. It contains pre-made chocolate squishes, chicken gougons, pizza bread with rosemary, etc - all individually wrapped and ready for me to take to work. They defrost slowly during the day - so my mid morning snack is usually just a cappucino or a orange & grapefruit drink. I've also got pre-made Alevere-friendly ratatouille and some rhubarb in little tubs - which are perfect for evening meals on days when I get home late.

Last night I made loads of Aubergine crisps... I cut the Aubergine really thin, laid them out on 3 baking trays (with a little salt and a spray of 1 cal oil) and baked for about 25 mins until they started to curl - a lovely treat to have with my chicken gougons last night.

So I'm now in my 4th week with my 4th weigh-in on Wednesday... Hoping that I'm nearly at the 1 stone (or 6kg) mark sometime between week 4 and week 5. That would be the half way point for me. Well - half way in terms of weight, but probably not in terms of time - as the losses do ease off in the last stone.

Wishing you a great remainder of your weekend.

Onwards and downwards,
Mrs Px

Weighed myself yesterday morning and according to my scales at home I havn't lost anything since my last weigh in at the clinic. Hopefully i lose atleast something before Tuesday!

Don't despair Tsivili.

Sometimes there's no rhyme or reason to the way the losses happen. I've seen people who have great losses every second or third week... Just remember to look at the big picture: so long as we are dropping a stone or more each month, then our bodies are responding pretty well. Keep following the plan and the losses will come. Make sure you're having all the water - as that seems to be really important.

Having said all that... I really hope it goes well today. Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Onwards and Downwards
Mrs Px

I've now completed 4 weeks on the programme.

This week was a 1.1 kg loss, making a loss of 5.4kg since 10th October. 6.6kg more to lose to get me to my goal.

I'm 0.9kg behind schedule (hey ho...) - but genuinely I couldn't do this any other way, so I'm really pleased with the progress.

Not sure if another 6.6kg is do-able this side of Christmas, but I'm going to give it a damn good try! Either way, mentally I now feel confident that I will genuinely get to goal and whether that happens in December or January doesn't really matter in the big scheme of things.

Hope you're all having a good week...

Onwards and downwards.
Mrs Px

@mrspannie thank you, and well done on your loss, that's brilliant!
Those roasted aubergines sound good I will give them a go
@Tsilivi don't despair, I thought I hadn't lost on my scales but when I went to weigh in I had lost 1.6kg so was over the moon!
I'm going to try and resist my own scales as it brings me down if I don't think I've lost but they are usually wildly inaccurate compared to the ones at the clinic x
Hope everyone is doing well x

Hello all, well done on the weight loss ! Hope everyone is managing ok!

Just a quick question... What are you all doing for Christmas dinner? Would one cheat day hurt? I'm thinking about having a normal Christmas dinner and maybe some turkey sandwhiches later on as you do.. But i'm really worried this will ruin the diet.

Hi @Tsilivi
I think it will take you out of ketosis which will then take a few days to get going again, so hopefully won't gain but may not loose.
I asked at my clinic and they said Alevere usually put together a Christmas menu with a few more allowed foods.
I've decided to have Christmas Day lunch and get back on the next day and hopefully not gain x

Hi everyone, old alevere veteran here. I’ve been back on the programme for a bit getting the bit of weight I’d put back on off.

Great to see that the thread is still going and that so many are doing so well on this programme. It really is worth sticking at it. I lost 7 stone and it completely changed my life :-)

I have some surplus boxes of sachets to sell. £15 a box, free p&p private message me if anyone is interested :-)

Keep going ladies, you’re all doing great!

With regards to Christmas I very much enjoyed my Christmas dinner. Plenty turkey and vegetables, a Yorkshire pudding and some gravy. Keep the potatoes to a minimum. I think I had two roast potatoes. And a small glass of prosecco. Lovely. I still had a loss :-)

Hi all
I am currently on day 5 of the programme and firstly just want to say how much your posts so far have already helped me!
Being completely honest I am finding this hard, not enjoying a lot of the sachets etc but i am pushing through and hoping i will get used to it.
I am trying to lose a few stone having gradually gained weight after having my gall bladder removed and generally feeling unwell.

So far I have tried the Spaghetti Bolognaise which i thought was awful and definitely the worst so far (if anyone has done anything to make this better I would love some tips.) I also haven't enjoyed the Beef soup or the chocolate pudding.
I don't mind the veg soup and have been adding spinach to it, also don't mind the vanilla desert.
I have been quite enjoying the hot chocolate and the cold drinks but really trying to make sure I have a couple of the actual meals with extra veg a couple of times a day.

I have so far managed to remember all the supplements- the worst one definitely being the Trace minerals! and am trying really hard with drinking water which has always been a struggle!

I just wondered if any of you have any top tips to help me through my first couple of weeks?
I usually exercise a few times a week and will try to keep this up- my consultant said that if I stopped exercising it may be that I start burning muscle rather than fat!

The biggest struggle for me will definitely be the cost so sticking to this and getting the results as quickly as possible is really important so any tips on certain ways to help would be appreciated- I read earlier that Rhubarb can help swell as drinking more water?

I am so impressed by your weight losses, it is a massive incentive to keep going!

Thank you all in advance
Emma

Hi Emma...

I love the Veg Chilli, i add loads pf veggies to it and find it beautiful, especially in these cold winter nights in Northern England!!! Havnt had spag bol so cant recommend anything im afraid.

In terms of exercise, my consultant told me not to exercise at all!! If others have been told different id love to hear as i would really like to go to the gym!

Yamas,
Tsilivi

Thanks Tsivili I will give it a try!
Could I also just ask another question.....
I bought the snack bars that you can have every other day.
I thought that they were to be eaten instead of a sachet but now after reading more are they in addition to the 5 sachets per day???

Thansk in advance!

Hi all. I’ve lost 4.6 kgs I think in 2 weeks. So nearly a stone. I had a couple of cheat days last week so I didn’t lose anything - however I didn’t put any on either. Phew!
Spaghetti Bol, I added loads of mushrooms, and a stock cube to mine which made it bearable.
Can’t eat the pizza base
Do like the orange and orange and grapefruit drinks
Love the chocolate brownie one
Chicken goujons equally as nice
Tomato sauce, made it into a soup with mushroooms and stock cube. Added a little extra water. Like a cup a soup so was nice.
I got the bars but I thought that they were meant to be instead of a sachet so will have to find out!
Sticking to it properly after not losing last week so hopefully have some good news!

Wonderful to see all the activity on here recently! Yay! It's so helpful to hear everyone's stories and progress.

@Tsilivi - I'm hoping that by the time we get to Christmas, I'll be on Stage 2 and am aiming for a fairly controlled meal with 130g of Turkey (or whatever we're allowed on Stage 2) plus lots of the veggies, but no gravy or alcohol or chocs. I'm not convinced it's worth it coming out of ketosis for it as effectively you lose a week on the programme. I think it would be soul destroying going through the week 1 blues again when everyone else is still effectively celebrating... (But I'm kind of working to a deadline here as I want to be at my goal weight by the time I go on hols in Feb...so I guess I'm going to have to be disciplined.)

@BexxG - great to see you here again. How much did you have to loose on your reprise and how long did it take you? (I'm also back here after originally doing the programme in 2012).

@Emma 889 - welcome aboard and well done on persevering through week 1. It's not easy but you're over the worst. Personally I didn't like the Spag Bol either. I've not had the Choc pud, so couldn't comment on that, but I do like the soups. My favourite sachets are the mint chocolate, hot chocolate, chocolate brownie, chicken gougons, chilli, orange & grapefruit, etc. I do have bars but less than 3 times a week and instead of a normal sachet. (I usually have one on Wednesdays as a reward for having my weigh in!) If you can afford it, try to buy 6 boxes of food when you next go to the clinic... so you can have a bit more variety. Also, make use of the swap box for any sachets that you want to try out but aren't sure you want to commit to a whole box of 7.

Totally agree that the trace minerals are vile. I'm now taking 20 drops in a huge glass of water so I can barely taste it (along with the potassium pill in the morning). Between the morning and evening trace minerals, I end up drinking about 1.5litres of water - so it makes the rest of the day much more manageable in terms of water intake.

I am exercising a bit whilst doing the programme - but not as much as I was before. Just prior to restarting I did a half marathon - so was training for about 6 hours a week - most of which was running. But since I went on the diet, I'm doing only 3 gym sessions a week - around 40 mins each and virtually no running. I just don't have enough energy for more than that, but don't want to stop exercising entirely as I find it helps me sleep etc. I've heard that if you weren't exercising before, you shouldn't start whilst on the programme, but if you were exercising before, then just take it a bit easier... hope that helps.

I'm not sure if the rhubarb helps speed up the weight loss (I doubt it - or we'd be all eating it for England) but I love it and have it most days as a way of finishing my evening meal with a sweet taste. (I use Splenda rather than sugar).

Wishing you all a great week...

Onwards and downwards,
Mrs Px

Thanks Mrs P, this is so helpful!
I have my first weigh in on Wednesday so keeping my fingers crossed- I don't feel there's been any shift at all but hoping i'm wrong!
I will ask straight away about the swap box and try some other flavours-I definitely need to swap the Spag Bol!

I exercised 3-4 times a week before this, mainly HIIT training which I really do want to keep up but it has been impossible this week as I just haven't had the energy.

Hopefully i will have good news to update on Wednesday :)

Hi @mrspannie I originally started the programme August 2015 and lost just over 7 stone in 8 months. I did fine when I came off the programme as I was enjoying life so much being slim and healthy again after 20years of being very overweight. But just after Christmas 2016, I had a few traumas, started “treating myself” to make myself feel better, I stopped going to maintenance sessions at the clinic, and ended up totally out of control. I felt like an addict :-(

I was embarrassed and ashamed of putting 2 stone back on so I stayed away from clinic, and ended up putting another stone on before I finally reached out to them.

They have been fantastic in helping me get back on track, I’ve lost a stone and a half so far and it feels so good to be back in control again.

Rule number 1 ladies, do NOT stop going to free maintenance sessions. I have to travel an hour to get to my clinic but it’s worth it. Even if you put on, don’t ever think “I won’t go this week, I’ll work reall hard and go next week instead” just go, face it square on, get back on track :-)

@emma889

The first couple of weeks was a nightmare for me. I went through big withdrawal from sugar etc, and had very bad mood swings and headaches and lethargy.

I used to have to go outside while my family were cooking/eating as I couldn’t stand it but it got me outside walking the dog to take my mind off it.

I didn’t like a lot of the sachets either when I first started, but you do get used to the taste.

The omelette wasn’t very nice, but the smokey bacon one is really tasty with onions, peppers and mushrooms. I just used to fry it all up so it looks more like scrambled eggs.

The veg chilli is quite alright with lots of veggies thrown in.

I found the pancake mix tasted more like an omelette than the omelette did lol! So used to eat that without the choc sauce (vile)

The chicken nuggets I used to put garlic powder in and have with plenty salad.

The last few months I really struggled and did the last three months just on hot chocolate sachets!! In the evening I used to stir fry lots of veg and either chuck in garlic, chilli or curry powder just to make it a bit different haha

As suggested already make use of the swap box, and maybe buy a couple extra boxes so you always have plenty of things to swap and try out etc.

I also found a recipe for some cookie-type things. Not as nice as a digestive obviously, but if you like sitting down with a cuppa and some biscuits, it’s a good substitute :-)

I didn’t think I’d lost weight either that first week, in fact I needed convincing most weeks, but I lost 3.6kg the first time I did it, and had bagged my first stone by the end of the month.

It makes it all worth it, so hang in there xxx

Another tip ..... the vanilla desert with 250mls water and a large teaspoon of coffee, makes a gorgeous vanilla latte!!

And there’s also a recipe for making the vanilla desert with lemon zest, which makes a nice change too :-)

Thanks so much both- do you both always have the egg white omelette for breakfast too?
I'm definitely trying the vanilla latte! 😀

Nope, I’ve never had the egg white omelette lol

Me neither. I couldn't be bothered with the egg whites for Brekkie. It's bad enough getting up at crack of dawn for work, but having to get up a precious 15 mins earlier to eat egg whites is really not that appealing!

Has anyone had the margarita pizza? If so what are your thoughts?

Yes, i've literally just eaten it for the 2nd time.
The tomato sauce tastes a little like tomato soup which was fine, the base has a strange flavour that tastes like beer which is weird- I thought it must have a lot of yeast but it doesn't!
I have covered it with peppers, spinach, leeks etc and it's fine 😀