Any SINGLES on a budget that will try to diet on the cheapfrom January 2012?

gettingready

Ok- I have found it, on my email as attachemenet (pdf file) - unfortunately can not link here unless I do print screens and those would be too small to read.. sigh......

But I have done this before, it is easy, not expensive, it is a one week plan, I believe I have done it for 4 weeks....

May print this out and follow from say 2nd Jan.. anyone wants to try this one?

gettingready

Has anyone got a pedometer?

Just found my one.... It is an Omron like this one:



One is supposed to walk 10000 steps per day - I already do about that (with the dog) so aiming to top this up a bit.....

ali-t

I should be counting myself in here as have a fair bit to lose and have also previously done VLCD (dabbled in LL, cambridge and exante). My problem with them is that I see how easy it is to drop the weight so get the mindset of easy go, easy come and easy go again which is the wrong attitude.

I am considering doing exante in the new year to kick start things as they always do good deals on multi packs of food and it is much cheaper than the others but the hard part for me is switching to healthy food after.

gettingready

Ali-t - surprise seeing you here LOL

Have to google Exante, no idea what that is?

Lipotrim is only around 40 per week from pharmacies, is Exante cheaper?

Off to google as I am thinking the same, 1st few kg on VLCD and then think what next....

gettingready

Oh just googled them - sa same as Cambridge, Lipotrim, Lighterlife, Howard Way etc etc.....
I think from all of them Lipotrim is the cheapest so if I was to go VLCD it would be Lipotrim (chemists) or Cambridge (second cheapest)

gettingready

Ah ok, I see - Exante may work out cheaper one you buy those bumper packs BUT - looking at them... not my kind. Hate banana or strawberry shakes and any kind of "bars" - brrrrrr so would not work for me. Despite the price being interesting - still to get it cheap one has to have that initial 100 pounds or so... hmmm

Lipotrim or Cambridge for Jan me thinks....

rileydog

Exante shakes are actually really nice (the soups are yuk!). The Tesco Ultra Slim meal replacement bars are almost nutritionally identical to Exante bars and are much cheaper, they are on offer at the moment until 31st Dec at 2 boxes for £3.50 which works out to 58p a bar. The chocolate one tastes like a big rice crispie chocolate bar and the raspberry ones are really nice too.

Two Exante shakes and a Tesco bar per day (plus lots of water) is probably the cheapest VLCD you will find.

gettingready

Thanks - I just do not like bars of any kind at all.

Franly, I have done 2 months of Lipotrim and 2 months of Cambridge before on CHOCOLATE shakes ONLY - yes, I know, me bad

I just could not stomach any soups (yuk) or bars( yuk) or other flavour shakes (yuk).

Sigh.. I am a no hope case....total chocoholic

rileydog

The exante shakes aren't actually that sweet and I know some people add a sweetener to them. The choc is lovely cold as a shake or hot as a hot chocolate, the vanilla is really nice cold or if you make it hot it tastes a bit like a malt drink. The banana is delicious cold, the only one I'm not keen on is the strawberry but it's still drinkable. The shakes taste very natural more like a posh shake in a cafe rather than cheap milkshake! My best investment was a 99p electric milk frother from Ikea as it makes the shakes so smooth and creamy.

Do you like coffee? Half a vanilla shake added to a coffee apparently tastes like a cappucino, I don't like coffee so haven't tried that.

I split the packs in half (using the same amount of water as is recommended for one) and they're not runny at all. That way I get four shakes a day plus the bar, plus minimum 3L of water.

As with any VLCD if you stick to it you know it works but it's maintaining the weight loss that's teh issue with any diet. For me the 'quick fix' of Exante is motivation for me to keep the weight off once I get to goal.

gettingready

Just looking at DietChef...LOL

What I really NEED is something realistic and something I can stick to - so not overly expensive or complicated and tasty.

As I said before, I am rubbish at counting calories - but this is probably what I need to learn to do and take it from there?

Hmmm