Very low calorie total meal replacements

Re: Very low calorie total meal replacements

wobbliebob — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:09:12 GMT

i have tried loads of diets most of which did work , but then put on again afterwards epecially with the meal replacement ones. i joined slimming world at the begining of september and have lost 2st 11lbs. Its a plan you can stick to even with nights out and treats i would recommened it to anyone.

0nly 17lbs to go and i will be a slim bride

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les punton — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:41:35 GMT

yeh i love 3 courses!! heehee yum yum

only when i go out tho

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Vicky RVN — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:44:25 GMT

Hmmmm i did not eat sensibly this eve....had antipasto (yum), followed by pork loin (yum, followed by choc brownie (yum) and (i don't know how many) glasses of wine...all yum, but hey, i prob danced enough to burn it off!

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hissycat — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:54:42 GMT

I really hope this doesn't sound patronising to anyone but I think the easiest way to lose weight and keep it off is just to make sure you really educate yourself about healthy eating. I lost about one and a half stone 6 yrs ago (a big thing for me cos i'm really short so look much less round now ) and have been more or less the same weight since. I don't think any fads work. I did it just by walking a bit more everyday (no gyms or anything like that) and finding out exactly what was in the food I was eating! I went online and worked out how many calories etc I actually needed ina day and used that as my guide. (you can do this on lots of websites for free) I really had no idea how many calories were in some takeaways or pub meals or fizzy drinks! You can still eat choccy and crisps and things (in moderation, obv) but be sensible and choose smaller packs/ lower calorie things. Aslo portion sizes are really important ( I think I used to eat enough pasta for three people in my spag bol!) when you do these things its surprising how easy it is to stick to, it takes time for the weight to come off but I really found it easy after a while because I really wanted to eat healthily. People always say to me now how lucky I am to have a 'fast metabolism' , that I never have to diet, and sometimes I think they don't know the half of it! I just eat sensibly most of the time. Good luck anyway, whatever you decide to do, i'm sure everyone here is behind you

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loopylou711 — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:16:55 GMT

I find being vegetarian keeps the weight of! However! I love chocolate and irn bru so much to stay slim! I start a diet every monday and its usually screwed by the Tuesday Morning!

Am with Claire, January the 2nd i shall maybe try and give up chocolate! The best time of year for me losing weight is usualy lent and for some reason i manage to stick to the 6 weeks of no choc or crisps!!

Good luck princess!! Wouldn't be over christmas!!

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Claire Cameron — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:48:09 GMT

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Keep us all informed of your progress Princess

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Will do!

I have started dieting this week but will break it at the weekend as I having Xmas this weekend (locumming all over the festive season so no Xmas food/parties/booze for me so should be a good time to start

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Rather you than me dieting over Xmas. I'm starting on Jan 2nd. I cannot diet over Xmas its a physical impossibility for me to resist so much bad food

Claire = 0% willpower! hehe

Re: Very low calorie total meal replacements

Louise B — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:04:59 GMT

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Keep us all informed of your progress Princess

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Will do!

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Lolita — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:48:10 GMT

Keep us all informed of your progress Princess

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Sal the 1st — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:17:01 GMT

Cambridge diet made me very ill - didnt cheat ate what I was supposed to,result foul temper (more than normal) ,hypoglycaemic collapses, mo monthlies all the time I was on it, bad skin and hair loss. Micro diet slightly less eventful - sure I lost weight, but I wasnt happy.and as soon as I stopped the diet put all the weight on and more.

Zo trim worked well as did a product called fat burner (when used with a sensible diet)

Holland and Barrett ?KLB - wouldnt waste my money on again ditto slimfast

I am 19lbs lighter than I was at the same time last year

I suppose different products suit different people - asked my GP about lighter life and I was told although it was suitable for some people I wasnt one of them!

Re: Very low calorie total meal replacements

loobylou — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:19:24 GMT

A girl I work with has previously been on the cambridge diet and did well but tried it again recently and couldnt stick to it. She was so stressed and just cheated all the time.

I know someone who did the lipotrim diet and she blacked out while cooking her sons tea

I did consider a meal replacement to try and get rid of my bad eating habits but didnt think I would cope without food. I started slimming world and lost 10 pounds in 5 weeks. Has slowed down a bit now as Im so busy Im not planning emals properly.
Suppose it depends how much time you have for planning meals and cooking.

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Louise B — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:49:14 GMT

LOL. Too late I have just purchased 2 weeks of lipotrim - I am going to start on tuesday I've already tried the peanut flapjack - oh my god! Its disgusting. I opened the packet at 11.23am - its not 13.47pm and I have still eaten only 3/4 of the bar

But, the year 2010 is the year of the Sex Goddess

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Anonymous — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:37:16 GMT

I lost my weight about 2 to 3 lbs a week or less depending on the week really. The meal plan on Tesco diets is really good because it lets you factor in your fads and choices. Plus you don't have to cook meals if you don't want to. You can choose pre made meals from the shop as well. Or you can just make soup and sandwich easy peasy. It allows you to choose and every week is different, unless you choose to have it the same. It also helps you save money by offering options of what you already have in your cupboard.

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Louise B — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:46:38 GMT

Hi, thanks for the answers so far. Over what time frame are you all losing the weights you've quoted? I am really attracted to the fact the lipotrim only gives you about 450kcals/day to live on so you lose weight very rapidly.

I have rejected the idea of a diet club/diet plan with real planned meals as I am a faddy eater anyway and preparing/cooking meals every day would do my head in I go through spells of being really good and cooking lots of nutritious meals but then I get bored/fed up/cannot believe I am wasting so much time on food. So I go back to faddy eating. For example, at the moment all I fancy eating is tomato soup (cold), baked beans, granary bread with tomato puree & black pepper, fruit&fibre cereal and soya milk - so that is what I am eating! Clearly not balanced so I thought meal replacers would probably be more balenced than this! I used slimfast a few years ago and found it so easy as I didn't have to prepare hardly any food so I figured lipotrim (or similar) would be just one step up from this. The sad thing is they ban alcohol on the diet!!!!

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Fiona Leathers — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:13:15 GMT

If you're wanting to spend some money on a diet, join the Tesco club. They work out your meal plans for the week, you end up eating 6 times a day and it is based on all the foods you like. I think I paid £1.95 a week but it gets cheaper if you buy in bulk - 3, 6 or 12 months. Its definately worth the money! I lost nearly 2 stone on it and am going to start again in the New Year

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Anonymous — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:32:33 GMT

Meal replacements are all well and good until you want real food again. Then your body freaks out and you get fat again, usually faster and fatter than you were before. :( I think I will stick to my low GI diet and learn to eat properly for my insulin and lose the weight naturally. I've been on it a month now and I've lost a stone. I feel better, my moods are better and I really enjoy the nice fresh non stodgy foods. Plus if you do it on the Tesco diet you can order your groceries online weekly or bi weekly automatically with your weekly food meal plan.

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Lolita — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:43:47 GMT

If you can do this well done, i would fine it very hard not to actually have anything 'proper' to eat, just liquids, I am on weight watchers and have lost 8.5 pounds, its very hard and is a struggle everyday, especially this time of year with the choccies going around and the tins of biccies, and I love my food, but lipotrim wouldnt be for me, my friend tried it and she said that when you go back to introducing food that she got very bad cramps, her body adjusting to real food, but thats not to say you will get that, I sound like Mrs Doom, good luck, I hope it works out for you. Your vet is proof that it can be done, but I'd say you need lots of willpower....me...I have none of that! LOL

Re: Very low calorie total meal replacements

Nick Shackleton — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:38:51 GMT