Exante 2018

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Is anyone planning on starting exante? I have 4.5 stone to loose and thougjr exante may help me loose a little. If you have tried exante and succeeddd feel free to share any tips you have.

Iv stayed the same for the last 3 days but not worried as iv still lost 16 lb over 3 weeks & I had a tricky day away on business and ate a normal meal !! . It's does average out stick too it . Take your measurements too iv lost inches I'm going into week 4 now a little apprehensive about eating normal & putting weight on good luck everyone x

Totally fell off the wagon over the weekend and the scales show it .. so back on track today and determined to not stray. This thread is quiet how’s everyone doing

Hi chatty catty. Day 4 into week 4 .... eating a healthy evening meal and 2 sachets ,= 4 lb ON ..... Thursday back to 3 sachets but with a few gins Saturday as it's my husband's b day ... feeling guilty already x

it’s a tricky diet when you have things on isn’t it Raech. How much weight have you lost so far?

I have been doing the two sachets and light supper for neary three weeks. Supper not so light on a Saturday. However haven’t shifted any weight for about five days and getting disheartened. Think have shifted an Easy 5kg but the remaining 5kg looks like it’s going to be a lot harder.

I'm back on Exante today after doing it a few years ago to keep myself in keto and lose 2 stone (and then getting pregnant after 12yrs of infertility 😮).

Just had the cherry bakewell frappe - I love it. Going to have coconut for lunch later on.

From tomorrow I'll be doing it with an 'eating window' too so will only have my shakes between 11am and 7pm. It's basically intermittent fasting so will help with even more weight loss 😍 I want to lose 3 stone at the moment to get to around 14st and then reassess :)

Hi folks, I started exante on Saturday, finding it quite easy so far. Have about 5 stone to lose! Probably will do exante for a couple of weeks to get started and then move over to just calorie counting.

@Kukumbr I've found doing it for 3 weeks then having a food week works best. I'm 3 days in and 5lbs down. I know it's only water weight but I'm still happy 😂

I’ve just done my first weigh-in and I’m horrified to see that I’ve only lost 1.4kg. Has anyone else had such a disappointing loss in their first week? This is a loss I used to get doing WW/SW and at least I wasn’t dealing with hunger, headaches, and nausea so bad on a few occasions that had me feeling faint and dizzy.

We’ve eaten at a Chinese restaurant once and I was careful to eat prawns, chicken and vegetables with little or no sauce. Also made my own max 200 calorie meals but I don’t see how this could have derailed an overall loss in a week? Been walking a lot but have not gone to the gym because I feel initially I am running on empty enough as it is.

Feeling very demoralised

Only had 2 of my own meals, all others have been the shakes

What's your BMI @walkinginshadows ?

Also yes they could've messed it up as they may have kept you out of ketosis.

Exante works because it's low carb not low calorie.

You have to stick to it 100% or it's pointless to even try. "Little or no sauce" and what veg you had could've had way over the 20g of carbs you're permitted per shake/meal. Most veg is carbs!

I've started at 17st 3lbs on Sunday and this morning I was 16st 11lbs.

You have to drink at least 2ltrs of water a day too.

I fart a lot with Exante... and I'm in an open plan office!! Sound and smell are awful. So I only have it on weekends or when working from home.

Does anyone have this problem too? Any tips?

@AlphaBravo My BMI is 32, the highest it has ever been - used to be 23.

Maybe you're right and any kind of meal aside from the shakes, or a carefully planned protein meal is going to kick me out of ketosis. I've been drinking at last 2L of water as well. Fingers crossed for a better loss next week!

@tootwhistles
I sometimes get wind about an hour after a shake for maybe half an hour or so. A few years ago I was heavily into gym/cycle training and used to sometimes drink protein shakes after a workout until I could no longer tolerate the horrific wind (and smell) after drinking one - I think they are called 'protein farts' as its a common side-effect. These Exante shakes seem to me to have this as a much milder side effect of protein shakes.

I started last Sunday and have lost 10 lbs! Very happy with that as I also had a banana most days. It hasn’t been easy though. I’m going to stay on 3 meal replacements a day until I lose 1 stone.

Hope everyone else is doing ok as well.

I’m thinking about doing this. I’m currently doing Cambridge but finding the product selection dire, I’ve just looked at Exante products and there’s a lot more choice, I’m wondering if this means the results won’t be as good though and maybe I should just stick with Cambridge?

I’d be doing the VLCD and if I’m reading it right I get to choose my three replacements from 88 products? That would be so much better! I love the look of the pizzas.

Has anyone tried the pizzas? Are they any good? I’m not expecting anything like Pizza Hut but being able to actually eat something with my daughter and husband would be lovely instead of sitting there with a shake watching them eat their real food.

hi. just ordered 2 weeks supply of total solutionshould be out tommorow so wish me luck

Good luck lexie555

Coodla I haven't tried the pizzas, they've always been out of stock when I've ordered. Am I right in thinking it's a packet and you have to make the base rather than a ready prepared one? Did you order any?

so i may have ordered a pizza and chips thought i should pig out before i start diet...starting to think might not have been the smartest idea i've ever had...

lexie555 did you enjoy it though, better to have it before you start.

The length of time it takes to get into ketosis varies from person to person but I read that if you have a carb heavy meal/day before it may take longer because you have to use up your glucose stores before your body can start converting fat.
Did your stuff arrive today? Have you started?

ok so didn't start yesterday lol it wasn't delivered untill the evening so i started this morning im trying to space them out so have only had 1 shake so far..strawberry and banana, wasn't to bad actually.

anyway wish me luck i really need this to work. weighing in at 12 1/2 stone this morning so ilneed to lose about 3 stone lol. probably won't lose all that with exante but will try to go as long as i can

I started this morning at 12.10.8 
Had the mint choc shake and actually rather nice.
Away with my DH in 3 weeks so aiming to lose at least 10lb by then....

How is everyone else getting on?
Will the first 3 days be the worst or will it all be bad???

Idontneedyourjudgement it won't all be bad, no.

The initial transition period while you get into ketosis will vary between people, for me the first week was rough. I felt lethargic and dizzy, not to mention grumpy but after a week things improved. The bad breath lasted an age for me, I was extremely paranoid about it.