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so you bmi is about 36, I think

there are bmi calculators online. There is one on the Lighter Life site. How tall are you, you are a similar weight to me and your BMI looks similar to mine

BMI= weight in kilograms divided by (height in metresx height in metres) or weight in pounds divided by (height in inchesx height in inches)x 703 therefore if your weight stays the same and you are not growing taller your BMI cannot change!

How can your bmi alter unless your weight is?!

How much water are you drinking? If you are cutting down on food, you are also cutting down on the water contained in food, if you are also excercising and losing fluid through sweating you could be retaining water. Remember the more you drink, the more you shrink! The gym won't necessarily...

I have been joined in my refreshers group by a friend- in fact the one who inspired me to join LL in the first place, so have got an added incentive to stick to the plan. We share lifts (which means I can't stop for food on my way home from LL, a habit I had got into!!)and a bit of competition...

Hello, anyone still here? i have been avoiding coming back on as I am not terribly proud of myself, after having done well in foundation. I am still on the programme, as a refresher since December, but am exactly the same as I was when I left development in October! I went into development in...

i tried 2 different vegetable soups as part of the trial, one mixed briliantly, no lumps with just a spoon, but had an after taste. The other one didn't mix as well, but tasted lovely- almost meaty!

i have been having similar thoughts ISOM. Having real trouble justifying the expense with my recent weight loss. May swap to Cambridge, or go it alone for a bit then do a refreshers so I can do management. Not sure. May just be a bit depressed at the moment!

Welcome Liz - the second day of the rest of your life!

I have had a bad time over the last few weeks, really fell of the wagon and couldn't get back on but back on track this week. Really pleased with myself! I see you have overtaken me with weight loss, I just feel I have wasted a lot of time and prolonged the time I am going to have to stay on...

Hi Babs, on some people it eventually goes back to normal, they say it can take a year for your skin to catch up with your weight loss. However do a search on the subject in the forums and you will hear a range of experiences. Most people agree, however, that they would rather have the skin than...

I'm like you, but I've never been constipated in my life- if the side effects of anything are constipation you can bet your bottom (oops, sorry!) dollar I'll get the runs. Always been contrary! I suffered badly the first few weeks on LL then it settled down. Now I find that if I lapse (which...

thank you- good one so far!

Good on you, Sally, looking great!

I had a contour wrap today and lost 13 1/2 inches, as confirmed by the salon, and me measuring myself at home. I lost 1 from my bust, under bust and waist and 2 each from my tummy and bum! 1 from each thigh and odds and ends from elsewhere- including loss from my ankles (probably fluid...

I managed to lose 3lbs, so that is one more than the 2lbs I put on. I had a heart to heart with the locum (haven't had my llc since I started development) last week and it really seemed to help. We also demanded some counselling, as we had had none and no one had even explained the development...

well, all being well I will have lost on Monday, but I am not going to be satisfied unless I have lost the 2lbs I put on and at least another 2lbs!

Isn't it funny lots of us are struggling at the moment. I am exactly the same, really good all day then a bad 5 minutes. Putting weight on for the first time since March has been a bit of a wake up call.

Thank you all so much, I so need this site! I did it once, I can do it again!

Put on 2lbs, my first gain and a real wake up call! I am off now, going to get my treat box sorted- I am determined I will need it this time next week.

Thanks guys, lots of good advice and support. I'm glad I finally owned up to going off the rails, it suddenly hit me today that I was back to my secretive eating habits, I think I might pretend I am in week 1 and start working through foundation again. I think I might talk to the group, I know...

I am really struggling and have hardly lost anything since starting development at the beginning of June! i have missed a few sessions, due to my wi changing from Thursday to Monday and just can't get back into the swing of things. My group has been awful, only 1 session since I started...

Betty and I will look out for you in Tenterden, Goombagirl- that's where we live!

Oh I get it and it is really hard to control so have to avoid bars when I have meetings! My office is at the top of a flight of stairs so often have to walk up and down with my legs crossed otherwise it is like the 1812 overture!

Ok, so I drive a convertible, but haven't had any unsolicited male attention for a long time. I was at a set of traffic lights and a car pulled up next to me. The man looked across, smiled then winked as I started to drive off! So I checked the mirror to make sure I didn't have sticky up hair...

sorry to hear about your troubles Betty, you seem to have kept your focus, though despite everything

I totally agree, I think development is probably a con, but feel I need management, and there is no way I am ready to go into that just yet. I came to the conclusion that I had to put up with development so that I could access management, which is the bit that seems to make a difference to...

I had a realy disappointing first session, no time for counselling and a group of women who just talked about how much and what they had all been eating. Lapsed myself a couple of times that week, then was unable to make the next meeting. Have 3rd tomorrow night and have worked so hard this week...

stick with it, you are a strong person and have learnt to take control of your eating. You are not going to have the same problems again because you are aware of the warning signs. I used to have a problem with fainting. i don't faint now, although the root cause hasn't gone away, because I...

Same as you, Cherry, I ate last week a couple of times (first week in development) and am finding it SO hard this week. I missed my week 2 wi (unavoidable) and would have put on, I think so trying really hard to have lost it all again by next Monday.

I laughed when I went to the hairdressers after I changed my hair colour at home and she said, "wow, it is amazing how the colour makes your face look so much thinner!"- that and losing 3 1/2 stone...

Ooh, I'm so with you on this one! It is so hard to take a compliment gracefully, when you know full well what they are really thinking!

I think fatal is a bit of an exaggeration! Alcohol doesn't actually knock you out of ketosis, but the body uses the energy from the alcohol in preference to the energy in your fat reserves. The problem with alcohol is it erodes your self control and will power and makes you more likely to eat...

poor you! I think someone is trying to test your resolve with management, only a few days in but you have had an interesting time!!

My cat once came through the cat flap dragging a hot steak, not sure where he got it from! I shall be reading your management thoughts closely, Chuckie. I wasn't very impressed with my first development group, many of the others were very negative and all they talked about was how much they...

I am finding it hard this week. I think it is to do with the little voice in the back of my head telling me that I've finished foundation and that means that somehow, the pressure is not on. Must keep motivated!! I had hoped to have lost 4 stone by the end of the week, but that looks unlikely-...

I still get really bad wind with the bars, and it is very hard to control- don't eat before meetings! I had a really jippy tummy for the second and third weeks, but that settled down.

Bravo! I had my first development meeting on Monday, but my 100 days is up on Saturday, too. I haven't done quite as well as you, but still very pleased with myself! I won't make 4 stone loss, but won't be far off.

Wow ISOM- a waist!! Well done, looking fab!

:hug99:

If you are at all worried get some medical advice- the pharmacist is good for this sort of thing. i am pretty certain it will be nothing serious, but peace of mind... When I started LL I had kidney pain, I drank very little pre-LL and it took a few days for my kidneys to learn to cope with all...

Unless you have something with citric acid, which can do dreadful things to ketosis, I think you will be ok if you stick to roughly the same amount of calories you would have had with the packs. I have lapsed a few times, for various reasons, and sometimes managed to stay in ketosis. The only...

I guess you work in a school! Me too! You will feel awful leaving your daughter initially, but think of those school holidays you will have together. It is a brilliant job for a mother. I agree with Katie Oxo, I use a soup at lunchtime, which doesn't need whisking and no one has noticed it...

I think the next stage in a journey is always a bit scary, and I have been feeling down losing the group that has been such a support over the last 3 months. It is that step into the unknown! However, you look fantastic now, AND you will continue to lose weight on management, so that 6 stone...

well I reckon I have 4 1/2 stone left to lose, would like to do that in 3 months, but not sure how much weight loss slows down as you get smaller! I should have lost 4 stone by the end of 100 days, but I have not been as good as I could be in that time!!

Just had my last foundation session, feel a bit cheated as I have still got 10 days to go to the 100 days, but I had worked out before that the dates didn't tally! Also unsure as we had to pay for a full week and those of us going into development start on Monday (as do the Management lot) and...

Are you using the flavourings? A bit of variety might help, maybe have some as ice lollies. I have always found the water hard, but I make up my packs with 400+ ml of water, which helps

wow, what a brilliant feeling! I can't wait! I am still getting used to the idea that I am 3 stone lighter, I pick up clothes and assume they won't fit... and then find out they do!

Hey, you've got a man as your llc? Bet there are not many of those about!

Not that I am addicted or anything, but I have been weighing myself on a range of scales! There is up to 4lbs difference on the ones I've been using.

I have had a cold that has left me with bad catarrh BUT other than that have never been as healthy as I have been on LL, and my group are the same. In fact I have not caught bugs that my family and friends all went down with. I was staying with family at Easter and, over the course of the week...

Ha ha, Karion, very true- and they don't stand up to being retold.

Watch what pain killers you have- some have citric acid in, as I found out to my cost!! (soluble ones)

ooh Samantha you are nearly there! In fact you probably are there by now!

Have you weighed yourself since? Does it make a difference?

I used to have that dream a lot, I have always believed it was to do with me feeling that my weight was out of my control and that my body was letting me down.

My sense of smell seems to have been heightened too, and I agree about garlic! If my family eat it they smell of it for days, and so does the house!

Yay, reached the 3 stone mark with a 5lb loss this week! Happy, happy,happy! Cherry- only 1 lemon bar please- you are not allowed 2 in a day, you naughty girl! You will have to cut the bar up into smaller pieces.

ooooh, stop it, stop it right now!!

my LLC said it was a personal decision when to stop, and the whole point of LL was it didn't give you a goal, you stopped when it felt right. We are in control of this journey.

Are all the counsellors offering them this week? Some have been denying the new flavours were coming! It would be just my luck if my llc was running her old stock down before getting the new ones!

Apparently the original survey said that none of them made enough difference to be noticable, but the Boots one was marginally better than the others. Didn't watch the programme myself so not sure how true this is, but I wonder how many of the people who are queuing for it watched Horizon and...

wow!

My daughter was looking over my shoulder and said, "that girl is so pretty, why does she look so young now?"

Wow, wow, wow what a fantastic thread and what great replies. The only thing I want to add is this. Think of the most attractive people you know, real people not stars, men and women. Have a good look at them next time you see them. I bet you anything they are not perfect. One will have a...

I am interested in how your 3 year old reacted. I have been really careful with my 5 year old, as I don't want to discourage her from eating. I have explained what I am doing and why, and she is really supportive, giving me lots of strokes all the time. When I was in a similar situation she...

Mmm, tomato, or something beefy, I agree! I have done a bit of mixing, but try to do a cambridge day or an ll day, rather than mix during the day. The mix a mousse works with both and the water flavourings are the same, but £3 cheaper in cambridge. Mind you my losses haven't been as good as...

Hi ISOM, just back from WI, only lost 2lbs this week, but back on track and much more upbeat this week. I wonder if my lapse caused carb withdrawal which made my mood much more negative?

I have been craving meat and fish, haven't really missed sweet things, although I have a really sweet tooth normally.

:wow: :scale: :)

Wow- that's all I can say!!

Take your own advice, missus! You can be so positive and supportive of other people, your posts are inspiring- just start bigging yourself up! Change those thoughts from negative to positive and start acknowledging how fantastic you are- and look!

Sorry, you can't receive pms yet, so posted my thoughts! Sorry to hear how you are feeling. 1.) I have a body fat monitor you can borrow, I will bring it on Thursday 2.) You ARE losing weight and it is showing 3.) The people with the greatest weight losses are the heaviest to start with, as...

Betty, I'm sending you a pm

wow, what fantastic post! I have so been there. It is great to know how you are doing, as I think we are on a very similar journey.

Just caught up with this thread, good on you. Can't wait till I feel confident enough to get back into the dating game!

Hey Sonkie, like the new avatar, you look great!

Johnny Depp- mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Now I've just got to get back on track. Haven't eaten since the lapse on Monday, but still not back in ketosis. I WILL get over this, but it is hard. For the first time since I started I have been having fears of failing. Got my WI tomorrow so hopefully the group will sort me out.

I explained on another thread how I had something to eat on Friday. I have had an awful time since. The cravings have been almost unmanageable, I have been hungry and bad tempered, and have really lost my motivation. I gave in again on Monday, for no good reason and, despite the fact that I had...

LittleBlue Start Weight:17St 9Ibs Goal Loss: 23Ibs Goal Weight:16St 0Ibs Weight Loss to date: Week1:4Ibs Week2: 2Ibs Week3: 4lbs Week4: 3lbs Week5: 6lbs Final Week: 4lbs Yipee! Goal reached!

Each candidate was put on a table with 2 of the panel and 1/2 dozen pupils, who served the food, so impossible to get out of really!

I am sure losing weight gave me the confidence to succeed this time, this was my 7th interview and I have been coming "runner up" for ages. I believe I didn't look the part before, when up against less "mumsy" looking people, it shouldn't matter but... even if I don't look very different now, I...

I guess I start straight away, as I was put into the school on a temporary basis from Easter anyway. Officially the permanent position starts in September. It is a primary school, Sonkie.

I have been an Acting Headteacher for the last year and a bit and have finally got a permanent Headship in a lovely school.

fell off the wagon a bit (see other thread) but got a new job after a long time trying so feeling up for anything atm!

Got the job YIPEE!!!!!

Ok, I knew I was going to have problems. I had 2 2 day interviews, one on Thursday and Friday last week, one Monday and Tuesday this week. I knew that having lunch with the panel was part of the process on the first day of each. I also knew that I would miss my weigh in on Thursday. So (here's...

Might sound a silly question, but is it worth having a colonic as we won't have much inside us at the moment? Does it really make a difference?

I didn't have to pay a deposit, but was told I would have to pay for any missed weeks, as they could have filled my place in the group. Could you pick up the packs on another day?You have paid for them after all!

I bought a kit from TK Maxx reduced from £50 to £10. There is enough for 10 wraps, but the 2 bandages they give you barely covered my tummy! I have only tried it once so far, not sure if I did it right, but seemed to have no effect whatsoever!

Why are some people week 6 then final week, thought week 6 was the final week- hence 6 week challenge!!

Just wanted to add to the above a healthwarning! I know it must be fantastic getting lots of male attention now, but don't forget you are a "safe" flirt for them if they know you are soon to be married. Don't throw away what you've got, if it is what you really want, because you think there is...

I'm at that same place, brilliant isn't it?

Yes I like that combination. Have you tried the fruits of the forest flavouring in the chocolate yet?

I keep telling my group about it, one has joined so far and a couple are lurking! I don't mind them being on here, its like being in on a secret, but maybe I don't mind because none of them have recognised me yet!

Yes I am back at work, great day so don't know why I am feeling depressed this evening, like you Kels. think it happens like that sometimes, even though the weight loss is as fast as it can be, you still want to wake up one morning thin! Thinking of you Sam, get this seizure problem sorted out...

I have found that I have saved a lot of money since starting LL, more than the £66. I am not buying food for me, not snacking, buying lunch at work etc. and not buying clothes, cos I'm waiting till I'm thin!

I am so sorry, and it is awful that you weren't with him. Thoughts and prayers with you

I think it is the counselling that makes this diet different from anything else, and it is what is going to be what stops me putting it all back on.

I won too!!

Thinking of you, what an awful experience.:patback:

:wow: What an inspiration, have you got any photos??

welcome, and good for you! Nice losses so far, too!

There is an April challenge just coming again, but Cah-Ching is planning on starting a get ready for summer challenge straight afterwards. Have a look at the starting in April thread, there are a few people beginning their journey. Good luck, you will do it this time!

sez, I have noticed the same. I can only assume it is due to rounding.

Sez, one more loss and you will be there!

What are the shakes/soups like with milk?

I have been more active this week, taking my daughter out and about. I have more energy and it doesn't hurt my knees so much going up and down the stairs, so I have been using them more. I love this diet!

Was told tonight it was because NICE have said you cannot be in abstinence for more than 12 weeks at a time

sorry thats not you, that's Wannabeslim!

Yipee, lost 6lbs this week, so smashed the 2 stone barrier. I still find the water hard going.

lol, I'm burning calories just trying to knock you off the leaderboard!

Hope you are ok, Cah Ching, spotted your gain.:hug99: Here are my Week 5 results: Start Weight:17St 9Ibs Goal Loss: 23Ibs Goal Weight:16St 0Ibs Weight Loss to date: Week1:4Ibs Week2: 2Ibs Week3: 4lbs Week4: 3lbs Week5: 6lbs Final Week: 19lbs down, 4lbs to go, suddenly seems more doable!

and not morbidly obese anymore!

It is my wi too, see you on here when I get back, we can compare losses!

Is this really true? You weren't told on April 1st were you? I wouldn't mind adding some milk to my tea, can't stand it black, but no way am I doing more than that!

I didn't mention the "s" word, too ashamed. I know i shouldn't but I just can't help myself. I even use 2 different scales and weigh myself in lbs then kg (sad or what?)

Anyone else finding their food obsession has been replaced by a weight loss obsession? All I think about, all I read about, all I want to talk about... This site is my lifesaver, as I must be becoming very boring to everyone else.:scale:

Hi Sandra, there are other people on this site with PCOS, who are losing weight despite being told they couldn't! Maybe you should start a thread. I am having a good holiday ISOM, but it is hard being at home. Much easier to stick to a diet at work! Mind you, went away for the weekend and all...

I can actually reach my toenails now!!

Fantastic, and judging by your BMI you weren't huge to start with (smaller than me, anyway!!) Do you exercise?

I too had negative comments before I started, they soon stopped!!

I was considering it, rather than going in to development. I guess it depends how I feel at the end of the 100 days. If I really can't bear to go on any longer I will switch after management. However, knowing how successful this is, I will probably stick with it.

Believe it, it is true! If you stick to it you WILL lose a stone a month. And it is not as hard to stick to as you might think. I have zero willpower and have never stuck at anything, but am now in week 6 and have 4lbs left to go to have lost 2 stone! I am by no means the greatest loser in my...

yes, I ripped a pair of trousers because they were now getting caught under my heel!

skirts will starting being longer as you have less tum/bum area holding them up!

I agree, with other people it is easy to be good ,as you would get comments if you lapsed. On your own...

Yes, I was worried about the breast feeding bit. I am sure your body is trying to compensate. Also if you are breast feeding you are going to be retaining weight in your boobs, this can be several pounds worth.

Little Blue Start Weight:17St 9Ibs Goal Loss: 23Ibs Goal Weight:16St 0Ibs Weight Loss to date: Week1:4Ibs Week2: 2Ibs Week3: 4lbs Week4: 3lbs Week5: Final Week: 13lbs down, 10lbs to go. Hmm, got to go some in 2 weeks, but a goal is a goal!

Hi all, been away staying with family. They all understood and were supportive, but I couldn't believe how much alcohol and nibbles they got through, and how one meal time leads into another! It was really hard but made me very aware of how much I would have put on this weekend if I hadn't been...

Lost another 3lbs this week! 24lbs so far now. Samseal- thinking of you, hope they sort it out quickly.

Way to go Curvy!

Grats ISOM! Keep it up, you're doing brill!

I think you are absolutely right, we have enough energy to do most things, as long as we take our time doing them!

Little Blue Start Weight:17St 9Ibs Goal Loss: 23Ibs Goal Weight:16St 0Ibs Weight Loss to date: Week1:4Ibs Week2: 2Ibs Week3: 4lbs Week4: Week5: Final Week: I have adjusted my starting weight and goal loss- my poor adding up to blame!! So 10lbs down, 13lbs to go!!

Don't forget you are not actually surviving on 500 calories, you are using your fat to provide the other 1500, or whatever you use each day.

I felt exactly the same, in week 3 I only lost 2lbs, but week 4 it was 4lbs, so I am still exactly on target. You get highs and lows on this diet- so just roll with it!! There is nothing else you can do that will make you lose weight faster than this diet.

Wow, I saw the add too and decided I would buy the dress when I was slim! You have inspired me to make sure I get into it by bthe summer and if I look half as amazing as you...

Sorry to make a big deal of it, but before I started I was averaging 3000!

Most of them were up steep steps and spiral staircases, as I took my daughter to a castle. This is the most exercise I have had all year! :superwoman: And, I know that I shouldn't but I weighed myself this morning and this evening and for the first time ever I weighed less in the evening than I...

Great, what a boost!

Wow Yorkie, Sez and Donna, thats amazing! What's your secret? Donna, you were 5 stone overweight right? So it's not just the people with loads to lose that do more than 3 in foundation!

Fingers crossed for you!

I love this site!! it is people like you that keep me hanging on!

Nice to see you joined us, Pam! i told you it was a good site!

It may do, it is not the one they recommend. (Can't remember what that was called)

Since 17th March? That is fantastic! keep it up.

Funny you should be talking about frogs and tadpoles etc. i went into the bathroom to check on my 5 year old in the bath and she had a newt in there with her! She had fished it out of our pond last night and kept it in a teapot overnight. i had to explain that the hot water in the bath was not...

Phew, what a hot potato- sorry to mention food! What I take issue with is the notice on the door, it is a real slap on the face. When someone contacts them they could explain their charging policy without being quite so aggressive.

Hang in there until your stop-in. Tell yourself that the salmon will wait till then. I promise you after your first weigh-in you will chuck the salmon away. (It will have gone off by then anyway!!) You can keep it up for 3 or 4 days, if you were unwell you could cope for that length of time...

Wow! Shame you've got such a gorgeous OH already...

I do agree that LL is a commercial venture, and really they should pay for a nurse to take blood pressure etc. However it is important to tell your own GP when you go onto any sort of weight loss programme, particularly a vlcd, so the medical is only really a reason to go see your own gp. The...

You expect your GP to do a complete medical (for which the BMA recommend they charge £140) and then be CLINICALLY RESPONSIBLE for your health - which, believe it or not, by agreeing to do the checks they become FOR NOTHING The medical form states that the doctor will not be clinically...

Keep grinning Wanttobeslim, in a few months you'll be a wannabe no more!

Thanks for that tip! I couldn't survive without the water flavourings, they satisfy my sweet tooth, but I haven't had tea since I started cos I don't like it black. Having sparkling water with flavourings in almost feels like cheating it is so nice!

i am confused too! I paid £66 in the first week, as every other. Doesn't everyone? How could you start before the rest of your group? Did you have 1-1 counselling for the first couple of weeks? Thought they weren't allowed to do that.

Amen to that!!

To edit the tracker click on it then you are taken to the website. You will get an option to edit, when you put the data in on that site it automatically updates on here.

Do you get foodpacks at that last meeting? If so that would be 98 days!

That is my weight loss, but think I got my starting weight wrong!

Lost another 4lbs tonight, so 1 1/2 stone in a month- whoopee do!!

I wish they wouldn't put weight in kg and loss in lbs on LL!

Hang on a minute, something doesn't add up!

Little Blue Start Weight:17St 7Ibs Goal Loss: 21Ibs Goal Weight:16St 0Ibs Weight Loss to date: Week1:4Ibs Week2: 2Ibs Week3: 4lbs Week4: Week5: Final Week: 10lbs lost, 11lbs to go!

Lost 4lbs! Panicking over nothing! The soluble aspirin contained citric acid, must have been that, had nothing else.

Slimbride, doesn't that make your Ketostik too dark?

If I drink more water than usual today will I weigh more (bloated) or less? I don't think I have lost much as I knocked myself out of Ketosis with soluble aspirin.:cry: Anything else I can do in 1 day to maximise my loss??

poor you! I agree, contact head office they may have someone waiting in the wings. I guess your group could agree to meet up independently and work through the book. Can she really just quit like that? What does it say in the contract thingy? I would have thought she, or at least LL, would have...

yes, nut crunch, mmm trade description act? cardboard chew maybe

The reason my GP surgery gave for refusing was that for the money we pay LL should be providing a nurse to do the medicals. They say that they cannot offer a NHS service to a private company and are also not sure of the point of the blood pressure checks.

My doctor would not do my initial check, had to go to a private hospital and pay £60. I got my blood pressure checked for free at Tescos! They were great, really helpful, really supportive, my doctor could learn a thing or two!

Hi, I am 41 and a headteacher. I love everything about my life, except my weight and my lovelife! I am single but feel too much of a blob to start dating again. I am not sure how much I need to lose, to get to a healthy BMI it will be about 8 stone, but I will stop when I feel confident enough...

I bought one last week for my daughter, great minds think alike! Actually the way my cravings are going at the moment a rabbit smelling of rabbit would be more tempting than one smelling of chocolate!

wow, 5 stone in 11 weeks! Please let it be me..!!

I, too, am addicted to weighing myself! I must stop, it is so discouraging, i am at least 2lbs lighter in the morning and my weight hasn't changed for DAYS!!

Thank you so much, I'll just keep posting then!

Kels, look at what you lost in the first 2 weeks! It does seem to me that we all lose about the same, but some people do it little by little and some people have big losses then plateau- just my theory!

WTG! Just keep mentioning the underwear you were going to buy...

ah, better keep posting then! I guess that's why the avatar has only just started working. thanks!

solved the avatar question! When I went into it this time it worked!

1.) How do I post an avatar? In the edit avatar bit I don't get the option to add one! 2.) How come some people have huge signatures? If I try to add any more I am not allowed! I want to say more!!!:cry:

Start Weight: 17St 7lbs Goal Loss: 21Ibs Goal Weight: 16St Weight Loss to date: Week1: 4lbs Week2: 2lbs Week3: Week4: Week5: Final Week: 6lbs down, 15lbs to go!

welcome Heaven and Charlie. I am in week 4 and yes, it does get better. BTW one of the bars does taste like cardboard! I think you adapt though, during the first week I didn't think I would be able to stomach any of the foodpacks for long, but by week 2 they didn't taste as bad.

:cry: Think I knocked myself out of Ketosis with soluble aspirin! Had a bad headache on Friday and took them all day. Felt really hungry over the weekend for the first time since starting and eventually checked the packet and found to my horror they contained citric acid!

I so know how you are feeling. I am coming up to my first month, which is unbelievable! I never stick to diets and had almost resigned myself to being fat. suddenly I am in control of my eating for the first time in my life! You have the best motivation in the world, being slim and gorgeous will...

I've been having a bit of a downer recently, for some reason this week has been hard. I haven't cheated but still only lost 2lbs. Every night I dream I've given in and eaten and that feeling seems to be sticking with me so I've lost the virtuous feeling I've had up till now. BUT I have lost...

Charmed Wishes, you're not married to David Beckham by any chance are you??

Lol, Jocandy, getting pregnant, unexpected side-effect of losing weight and looking gorgeous! Just started week 4, only 2lbs loss this week, hard not to be disappointed, even though that is 17lbs in 3 weeks! I also know that I have lost inches off everywhere, my blood pressure is down, I have...

Could you confirm that these are the weigh-in dates, I've got myself a bit confused!! Week 1 21st March Week 2 28th March Week 3 4th April Week 4 11th April Week 5 18th April Week 6 25th April I get weighed on a Thursday, so I am a bit out of synch! I am posting my verified weight, so I will...

Citric acid can do it, even a little, I think. Alternatively could the sticks be faulty?

Is it too late for me to join? If not: Start Weight: 17St 7lbs Goal Loss: 21Ibs Goal Weight: 16St Weight Loss to date: Week1: 4lbs Week2: Week3: Week4: Week5: Final Week:

Still on track, but for some reason found today the hardest day so far. Failed in every attempt to cook packs, crisps were soggy and too strong flavour, muffin was chewy, but not in a good way!

Thanks, I just needed someone else to say it to me!!

How much food will take you out of ketosis? What about the occasional mouthful?? I know one thing leads to another, so it is best not to start along that road but I if I am cooking for someone else can I get away with tasting it?

OMG thought it was just me! I have had 2 dreams about eating then suddenly remembering I am not supposed to! I wonder if when we have finished the programme we will dream we can't eat and wake up happy that we can?!

This is really inspiring! Can't wait to add my name to the list!

got it!

or maybe not!!

Thanks for the help with the ticker!

And can I expect to lose more than 3 stone as I have about 8 stone to lose? And how do I attach my ticker??

Hi all, Joined this site yesterday, joined LL on March 1st. My food obsession seems to have been replaced with an obsession with weight loss, so this forum is feeding my habit! I seem to spend almost every waking minute thinking about how much I have/will lose!

My weigh in day is Thursday, so the weight loss was 2 weeks, lost 11 in week 1 and 4 in week 2. Am I likely to lose more than the 3 stone in foundation as I am so much overweight, or doesn't that follow?

Hi all, I'm new to this site, but wanted someone to talk to! I have just started week 3 of LL. Never imagined I would last this long, as my will power is nil. I have stuck to the plan though, no cheating yet, and it is getting easier. I have lost 15lbs so far, which is great, but about what I...