How TotalFast Works

The keto advantage

LighterLife Foodpacks are low enough in carbohydrates and calories that they encourage your body to switch from burning carbs to burning fat stores as its main source of energy – a natural metabolic state called ketosis.

Probably the first signs of ketosis you’ll notice are a bittersweet taste in your mouth and a slightly acid-drop, fruity smell on your breath, a bit like nail-varnish remover – but don’t worry, it doesn’t mean your breath will strip nail varnish!

The really amazing thing about ketosis is that it generally suppresses appetite – which is great news, because if you’re not feeling physically hungry it can be easier to keep to your weight-loss goals. You can check for ketones using Ketostix.

We’ll be honest – it does take a few days for your body to get fully in ketosis, and during that time you might feel hungry and experience some mild carbohydrate-withdrawal symptoms, like headaches, nausea and lethargy. It can feel a bit like coming down with a cold, but it will pass.

Try this visualisation: you’re climbing a cliff, and the top is in sight – all you have to do is take it one step at a time. Sure, it’s a bit of a challenge, but the view of your amazing new, lighter life from the top is worth the effort – you won’t be feeling physically hungry, and you’ll already be noticing your weight loss because your body will be working with you to help you lose weight, rather than fighting you.

Your TotalFast lifestyle

Our Foodpacks are designed to fit in with your lifestyle, not the other way around!

• Have your Foodpacks when you want – use this time to explore new eating patterns. As long as you have four a day, you’re sorted.
• On the go? Our bars are ideal or make a shake by tipping a Foodpack into a bottle of water, shake it (baby!) and enjoy. Staying overnight somewhere? What could be handier than our Porridge and Noodle FastPots – peel back the lid, add hot water, stir and tuck in.
• Going out to eat? Have a Foodpack before you go or take one with you. And remember, while a meal can take a couple of hours, people are only eating for a fraction of that time; mostly they’re chatting, and that’s calorie-free fun.
• On holiday? It’s no excuse for ditching your Foodpacks – unless you choose to make them into an excuse. Plan how many you’ll need and how you’ll use them, then keep to your plan.
• Going abroad and taking Foodpacks? Remember to pack our Foodpack Explanation letter and our Ingredients List, just in case you need to show them at Customs. Click below to download a copy, which you can save on your phone or print out.

Download the letter here 

For the Ingredients list, click here

The F word

Work out your strategies for dealing with food situations right from the off; the better prepared you are, the easier it is to get into the routine of Foodpacks not food. Here are some tried-and-tested tips to get you started:

• Sort out your kitchen when you start your plan and make sure anything problematic for you is hidden away or given away.
• Minimise supermarket trips by sending someone else or ordering online.
• If you’re cooking for others, freeze meals in batches to limit your time in the kitchen, or prepare meals you don’t like.
• Don’t cook too much – there’s one less mouth to feed (yours). Serve fixed-portion foods such as chicken breasts, where it would be obvious if you swiped a bit
• If you think it’s hard watching other people eat, make yourself scarce at meal Whether it’s tough or not is totally up to you, because what you think is what you get!
• Freeze or bin leftovers – out of sight is more likely to be out of mind.
• If you don’t want to explain why you’re “not eating”, simply say you’re not hungry or that you’ve already eaten.