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Really good ta cherry, old pal. So much so I got distracted when getting the vacuum out if the airing cupboard by a bag of old clothes. I had an afternoon of trying on stuff that hasn't fit me in years. I feel fandabbydozy! I also am going to be wearing a size 12 dress to the black tie do I'm...

Yeeeaaah boyee! Get on it cherrycoke :0))))

Hi Cath! Another 4lb for me please! Nearly 3 stone in 7 weeks :0)

Asking on Sunday instead. So?!...

Are you back on it yet cherrycoke? Wishing you well xx

Hi Cath! Can you update me with a 4lb loss this week please? Thank you x

Oi! It's Saturday! I'm holding you accountable :0) how was it?

Hi Cath! Can you pop me down for a 6lb loss please? It's a two week weigh in as I wasn't able to get there last week. Thank you :)

Just checking in Lucy, hope your weigh in goes well xx

Take it one day at a time nutty. You can do it. Remember how good you felt when you were in control, you can get that feeling back today! We are all rooting for you xx

*This post mentions very specific foods, you've been warned!!* Time for a proper catch up. I have had a really hard couple of weeks. I love a challenge, but I have been really tested in both my work and home life. I can't relax anywhere as I am in a state of upheaval but I have managed to stay...

Honks for days 28-35!

Consider yourself hassled cherrycoke! I shall stalk you. Have a great week :)

Hi I didn't weigh in this week due to work. will be weighing in next week and I'll check in then, thanks!

And where are you, too?!!

Hey cherrycoke, I'm still here. Crazy busy/horrible week. Still on track though... How's it going?

Thanks Emmy-Lu

Thank you so much cherrycoke, starting to feel like myself again :0)

I read somewhere that mouth spray is not allowed either

Let us know how you get on! I have got a series of goal dresses too, I keep my ultimate goal dress hanging on the outside of my wardrobe.

Well done nutty :)

Honk!

Day 27: bank holiday weekend. I had an amazing day. I took my eldest daughter out to get her hair done and a shopping spree for her birthday. We had breakfast at home, and coffee for me, bacon bap for her at our favourite coffee shop, then I dropped her off at her rowing club and we all got...

Hi Cath! Thanks so much for taking on the challenge this month. Can you pop me down for 16 please? I'm hoping for 21 but I don't know how flukey my losses have been so far... I'm sure I can't lose 25lbs every three weeks (!) Good luck fellow challengers :)

Haha! It sounds like we're synching up... surely that's not a thing?!!! ;)

Well, I'm having my first period on lipotrim and feel absolutely awful. Have never had cramps like it. I hope it's just a coincidence as I barely slept last night :0(

Thanks cherrycoke. I managed. Today I have a migraine, I was up most of the night having imaginary conversations with my ex. They worked. This morning he told me he is planning on moving to Texas without the kids. I get to move back into my home. I get my dog back. I get my garden and my...

Honk, day 23

Today sucked. I knew it was going to, as last week I recognized that Uni makes me want to eat my body weight in anything at all. It is such a ridiculously long day. I set off at 6:45 to get to class for 9, have a half hour coffee break and an hour lunch break, finish at 16:30 and home by 18:00...

Day 22: I remember this feeling. I have energy and I'm motivated to get stuff done... it's been a long time. It's amazing how lethargic being a chunky monkey makes you. Today I was up and dressed before the kids were up, I did younger daughter's hair for school, as opposed to rolling out of...

Hi Sam, welcome! the last time I did TFR I would have weeks where I would lose 2lbs or so, and keep on trucking, then I'd have a random 9lb loss. I think it's your body just not having a clue what's going on! Keep on keeping on, you're doing all the right things :)

Yup, I agree with everyone else, around the two stone mark does it. I am at 25lbs off and can really notice. I saw my mom and dad for the first time in three weeks and they noticed too

If you're doing everything right could it be that you're a bit constipated? (sorry, soooo personal!) I find I'm a twice a week gal on lipotrim, delightful (!)

Thank you April1, it's lovely when you read someone's experience and can say 'ooh, that's just like me!' There is a book I love called The Beck Diet Solution, and I am going to be reading that cover to cover when I start thinking about refeed, as, like you, I eat for whatever the emotion... I...

Thank you Monsieur Le Coke. I feel pretty fandabbydozey. You do realise you have to lose six pounds this week too, t maintain our theme ;)

6lbs off this week! I can hardly believe it! The weight is coming off faster than lighterlife, 25lbs in three weeks. Some big things have happened too... my size 14 jeans fit. I am no longer classed as obese by my BMI. My uniform is baggy. So freakin' stoked. I actually feel like me again. I...

Hello Kay! 6lbs for me too!!! Well done louthlady xxx

Sorry, tomorrow is weigh day, I'll keep your good luck till then!

Day 20 was a doddle! Had a gorgeous lie in, papers and coffee in bed, crossword, up an out for 12, and another day of window shopping. Home for an afternoon kip and then out to work at 7:45 for my night shift. All in all a success. Tomorrow shall be spent in bed, then it's weigh day!

How was iron man? I'm pretty sure if anyone can make me forget about food it's Robert Downey Jr :)

Day 19: weekend day one. So, without the power of work to transport me away from the horrors of weekend munchies I kept myself busy in other ways. Took the girls school shoe shopping, went for the oblig. bucket o'coffee at costa, went mooching around book shops, got older daughter ready for a...

Cherrycoke: Erm... OK!

Cherrycoke: Sorry I had no words of wisdom last night, I was watching a film with the girls and fell asleep! Hope you got through it ok x

Fantastic!!!! We are so the same person, we both had 7lbs this week :) how are you feeling about the weekend?

Nooooo! Off topic again...!!

I have that album! Love Uncle Tupelo, Wilco are my favourite band in the entire universe. Have seen them six thousand times. You have bizarrely American tastes! I love James Blake, had the album and thought it was pretty good (pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good) and then saw him at a music...

I was going to get tickets, then realised in my head I had thought it was death cab... so didn't get tickets in then end. Even though I do love postal service too... Anything ben g does really. Saw calexico too, never really listen to though. I've got no gigs coming up, but saw James Blake a...

I am at work, so mostly listening to monitors :) I love iron & wine. Seen them twice now, wasn't overly impressed by new album though... didn't do anything new I thought. What do you think?

Removed as double posted :)

Yep, uni is definitely my trigger. I feel back to normal today, so much so that I forgot to have my breakfast shake until I saw it in my work bag at 11am. The day is going slowly at work, but I'm drinking my water and getting on with it. Am off for most of the weekend, we'll see how I cope with...

We are playing topic tag, I just replied to yours! I'm having a coffee and am blasting through series 7 of Curb. Still obsessed with the idea of eating though :(

We seem to be having the same kind of day. I really want to go to bed now and just end the misery. Keep strong!

Ok, so Thursdays are going to be a problem. Have got massive non-specific food cravings following sitting in a classroom all day. Need some kind of coping strategy for next week I think.

Day 16 was another good day. Day 17 is shaping up to be another quickie, at uni all day, 13 year old's performing in a concert tonight. Just getting my head down and cracking on :)

I feel a bit like that at the moment too. Just want it to be three weeks down the line so my clothes fit, I want everything yesterday, but not finding it hard. Huzzah! Well done you

Day 15 continued to be a triumph. Full of the joys of spring, topped up what was left of my tan, did some fun shopping, saw my parents and cooked a lovely meal for my girls, did some bass practice and watched an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Had an alright night's sleep but have got a...

Oh yeah, and the Pixies totally rule

Honk! Day 14 and 15. 19lbs down!!!

Thank you! I lost more in this first two weeks than I did the first time round, and weighed less to start with this time, triple victory. Am totally motivated, and have got a really, really busy week ahead, which can only help :)

I tried on pre-Christmas skinny jeans yesterday. If clothing could raise an eyebrow these would have. I'm given them 2 weeks to fit.

Walking into town wearing a t-shirt, sunglasses on, Pixies blaring. Day 15 rocks.

talk amongst yourselves...

Hmm, my ticker hasn't updated :o

Second weigh in, another 7lbs off, that's 19lbs in two weeks. I am chuffed to bits. I wish I could just speed up the next couple of weeks so that the majority of my old clothes fit, oh well, it took six months to put on, I suppose...

Hello, happy travels! Can you pop me down for a 7lb loss this week please? Ta muchly

I will give you my list of ongoing diversions: • learn to play the bass • iron everything in sight • read • watch historical documentaries and try and learn the order of kings and queens •compile a rolling four week menu plus weekly shopping lists for when I finish LT • valuedopinions.com sit...

It's a new dawn, it's a new day... Good morning day 14! Had a lovely post nights sleep, and started my 30 day squat challenge. I've seen photographic evidence of what I can expect my ass to look like in a month. That'll be nice. So 50 squats when I woke up, followed by 50 crunches and a vanilla...

Hahahahaha!

Wow! You're easy "run a marathon." "OK" Love it! ;)

Cherrycoke: I hated the marathon at the time, but immediately entered the ballot, so yes, I guess I would. If I'm not pregnant by this time next year I think I will do Brighton marathon, I miss the training, and especially my training buddy. This time is going to be different for me too...

Last night was awful, work wise. One of those shifts that you want to crawl home and drown yourself in vino, which my colleagues are all going to do, was invited to a burger/wine/debrief. I probably need the debrief but couldn't do it with wine and food around. I usually only sleep for a...

I'm getting on ok, keeping busy! It's got to be the key. Even picked up some overtime this Wednesday, I may be thin and rich, how's about that?!

Honk day 13

Happy birthday!

Good luck, drink lots!

I do that! The boyf doesn't eat carbs so I know that it would be harder being off all weekend at this point as I could eat everything that he eats and not gain weight, the only problem being that I would then pick at little bits that I wasn't supposed to have, to see what I could get away with...

Congratulations!!!

Have you read Telling Stories by Tim Burgess? That might get you through a weekend :)

Day 13: spent a couple of hours in bed this morning before HAVING to get up and make the most of the fact that England forgot its self and shone some sun today, so popped out for a coffee and the Times crossword with el boyfo. Have just now made it back to bed. Two shakes down and feeling ok...

Aww shucks, fanks cherrycoke :)

I'm with you on the weekends, the only thing making my weekend night shift run bearable is the knowledge that if I were at home the food situation would be worse. I was reminiscing about my London marathon experience at work last night. Is it wrong that one of the highlights was the carb loading?

Day 12.5: nearing the end of my night shift. Today was fairly easy. Had an in depth discussion with work colleague about recipes. There were still dozens of cakes knocking about, but it was ok. Nothing much to say other than I bloomin' hate nights shifts. Particularly Friday Saturday Sunday...

I have heard tell of this phenomenon

Oh that's sad. You could have systematically taken to your photos with scissors like in films... or am I showing my age?

Love the Cure, deftones passed me by. Sorry you missed out.

Brilliant advice already. I agree, just be prepared for a god awful few days but I swear it gets better, and after the first weight in you feel fantastic. Get a good book, get a list of jobs to do and organise your drawers and cupboards. Also if you're anything like me, prepare to spend an awful...

Excellent, Nutty! You must be over the moon!!! I love those little non scale victories. I hear you about missing food though.. I miss weird food too, not chocolate and cakes and salted caramel lattes which were the things I used to crave, but I would sell my grandma for a roast beef sandwich and...

Thank you teapot! I will definitely keep that in mind. I think our eyes play tricks on us... I always think I look slimmer than I am when I am overweight, but then feel massive when I'm a healthy weight. I need to lie on someone's couch and talk about my mother, clearly.

Fantastic! Gutted to be missing record store day... did you get anything?

How did it go?

Day 11: night shift. The good thing about only working three long days a week is that you regularly get four days off in a row, so when you get to putting your uniform on, you can really tell the difference! The night shift was busy, exactly what I hoped for, there were fairy cakes on the side...

I was feeling good, then I saw a photo of myself taken today. I thought I looked cute, but I was wrong, I looked like a fat old dumpy effort. I don't know yet if it makes me feel motivated or helpless. Rubbish.

This has to be one of the things I'm looking forward to most about losing weight, not having that frantic 10 minutes between getting a notification on your phone and working out how to untag the most awful candid, full length photo of yourself in the background of a photo of someone's kid. Gah...

Well done! You got away with it :)

Wow. That place is going to smell incredible, kudos!

Honk day 11 :)

Day 11: it's been a long old morning. I was at the press launch of a charity project I'm involved in. I basically hung out in a cafe for 4 hours. There were also cupcakes and doughnuts made for the event. I drank three bottles of water and three large coffees, which does not bode well for my pre...

America will have you if you quote Pavement lyrics.

I lived in Virginia beach, VA, San Antonio, TX and Raleigh, NC. Don't mind at all!

That's nice to hear, mrs f to be x

Day 10. It went well. I bought a pair of trousers a month ago to wear on holiday. They were a size 16, and I was mortified. I was even more mortified when they nearly sliced me in two on the plane. Today was the first time i'd worn them since, they were roomy. Things are definitely happening...

That's what I'm reading. Love it so far. Love that morrissey wants Rogan to die in an m3 pile up!

Woohoo! Well done

Ah, you kind people. I shall definitely be abusing you all with my blathering. Thanks for your kind words, and depeche mode lyrics ;)

Ha! I have those days, wanting to get into bed at 6pm. I'm trying to find fun things to do in the evening (not much of a telly person) so am currently: 1 learning to play the bass, 2 reading a book about morrissey and marr and 3 learning spending an awful lot of time on my hair and nails. Feel...

Congrats on a perfect day! Good luck on the scales xx

My name's Natalie, I'm 38. I lost all my weight once, was a size ten, had a BMI of 23. I now have a BMI of 32. The first time I lost it all I started with a BMI of 38, so all is not lost. This is round two, week two. My mom was always on a diet, she wasn't big, but had been a pretty polly leg...

Ah Cherrycoke! You sound like the boy me, down to quoting morrissey! I'm going to start a diary right now... Keep going, I am half way through week two, think of all the reasons you like the diet... getting the whole food equation removed. I too could make my daily points allowance equal some...

I love this! I think it is hard for people who know you, I remember being close to goal last time and one of my work colleagues who I hadn't seen for two months quite literally FREAKED! We were at a presentation and she even sent me a note apologising for staring, what I found was my skinny...

Well done Emma! I too am doing it again... I've learned so much about myself since the last time... it'll make this time better.

Thank you Kay! It never happened to me on lighter life, I was only a but constipated at times, and had a bit of hair loss after five months (but I have a lot of hair anyway) so hopefully I'll come through this unscathed! I think the fact me and the boyf aren't doing away with a bottle or two of...

Sorry Nuzzy, but I had to giggle at 'worst thing ever' try to put it in perspective and learn from it, what could you do differently next time? I have a really good book called The Beck Diet Solution, you're supposed to use it I'm conjunction with a conventional, moderate diet, but I find bits...

Egads! I did not know about this side effect. I am hoping to conceive when I reach goal... that can't be good

Good luck!

Honk honk honk :)

Hi sherie, good luck! I'm new too, it's great to look to the girls who have been doing it a while for inspiration huh?! Good luck

Hi fat-harrie, finding it ok, just stuck in that pre-50 posts land so it's not as user friendly as it could be yet. How are you getting on?

This is incredible! You look so great x

Well done! Your pictures are a real motivation :)

Thank you! How did you get on? How are you feeling?

I am going to be toning, nothing massive in terms of cardio, but definitely working on my tummy at least, even at a size ten it looked awful last time. I think it would effect your weight loss, in terms of it being slower, as I think ketosis will break down muscle tissue as well as fat...

You know, Anna, I felt exactly the same way as you yesterday, second week in and all if a sudden you get a reality check, maybe it's stopped being quite so exciting?! But I got out some skinny clothes to motivate me, and went to Costa for a bucketful of black coffee! Had to go food shopping...

Yeah, the old lower belly. Having just done my core exercises I can't help but feel it's all futile, I can never shift it :(

Thank you dunder and mrs f 2 b :)

Kay, you look incredible, not just in size but in youthfulness! Thanks for keeping me motivated. I can't wait to get my pics up!

I think it's important not to have any crutches, it's about taking the pleasure factor out of food and drink. Then you can really address your emotions towards what you put into your body. That being said I too could murder a coke zero at the moment, but I'll get through it!

I've resisted Pinterest till now, might have to give it a bash

I think I'll join in with the healthy crew, I am NOT putting this weight back on. My boyfriend eats really healthy, so to just sit down with him with a glass of water and one of his amazing carb free stir fries will be the cat's meow! Although he has promised me a night out in Cheltenham to a...

I love that 'still lapping everyone on the couch' one!

I am going to try this! Thanks

Thanks for the help. Was fairly pain free!

Today, Tuesday, is my weigh in day. 12lbs off in my first week. Still grinning!

My friend used to send me texts with inspirational quotes, the one that stuck with me was 'a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step' I forget who it's by, but I like it

He is gorgeous. I miss having a horse! Brilliant exercise and keeps you really busy x

Crikey dolly, hope she's ok. Thanks for sharing that, it'll keep me on the straight and narrow when my pushy friends start on at me :break_diet:

Honk x 8 for me, well done everybody :)

Ah, brilliant. Thanks x

So, I've cleaned the house, changed all the sheets, made several cups of coffee, I just can't believe how much time used to be taken up with food. So today I have dusted off my bass guitar. I am starting from page one in my learn to play the bass book, and by the time I am at my goal weight I...

Thank you so much! I feel great. Have already been told by the boyf that there's a lot less of me to get his arms round. Can't wait for the next couple of weeks when people start asking me if I've lost weight... It won't be long :rolleyes:

Hi there, I was wondering if I can join in? Only week one, but I have two more weigh ins in April and would like to see 25lbs off, as week one was so good. thanks muchly LeeLee

Hi, first weigh in was this morning. 12 lbs!!! so thrilled. Glad you're feeling a bit better. I can honestly say I'm back to normal now! Keep on truckin' xx

This was a great post to read, I can relate to so many of you!

Hi! I just had my first weigh in, that first 7 days is a killer, but I promise you it gets easier, am already at the point that i can cook for the kids, and get lunch ready for the boyf when he comes home, whereas last week I spent a ot of time in the bath while everyone was eating! Good luck...

Thank you so much for all your support, I can see this forum is going to be a massive help for me. So this week I lost... {{{{ drumroll }}}} TWELVE BLOOMIN' POUNDS!!!!!! I am thrilled. The lady at the chemist asked me to check her maths :) This week I am going to focus on exercising too...

Hi Nutty, it's my 7th day today and it is the first day I've felt completely normal; not grumbling at the kids (although I haven't seen them yet, hmmm....!) not overly touchy, feel motivated to do stuff, and I just finished nights, had to really think about having my shakes, too. Just not...

Hi everyone, This is the end if my first week, and I am already chuffed. Going to weigh in tomorrow morning and I feel like its going to be a big loss. I am new to lipotrim but had enormous success with LighterLife four years ago, when I lost 6.5 stone, I kept it off, and ran the London...