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Hi All!!

Would you believe this is my first time posting on a forum of any sort?! I just stumbled on this site by accident and have been reading some of the posts . . . great support and sucess stories . . . I think that there is no greater motivation than keeping a diary that can be seen by OTHERS not just myself so here it goes, wish me luck!!

So, Im 30, a mum of two, work full time i(n an office sitting on my bum all day and nibbling constantly). Im currenlty 12st13lbs, my heaviest weight ever apart from when I had just had my second child. Im blaming christmas last year, we stayed at my Mum in laws she laid on mountains of the most delicious home cooked pies and cakes and I swear I think that I developed a food addiction because Iv basically been stuffing my face ever since then. I had always been able to control my weight, when ever I put on a few pounds I would just cut back and go for longer runs but the only thing I'v cut back on over the last few months is excersising! I'v watched myself go up 2 dress sizes Im now a size 16, and despise all my cothes, finding something to conceal my horrendious belly on a daily basis is becoming a nightmare. As with many Mums, the bane of my life is my belly. My weight is almost all on my tummy and hips, at the minute I have the most awful bloated 'spare tyre' that practically sits out on my lap when Im sitting down. I'v gotten into that awful cycle of being down about my weight, then stuffing my face thinking 'to hell with it I'm fat anyway' then feeling awful about the amount of rubbish I'v eaten. Im tired all the time, going from one sugar rush to the next and Im just fed up and annoyed at myself for allowing things to get this way.

So Im about to embark on the Lipotrim diet. Now I know alot of people will say its a reciepe for disaster and that it dosnt work, but it HAS worked for me in the past. After I had my first child I did lipotrim for four weeks and lost almost 2st. I felt on top of the world and managed to keep it off with excersise & healthy eating. The thing I found is that after a while I didnt crave the chocolate and pizzas any more, I remember feeling disgusted by greasy fast food and thats the feeling I need to get back because Iv turned into a total junk food addict! I'v chosen this diet because I feel I just need a kick start, to reprogramme myself to respect food again, and just because I dont trust myself to pretend I'll only eat certain foods on any other diet.

I expect that having this diary to fill in at the end of each day is going to be a great motivator. My biggest challenge will be the first few days when I am preparing meals for my husband & children, I love to cook and do all the cooking so having food in my face all the time is going to be tough at first but Im just going to squeeze that flabby belly when Im tempted to remind myself of why Im doing this!

My goal is to LOOSE THE BELLY & get back into my size 10's & also to break this awful junk food which Iv developed. I'v always loved running but I'v been really sporadic with excersise ever since christmas, I'll do some great workouts one week then none for another 3 weeks, pointless!! But Im leaving the workouts until I finish lipotrim, nothing strenous while I'm on it.

I WILL be in that little black dress at christmas!!

Day 1!!

Hi All!! :wavey:

Well I am halfway through Day1 and so far so good!! I managed to get through feeding my children breakfast and lunch without any temptation which Im amazed at but I think the hard part starts now because it was always in the evenings that I started to gorge! I was sipping black coffee during the kids meals times and I'v kept myself busy cleaning the house and entertaining them which has distracted me from food BUT I'm at work now for the rest of the night (thats why I'm posting now wont get a chance later!) sitting in an office and I know that I'v got to keep myself busy or else the temptation will start! Im feeling hungry and my tummy is rumbling but I'v got a litre bottle of water here to plough through and if it gets really bad I'll have another coffee but I'm determined!
:cross:

This morning I took photos of my belly hips and back and to be honest looking back at the photos I just felt really down I didnt realise was so bloated looking! Well I did, but I guess I didnt think that I was SO bloated looking!I'm going to post the photos here when I figure out how and add new ones every week to track my progress and as an added incentive. When I was googling weight loss sites yeaterday I found a thing on you tube of a Mum who did the same thing and her before and after pictures are amazing so it really inspired me. :character00115:

I'm finding the threads and support here great, (I'v just downloaded the App for my Iphone!) so glad I found it!

Day 2 - Tough Day!!

Hi!!

Ugh what a day, starving, headaches so tired BUT Iv managed to stick with my shakes coffee and water!! Did a big chicken curry and rice for dinner and the smell was torture but in my head I kept saying to myself 'Youre not going to fail you're getting back into your jeans!"

I remember the last time I did this I found the second and third day so hard so at least I know get over these two days and it gets easier!

Iv seen on other threads on here people saying that they find the water fills then up but that dosnt work for me I wish it did!! Also I was chewing some sugar free gum but I think that makes me hungrier!!

How's everyone else doing?? I swear I'm going to bed at 9 just so I can sleep and stop thinking about food!!

XX

Hello

Good luck on your journey. I started at a not dissimilar weight ( 12 stone 4 ) and am now , just over 5 weeks later , at 10 stone 10 and a dress size 10/12. Am aiming for just under 10 so not long to go. I did the Cambridge diet so again, similar to lipo trim in terms of torture !

So - a long winded way of saying ' keep strong ' and that focus on your goal will see you to the finish

Hiya, well done so far! I'm kinda new to the forum as well (and roughly the same weight as you now although i was ALOT bigger). Never heard of the Lipotrim diet! What is it? I've just restarted so keeping the diet options open!
Good luck! xxx

Wow, well done! Your post has been such motivation to me! Thanks so much!!xx

Hi Pamperme!!

Weclome! Are you following any particular diet?? Lipotrim is a food replacment diet - shakes and lots of water! Its run by some pharmacies, and you are monitored by the pharmacist who weighs you, calulates your BMI, etc I guess thats just to make sure that its used just by people who actually need it. You get your shakes for the week chocolate/vanilla/ strawberry, theres soups too and you basically just stick to the shakes tons of water & black tea or coffee.

Theres tons of willpower required (same as any diet!) but I'v done it before and lost almost two stone. So here I am again! x

Day 3 - Tired, grumpy, starving but MOTVATED!

So yesterday was day 3 and the hardest yet. I just spent the day feeling tired, grumpy and constantly thinking about foot BUT I had a big motivator - at one stage I put my hand on my hip and I noticed that my hip didnt feel as 'bloated' as normal, if that makes sence?? Also, this morning I notice that my tummy isnt as round looking in my clothes so these things are great motivators! Im hoping that today wont be as bad as yesterday but I think that its going to start getting a little easier- well Im hoping so anyway! I read somewhere to put some of the powder into your coffee, I tried this and its great! Its like Im drinking a vanilla coffee!

Hope everyone else is doing well! xx

Hi All!

Well so far so good Im delighted to report that Im now down to 12st 5lbs and already I feel so much better!
:bliss:
My clothes are fitting me again (the big bloated belly has subsided Thank God!) and I can notice it in my face already so I'm delighted even though its only been a week and I still have a long way to go. I think that I'm over the hardest part of the diet, Im not really feeling hungry any more, just bored! & Im fed up of constantly having to pee,lol! I really miss looking forward to having a nice dinner or coffee and chocolate breaks but I keep reminding myself that it'll all be worth it at christmas when Im in that little black dress! I'v started going for walks in the evening and jogging Im always wrecked going to bed but Im actually able to get up in the mornings now feeling good, I was struggling to get up every morning and was feeling shattered all morning.

We have a wedding coming up in 2 weeks so I think Im going to take a break for two days then, though im going to be good I dont want to ruin my hard work and end up feeling yuck again!

Sarah_Sue said:

Hi All!

Well so far so good Im delighted to report that Im now down to 12st 5lbs and already I feel so much better!
:bliss:
My clothes are fitting me again (the big bloated belly has subsided Thank God!) and I can notice it in my face already so I'm delighted even though its only been a week and I still have a long way to go. I think that I'm over the hardest part of the diet, Im not really feeling hungry any more, just bored! & Im fed up of constantly having to pee,lol! I really miss looking forward to having a nice dinner or coffee and chocolate breaks but I keep reminding myself that it'll all be worth it at christmas when Im in that little black dress! I'v started going for walks in the evening and jogging Im always wrecked going to bed but Im actually able to get up in the mornings now feeling good, I was struggling to get up every morning and was feeling shattered all morning.

We have a wedding coming up in 2 weeks so I think Im going to take a break for two days then, though im going to be good I dont want to ruin my hard work and end up feeling yuck again!

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Woo well done . This is further prove with something that annoys me. I also felt a difference in my clothes and felt less bloated after a week, yet everywhere I look people away from this amazing site seem to just mention 'oh its just water weight'. I replied to people who said that to me 'well its water I don't want' .

Keep it up very very good start

Keep it up and keep smiling, you're going to get there! x