Any positive stories?

Hi there, you should see the weight come off pretty well as you are only 28 and I am certain age has a big impact on diet and taking these tablets. I have found it very slow going but I am mid 40's and have started the menopause and I have never been a serial dieter as only put weight on once I hit my mid 30's. However, since then it's gone up and up. I dieted a few years ago and lost weight consistently every week for several months but this time it's much harder. I haven't lost any for 3 weeks despite being very very good. So I'm having to rethink what I eat, make some adjustments - going to eat less pasta and rice and more protein, cut back to 1200 calories a day as my doctor told me to start at 1400 per day as I had 5 stone to lose (4 stone to lose now) and TRY to do more exercise as 3 times a week on my bike and walking dog every day doesn't seem to be enough!. But you do have age on your side so you should find it a bit quicker to get off - but it will still be hard as you do have to be incredibly strict. The 5g of fat rule takes a bit of getting used to but you will soon get the hang of it, for e.g when I first started I thought I would have to give up my favorite tinned Heinz tomato soup but when I read the details on the back of the tin it actually has 3g of fat per 100g (it's a 400g tin)so if I eat half a tin that is 200g so 6g of fat total which means I can have a wholemeal pitta with it or some rice cakes. But I love it so much I would rather have the whole tin, i.e 4 x 3 = 12g of fat in total as the tin is 400g but have nothing else with it. As for the toilet repurcussions, again this varies person to person. I have not had any nasty side effects despite eating some fatty foods on a couple of different occassions (3 separate occassions), whereas others only have to sniff a biscuit and they are rushing for the toilet. But I was really ill last week with a terrible upset stomach (both ends) and felt really unwell so I thought it was a bug because I had not eaten anything sinful the prior 7 days so who knows. I think the trick is to stay motivated and positive and keep going even if you have a bad day or feel like you're not losing. Good luck.

Hi there welcome to our world lol you will get great support and advice on here were all in the same boat and everyone is lovely and friendly x my post was slow loss i felt i was doing everything by the book and not much reward but 6lb in 3 weeks isnt that bad!! I have my weigh in friday this week dreding it like everyone doesi have not weighed myself for 4/5 days now as i was getting obsessed with the scales but everone keeps saying your doing well you look slimmer hope they not being polite!! Ill know when i hit the scales fingers crossed x get my fitness pal app its great it tells you your calorie allowance usually 1200 enter any excercise you do it gives you extra calories should you need them but if you eat correctly and stick to the 5 grms per 100gm you will see a difference 😀 everyone is different as age diet excercise all play a part your young and have motivation that will keep you going if you struggle come back for advice everyone on here is in the same boat and will support you good luck hun get going work with your tablets and they will work fir you xxx

Thanks everyone for your replies! I'm actually excited about starting this now. The good weather hopefully will be a good motivation as i won't be able to hide my belly in big jumpers anymore!!😃

If people are constipated would you consider a few spoons of lactulose to clear yourself? Also this is a pretty wretched question but does anyone wear slim liners incase of an accident? Pretty nervous about that starting off Monday!!!