Exante. Day 1. Anyone else?

[VLCDoingIt]

Just started Exante this morning.

Hoping to do it for 12 weeks and be 3 stone down before Christmas. (will still have a lot more to lose after)

Strict 3 shakes a day. 2 litres of water.

Anyone else doing VLCD and want a buddy?

Am starting next week but really happy to be your exante diet buddy.

Hi make, great :)

Have you ever done a VLCD before?

I've woke up feeling surprisingly OK.

Starting Monday. I need to shift about 6 stone 😭

Started Cambridge Diet on Tuesday. Going well, feeling good and in ketosis so hoping for a good week.

How are you finding Exante products?
I am supposed to be 3 products and 200cal meal or 4 products but am struggling to have it all so been having 2 products and 300-400cal meal (extra veg keeping protein as advised).

I used Diet Now shakes for 2 weeks in July and lost a stone but hated the shakes and being off work with kids was a killer.

I'm starting next week too (transitioning on starting on Thursday - hoping to be fully on my Sunday).

I've already lost 3.5 stone doing slim and save but had a long break for the summer (well I lost more than that but I've enjoyed a LOT of meals out and partying over the summer so I am 3.5 st down now). Hoping to lose 1.5 st+ in 8 weeks before taking a couple of weeks off for October half term and then hopefully back on again until Christmas or goal (whichever comes first!).

How has today been?

I'm on day six and feeling great.

Had 3 x 200cal products today and just had a plain piece of white fish and veg with it as I just wanted a meal.

Some days I've just had products.

Weigh in tomorrow

Do you have 4 products normally?
So pleased for you you’ll be rewarded tomorrow excited to hear your results!

What is slim and save?
You have done amazing you must be so pleased and feeling fab!

No. I usually have 3 products.

But you can have 3 and a 200cal meal

According to my scales I am loosing but I do feel like I might be eating too much. I’m not hungry but I suppose the eating when not hungry is why I am obese

I have a 21st and Wedding in October and am really stressed about them when I am this size.

Also my husband and I were 40 this year and our 10 year anniversary next week and we want to have a weekend away somewhere but after being a beached whale on the summer holiday and miserable I want to feel better for that.

I must have lost the same 3 stone about 5 times and never learn!!

Slim and Save is another brand of VLCD meals - I prefer it to Exante.

Thank you! Yes, I was feeling amazing - now I don't even though I am still 3.5 st down as I can really feel the recent gain. Ten weeks of too much wine and lots of meals out has definitely taken its toll. I am remarkably accepting (big change) of this gain and not beating myself up at all - calorie wise it makes complete sense. It will take me several week to get back down to where I was - can't wait to feel amazing again!

If you're sticking to the plan then you're not eating too much - you may well be eating when you don't feel hungry (ketosis) but it is important to do so. You'll have 5+ weeks under your belt by October, enough time to make a big change in how you feel about yourself.

Wine my favourite friend 🤣
Having a crap day at work and am really tempted to have a bottle tonight, mint tea just might not cut it!

There is not harm in indulging it’s really difficult during the summer holidays and your back on it.

I have 7 weeks, hopefully can shift close to 2 stone.

Sorry about the crap day at work @MrsHuffyPuff. Don't let it derail you - 7 weeks will fly by and you'll be so pleased you stuck to it!

I'm struggling a bit today in this hot weather - realised I have very little in the way of appropriate clothing in the correct size. I've got the one summer dress I now own in the wash but that is getting uncomfortably tight (sz 12) - last summer I was a sz 20 and I got rid of all of those and don't have anything inbetween...and don't want to buy anything either (might have to!).

Wow! 20 to 12 that’s is amazing!

I have loads of clothes in a 20 to a 14 never managed a 12 in my adult life, hopefully this time.

I've only lost 3lbs

Kinda disappointed but sticking to it.

Do you think it's possible to get from an 18/20 to 10/13 in a year.?

Aww VLCD don’t be disappointed. 3lb is a lot of weight is nearly 25% of a stone so 3 more weeks and there’s your stone!! If you were doing WW 3lb a week would be unusual.

I am about an 18/20 the now and am hoping to be in my 14s for Christmas so yes I think it’d be possible to be in a 12 this time next year.

Another 1.5lbs this morning.

So 4.5 this week which I am really happy with :)

Well done @VLCDoingIt! Fab loss!

I went from a BMI of 37.6 down to a BMI of 25.9 and went from wearing a size 20 down to wearing a size 12 (Boden mainly). However, my measurements to start were more like a sz 22 (never worn anything bigger than a 20) and although my bust and hips measured a 12 my waist was still a 14. Odd as when I was slimmer in my twenties (BMI 22.5) I measured a 12 on my hips and bust and a 8/10 on my waist...I guess if I had continued to lose it would've come off my waist then. Hopefully I will get to find out before Christmas!

My summer of excess has me up to a sz 14/16 and a BMI of 29. I feel awful in comparison. It wasn't worth it!

I'm jumping on to this. Planning on going back to Slim and save as soon as DC back at school. Lost a stone on it before in a short space of time. Need to lose 3-4 stone.

Feeling particularly shite as DMother (who was trying to be supportive) just told me that she can tell I've gained again and I flipped as I'm so sensitive about it. My wardrobe is full of size 16-18.... nothing fits. I'm literally reduced to wearing mu-mus.

Sorry for the rant but would love to lose a few stone before Christmas.

I've not heard of either of these. I though exante was that stuff that made you poo fat.

if only there was something to make me poo out all this fat!!

My first official weigh in is Tuesday but I think I am about 5lbs down.

Mums are great at the no holding back honesty. My Dad retired in April and he follows a Keto diet so my mum has loads loads of weight which doesn’t help her pointing out my huge gain. I feel your pain @giggleshizz

You can definitely lose a few stone by Christmas @giggleshizz! I'm also starting back with slim and save at the start of the academic year - I cannot wait to be back on now!

Sounds like you are in for a bumper first week @MrsHuffyPuff

I think you are referring to fat binders like XLS medical @hopeishere. Exante/slim and save are meal replacement manufacturers for those wishing to follow a very low calorie diet.

Definitely not starting until DD goes back to school, had a pizza last night after a day at the beach. I veer between 'I'll just be fat and happy' to 'I'm so fat and unhappy'

I'm Peri menopausal too which doesn't help

I started cutting down last week and then started exante properly on Wednesday. Am not planning to weigh in until a week tomorrow and am hoping for about 7lb loss over the two weeks.
I am generally having 2 shakes a day and a small evening meal. Am drinking lots more water.
I am feeling quite headachy today probably as a result of cutting out all the rubbish. Has anyone else had this and how long does it last?