end of my 4th day, feel really hungry - help!

Well every journey begins with the first few steps as they say and they can be the hardest of all. Stick in there, you won't regret it, this is a great chance to do this for yourself, do you have support from family and friends? Soon you will be tramping up that hill and starting to enjoy the view!
Hope you feel better tomorrow But don't be discouraged if not, just aim for a week and try to keep busy! Oh and drink LOADS!!
Julie X

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Great, well done, stick in there, no more false starts (each time it gets harder), you will be feeling much better in a day or two and just wait till you see those scales after week 1. I think if you stick to it you will put all us ladies to shame!! Do you mind if I ask how much you're hoping to lose?
Best of luck
Julie X

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Uh oh Stephen either the mail is on strike, you're too busy to post or you've not got started yet are my guesses?.....
Hope to see you back soon, let us know how you're doing.
Julie X

Stephen, has your delivery come yet? SUrely it's not THAT far to Dublin?
Good luck when you do get started, let us know how you get on.
Julie X

Oh, that's a shame when you are raring to go!
Aren't you continuing with Total products meanwhile, or did you have to return them? If not then maybe that would ease you in more gently?
Hope they arrive soon.
I'm doing OK thanks, weekly weigh-in tomorrow, not sure how I will have done as I've been away for the weekend and I find it harder when staying with other people who want to feed you up the whole time! Did buy some smaller jeans at the weekend though - yeah!
Will let you know tomorrow what the scales say!
Julie X

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Hi Stephen, how are you doing? Did you get your new products yet? I hope it's going OK, do let us know.
Julie X

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Blimey Stephen you havent half been messed about no wonder you were confuzzled!

Glad its sorted now and yes the WC products are waaaaaaaaaaaay nicer - I have all of those apart from total veg soup to make crisps cos it didnt seems to work the same with the wc soups

Please anyone PM me if you want 3 boxes of WC tomato soup, no swap needed!

Katy x

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Hi Stephen
Glad that helped, hope you can get it sorted soon. The admin team have always been really helpful, and replied quickly, when I've contacted them. Maybe ask them to send you some ketostix at the same time?
I just said to my hubby tonight that I hadn't come across any men on this board but someone new just posted today that her husband was doing kee with her - I am keen to know how you gentlemen get on because hubbie is planning (?procrastinating) to join me at some stage. So please keep posting and let us know - it might inspire him into action!
I wonder (it might be worth checking) whether you gents are recommended to have more packs than us ladies? I know on lighter life they say men lose weight much more quickly (lucky things!) and have to stay on the programme less time to get the same effects.
Anyway keep posting, good luck and I better get back to my essay (even weight loss is more interesting at the moment )
Julie X
PS Some people have said the weight control products are far nicer than the total ones, so another reason you've made a good choice!

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Hi there (sorry don't know your name!)

I am doing weight control (these are slightly lower in calories and carbs than total, but don't have vitamins and minerals so you have to take a supplement as well). On this the basic diet is 4 products a day, only one of which can be a bar (I presume since these are a bit higher in calories and carbs than the shakes, soups and breakfasts, and they are also sweet!). I guess it doesn't have to be though, you could have another shake or soup instead (I don't because I absolutely love the bars!)

As far as I know total is basically the same as this.

It says you can have an extra pack if you are 5'8" or taller I think - I am, but I don't unless I do lots of exercise (which on the whole I haven't!)

So today I had a berry yoghurt and vitamin for breakfast (I make it up with the skimmed milk allowance as it tastes better, and I don't take milk any other way), bar at lunchtime, soup and 50 cals of salad (which is actually quite a lot) at dinner and later on this evening I will have a hot chocolate as this is my favourite! I also have a few nuts every couple of days which feel like a real treat!

Occasionally, if I am really having cravings, I have a boiled egg (we have our own chickens and they are yummy!) - it says you can make the shakes into puddings using an egg so I figure this won't do any harm. Very occasionally, if I am going out, I have an etiquette 1 meal (basically a small amount of protein food like meat or fish) and the salad/veg allowance (be careful and stick to the list in the booklet or on the website).

So far this has done the trick. Only problems I have had are that even though I was drinking over 2.5 litres of water a day, I got dehydrated so I have upped this to FIVE (hard work!) and this seems to have got rid of the headaches I was getting and I feel much better. Basically the more you drink, the better - but gradually throughout the day (I heard someone on a similar diet once died as they tried to drink the full amount all in one go - yikes!)

Also my advice would be really DO NOT be tempted to eat anything else (carbs) - I could hardly believe this before I went on this diet, but I had a tiny piece of my son's birthday cake one day and a fe bits of carrot and turnip the day before, then my weight loss stopped completely for several days and I seemed to slip out of ketosis and felt lousy! So please, be wiser than I was and stay away from them, it's really not worth the side-effects, I promise!

I hope that answers your questions, let me know if there are any more (not that I'm an expert, but I'm happy to share my experiences)

I'm sure if you stick to this you will definitely be in ketosis within a day or two - and then it all gets better, I promise! And in 6 weeks you could be 2 stone lighter and buying smaller jeans (hold that thought!)

Good luck!

Julie X

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Hi there, what were the 6 or 7 meals, were they all packs or bars? If so then this sounds like a lot (but I may have misunderstood you)
Does your breath stink? (sorry to be personal!) that was a sure sign things were going in the right direction for me (but I didn't realise that if you drink enough water this should go away after a couple of days - so ended up quite dehydrated)
Stick in there, I'm in week 7 and rarely feel hungry now in fact it can be a struggle to get the salad and 4th pack in sometimes - a COMPLETELY new experience for me lol!
I'm sure it will start to feel better soon.
Julie X

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