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Yesterday I finally got round to painting one of the bedrooms that I'm letting out at the end of the month, fell into an exhausted sleep when I was done. Today my body doesn't want to move at all so had breakfast in bed. Still got a lot of cleaning up to do so I might start that after lunch, got...

Yesterday I finally got round to painting one of the bedrooms that I'm letting out at the end of the month, fell into an exhausted sleep when I was done. Today my body doesn't want to move at all so had breakfast in bed. Still got a lot of cleaning up to do so I might start that after lunch.

Okay, back at pre-exam weight. First mini goal is to get below 100kg, it looks more attainable now. Can do this.

Good weekend life-wise and food-wise. Trying to not give in to the 50% pizza offers that keep appearing on my social media, can do this.

Come on Kamikat, I'm kinda hungry but it's nearly bedtime. Trouser legs were a tiny bit loose yesterday. need to remember that this feels better than the taste of junk food. I want fast results, and get disheartened, and I overeat and regress. Need to break this cycle!

Weighed in, back on track, trying to banish the temptation to have celebratory fast food. Bit sick of meat at this point and need to go food shopping, shall avoid snacks this time. Why am I fine with repeating carb-heavy meals and yet get sick of repeating low-carb meals? Maybe that's part of my...

That is a good way to do things. I've now got nothing in my cupboards since this seems to be the only way that works for me at this stage. Toward the end of last year I could manage myself better after a month of macro-counting, thought I could control myself better now but clearly I'm not ready...

Damnit went food shopping yesterday, bought some snacks to spread out throughout the week. And ate them all last night. Woke up with a stomachache, why do I do this to myself? Looks like I still can't let myself buy unhealthy snacks for the time being. Made a load of tomato stew with chicken and...

...I say that and after 5 days' holiday in Edinburgh weight's jumped back up again. Need to go food shopping now I'm back, will try to avoid temptation and get only healthy things.

So on the plus side weight's going back down again, hopefully won't take too long to get back to where I was pre-exams. I really need to work on my stress habits, how can two weeks of screwed-up eating mess up my body so badly?

Okay, trying to get back on track again. The last week wasn't great, didn't eat out much but overate junk food at home, and a couple of times binge-ate. I feel a lot of shame when that happens, I really hope that doesn't happen again. Over the weekend didn't macro or calorie-count but did make a...

Exams aren't great, I really fell off the wagon this week, but like you say some days are like that and just got to get back on afterwards. Good luck, you're doing great!

Thanks! My cat's doing better, and exams are over so that's the good news. All the best on your weight loss journey, you're doing great! Weighed myself this morning after a week of quick meals and eating out and... eek. Got to get back on track!

Ate out between exams today, got home at about 9pm and had shop-brand pizza and potato wedges, and ice cream. So not a good day food-wise, on Sunday things should go back to normal life-wise.

Had to get up early this morning for exams, not sure how they went at all. Had lunch out at a chain, ordered the smaller size meal, then came home and napped. Still exhausted, at leat tomorrow I don't have to wake up as early as I did today.

The first day of exams went badly, and I spent the better part at the morning at the vet, in the end they took some blood and told me to wait a few days to see if it's a kidney or thyroid problem. So that's worrying. On the way home after the exam I called my boyfriend, he suggested getting a...

Today I paced myself well with meals and had enough calories for a good berries snack. Tomorrow my exams start, I was hoping to stay home in the morning and study but my cat's not well so going to try to get a vet appointment first thing. Depending what time we get back, I'll either eat here and...

Eating pattern similar to yesterday. Had breakfast when I woke up at 9am, got hungry and had lunch at midday, berries snack at 1ish, and dinner at 5pm. Now I'm a bit hungry and mildly headachey and quite tired and just so fed up of studying. Exams start on Monday, if I stop now and try to sleep...

Uff exam revision's killing me. I ate early lunch at midday because I was hungry, and just finished dinner at 4.30pm because either hungry or bored or stressed or can't tell. Still within macros, just, but it's so tempting to pig out on junk and call it 'justified' because of the stress. Which...

Went out to study at the library and went to KFC for dinner before going back to study again. Over-caloried quite a bit today, it was tasty as a one-off so not going to feel too guilty about it. I recorded it in My Fitness Pal and am surprised at how many calories it has, keeping this as...

Last night I slept really badly because of some heavy news I'd gotten just before bed. This morning I teleworked for an hour and a half, then fell asleep again. I woke up after midday and had lunch at 2ish, then studied a while before heading out to work. Got home at 8pm-ish and bulk cooked, so...

Yesterday was an odd day foodwise. I was in a rush leaving the house so just had some tuna, then spent the morning getting an important bureauratic process done (living abroad is fun), when that was done I went to a favourite chain restaurant (fried food) for celebratory lunch. The starter was...

This time I was prepared and took a sandwich with me to have after work, so I left work hungry at 8.30pm and was inside the warm station eating at 9pm. Then got home and just finished a potato, still within macros and feels like I'm overeating with all the little meals. Tomorrow I'm out all day...

Staying at home studying is screwing with my eating and sleeping patterns, I'll be so glad when this is all over and I can resume normality. Thankfully there isn't so much temptation now to snack, but I find myself looking forward to mealtimes to break the monotony of studying. I did a sneaky...

Weighed in, and... about the same as before Christmas. So that's good to know that a week of macro-ing has brought me back down. Going to be back on track now! Just finished bulk-cooking to take me until the end of Saturday so that's out of the way, macro-wise if I add in a daily fruit I'll be...

Didn't sleep so well last night, but woke up refreshed enough. Had tea and breakfast at a good time, not hungry for lunch yet so that's an improvement on yesterday. Heading out to teach at 4pm, so taking a snack with me to tide me over until I get home at 10ish. Evening teaching's not great but...

Slept really badly last night, eventually nodded off about 2 and woke up at 7. Had breakfast about 7.30ish, went back to study, nodded off at 10 and woke at 12 ravenous for lunch. Still feeling tired and out of sorts, probably nervousness about the exams isn't helping. Usually during exam...

Starting day 3 of back-on-macros, body feels over-tired while it's adjusting, I really want (but don't crave, interesting) more sweet carbs, and I'm almost waiting for the day to end so I can be a step closer to goal weight. I hate this transition period, I hope it passes quickly and I soon feel...

So... yeah, Christmas weight-wise has been a disaster, my clothes are tight once more and I dread the scales. Starting today going back on macros now that I'm back home and not seeing family or friends for a while, got exams at the end of January so staying home to study. Bulk-cooked for the...

Today had a pre-Christmas lunch, as with everything I've been eating and enjoying but not pushing myself to finish/overeat what's there. So that's something. Am heading to my family's on Monday for a week, could weigh myself on Monday morning before I go but it might depress me...

Weighed myself this morning, surprisingly have lost a tiny bit of weight. Still nowhere near what I weighed pre-friends' visit but if I don't go back above 104 by the end of Christmas then I'll tell myself to realistically be very happy with that. Am enjoying meals out with friends and the...

So... yeah, have been out to eat with boyfriend and friends every day since he got here. The down-a-size jeans still close but are getting tight. Argh!

Yesterday had normal breakfast, didn't have time to prepare lunch so I ended up eating out at the restaurant where I meet my third client (we usually just order soft drinks, it's informal so on occasion one of us has ordered food). Came home and had larger-than-usual pasta meal. Must not let...

Still felt unwell from overeating yesterday, had a small empanada brunch but wasn't really feeling it. Went out this evening with the friend who's staying and a mutual friend for General Tso, first time trying that, extremely filling and I ended up leaving half of it. So maybe weight's not been...

So... the weigh-in wasn't great. I sneakily weighed myself three days ago and was well on track, today my weight's gone back up to what it was last week. However this morning I could feel my hipbones (slightly) for the first time in a while, and my shoulder blade feels more pronounced. I also...

The escape room was awesome! Ate out for lunch, and in the evening went out with my friend and another mutual friend for Indian. Tasty but dreading the scales tomorrow morning...

Had some muesli and banana with my friend for breakfast, felt nice to share company with her. She's spending the day in town while I stay home studying so had a lentil-tuna-pepper-tomato broth for hot lunch (didn't macro it but tried to not go overboard with the lentils or tomato) and a piece of...

Whoa congrats on the loss of a stone, that's amazing! Best of luck with the holiday season, we've got this! But we can still enjoy ourselves a little bit :P

Yesterday studied all day and didn't cook... had to remind myself to eat which is a very rare thing. Today a friend's coming to stay for a few days, overslept so had brunch and have been cleaning since. Starting to feel hungry again and she won't be here for another two hours at the very least...

Came home from work early so had a late lunch/early dinner, then later in the evening had a fruit snack to make up calories even though macros are a bit short. Home all day tomorrow because of a bank holiday so I'll organise my meals better. I need to use up food in the freezer anyway to make...

Weirdly enough macros worked out when I had a carby snack for lunch (Christmas market tempted me) and a very fishy dinner. Not a clue how the maths works but not going to question it.

I ran out of leftovers for the rest of the week so I made double food yesterday (not what I'd fancied having for lunch but hey), only to be told this morning that I'm not needed at work this afternoon. Oh the joys of freelancing. So I'm wondering if I should follow original plan of breakfasting...

Weighed in at home and am at exactly the same weight as this time last week. For a birthday week with meals out and cake this is pretty damn good for me. Went for my monthly weigh-in at the nurse and it came out 0.8kg higher, interesting, then again at home I wear considerably fewer clothes when...

Am exhausted and not feeling like cooking or eating at all, so having a toasted sandwich and a bit of birthday cake. I'll get back on macro plan after the weekend, my boyfriend's coming over from abroad tomorrow morning and we plan to eat out a couple of times. Shall try to not lose control...

Hi there! Life has a way of making it so we put the weight back on doesn't it :/ But not this time, you've got this!

Had a sneaky mid-week weigh-in, haven't gained weight so I consider that a plus given it's birthday and Mum-visit season.

This evening after work Mum had helpfully cooked! After eating about half of the plate I felt full, I should've stopped at that point but instead kept going until the plate was clean. Why do I feel the compulsion to do this, damnit, I need to control myself better when the food is in front of...

Birthday was great! Foodwise... taste-wise amazing, ate a lot but didn't eat to burst which made a difference to previous years, and limited myself on the (so so tasty) cake. Then later that evening when watching TV with my mum she brought out a bag of crisps and put it between us... I didn't...

Best of luck! You're making great progress so far :)

It has just turned my birthday here! So I weighed myself yesterday so as to not get demotivated on my birthday. My mum's visiting so yesterday evening we ate dinner together and I didn't macro, today I'm indulging myself at lunch (Mum and I are heading to a place we go every year for lunch) and...

Having a Sunday at home cleaning/procrastinating, very tempting to snack. And here I wonder just how I managed to gain all this weight! Feeling peckish now so going to have a kiwi, winter's settling in so the vitamin C will definitely be handy. Forgot to buy chicken yesterday and the shops are...

The Thanksgiving meal was lovely and now I never want to eat again... was in good control with the main course, but when dessert came I pigged out. Need to work on this control more. Had a really lovely evening, drank a fair bit of wine so going to down a lot of water now I'm back home!

Somehow kept to macros today, didn't have any chicken leftover from lunch prep so was pretty low on protein up until an hour agp when I had a tuna snack. Tomorrow evening got a planned Thanksgiving meal with friends so shall be good in the daytime and see how it goes.

Today I macro-ed breakfast and lunch, then went out to dinner with my friend since it's her last night in my city before she flies home. I felt full without finishing the main course, which is a nice new thing, although I did have dessert afterwards so not great diet-wise. Tomorrow I'm at home...

That'a amazing progress Holly Marie, well done! I hope the weight loss helps out with your health. A student doctor was worried for my health and sent me to the nurse for advice which started my weight loss journey, the friend who's visiting me at the moment who I hadn't seen in a couple of...

Today was a good day food-wise. Did some shopping for next week's lunches (birthday lunch not included), going to prep those tonight since I need to make one for tomorrow as well. Somehow macros worked out that I was going to undercarb and undercal when meals were done, so having a sneaky sweet...

Was good for homemade breakfast and lunch. Then had tea and cake with my friend, then Burger King. Ended up having to make two pit stops for a toilet on the way home, usually it doesn't disagree with me but my body couldn't take it today. Probably a good thing now that I'm trying to be healthier.

Morning weigh-in shows I'm back on track which is good to see :) Got two planned 'meals out' this week, hope I can still lose by next week's weigh-in, which is my birthday. That'd be a nice birthday gift to myself!

Yesterday due to miscommunication I had breakfast at 11am and 'lunch' after 5pm. Went out to a vegan restaurant with my friend, not quite to my taste and I've had a headache since then. When I got home that night had some dinner, didn't macro it well at all. Today macros are nearly spot-on so...

Today had a late breakfast, same as always, then friend and I went out and had tea and cake for 'lunch'. When we got home that evening I had some rice and tuna, macros out the window today but hopefully not too far over on calories. Had a nice day out with my friend so that's what mattered today.

Friend is visiting! Was 'just' within macros until dinner where we had a takeaway, tasty but tummy is full of regret.

Today just copied yesterday's meals, been a bit of a rushing-around day so it was nice to not have to think about food prep. Tomorrow a vegetarian friend's coming to stay for a few days, not quite sure what I'll feed her (I don't live in a very vegetarian country!) but we'll work it out.

Today had a nice big lunch (within macros) and small tasty dinner, feeling pretty peckish but I think it's still holiday tummy talking. Meal prepped my lunches for this week and most of next week, so that'll save some time. Yesterday went out for dinner with a friend and ate way too much...

Amazing!

Day 14 (not counting the holiday days) Weighed self, have gained pretty much two weeks' weight loss in three days :eek: Yesterday met my macros so going to make sure I stick to it this week. Long-term goals Kamikat, long-term goals.

Hey Jenny I think I remember you too! Good luck to you too, you're making amazing progress!

Just got back from holiday in Amsterdam, had a great time! Ate way too much unhealthy food, back on the wagon tomorrow with no excuses.

Day 12 I have a stupid work schedule, so sometimes I have dinner at 6pm and some days, like today, I don't have it before 10pm. Feeling mopey about life stuff, having not eaten anything since 3.30pm lunch except a plum probably isn't helping, and mopeyness makes me more tempted to eat junk. Damn...

Day 11 On Wednesdays I meet a client at a restaurant, sometimes I've eaten a packed lunch beforehand and gotten just a sugar-free drink, once I got a meal there, and I'm always tempted by the snacks and desserts. Today tried to be good and not order anything but a drink, temptation's pretty high...

Day 10 Weighed self, have hit 10% of my 'to lose' goal, huzzah! Going on holiday next weekend so going to try to keep being good this week.

We'll get there, we've got this! Even though rough days come like you say, onwards and upwards.

Day 9 With the re-addition of chicken, protein macros are easier to hit. Almost looking forward to tomorrow morning's weigh-in to see how that's going. Haven't noticed a change physically persay - yesterday I got stressed about something and slept badly so I don't feel energized at all today...

Agreed, the problem for me is falling into the trap of thinking 'It's a one-off' multiple times a week. Hope that keeping the diary will help keep me on track!

Day 7 Had a party tonight which was really fun. Macro-ed breakfast and lunch and came out quite low, impossible to count dinner macros at the party and I'm sure I went over. Yet another reason to not weigh myself until Tuesday... had a great time as a one-off though, as long as I make sure...

Day 6 Weighed self at the same time as yesterday and weight has gone up. So new rule, not going to weigh myself until Tuesday so I don't get demoralised by day-to-day fluctuations. Felt a bit under the weather this morning so stayed in bed (it's a bank holiday here) and didn't have breakfast...

Day 5 Just got back from buying toffees in case trick-or-treaters come by (it's not big in the city I live in), hope they take them off my hands. Tomorrow I'm hosting a get-together in my house so I'll put what's left over out for the guests. The problem if I have just one is that I then want...

Day 4 Macro counting's interesting. Yesterday got the balance almost perfect, today when adding up what I could have for dinner realised that I'd undercarb quite a lot if I wanted to eat up the fish I've been saving (had a great teaching day today so I'm in a good mood). Overcal-ed a bit with...

Thanks Dolly, best of luck to you too! We've got this :)

After a long leave of absence from the forums, I've decided to come back. I used to post frequently on here about 5/6 years ago, back when I did Lipotrim, and the community really helped me to stay accountable and I lost a hell of a lot of weight. 5 years later, I've tried a bunch of diets with...

Wow congrats on your 3st loss Seabre, that's amazing!!! Birthday celebrations carried on for a few days after, I've been on track since and am back to about the same weight as when I came off LT. So that's something I guess, I miss losing but it's a change from getting heavier over Christmas! I...

Well today was my birthday so I went about as far off-plan as possible... back on track tomorrow! How're things going for you Trimlee?

Wow you're halfway to goal already seabre! That's amazing :D

Thanks Mindy, feeling a bit more excited about it now! Weighed-in, have lost .8lb in the last week... I miss the fast losses on LT! After birthday I'll be stricter on keto.

...and it looks like I'm going to Spain! I'm trying to be excited about it, but to be honest I'm quite scared about the move. On the plus side diet-wise, Spanish food is a lot more keto-friendly than English food!

Wow! Oh good for you, that must feel amazing :D I'm good, low-carb's going well now that I'm back on track. It's getting back on the keto horse that's hardest, looking forward to my birthday itself but not so much the day after!

Hey Mindy, how're you doing?

They'll let me know on Tuesday... I'd rather stay here in the country, but after talking it through with some friends I feel that going away wouldn't be a bad idea either. Non-Scale Victory: Today I felt confident enough to go to a convention in cosplay! It was my first convention and it was...

On my second day back to being good :) I have an interview this afternoon in a city an hour away, I really really hope that I get this one. Otherwise I've provisionally been offered a position in Spain... I'm in two minds about that. I've decided that if I get this offer in the UK, I'll take...

You're far too forgiving Mindy :) My mind's going 'But if you'd stayed on LT you could be 8lb down now', but on the other hand I'm not struggling on low-carb (when I behave!). I might LT again after New Year, I'll see how keto goes.

So after my 4-day weekend of not being sensible with food, I've gained 1.5lb. To be honest this isn't as bad as I'd expected, it's extra incentive to be good this week. My body's now craving sugar, it's scary how addictive carbs are.

Woo go you!

Go you seabre! Well done for staying so disciplined, I'm actually dreading weigh-in for the first time since I know I've overeaten unhealthy stuff. But if I hold myself accountable on here and stay low-carb from here on (I might make an exception for my birthday next Wednesday :p ) I hope that...

Sooo... I had a great weekend away, lots of fun and games. Food-wise overate a lot of unhealthy food... part of me wants to write it off as 'holiday', but I know that there'll be other occasions like this one where I'm at risk of overeating (birthday and Christmas meals). I'm going for weigh-in...

Go Mini! You're right, this is a really tough time in the year to go LT, you're doing amazingly!

After a week on refeed, my weight has... stayed exactly the same! Given that I enjoyed a dinner party, I guess it's fair enough. This weekend I'm away and there'll be a buffet, I'll do my best to be good! There'll be 2 fancy dress parties, yesterday I had fun dressing up and wearing clothes...

*hug* Don't beat yourself up about it, the main thing is to get back on track. It's a really tough diet to be on,so be proud of yourself for sticking with it :D How long have you been on LT? I'm at the end of my first week of refeed, had a fun night playing dress-up with clothes that hadn't fit...

Non-scale victory: Two people have now complimented me on my weight loss :D

Hey Seabre, This is a tricky one... on the one hand you've been doing so well with LT, on the other you need to get all of your nutrients. Like Mindy says, you can still lose on refeed - I'm weighing-in tomorrow, but an unofficial peek on my home scales suggests that I've still lost something...

Woo go you Kaza!

Way to go!

Hi Nasi! I've been having coconut flapjacks instead of shakes, I found them a lot easier when I was out and about instead of having to take a shaker with me everywhere. Do you mean the caramel maintenance bars? (I'm sure that the only flapjack flavours on full Lipotrim are coconut and peanut.) I...

Ah nice, that dress will feel so good on you :) Next weekend I have two fancy dress parties, eek! Exciting but need to go clothes shopping, which I generally dread...

Woo for being only 6lb away, you're so so close and are doing wonderfully Mindy :) How're you doing? Refeed's harder than I remember, it's so tempting to slip into old habits. It feels like I go to the extremes - total food replacement or wanting to eat everything, I'm struggling to stick to a...

That's great about the jeans :) Don't worry any more about the slip-up, it happened and you've picked yourself and moved on, so well done on that! The party today was great, tried to not feel bad about leaving leftovers on my plate. It's hard. And I found myself picking at snacks half-mindedly -...

Refeed Day 4 Feeling shivery, sneezy and peeing like mad, it's almost like when I went into ketosis. Strange.

It gets easier :) Physically I mostly stopped feeling hungry after the first five days or so. Your first weigh-in will motivate you to keep going. Lots and lots of water is my advice, you're doing brilliantly!

Odd LT non-scale victory: went to rest my hand on my stomach in its normal position, felt only air :)

That's great that you're enjoying your runs! I'll try to get back into running in the new year, that runner's high is awesome. Refeed is scary :/ to be honest it was scarier last time I did LT, probably because then I'd almost reached my goal, but also now I have an idea of what I'll move onto...

*hugs* Days 3 and 4 are when your body's entering ketosis and it's hellish. But it'll pass and you'll feel great for having come through this patch, you'll get through this! Anything that can take your mind off it tonight, film or TV or a bath?

I'm envious that you have your gym right there :p My nearest gym is a) far too expensive for me, and b) a good half-hour walk so I wouldn't feel motivated to go even if I could afford it! I did the Couch to 5k challenge after LT a few years ago, it helped that it was so summer so I had good dry...

Heh, to me I still feel really far away from my goal - if I was skinnymindy's weight I'd be delighted :p We're never happy with what we have, are we? I was planning to go straight into full keto, but the friend who's hosting the dinner on Saturday rang me to say that he's planning on serving a...

That's a brilliant weigh-in, congrats on that! Keep taking care of yourself x

Nice! Well done on the run, can't be easy to motivate yourself in this weather!

I can't tell you to stay on LT :p But it sounds like you've got things back under control, so well done! Ignore the scale, its aim in life is to demoralise us (methinks), but we're stronger than that. Today my usual pharmacist wasn't there, the person who filled in for her gave me the packs for...

Aww don't beat yourself up, temptation happens *hugs* There's no point obsessing over it, just get back on the shakes and carry on. The "You've already messed up the diet so might as well keep going" is what got me so overweight in the first place, it's a sneaky trap but you can avoid it! You're...

Mmm not too great, been struggling a lot for the last week. From Sunday up until Christmas I have a lot of social events, so I'm taking a break tomorrow and starting refeed beore moving onto keto. I'll still be about on the forums, I'll still need you all to kick me into shape :P

Day 37(?) Feeling really rough today, rearranged pharmacist to tomorrow. Didn't get the job :( I stayed overnight with my parents, my mum has a chest infection and now I'm feeling ill and coughing, hopefully it'll go soon... I still have some sachets left, not quite sure how that happened, and...

Don't give in! It's great that you can recognise your own triggers, stepping away from food for a bit has helped me a lot with that. Peppermint tea is brilliant :)

Oh ouch. I still pay £36, then again my pharmacist is in a relatively poor suburb so if they raised the price they probably wouldn't have any customers!

Thanks Seabre, I think you're right that at the moment this diet isn't doing my mind any good. Tomorrow I'm weighing-in so I'll talk things over with my pharmacist and see what she reckons, but I'm almost certain that I'll come off plan until New Year (too many events at this time of year, I'd...

I understand, we have our first dog and he's like a little brother/nephew to me in a way, I can't imagine how awful it feels to lose a dog and dread losing our Sammy. To stay on LT while grieving is remarkable, take care of yourself. Hey Gemma, welcome to the forums! The forums are coming...

Best of luck you two, and welcome back! This is my second time back on LT, I lost 40lb three years ago and have since gained 60 >_< I've been back for just over a month and have lost over a stone, this diet is incredible. I'm considering taking a break now though since I'm getting quite low...

Day 34 I really don't think I can keep doing this. Feeling absolutely exhausted today, sore and tearful with tiredness and feeling upset with myself - it's like being on my period, but that's not due for another 3 weeks... I'm watching films and the food is making me salivate. I feel in need of...

Awesome! :D When's your weigh-in?

:( Sorry to hear that Kelly, but don't be disheartened - you're doing great, it's not all about the scales. On the keto forum I used to hang out on, we mainly talked about non-scale victories, when the scales aren't cooperating focus on what you've achieved.

Hey Harriet, how're you doing today? Look after yourself xxx

Thanks Seabre, it helped a lot to read that. I'll do my best at my parents', I'll go for weigh-in on Tuesday (am at an interview on Monday and wouldn't get back in time!) and see what I feel like then. Next weekend is also the dinner party, so I think I'll go off plan and make a point of...

I dunno, for some reason I feel like I'm almost letting myself down by not going out to eat, if that makes any sense at all. Maybe it's just been a long day. LT is starting to feel like forever... I don't know if I can keep this up for much longer, or if I should switch to keto now while I've...

Aw, don't be discouraged if the scales show a small loss, a) every little helps, b) if it's totm you'll probably have a larger loss next week to make up for it, and c) as long as you're sticking to plan, you're getting there no matter what the scales say :)

A stone is great, but I get what you mean when you had a bigger starting loss last time. If you weigh less this time you'd naturally lose less this time round, give it another week and see how you feel.

Wow, you're both doing brilliantly! I'm away delivering training, I'm back at my hotel and it's so so tempting to go out for dinner. You're inspiring me to resist, so thank you!

I'm so sorry. I just want to give you a hug.

Honk. I'm really stressed and want comfort food...

Hey Lisa, how's it going?

Best of luck! I find it really helpful to check into the forums when I'm tempted to lapse since I feel really supported. You've got this, we're here for you!

In a way I think summer's harder because there's more of a focus on going out to eat/ice creams etc, plus for the last few years I've been invited to at least one wedding each summer and there's always good food there. Last night I had a food dream, to be honest it wasn't that appetising.

Is there ever a good time to start a diet, though :p

3lb is great Seabre, and look you've reached that 25lb mark! :) Best of luck on your weigh-in LH, how're you finding it?

I can imagine that's really hard for all of you, I'll keep you in my prayers. That's a really good idea to only know about your losses, that's a great motivation! Last time round someone on the forums told me to think of the extra toilet trips as peeing out fat, it strangely helps!

Sorry for your loss, it's really hard when someone you've known for so long dies *hug* What did you decide re. going to the pharmacy in the end?

Aw no :( Sorry that weekend are so hard for you JCP, don't beat yourself up about it. If this keeps happening, maybe this diet isn't the right one for you at the moment, but that's not a bad thing at all. Friends of mine are on keto and have lost a fair amount doing that, so they still get to...

Hooray for the motivational dress Mindy! Today I weighed in and have lost over 4.5lb, yay, and my jeans now fit, yay! :D

Awesome! Go you Kelly, you're doing amazingly :D

The advantages of not having a TV, no food adverts :p I tried vibration plates after my last round of LT, it's hard to say how much difference that made since I took up running at the same time. I will say that my muscles felt more energised and ready to run afterwards!

You can do it :) The support here has been so valuable on my second attempt, you're not being needy at all! Being on LT is a very hard journey, we all support from each other, I check in here a few times a day for motivation. We're here for you!

...so I had my two meals, and stayed up until 7am >_< I woke up about half an hour ago, apparently my housemate had been shifting furniture all morning and had knocked a few times so I must have been very deeply asleep!

Hormones suck, hot bath and good books help me a lot. I'm quite glad that I live away from home, I would not be able to resist my mum's cooking (as I've demonstrated >_<)

Thanks Seabre, feeling loads better today :) I woke up at about 1pm, pottered about in the house, had a shake and then went to my friend's picnic. Resisted, which is good. From there a group of us went to a folk dance, which was really good fun, and now it's nearly 11pm and I've still only had...

I'm okay, I say I try avoiding meals out - in a few minutes I'm heading out to a friend's bring-and-share birthday picnic :p

Go you! And here you were worrying that you were stalling :p

Wow, I don't know that I'd have been able to resist that temptation, good on you! :D To be honest last time I did this I had a fairly negative reaction from a lot of people, so this time round I've not come out and told anyone that this is what I'm doing and on the whole am just trying to avoid...

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Day 26 Sneezy, shivery, head spinning, throwing up from the rear end :( Hopefully it's just a day-virus or something. I'm trying to get myself to finish just this one job application due today, then I'll let myself get to bed and watch TV. Amazon Prime lets me stream, I'm now on Season 4 of Buffy :)

Congrats on that superb weigh-in :D True that the weight loss could improve your health, fingers crossed all works out for you!

Day to day I don't feel like I've lost anything, but I can tell by the way my clothes fit. On my first day of LT, I had to unbutton my fat trousers, now I can just-about pull them up and down. Scales aren't the only way to measure progress :p

If only they were all in the same week :p Thing is, my birthday's not far from Xmas so part of me worries that if I go off-plan, I'd not want to be back on it for just 3 weeks and refeed for Christmas (I am NOT LT-ing that day!). But I wouldn't be able to avoid the temptations on those days in...

When I've tried to lose weight before I kept a jar and put in a £ for every lb I lost, I might try that again.

:( That's rubbish about the hip Jcp, hope they get it sorted. Good luck on your weigh-in :)

:( That's really rubbish that they keep sending you back and forth, have these problems been going on for long? Hope that something good happens and that you feel better soon. Don't beat yourself up about the cheat, you're back on the horse which is the main thing :)

Good luck Pop! How was your first day?

Oh I know right, one of my best friends in school could wolf down junk food and stay skinny as a rake, I'd just have to look at the food and I gain weight :( My best friend used to be skinny and could eat anything, it caught up to her last year and now her BMI's similar to mine, I feel bad for...

Congrats on your day 1! How're you doing? (honk)

Aw no, don't beat yourself up about it *hug* we all have these moments of temptation, I've fallen into this trap. You know you didn't enjoy the cheat food, so pick yourself up and keep going :)

For Halloween we're hopefully having a haunted games night (Werewolf, Betrayal at House on the Hill), food will probably be ordered in but I'm getting better at resisting this. Congrats on the loss Brian, I'm almost at the 1 stone mark and hoping to break straight past it soon! Somewhat...

Aw thanks Seabre, it's so much easier at home now that my housemate's on a diet as well, she's calorie-counting to lose weight for a tonsillectomy. Going out is still an issue, I have three events in November (dinner party on 8th, weekend-away 14th-17th, my birthday 26th) so I might take the...

Welcome back to the pee-a-lot diet :p This is my second time too, a few years ago I lost 40lb but have since put more than that back on. This time I'm planning to move onto a keto diet after I finish LT, so I don't end up this weight again. I did keto earlier this year and found it great for...

Mindy, didn't this also happen a week ago, and it didn't all come to a stop then. Maybe weigh yourself every two days instead if day-to-day there isn't always a loss? Remember - you're doing great, if the scales didn't get the memo then it's the scales' fault! Running sounds good, best of luck...

This is going to sound a bit weird... my best friend was recently looking for some tights for a friend of hers while we were both out shopping, and said that they probably have some good ones in Ann Summers. While she was looking at the tights, I was looking at the underwear and thinking to...

Great to see you back :) You can do it!

It's worth it :) And when things are difficult, post here on the forums, everyone here has been really supportive when I've had those moments of temptation!

Day 23 So our neighbour's back wall has blown into our garden in the storm... nobody was hurt thankfully, but it certainly startled us! My housemate and I are trying to get that sorted with the landlord/house owner/neighbour at the moment. I briefly thought of going out for lunch to get our...

Welcome to the forums! I've been doing this for three weeks and have lost almost a stone, 4 more stones to go... Having to see someone once a week to keep tabs on me definitely helps to keep me focused, plus I think 'Just a few days more...' rather than only seeing the end date. You can do it!

You girls are far too forgiving :p Thanks, I'll do my best this week!

Well done Seabre! Good on you for staying strong :D And 22lb already, that's amazing! Lost 2.2lb, that'll teach me to cheat >_<

*hugs* See how you're feeling after weigh-in Seabre, to be honest I spent a lot of today thinking "This is stupid, why am I doing this, there has to be an easier way." I've tried 'easier' diets, and I've just not stuck with them. For the moment I need this, and updating that little ticker at the...

I don't like weighing at home since my pharmacist's scales have me as about 4lb heavier, but I can't help but peek a couple of times a week... For some reason I can't sleep :/ I need to be up in 5 hours for the church blessing so this isn't good!

Didn't give in :p

Okayish, heading out to a friend's housewarming in a bit. I'm bringing snacks and the plan is for everyone to order takeaway, so it'll be a tempting evening. Won't give in though!

:D That's amazing! Well done you!

Awesome, congrats on your amazing loss!

let us know how it goes Kelly! Congrats on getting through the week, how's it been?

How can you like the chicken shakes seabre, to me they're vile :p Good on you for resisting Mindy! You'll feel awesome at weigh-in for staying strong. Three more sleeps until weigh-in for me...

Day 18 (only? sigh...) Today was easy. On period so feeling overall rubbish... at least I'm not craving anything. Tomorrow evening I'm going to a friend's housewarming where the plan is to have takeaway, I'll skip that, then the day after I'm dashing from a church blessing for my friend's baby...

You go girls! I'm feeling a bit better emotionally, on my period which isn't helping though, blargh!

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Thanks, I'm feeling a bit better today. Went round a friend's house and held her baby, that cheered me up :)

You're doing amazingly Jess :) I'm going to a fancy dress do in mid-November, that's keeping me going at the moment!

Today everything feels hopeless. Joblessness is really getting to me, had to attend a really patronising session at the jobcentre, got turned down for all the jobs I was interviewed for. It doesn't feel like things are going to get any better, not even knowing that I stayed 100% on lipotrim...

Thanks for the heads up!

See if there's a ceilidh near you seabre! I had a really god time, I'm so unfit though... after each dance I needed to sit and rest, whereas in my first year of uni I could do three dances before needing to stop. I'll get better though. Cheated at dinner :nono: I'm staying overnight at my...

Hey Mindy, how're you doing today? I got back late after ceilidh dancing last night, still feeling a bit bleary-eyed!

Thanks girls :) Congrats on your loss Seabre, that's great! It's one of those cold evenings where part of me wants to stay huddled in bed, but instead I'm heading out ceilidh dancing! I love ceilidhs, I've not been for a few months so I'm looking forward to it once I brave the cold and rain to...

Hey Seabre, lovely to see you here! How're things going for you? Weighed-in this morning, have lost 5lb ^^ So now I'm just under 15stone, never crossing that line ever again!

Someone gave me these words of wisdom on a keto forum a few months ago: "If I'm following the plan and now I'm in a deficit and should be losing I laugh at the scale when he didn't get the message :)"

Hey Mindy :) Plateaus are annoying, but you'll break through them. I mean, if you look at your average weightloss over a week, not day to day, then you'll really see the difference. If your period's due soon that could affect weight, also humidity can cause water retention. You are doing great...

Thick hair is a nightmare! Takes forever to brush, a light breeze makes me look like I've just rolled out of bed, too thick to stay in ponytails/braids... heh, if I lose some weight this week maybe some of it will be hair :p

My weigh-in's tomorrow morning :) My hair's naturally very very thick so I have no objection at all to it thinning out a bit!

Doing okay, just come out of the bath and feel really tired! My hair's starting to come out (not noticeably so), is anyone else experiencing this? I know it's normal in ketosis so I'm not concerned, just curious!

Hang in there! I've just got out of the bath, it really helps since I can't just casually walk into the kitchen for a snack!

Congrats on getting through that that temptation! You're doing brilliantly, such a great flying start Kelly! The next few days will be rough physically, but you CAN get through them and you will feel so proud of yourself when you do :)

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:D Go Mindy! Really pleased for you :)

Aw thanks Mindy :) Doesn't feel like I'm getting anywhere, but that's the negativity talking :p

You can do it Kelly! Keep focused on your goal, you can and will get there :) Drink a LOT of water is my advice. I've tried making the strawberry shakes into mousse without success, generally I'm having them as hot drinks. Hope to keep seeing you here on the forums, the support I'm getting from...

You CAN do it Mindy :) Everyone's posts on here are helping me through the hard times, we'll keep going!

Beautiful! Oh go you Ava, you are doing so well and it really shows! Enjoy your trip to Lanzarote :) I'm going on a weekend-away in mid-November to the Lake District, should be fun!

Day 13 Yesterday had a really crummy day - job rejection, bad counselling appointment, not receiving payments for this month, and being catcalled by youths on the bus. Went to a friend's for dinner (had told her a few days ago that I wouldn't eat but would go to see her), was tempted to eat but...

:D This is amazing! Well done Jess on your weight loss, it's really inspiring me to keep going!

Part of me wishes that I'd started LT while I was still working for that reason seabre, but hey :p

*hugs* You had such a stressful day, don't beat yourself up about it, to be honest I can't hand-on-heart say that in that situation I wouldn't have done the same under all that stress. The main thing is that you're back on, so keep going, you ARE doing brilliantly seabre :) Really glad that your...

...and today she's ordering pizza instead :O I'll be okay, I'm quite tired so I might take an early night soon anyway. Next weigh-in's Monday, can-get-through-the-weekend can-get-through-the-weekend. My coat actually closes now :D (a bit tightly, but not impossibly so)

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Aw no, you can get through it! I can enjoy the smell of food without desiring it too much, that said my housemate's vegetarian so I'm not sure how I'd cope with meat... now feeling really cold for some reason, so I'm sitting on the sofa in my dressing gown under two blankets :p

My housemate decided that my refusal inspired her to be healthy this evening too - WIN :D Her dinner was still tempting, but not as tempting as takeaway would have been :p

Fair point about the grease :) My birthday's at the end of November so planning to keep this up until then, then go on again until Xmas, then go on until goal weight (5 stone away... :/) whenever that comes!

Yep Day 10 here, I try to not weigh in at home. Last time I did LT I'd sometimes weigh in at home and get a lower reading than at the pharmacy, so I'd be disappointed at weigh-in. Things're okay, housemate's ordering takeaway so this evening's going to be a challenge!

You go for those dreams! Best of luck for next Wednesday :D

Mmm, but if none of them come through then I'll be disappointed... must stop this negativity :p Glad work's not too bad today, how did things go with that deadline?

She's asked me to join, I'm not tempted yet but am worried that once her food arrives I'll really want some. Help!

Awesome! Well done Debbie, you're doing brilliantly! :D

The days have gone by so quickly in hindsight :P Not feeling great about interviews tbh, I'm very introverted and often struggle with interview questions! I have one in Birmingham in the morning and one in London in the afternoon, had one on Monday in Coventry so fingers crossed I get one of...

Day 10 (already???) Still feeling ill, but a bit better than yesterday. Pro-tip: Don't add warm water to the flapjack and make it into mush hoping that it'll taste better. On the plus-ish side it lasts longer just because it's so unpalatable! Now just looking through interview-tips websites, ahh!

Even better, let the success of your Saturday weigh-in tide you over the weekend!

You weigh in on Sunday, am I right? Let that thought motivate you to get through! And 7lb is amazing :D

True! It's my birthday at the end of November so I'm hoping to buy myself a new jumper that looks good for then.

Good on you for not caving! Aw no, that's rubbish, hope you feel better soon and that work goes okay. I used to work in the council and would often get set things for the next day/that afternoon - ahhh! Things're okayish here, slowly getting better from this cold. Thankfully tomorrow I don't...

Day 9 I woke up early for a job interview this morning, felt shivery and sniffly. I got as far as the bottom of the stairs before my legs started shaking, so cancelled the interview, went back to bed, and woke up 6 hours later feeling too warm and bleary >_< I'm not fussed about this interview...

Congrats on your weigh-in! Really pleased for you Ava :D

Been ill in bed for most of today >_< on the plus side not tempted to eat anything, on the minus side having to force this flapjack down! I might relocate downstairs to the couch so that I'm closer to the taps. Must remember to keep fluids up!

Don't cave Mindy! This moment will pass, you're strong and can get through it. You're doing brilliantly so far! *hugs* for the bad day at work, did something happen?

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Last week I did three milkshakes and the rest flapjacks, I don't much like the taste but they last me longer and are really convenient when I'm out and about. This week I'm travelling across three counties so they'll be especially helpful this week! I just don't like the taste of peanuts hence I...

Last time I did LT I lived near a retail park with fast food chains which I had to walk past every day to get to uni, the temptations... sometimes the smell of food helps though, since my senses still get to enjoy it, just in a different way.

You're too kind girls :) Ah well, onwards and upwards (or downwards in the case of weight?) I bought half flapjacks half milkshakes this week, hopefully the increased liquid intake will also remind me to keep drinking!

Oh I know right :P

Very wise :P I have a rule of not eating anything in bed, so I've been confining myself to bed with a book/laptop most evenings this week if I have no other commitments!

You're doing great! I'm a Lipotrim restarter, it's worth it when you see the numbers going down on the scale. Love your ticker :)

Hi LilyRose, how're you finding things?

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Slipped up yesterday (there should be a scolding emoticon...) so Honk Day 1 again!

Hi Foggie, hope you enjoyed your holiday :) How's your day 1 going?

Cooking was really fun :) But I admit I had a few spoonfuls of the food >_< Gah why did I do this to myself. I won't do it again. Today I weighed in and have lost 5.5lb, not as much as I was hoping but then again I did cheat last night. This week I'll also pay more attention to my water intake...

Congrats on your weight loss Rod! I wish you the best with your new regime :)

That's an awesome idea Seabre! Tins might be best like Mindy suggests? Keep going Mindy, it does get better after this! I weighed-in this afternoon and have lost 5.5lb, not as much as I'd hoped but 5.5lb closer to goal weight than this time last week! I've not been so careful monitoring my water...

Go seabre! I only lost 5.5lb this week... I'll up my water intake. Personally I hate the chicken soup, but give it a try by all means :)

Aww sorry to hear the antibiotics are reacting badly Allanah *hugs* Your health always comes first so don't feel bad, hope your infection clears up soon. We'll still be here when you're back, so take care of yourself.

Hey Mindy, good luck on your first day! How're you doing?

Congrats on the 9lb loss! Things're okay here, Day 6 so still another day to go before weigh-in, but finding things okay on the whole. I did the LT journey three years ago and found it was mainly after a month or two that things got really tricky, but taking it day by day for now :)