Obese & Ready to Change :-)

Welcome newlife, and good luck!  I'm hoping to lose at least 2 st by Christmas, too.  I'm size 20 and my goal, specifically, is to buy and wear a nice size 16 outfit on Christmas Day.   Roughly 12 weeks from now!

I lost a packet of weight and kept it off for years then slowly but surely began to regain.  Luckily I didn't regain the lot but I have 6 stones to lose now (originally lost 11 stones) and I've been faffing about all year so far,  losing and regaining the same couple of stones!

Christmas, here we come xx

Grrrr meal replacements still haven't arrived. I'm a little disappointed with Exante, thought things would be speedier on the delivery front, shakethatweight shakes arrived after a couple of days. Still not doing to badly low carbing, although I did go out to lunch with a friend today and didn't make choices which I'm proud of. Really need to work on not being dragged under the bus by social pressure! Hoping my replacements arrive tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

My Exante order came on Monday, even tho I only ordered it on Sun am! Must be a blip. Fingers crossed it arrives for you tomorrow...

The meal replacements have still not arrived. They emailed me to tell me that they'd tried to deliver, but they hadn't as I'd been present all day. I think the issue is more with the courier service than Exante themselves, but very disappointed nonetheless. I've started on some shakes which I had left over from another diet (ultra slim), which I wasn't keen to use because of the sugar content, but I've decided that they'll help bridge the gap until these other meal replacements come...if they ever do!

So haven't had a bad day.

Breakfast: 1 shake (raspberry)
Lunch: 1 shake (raspberry)
Dinner: A cheese sandwich
Fluids: 1 cup of tea, 1 cup of coffee and plenty of water.

I tend not to snack through the day, which I know isn't great for metabolism, but I'm usually busy and forget. I save snacking for near bedtime, so if I'm going to crack it will be late evening, though at the moment I'm feeling full and reasonably okay.

Really hope I'm able to sort this delivery by tomorrow.

It won't be long until your packs arrive and you can get stuck in. I'm really looking forward to following you to your goal. We can encourage each other Xx

So yesterday as my first day on Exante and boy was it an experience. I ended the day with a strawberry and lemon shake and so followed the plan to the letter, the experience however was not a pleasant one. I was starving, like absolutely starving! I know I really should have expected it on so few calories, but when I'd tried Atkins in the past and other vlcds I'd never been this ravenous. I literally went to bed dreaming of food and really had to fight the urge to run to the fridge and binge. I'm so proud I got through that first day though and still feeling motivated. The strawberry jam and yoghurt crunch bar was delicious and quite different from the other weight loss bars I've had in the past, so that was a pleasant surprise.

I've started today with a vanilla shake, which tastes a bit like ice cream and so I can't complain. I've not got a very busy day ahead, which should be a good thing, but may not be, as boredom may make me feel peckish. I keep thinking one day at a time and I'll get there. Today will probably be a challenge, but I'll try my best.