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Hello!! 2 years ago I managed 6 weeks on LLT and my own sucsess made me give up. I was starting to look really different and was scared of the change. Now 2 years on and baby number 2 and some ill health I need to do something about it. I have tried and tried calorie counting and Special K...

Thank you my lovely! I think I will be needing you!!! You are always so good at saying just the right thing at the right time.

Tracy!! Well done to you! I have re-started so I think I am going to use your journey as my motivation. I'm on day 6 and it feels harder second time around, but I have decided to succeed!! You look wonderful, and you have truly made some amazing changes!!

Tanners, thank you so much for posting this!!! I am feeling exactly the same way today. I thought I would come on here for a bit of support and it's a real boost! Pinkie, what a fab inspirational message! It did just the trick. I'm on day 6 today and I am so hungry, but I think it may be my...

Hi Seetfa, hows it going? Did you stay strong?? I am on day 6 and for some reason I am struggling today but I can't figure out why.....grrrrr.....lol.

well, I think the only thing I can say is keep going. Every time you try you learn something new. So this time choose to be successfull at it, choose to loose it all and learn the lessons. This is my second time on LL and I am on day four. I lost a load then I was ill and had to stop and I...

Hi, if you have stayed absitnent and only had your LL then you will still be in Ketosis. There could be all sorts of reasons for you hunger pains, but they very well could be psychological too. Keep going you're over the worse bit!! :D

Oh 2 days and counting until I re-start!!!! I was so successfull last time on this so I know I am going to be ok now. And I know that I only had to stop last time because I was ill. I don't know whether I should tell anyone or not this time. I didn't last time but it was so hard keeping it...

This is my second go at LL, I'm not due to start until next Thursday. I started in June 2010 but had to come off because I had Glandular Fever! But I am back and I am going to see this through to the end. I lost 35lb in just 6 weeks last year and I have managed to put all but about 9lbs of...

When I did it last Summer I was averaging just over a stone a month, but I did loose one stone in my first week. But I had put that stone on the week before going on holiday. But I started at 15stone and lost 35lb in six weeks. Re-srtarting next week......and not soon enough!

I think it's being scared of actually doing it and getting to the weight we want to be. I keep getting to the point where you can notice how much weight has gone people start to comment and then thats it I eat. It has taken me 5 months to realise I am scared of acheiving what I really want. So...

FLEX!!!! Hello!! How you? I fell off twice! Well the first time I had Glandular fever and the second time I had a drink! I have found a great LLC and I am re-starting Ll next Thursday. It takes such a lot to re-start doesn't it. I have put morst of my pre LL weight back. Oh well never mind sh*t...

Thanks girls! I'm not in ketosis yet but I haven't had another tea......I go to see my LLC tomorrow so hopefully I will be in ketosis then and it would only have set me back a wee bit.

Thanks for all the hello's!!! I forgot how caring this site is. :D

Oh no!! I just had a cup of tea with out even thinking about it!! I'm on day two will it now take longer for me to get into ketosis?? I didn't even think about it untill I had it half drank. But I have stopped now but I am worried about it taking another day to get into ketosis.....

Thanks Mags, I love the Biggest Looser too!! Still may be an early night though!

This is my second go at LL. Last August I had to come off LL after just six weeks because I was ill but I got the all clear after Christmas and after a very emotional shall I shan't I month I am on my first day today. I forgot how yummy the porridge is and I still don't like the soups but all...

I have re-started my LL diet today after having to come off LL last August due to ill health. But now I finally have had the all clear to carry on. Yes I have put weight back on and since the New Year I have been emotional eating with the best of them!! But I am 3/4 of the way through day...

I start today too!!! Looks like we're in good company! And it tastes so much nicer than LL!

I have start date for 2 Nov, it's also the day I start my new job. I think it may be best to get all the stress out of the way in the first week. Looking forward to it, and looking forward to getting back on track because since I have known my start date I have gone a bit "mad"!!

Well, I called back and the CDC said her answer machine is playing up so she was thankfull I called her back and didn't go else where. I have taken the plunge and I am starting on 2 November. Very excited about it!!! This site was such a help when I was on LL so I know I will get the...

Morning! I started LL in June but stopped due to a virus. Now I have been given the all clear and I want to re-start. I have been told that CD is cheaper than LL and the variety is better. Can anyone offer me any advice? Also I have called a CD counsellor but as yet (nearly 2 days)...

Hi River, I was the same too I had to wait 4 weeks before I could start. Then I had to stop for a bit for health reasons, then I had to change LLC and now I have been given the go ahead to re-strat on 1st September. I can not wait, I feel like I child leading up to Christmas! Good luck, if you...

Hi! It's good to know that even though it didn;t go too well for you first time that you have enough energy and determination to keep trying. Can I ask why it didn't go too good last year? Hope you get to a group soon, good luck! x

I know what you mean IWGT, whats that all about? I sat on my hubby's lap the other night and he told me to get off. When I asked him if it was because I was still too heavy he said it was because my bum is too boney!!! Ha ha I told him it was the best compliment he has given me for ages!

Firemen!! Where? what gyn do you go to AJB..maybe we should all join that one!! ....I don't mind a bit of travelling! lol

I didn't know the Pukka three mint tea was allowed. I shall be getting some of that for my re-start. I love it.

Oh yes I forgot about swimming! I love doing that! I am just so bored of the gym, no-one talks to anyone and I feel like a hamster going around and around a wheel when I go there.

Thanks ladies! Been on clud 9 all day. Really looking forward to the 1st September now!!!

IWGT, how brave are you? Horses scare me to death! I am trying to find something I can do to get me out of the house when my son starts school next month. I just don't know what to do. I want to do something that takes me outside, prehaps I should get my bike out!!

Ha ha!! Good for IWGT. I just noticed you have lost 100 lbs!!!!!!! How fabulous are you?!? :wee::banana dancer::party0049:

I am a happy happy bunny this morning!! Went to see my GP, pee'd on a stick and all was good (no sign of what caused the infection). Had my BP done and all's good with that too. I did say I wanted tog et back to LL as soon as possible but I have another week of antibiotics to take and my GP said...

You have the right attitude AJB, sort yourself out and let them deal with their own stuff. !!:D

You are sounding so much more positive Mel! Go for it!

Ally, stick with it girl. I have been forced to come off of LL and I am gutted about it. And the worse thing is that before I had to come off it I slipped up and ate because I missed food so much. And now I have to eat it's not all you think it is and should be. I want my weight gone and when I...

Awww thanks Tracy. Feeling a bit down about it at the moment. But got the docs tomorrow so hopefully it will be good news.

Hi Tracy, yes love I am off LL for a while. Got kidney infection and my bp was very low and my GP refused to let me continue. I am hoping to re-start 1st September. Did you have a good time in Ireland? x

When I last saw my bestfriend was the weekend of the dreaded BBQ at the end of July. I had lost 30lbs and she never said one word about it, I had a new hair style and different colour too and she never said anything about that either. She got drunk, tried to get me to drink and then said to me...

It's not my embarassing moment but it is quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen in my whole life!! An ex boyfriend (was a heavy boy!!) had lovingly spent a couple of weekends making his parents a raised decking area in the garden. When he had finished his mother proudly placed her...

Are you scared because you think someone else will take over the group and you wont feel the benefit? Or are you scared of making the jump and commiting to doing it? I think you should tell you LLC about your feelings and even if there is someone there who takes over (there usually is) you can...

Having a struggle today. I woke this morning with the start of a cold and as the day has gone on it's got worse. But whay I am really struggling with is food. I just don't want it. I ate breakfast this morning for the sake of it. Had a late lunch that I didn't want and didn't finish and this has...

Good luck Ally!!!! You will be amazed!!! :D

Glad you're finding things a bit easier at work. Though once a s**thead allways one I say. So don't let the silly billy man get to you! I have gone right off food, which is actually a pain right now as I am supposed to be eating. I just don't want anything. I am never hungry and the thought...

Hope it's going well for you Westidog. xx

Well I have made up for it, by exercising like a woman demented! lol I don't even crave sweet stuff so I don't even know why I ate them. ?!? Oh well back to sorting myself out!

Flex didn't your LL measure you at the begining? I love measuring myself!!!! (ooo errrr! LOL) makes me see how far I have come.

I just thought...prehaps my OH is not normal then?? Haha...think I might tell him he needs a diet to!!!! ;) Walk tall Flex and pull your core in, makes you look better. I tell my OH for walking like an old man!

I had maryland cookies....it was all the fault of the cup of tea I had.!!! Honest!! lol (but they were nice! ;)) I am realising that when I get back to LL or Exante and I am at goal there will need to be a LOT of caution and weight watching going on!!

It's funny how you realise that the words you need to hear/see are in the back of your mind but it is not until someone else says/writes them to you that you see the truth in the statements. I will not fall off the wagon and I will get better and I will get back to LL or Exante. And I will be...

AJB you are doing so well honey. You have lost 2 whole dress sizes in those 2 months! xx

I have been trying to follow an Atkins type diet and having the least amount of carbs possible. It's such a pain to keep thinking about what I should and shouldn't be eating when I am not mentally ready for that yet. I love LL for the same reasons as you, it takes that choice away and you can...

IWGT I do ache....oh so very much! lol Had to go shopping this morning and I could hardly lift the bags out the trolley. lol Still garden looks nice. lol

Flex you must be looking like a "normal" person by now? My OH is shorter than you and heavier than you and looks good. I still look to you as one of my sources as inspiration! Good on you!:D

I lost it a bit with food last night, but back on track today and discovered I don't like skinny lattes anymore! Gutted. lol.

9lbs is fantastic well done you! Onwards and downwards for week 2 then?!? You are doing really well. x

Good luck, this is a fab site and there is so much support on here, no matter what you're looking for soemone can help. xx

I still go into Evans and I still pick up a size 18 and go try it on, just a little reminder of what not to do again. Another thing I do is compare, drives my poor hubby mad. We'll be in Tesco and I'll see someone and before I can say anything my hubby is saying.. "No she is not smaller...

That was very brave of you IWGT. Fair play to you!

I'm not going to weigh myself because I know that if I put on any weight it will upset me and I am scared that might trigger a binge. So I am being very very careful and upping the exercise.

I loose loads of hair normally so I wouldn't notice a difference but my old LLC said that you can feel all the new hair coming through and if I run my fingers over my scalp I can feel all the new hair. Feels very funny!

Thanks Karen, I think I have managed to get my head around it now. I have to go to see my gp on Friday to get the results of my blood tests and he said that all being well I can re-start at the begining of Sepember. I have not weighted myself and I am not going to. I have been very careful...

I have been doing the gardening today. I have been sawing trees, moving compost and Lord knows what else. The only thing I didn't do is cut the grass. So now we have a nice and tidy garden and drive but the grass needs cutting!! Was on the go for 4 hours!!! Knackered now!!!!

AJB you will so be in that Bridesmaid Dress by the end of September!! You are doing so well, and as I think I am learning slow and steady is the best way to be. xxx

I told my GP I wanted to be 8st 10 as I thought that was right in the middle of my healthy weight range and he said that if I was a size 10 when I was 10 stone (before I had my boy) what size did I think I would be at 8st something. He thought it would be about a size 6 and I don't want to be...

IWGT good for you! You are doing so well. I am really happy for you. xx

IWGT, yes I am having to eat food again. Problem is I am not hungry and my tummy has shrunk so I am not eating that much at all. I hope it stays that way until I get my head around eating again.

My tummy never stopped making noises, especially at night and sometimes the smell of food would set it off. All I would do was think that I am in ketosis so I don't need it. Does'nt stop you wanting it though. So I guess thats where we have to be strong. You are doing so well, remember that...

I am up too early for a Saturday morning! Partly my son being too hungry to sleep apparently! And also I haven't slept well since my gp said I have to stop LL for a while. My BP was quiet low and for someone whose BP is normally at the higher end of the scale then it's a bit of a worry. I had...

I have been reading through the RTM posts, I have never needed will power like I do toady. it is harder being told to eat than it is not to eat. I am a bit scared about putting any weight back on.

Hannah, firstly well done on loosing 2lb you are doing so well! Secondly, can you record audio on your phone? If so record him next time and ask him for an apology. The if he says no and gets worse you will have some proof to take to your uni. At the very least they should know what he is...

I was very selective who I told about LL. I only told my hubby to start with then one friend and that was it. When my mother in law came to stay I told her it was a medically controlled special diet. Now I have to stop LL for a couple of weeks, but I am hoping to do LL Lite when I can. So...

Ally, don't forget that by now most of that hunger is emotional, like breaking a bad habit you still miss it.

I am itching to get into the gym!!! With it being the holidays I have my boy with me all day and I only have off peak membership and I feel bored and fidgety!!!

Lovely to see you back IWGT and Flex! xxx

I am still going to be on here and I am still going to carry on loosing weight and as soon as I can I am going to do LL Lite. I promise I will not talk about the F word!!! lol

I went to see my GP today. I had a mouth ulcer that wasn't clearing up and I woke up this morning with such a back ache I thought I had a kidney infection. My blood pressure was really low, which apparently for someone whose blood pressure is normally quite high this was a worry. Also my...

Yay!! Ally!! Thats fab! Well done. Feels great doesn't it?

You need it to be pink looking. The darker it is means the more you need to drink. 4 ltrs a day will give you a reading somewhere in the middle.

Min, I don't know what to say apart from to thank you for your honesty. Your drawing is amazing. yes it is good to write out your feelings and it is good that people who don't know you and don't judge you read and re-act to your thoughts. I can only wish for you a peaceful life and I truly...

I am going to give it until I finish Foundation then if I am not getting anywhere I am going to finish on Exante. I think I will only have about 9 or 10 lbs to go.

It's a mystery...where are these people dissappearing to?

Funny, I am happy with my nothing to say day. Just feels calm and quiet and just like everything is rolling along as it should. I so can not wait for that pound!!! lol

Have nothing to say today. No moaning or whinging, no huge emotional breakthroughs about life love and whatever. Just getting on with it and getting the job jobbed!

No since I changed my LLC my weigh in is Saturday mornings.

Hi Nuttyme I got my practise nurse to sign the form, she was happy to do so long as I go for my blood pressure checks with her so she can keep an eye on it for me. Check to make sure that it wont be harmful for you with your medication and then if there is no other reason than a personal...

Has anyone heard from Flex? We are down Iwillgetthere and Flexibellyfish...... Where are you guys????? :peep:

Hi, did you get any ketostix so you can see when you have got into ketosis? I got a pack of 50 from Boots for £5.20. They didn't ask my why I wanted them but I did have to ask at the pharmacy for them. I find them really useful when I am thinking about eating, I use a stick prove to myself...

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

I think when I am in the normal weight range I will probably go a bit mental. ha ha. Looking forward to so much, I can taste it (pardon the pun! lol) .

I love coffee and if I could drink it and be able to go to the loo ok then I would love it!! Sometimes I want a coffee so bad I can smell it even when there isn't any made! Ho hum wont be for long....

Feeling good today, maybe because the sun is shining but on the whole I feel great. I am so looking forward to getting weighed on Saturday morning. All I want is one pound this week then I will no longer be obese. I think it's been about 7 yrs since I was this size so I am starting to feel...

I was drinking normal black coffee and it made me so constipated and I was drinking 4-5 ltrs a day. I have stopped the coffee now completely.

I wouldn't buy anything like that over the counter because of the carb and sugar level. I was told you can buy the Exante bars seperate from their website if thats any help.

Know what you mean about the sweet packs Carrie. I am spending the week eating all the savoury packs I bought and I have just ebough of the chocolate shake to have one a night from now til Saturday morning. Then I shall be back to the shakes and nut fudge bars. Yummy! Never thought I'd say that...

Hi Elvira, Thanks for that. I have gone with a new LLC who I see on Saturday morning. But I had a good look around the Exante website today and I am shocked by how cheap it is compared to LL or CD. I think I have the will power to do it. I know the times I have put weight on has been because...

I am really excited about it. It's been over 7 yrs since I was just "overweight". lol

Knowing that if I loose just 1lb this week then I will no longer be obese!!!

I am on week 9 now so another 4 weeks I think. Just really glad I got it sorted.

As she is on holiday I have sent her a mail asking her to call me when she gets back. I am going to tell her, because I feel like I didn't get value for money which is a shame because I liked her.

I'm planning a work out this evening. I can't get to the gym but hubby has it all in a spare room so going to get of my tired backside and do some working out. Now that AJB has given the shove I needed! ;):D

Yes I did. I sent LL an email yesterday and they sent me a really nice one back and gave me the details of another LLC. She's a bit further away but she's going to see me on a one to one basis to the end of Foundation then put me into a Developers group. Pleased to have sorted it all out. Was...

I sent LL an email yesterday about my whole lack of counselling issues. They sent me a lovely mail back and gave me the contact details of another LLC. She is a but further away but I had a good chat with her about it on the phone and she is willing to see me on a one to one basis on a Saturday...

AJB! Well done you! I have no energy at the moment, but that may be because the weather is crap and I keep getting up to pee in the night!!! lol

Hi Carrie, I seem to have got back into without too much hardship. Did have a headache for a couple of days and I was so pleased I managed to stay in ketosis. I am supposed to weigh on Monday but I am just chaning LLC at the moment so my new weigh in day is Saturday morning. Which actually...

Ha ha I used to stay in Kisimee too!!! And, yes the Florida Mall!!!!! My shopping heaven!!

Hope you're doing ok today. x

Have a lovely time in Ireland Tracy. L4L we can see you now!!! lol

no it's a black and brown wrapper, but they have recently changed a lot of packaging so i dont know if they used to be in a purple wrapper.

You can only do this for yourself. It is not the end of the world that you messed up, it's a shame for you as you were so close to ketosis. But it is only you that you answer to. You had a lapse and thats it, I know your feelings of anger and frustration but you can not carry them with you...

The chocolate nut fudge bar on LL is lush!!!

I think it will be ok, after all they are all VLCD's and are aimed at getting you into Ketosis. Good luck with it. x

L4L, good for you being assertive!!!! ;):D And thank you I feel I have done well on LL even without the counselling.

Thanks Babystar. I have mailed LL HQ to se what they have to say but I think if I don;t get a positive response back from them then I am goingt o change to Exante.

Hi guys, I have been doing LL but I am not getting the counselling. I was thinking about Exante before joining LL but I joined LL for the counselling, but as I am not getting it I am thinking about Exante. Can anyone tell me what it's like and if it is like LL only doing it for yourself? Any...

Funnily enough I have just sent HQ an email. I don't want a refund I just want what I pay for, it is such ashame because I like my LLC she is a nice lady. I have asked HQ if there is another LLC near me I can go to and explained that I like my LLC and don't want her to be in trouble but I do...

The locum isn't a qualified LLC she is a friend. Which just makes me feel even more annoyed.

Weekend went well. Was looking forward to my meeting tonight as I had a long talk with hubby last night and we had come up with a list of things I wanted to say to my LLC about not getting the counselling that I was paying for. And, guess what? I get an email this morning to say she's on...

I was going to talk to my LLC about all this tonight but I have discovered this morning she is on holiday for the next 2 weeks. I am paying £70 a week for the same thing as other people are paying half for on Exante or CD. I am seriously thinking about changing. I went to my docs this morning...

Tracy and AJB, what lovely "stokes" lol. (I still love saying that, am I being very very immature? lol ;)) I haven't seen IWGT about recently either, hope she is ok.

Of course we can. :)

Flex hope it goes ok for you tonight. I understand what you mean about wasting the £70 and a week. That is what I feel like, and to top it off I have just found out I don't even have a group tonight as my LLC is on holiday for the next 2 weeks!!! I weighed myself at my docs this morning and I...

Realising that despite a few wobbles last week I am still here and I am still going to get to target.

I found out today I am 3 stone lighter than my hubby. Made me very happy and have been smiling all afternoon.

I like that I am looking the best I have ever done as an adult. I can pee more than my 75 yr old mother in law!! lol

hi sorcha!!! looks like you are doing well, my group statred with a few on the 15th June and we are now down to 5 possibly 4 by next week. i am not getting too much counselling at the moment too because there are not enough people staying for group.

So...how is Arnold the arse slapper today?!? lol

I know what you mean. I have been thinking about it a lot lately too. I think that may be why part of me has eaten, to see if it is scary. To be honest it is scary. I think we just have to accept that until we strat RTM then we wont know what to expect or what we will learn. I think you do...

Today I was 100%, didn't have any wobbles, no wishing I was eating and felt happy to be back to "normal". I used a Ketostix this morning and I am still in ketosis so I am pleased about that. I also don;t have any scales at home so I can not weigh myself to see if I have managed to do any...

Thank you lovely people for you replies! Flex, honesty is the best policy. Like me you just had a moment thats all, and you have come so far don't give up now you would just be admitting defeat and isn't that the one thing we are supposed to be changing? I have had a good day today, I am...

Hannah, well done to you. You are being very inspirational to me at the moment! x

Arnold the arse slapper!!!! :D

Minerva, thank you for the preachery message. I thought about what you said and I wrote down a few thoughts and feelings. I came to the conclusion that yes I did make the choice to eat the hotdogs because the family had them for tea last night and there were 2 left over. They all said how...

There wasn't even an emotional reason. I think that is why I feel so bad about it. I have some ketostix so I am going to use one in the morning and have all my fingers crossed! I am halfway there with the weight loss too!!!

Thank you SB. I am haivng a tough time at the moment. Fell off the wagon earlier, back on it now but I feel just horrible! :cry:

I have just fallen off the wagon!! :mad::cry: Oh why did I do that?!? Food talk ahead....... I ate 2 hot dogs and a small biscuit!! I don't even know why I did it. They were left overs from yesterday and they were crazing my arse in the fridge and now I feel so crappy and I have...

I have just fallen off the wagon!!! I am an idiot!!!

Good luck for your weigh in tonight. x

Flex, hope your mum is ok.

AJb, have you gone back and read your first few messages on here yet? You should! You are turning into a fabulous confident woman,not to mention stunningly slim and gorgeous!!! Good for you, make sure you take all the credit for all your hardwork. ;):D

I feel lucky to have this place to keep me straight too. I have picked up my green book again and I think I will start working through it tonight. My LLC was one of the first to be trained and she doesn't follow the book week by week. It is such a bummer because when she is able to do a full...

Hi guys, just a word of warning. Keep your eye on the fizzy water, check the lables on the bottles for sodium (salt) content. Some of them are really high and you can actually taste the salt. My LLC said it may not be very good if you are prone to water retention, or not drinking enough "normal"...

AJB, parents are great aren't they? :o You wait till he sees how amazing you look and how different you act because you are proud of your achievments. Then he will be walking around telling all his friends how fantastic you are! On my wedding day my mum told me I looked like a fat string of...

Lucy, I don't really get any type of counselling at the moment. Monday was just a case of, Oh well there isn't anyone here lets just get your packs and you can have an early night. I have decided to talk to her about it again, but this time I am going to say that I want counselling or I want...

Minerva you give such winderful and well balanced advice, there are so many times I read your posts and I can see the measure of your success and achievement. I think I am annoyed about the no group thing because I pay part of that weekly money to get the TA or the CBT and I feel I am not...

Thanks for the compliments girls! Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy! :D

I think I am going to get some flavouring this week. I seem to be having the same problem and the Sennacot Max strength is not working, I am drinking between 4 and 5 litres a day.

Hannah, your pic are amazing!!! I haven't compared mine, too afraid to. Yesterday went well, didn't drink as much as normal and I have had a headache since yesterday evening. Maybe way too much information but this morning I realised I have been suffering with quite bad constipation. I...

That sounds like a good idea AJB, at least then they will see you eat something and it may not be so hard for them to accept you are loosing weight for your health. x

Well done to you too AJB!!! The "heat" is off me this week now so I can just concerntrate on myslef!!

It really was lovely. I am going to go again on Friday. Just a nice slow swim and then a spa bath and sauna. Relaxed just thinking about it! lol

Hi Janie, how are you doing today? I hope you are ok. My counselling seems to be a bit disjointed too at the minute. My LLC is on holiday next week, we didn;t have group tonight, not enough people turned up and she was saying she may have to put me into another group, but the are in Development.

Feeling for you Hannah. We have a couple of blokes coming to cut our hedge tomorrow and we are out for the day. So I can just about garantee that a 2 day quote will turn into the rest of the week and the husband will have to "shouty" at them! Bit out of order about the state of the kitchen...

3 1/2 off this week. Pleased with that. Flex I read in another thread that for you exercise seems to slow the losses down. My LLC was saying the same thing to me tonight. I have done lots of exercise this week and was hoping for a bit more but she said in her experience it can slow it down...

Tracy!!!! Yuo have no idea how much that has cheered me up and made me laugh!!! Well done!! :clap:

Thanks for the support, it's greatly needed and welcomed. Had my weigh in tonight, lost 3 1/2 lbs. Happy with that so alls good. lol Minerva, I so get the food torture thing and the idea of it. I have finished with the thought records as they are making it all worse. From now on I am just...

yay!!! AJB you are doing so well!!! :D

Hi Janie. Just think, it's only a stone, and maybe you can go back and loose it but maybe it can also wait a little. Prehaps the more important thing at the moment is to get to the bottom of the eating. You should go see your LLC and figure out what is going on. But you have done so well...

I feel like I have been through a small war this weekend!!! There have been magnificent moments of triumph and euphoria and crashing blows and defeats. On saying that I have not fallen of the wagon and I have 100% absitnent all of the time. But I think I have had some sort of mental...

IWGT you are amazing!!!! I look to you for my inspiration! :worthy: You have done so well, if I was you I would be very very proud too. x

IWGT, nothing wrong with a bit of shamefull flirting!! Gets you all sorts ;)

Had my swim and sauna and had a spa bath too!! Was fab. I didn't feel dizzy and had a litre of water before I went a a litre and a pack when I got back and feel great. Skin look good too!!!

This morning I went for a lovely swim and a spa bath and a sauna! Oh it was bliss, and it felt so nice to be taking care of myself. I decided to step up the activity because my skin on my tummy is going wrinkly and I want to try and do as much for it as I can. I know I will have some loose...

L4L she only wants a partner in crime to take her to Costa's and drink coffee and eat c**e!! It ruins her plans. Nothing at all to do with my welfare. lol Still I have shamefully used her to babysit so I can go to the gym, and next week the hubby is off work too so he can eat with her.

Flex, you must have a very very hapyy OH!!! IWGT!!!! How naughty are you!!! I did that too!!! The other week my road was closed because of an accident. Only I didn't know (like the air ambulance didn't give it away!) and I went out and got stopped bu a very hunky young officer, and I was a...

LOL flex! I have no idea about all the computer geek stuff but I love a good conspiracy theory!! lol Of course there is the point that both LL and Pizza Hut know where we live and once we stop using both they could come to our houses and start pumping the control drugs thourgh our air vents...

My wedding was under 2k. Including honey moon and guests. We went to cornwall took 11 other guests got them to pay for their hotels instead of giving us a gift and it was beautiful. We are going to re-new our vows when we have been married for 10 yrs. I want St Lucia and hubby wants centre...

I have my mother in law staying with us for this week and next week. She is a large lady and has decided that as she's old (74) she doesn't care anymore. But she has spent the whole week trying to get me to eat. Telling me everything from I am being a silly girl to I'm slim enough as I am...

There must be someting in the air. We all have had quite small losses this week, but the good thing is that we are all still 100% abstinent and we know that we will get the losses we come to expect on anither week. Flex is right, you would have had a nice round of appluase and a shiny sticker...

Well done Hannah, I have really increased my activity level this week after only losing 2lb a week for the last 2 weeks. So like you I want more more more next week!!!! lol

Agree with Tracy, WOW!!! Sean and Pete, amazing!!! :eek::D

Today I am smiling because I got into a sexy pair of size 12 skinny combats and my hubby took me to the pub for a black coffee and a fizzy water. And he told me I was really sexy!!!! I said thank you and he said it was really nice to hear me say that and not dismiss it.

Good idea Mel, thanks for that. :D

Hannah, how did you do tonight?

Lucy4Loop, my meeting is on a Monday too. I love it being on a Monday I feel like it sets me up for the week ahead. Keep posting on here there is so much support if you ever need it. Hannah, my group says that to me too!

Really looking forward to it, used to be my Friday afternoon treat for months. (because the pool at the gym is dead on a Friday and not too many people to see me in a cossie!! lol) I am planning to drink an extra litre before I go swimming and take a bottle of water with me.

I need the support from you guys too. I just think that when you talk to people that are in exactly the same place as you are it helps so much more. I am the youngest in my group at 35 and sometimes I feel a bit on my own.

I went out on a bike ride this morning! Nearly killed myself, i forgot you don't have hills and cars going past you in the gym!!!! I nearly went and got myself weighed today but I managed to resist. I got rid of my scales at home, they were just depressing me. IWGT, I am sure you will be...

Oh Mel that sounds wonderful!

I've decided I'm going to give it a go for just a few minutes. I do drink a lot of water 4-5ltrs a day so hopefully it will be you. I'll let you know tomorrow!

Flex, I feel a bit like that too. There was just 5 of us on Monday and I did most of the talking and my LLC spent most of the time directing herself at me. It felt a bit like a one to one with a few observers. I think we will be down to 4 by next Monday as one girl was saying she isn't coming...

Mel, £40 for a wedding dress. I htink you're right if you love it that much then get yourself a necklace or something you can wear again. At least that way every time you put it on you will remember how wonderful you felt and how woderful your day was. Could also help to keep you on track after...

I was thinking about having a sauna after my swim tomorrow afternoon. Can we have one on LL?

Well, went to the gym yesterday morning and did really well. I was a bit shocked by how much I could manage. I did go thinking that I should take it really easy and not try to do too much but it was fine. I was completely knackered after though. This morning I went out on my bike for 40 mins...

I know how you are feeling. The only thing I can say is that so long as you have been 100% and you are in ketosis then you will have lost fat, no matter how much or little the scales say. I know it is easy for me to say this but we all know it's true and we will all be where we want to be in...

Thanks AJB :D I think I have gotten over it a bit now. Well, I am not taking it so personally anyway! Stepped up the activity today. Took advantage of the mother in law being here so she could babysit while I went to the gym. Oh it was fab!!!

yay!! Well done you Tracy. :) Feels nice doesn't it? :D

I am going to do Develpoers and then RTM when I am at target. I just think now that if I am going to do this then I might as well do it properly.

A man in soldiers uniform does it for me everytime!!!! ;) Hannah, good for you chick!!

I didn't manage to get to drink as much water as I usually do over the weekend but I am still quite active. I was going to go for a jog this morning but woke up dizzy with a headache and that made me realise I need to get back to more water. Also got myself some Sennacot Max strength today...

I'm loving going to group meetings. Some of the other members are not very commited and we are loosing a few but my LLC is very good and I am finding the CBT invaluable. It is helping with so many other aspects of my life.

2lbs off this week!!! Grrr!! Was only 2lbs last week and I had really built myself up for a big loss!!! I want more!!!!

I'm not making any resolutions this year. My plan by then is to be accepting of me and just happy to make the most out of the life I have and not keep trying to chnage it or wish for better.

IWGT, that is exactly the way I had been thinking. I kept saying to myself that I didn't need RTM because I know what I should and shouldn't be eating but now I'm thinking if I want to do this properly I have to do RTM.

Thank you SB. :) Had weigh in last night, 2lbs again this week!!! Arghhh, I wanted more! I know a loss is a loss and all that but I look really different and I really thought as I had only lost 2lbs last week I might have got more this week. Never mind, onwards and downwards as they say!!!!

When my husband wears a suit he looks like he's about to go to court!!! He didn't even wear one on our wedding day! lol I do understand what you are saying Flex, just find what you like and some colours that suit you and see where you go from there. You might also find that your new weight...

Like it!!

Flex, AJB is right, you should go try some clothes on see how good you are looking. My hubby has the same view about clothes as you do. He is also bigger than you and looks completely normal. Get some pics up!!! ;)

Well, I have survived the weekend. I stayed 100% and I can not tell you how happy that makes me. I faced my family head on, with my husband and my son by my side and I made them see how much they had missed out. I made them treat me with respect, because I treated myself with respect. My...

IWGT, last year I bought a decoration for the tree that opened up and you could put things inside. I wrote a letter to myslef telling me I wouldn't fat and sad and grumpy by the following Christmas. I completely forgot about it until just now. I am making my promise come true!!!! God aren't...

Can't you talk to someone at your uni about? Maybe try and get another placement? You are not even half way into it so maybe they could help if you told them how bad it was and you were not getting any useful experience or learning from it. Poor you, it is horrible when you are stuck some...

Flex, 34 waist is fab!!! Well done you! Feel proud of yourself. :D

AJB, you still lost honey, and Flex is so right. Keep going you are a strong and brave woman and can look past a small weight loss and see it for what it is, which is a loss, no more and no less. Doesn't matter how much it is, your body is still lighter than it was last week. :grouphugg:

I confess I have made room in the wardrobe by removing all my husbands clothes! He now has a bit of space in our sons wardrobe and a couple of odd shelves that are too high for me!!! hehe. AJB, you're right I think we are kindered spirits!!! :D:giggle:

Love it, I would be bankrupt and living in a tent in a field!! But I would have a wonderful wardrobe!! ;)

I had a positive stroke today!! ( I still can't say that with out giggling!!) The Landlord of our local asked me if I was still dieting and when I said yes he said I couldn't have much more to go. I just smiled sweetly and said thank you. Mind you I didn't want to tell him I have over...

Tracy, great weight loss, bet you're very happy with that! Flex, I was going fine up to a couple of weeks ago and I have slowed down. I am not bloated but I do take Sennacot if I haven't been for a few days.

Flex!! And there you are saying you don't think you a very inspirational. What you just said to Dazzle was fab! And your weight loss is very good, I really think you will be having to put yourself in the hall of fame soon!

IWGT!!!! I am so happy for you!! Well done, what a lovely thing for your hubby and daughter to do for you. Sending you a great big hug and kiss!! And Flex, I think you are right, IWGT should go into the hall of fame, she is inspirational and shows us all that this can be done.

Had a bit of a taster ready for the weekend today. My son had a birthday party to go to, one of those where the mums stay and everyone has to look yummy mummyish. There was lots and lots of party food and all the usual stuff you would expect. But I was a good girl, I didn't even worry about it...

Oh Sandrat I can not wait to be saying those things too. You have done so well. How does it make you feel knowing you have achieved it?

Yay Mel!!! Go for it!! I go Monday nights too, so roll on Monday and we can all gloat on how well we are doing!!! So good to see you have made a positive decision for yourself.

Haha! Somebody said something like that to me today too! Feels good no matter how jealous and begruding they may sound!

That programme scared me! Mind you I had just blindly been thinking that I would get a tummy tuck and now I know that so much can go wrong I think it will definately take me a long time after I reach goal to see my skin is going before I make any big decisions.

:DI feel like I have the energy of 10 grown men today!!!! lol I can not believe how much I have got done around then house. I feel bright and alert and full of life... I did have a black coffee at 9.30 this morning, I wonder if that has something to do with it?? ;) Put a pair of crop...

I have to say I am not too fussed if they go down or not. I have always had big boobs so I can live with them. ;) My worry is my tummy, I have a belly full of strechmarks from pregnancy and my tummy is starting to look a little bit wrinkly!! But like Hannah after watching that Ugly Face of...

Ha ha!!!! Sorry Flex!!!

AJB know what you mean about the boob thing!!! They were 40F now they are 36F and look bigger than ever!!! Mind you my hubby is loving the "girls" !!!!!

Have everything crossed for you my lovely!!! Good luck! :)

Hey IWGT, just noticed we are exactly the same weight!!! As well as our hair!!!!! ;p lol

Thanks for posting that Hannah, really struck home on a few points. I have emotionally eaten and drunk for a long time. More recently using food as a treat, a celebration of having a bit more money than we used too. We could afford to go out for lunch on Saturday and Sunday and then spend the...

I'm glad you found this too!!! I was thinking I didn't really want to do it, glad to know there is an option!! Good finding Flex! :peep:

Flex, I don't know if this will help but on amazon you can buy portion plates. They have markers on them for the amount of food you need on them. They are about £20, I was thinking of getting one when I go onto to RTM.

Thank you for your kind words guys, just needed to get it out and I think writing it down puts it into a bit of order. Well, onto lighter and happier things, week 5 weigh in last night and 2lbs off. Thats my 2 stone in 5 weeks, very very pleased with that. Would really love to loose another 2...

Tracy, I was angry at myself for don't doing this sooner. I think it lasted for the first two weeks but now I just feel like I must be doing this at the right time for me because I feel so good doing it.

Hannah, the pics are good, you can see you have got smaller all over. The t shirt is haging off your back from your shoulders and your arms and legs definately look smaller. I know what you mean about people trying to get you to eat. I know this weekend will be hard and I am not going to tell...

I told my hubby I am adding his on call money to my kitty too!!! He said as long as I didn't go near the credit card I can have his on call money.... what a sweety!!

My tounge is like that!!! I went to the docs when I first had it, he said it was trush, but my LLC said it's just a symptom of ketosis, I don't like it though!! lol I will let you know Tracy. xx

Another weekend down and another weigh in coming up this evening. I can not believe I am coming to the end of week 5 already. It only feels like I have been on if 5 minutes. Had a big sort out of clothes this weekend. Got rid of so much stuff, things that were too big, things that I truly...

Woohooo AJB!! Doing well!! :eek::D

I agree with IWGT, give your counsellor a call Mel. Prehaps you do need the support, I know I wouldn't be able to do this without the group work. Keep going...xx

IWGT hope the ice skating is fun!! bet it will be! And yes I do feel more confident and alive, if that makes any sense. Having my hair cut short and very different from what I would normally go for feels like I am not hidingmyself away anymore.

Good luck for your weigh in Tracy! The nut fudge bars a yummy, I put mine in the fridge and cut it into small pieces and munch on it in the evenings. The peanut bar is good if you think you are hungry, it's very filling. Got my weigh in tonight too, end of week 5, I don;t know where this...

Hi Tracy, glad you're doing well. I was awful for the first week. Bad head, cold tired, emotional and very achy. Bet you can't wait for your first weigh in?

I finish total in September but i think i will be on it for a few more weeks, I want to be at target before I strat RTM. So I should think just before Christmas sounds very good. Better start saving!!!

IWGT, weh ave the same hair cut!!! How cool are we? :cool: And, yes I love walking past the mirror and being surprised at the person I find in there. Will post some pics up soon...

Dazzel, January sales Oxford st? Sounds like a plan!!!

I think the way in which the weight is lost is not important, so long as it doesn't leave you ill. I think the way we keep it off is the issue. People will put weight on if they do not understand nutrition and exercise and what things trigger them to put weight on. LL is good because it...

Today I am smiling, I am happy, I am wearing clothes that have never fitted me properly and now I am having to wear them before they get too big! I need the counselling, and I need my group and this site. I too thought I was witty and funny and confident. Now I see I was sometimes hurtful...

We have a plcae where I live that you can take you clothes to and they will sell them for you and take their cut. The stuff they get in is amazing. I have already bought a few bits for when I am at goal. A white Ralph Lauren jumper, A silk shell top and some lovely French Connection trousers...

Well, went and had my hair cut. very short at the bottom ofmy neck but lovely bob and fab blonde highlights....Also.......I HAVE A NECK!!!!! All I need to do now is stop posing in front of the mirror!!! :cool:

My husband now is a wonderful man, and luckily for me and him I had gone through my issues with my ex. He met me when I was really slim and he always said he loves me no matter what size I am, he helped me through a lot of rubbish with my family and understands me inside and out. I do feel very...

Could not have put it better girl! Well done you. x

Thats what I am aiming for AJB!!! Just wished I could walk out the salon looking like her too!! (well a bit more meaty!)

Ha ha! Me too AJB!!

Good luck Tracy!! x

I have been on LL for 4 weeks and I put a pair of jeans on yesterday that were always too tight (muffin top), they were loose every where. On the waist, bum and legs. In 4 weeks I have lost just over 5inches from my waist! Good luck!

Today I have been on LL for a month. I feel like a bit of mile stone has been reached and to celebrate I am going to put on a swimming costume and take my son swimming!!! I have been thikning about going through the times when I have put on all the weight and why. It has happended three times...

Thanks SB I think you are right I think my family will see that I am not a doormat anymore and they will treat me differently. But it will go two ways, they will either respect me for it or they will walk away. I think all I want to do is let them know that I am a good and kind person and I have...

I was looking at all the stuff in the sales and I was thinking in the next sales I will be at goal and I will be able to really stock up because I will be maintaining and I will be able to wear them for years......well at least until they go out of fashion!