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Yes, 2 in my group. Both didn't know until they were 5 months pregnant! And one of them was told by the midwife that she's the healthiest lady she'd seen in a long time. That same one came to LL to lose weight to get pregnant as she was told there was no reason in either her or her husband for...

I just snorted coffee through my nose! Hilarious! A definite PLUS side to LL. :happy096:

And breeeeeathe!!! My LLC said that the reason they are vague about portions etc. is that this is your time now to be finding out what your ideal portions are and how you want to go about it. I found this quite liberating, actually chosing for myself what did or did not seem reasonable. I...

Funny, I was just talking with a friend about Paul McKenna the other day. His weight loss stuff never made sense to me until after doing LL. Now it all makes a whole load of sense! I may even get his cd off my friend. Thanks for reminding me. Also, some people on here were talking about a book...

Wow AJ and Karion! Two very powerful posts and Karion, no it's not a negative post, it's exactly what I, and I think other people, need to hear to truly understand what long-term management is all about. Some days are good, some days are bad, some days are easy, some days are difficult...

Right there with you. I understand.

Perhaps you could try going to the other Management group you mentioned before? You could attend for free as you still have all those packs. My Management group ended up a whole load of nothing, with hardly anyone turning up. Then it went from weekly to two-weekly. 2 weeks ago was the first...

I've been toying with the idea of starting this thread for a while. There a quite a few threads following people's journeys through abstinence and Management but I haven't found one yet that follows people's lives after Management. Back in the big wide world of NO RULES :eek: and SELF...

It's a long hard slog this management malarkey! It's surprising how long it takes to unravel all the years of thinking of things in terms of 'good' or 'bad' or 'allowed' or 'not allowed'. It wasn't until after management, when there were no rules to follow anymore, that I started to realise just...

No idea! By the way, your lunch of chicken breast (Quorn in my case), salad and dressing had me salivating. Yum! Wedding photos on my gallery now. Hope you like.

(Photos on my gallery) When I started LL one year and three days ago I was almost 6st heavier and a size 22-24. Before I started LL I said to my (now!) husband "when I'm a size 10 we're getting married" as a joke. Well, half way through Foundation I knew it was finally going to be a reality...

Hi yo-yo. I'm wondering if it's less a case of your rebellious child winning and more just a case of your blood sugar levels going up and down like mad? Management is designed to start you on the foods that keep your blood sugar down to control your cravings and fill you up, but the stuff you're...

Hi Sun, there's one dressing I fell in love with when I started Management. It's on the first page of the 'Week 1-4' Management recipe book. It's the basil and garlic marinade. I use it as a dressing too. If I'm in all night I'll include the garlic but if I'm going out I'll leave the garlic out...

So are you going to the new class tonight? Hope you like it if you do go and that reading all the Management stuff gives you something to do with yourself other than bingeing for the next 12 weeks! Have you got all the Management books yet? If so, what do you think of it all? Finally got to...

Glad you've turned it around yo-yo. So much harder to turn it around with food so do it with packs while you still can! Computer's been down which is why I haven't posted recently. Haven't been able to go to the gym at all this week and really missing it. Weight is so much easier to maintain...

Excellent work yo-yo, glad you're feeling more positive today. You've done so well and, provided you do the Management bit as specified, you will continue to lose weight if that's what you want to do. But, as wanna said, 10st7 and a size 10 is perfect anyway! Looking forward to hearing...

WD for having the courage to post. I know exactly how you're feeling, only too well. A lot of us with a problem with food are, to a large extent, as a result of being so self-critical. How can we possibly be loving to our bodies by way of good food or abstinence if we're not loving to ourselves...

It's absolutely fantastic that you have lost so much weight so soon. I'm amazed that you managed to do it all within foundation too. I lost a further 13lbs on management, which took me to my goal and beyond. I only just realised that you've only got 10lbs left until you're at your goal. So...

OMG I absolutely can't believe your LLC said that about Management. My god she couldn't be more wrong if she tried. Management is, in my opinion, the most crucial part of the whole programme. You learn so much about food in management: Low gi vs high gi foods, how they affect your...

YAAAAAAAAY. Here I've been waiting all this time for you to announce that you're finally in DP size 14s and now you say you're OUT of them :party0011:

WD yo-yo, it's good to see that your thought record has helped you out. Please remember to keep your green book out and keep doing the exercises. It's so important for you to keep doing the exercises around why you feel the urge to pick as it's these exercises that are going to help you not to...

Yo-yo, BEHAVE YOURSELF!!!!! I remember telling you in my email before you started this that you really must remain abstinent for this diet to really work. As you know by now, it's sooooooo not about the food, it's about what's going on in your head. You have ample homework that you could be...

The gallery's just under my name, sort of. Look to the left of this post: it says 6stlost, then it has my fat/thin photo underneath, then under that it says gallery. Click on that then you can click on the photos to enlarge them. x

"Yo-Yo - I am so happy for you. I was sat reading your post with the biggest grin on my face sharing your excitement." Me too. I even welled up a little! You should definitely go back to Dorothy Perkins soon and give the 14s another go. You are just like me. My goal was always to be in size...

Thank you so much Pierce. I now know where I was going wrong. I'm chuffed to bits! :thankyou:

I've searched the faqs and seem to have found nothing. I've tried all the links that the ticker web site offers and still I've had no luck. I feel like I'm missing out :cry: Please can someone help me out? Thank you.

Small losses? And where might they be? :) You're doing fantastically. Cheer up and enjoy the journey. I know it takes a long time to truly trust the diet though. You'll get there no problem at all at the rate you're going :hug99:

AHA, so the attached picture appears with every post. Hooray, I've cracked it :bliss: Ok, as you were... And thank you for your patience! :rolleyes:

Ok, last try before I go and ask...

Just checking to see if my weight loss pics attached themselves to my profile :) aaaaaaand again... really not sure how to do this, will go and ask someone who's done it successfully :rolleyes: Yay. Now I just have to work out how to put it in my signature so it appears every time.

Sorry I haven't been chatty lately but I've been serially lurking and enjoying your updates immensely. Wedding's a week tomorrow so I've been swamped with last-minute things. Gosh, and this is for only 4 people. There's no way I could imagine trying to organise a wedding for a hundred or more...

Well, try the exercise too then!! That'll rev things up a bit :) It's 5 months till December. You will not still be this weight then. You will be stoneS LIGHTER :) :) :) Please don't let yourself get bogged down by what the scales say. If that's the only reason you are thinking of quitting...

Aha, I see you've been doing your homework, you 'adult'! :D Gosh, you're below a bmi of 30 already! Does that mean you're only in the 'overweight' now? Size 14 is fantastic. To me size 14 marks the herald of being really quite normal. Can shop pretty much anywhere and wear pretty much anything...

Hi Scotsnat, I had slow losses too. I managed to scrape through with a 4st10lb loss in foundation. I was one of the slowest losers in my group. I had my hardest time about half to three quarters of the way through, like you just wanting to be at the end, wanting the results without the effort...

By the way, do you need to update your ticker?

Very interesting, I went right off chocs and carbs too, and they were my biggest downfall. I couldn't believe I could walk past Greggs and it did absolutely nothing for me. It still doesn't now actually. Although it smells slightly nicer and sometimes I think 'hmm' it doesn't have the same...

That'll take it over the stone mark though! Hope you have a good meeting.

WD on meeting your first goal yo-yo. Well, I was gorgeous in my trousers on Saturday but ate more than I meant to over the weekend. Not a problem though as hubby is away this week so I can devote it to pulling in the reigns again. It's much easier without him to cook for. I have set in...

Well, day 4 being abstinent and I'm just about surviving but god I'll be glad to eat again tomorrow! I've lost all my weight and am now a bit scrawny so I shall enjoy whatever I have tomorrow, but will not go overboard. Can't wait to get my trousers altered. I can't wait to see what they look...

It's so good, isn't it, when people notice the difference in you so soon. What a high. See, all those years of struggle and we never knew it could be so easy. I wish I'd found LL years ago. But I don't think my head was in the right place for it then - too young and wanting to play. Well...

Well done. You lost more than me in your first week! I lost 6lbs. You must be absolutely chuffed and I'm glad you got your book as I know the psychology bit seemed important to you. I just looked at your ticker and realised you've lost 12lb in 2 weeks. That's almost a stone, in half a month...

So what are the rules for your milk week? I've finished and finished management too so I don't know. I thought it was just having milk in your packs, nothing else?

It's so good to read about your excitement at losing weight so quickly and your wonder and amazement at all the positives this diet brings with it. It's quite an infectious positive feeling. I find I have far more energy on the packs too. I only needed about 6 hours sleep a night when on...

Good luck yo-yo. You've done so well. I've had a rough week with food this week so hearing about your success is a bit of an inspiration. I'm going to set aside some time tonight to go over my books and come up for a plan of action for the week ahead. Time to do a bit more 'managing' and a bit...

Aha yoyo, I've stalked you all the way to another web site! It's jd here from bmc. You're so lucky to know of this site. I didn't find out about it until after I'd finished management! I'm glad I found you though because I was going to email you recommending this site. Now you've saved me an...

Right there with you. I now fluctuate between 8st11lbs and 9st2lbs. I'm a size 8-10 and yet still all I see is tummy, hips, bum, thighs (all magnified) when looking in the mirror naked. I have to be quite harsh on myself and say "look, don't be ridiculous - you cannot be a size 8 and be...

I don't like classes so I just use the machines in the gym. I asked an instructor to devise me a toning program that targeted all the bits that were likely to go saggy so I did machines for triceps, biceps, inner thigh, chest, shoulders and back, and did core exercises for a flat tummy (the...

With regard to water - do what intuitively feels right for you. I thought 6 litres made all the difference for me but, from what others have said, it was different for them. Listen to your body and trust yourself. I did exercise. I did toning and cardio at the gym - mainly toning as I was...

I was going to write my weight losses on your other thread about your pop-in as I was a slow loser too but still lost 6 stone! Here they are: Week 1 - 6 lbs (less than you!) Week 2 - 2 lbs Week 3 - 3.5 lbs Week 4 - 3 lbs Week 5 - 5 lbs Week 6 - 1 lb Week 7 - 4 lbs Week 8 - 3 lbs Week 9 - 3 lbs...

Don't worry about it! That's my first piece of advice. :) I only lost 6lbs in my first week. The biggest loser lost 1st2.5lbs. I was gutted. But I hung on in there and lost 4st10lbs in the foundation period. Bump your water up to 6 litres a day. The fat will just melt off then. I don't know...

That's how I pictured you under the table :D :D :D

Karion - I Love Chocolate ;) :D :D :D

I wonder... do you think it would be possible for your counsellor to give you all the management material before you go? Would it be financially possible for you to buy the packs that you would need for 12 weeks on management? Then you could let people know in advance what you can and can't...

More thought provoking posts AJ, thank you. I understand about the 'trying not to get too uptight about weight gain' issue. It has been quite stressful for me putting on weight, even within my acceptable range for myself. I am gradually learning that I have about a 5lb swing either way, which...

HILARIOUS. I love it. Thanks for a very good chuckle. Why do I suddenly want to give it a go too? :D

Hi Kaz, Wow, well done on your weight loss. That is truly fantastic. I think your family and friends should know by now that you're a tough nut to crack. After 8 months or more of saying no to all food I don't think they'll be too disappointed to hear another no from you! You could let...

"If it is any of my usual triggers i.e. bread, jam, cheese, chocolate, cereal - I then ask myself "well, would you eat xxx" and substitute a healthier alternative. If the answer is 'probably not', then I am wanting to eat for another reason" Hi AJ, it's nice to find someone on here at about...

Oooh yum, I'd have 5 packs too. What a treat! I loved packs.

Another mad one here, I did the same! And I know it was bad, but my word my daughter got some great treats while I was abstinent! Every time I felt like 'treating' myself, she got the treat instead! I really had to sort out my head around that one. Christmas came every day for her for a while...

Sounds like all-or-nothing thinking to me. So you've eaten...have you really blown it? No. You've just eaten. Yes, it feels like the end of the world but no, it doesn't mean that you have no choice about whether to eat or not this minute, the next minute, tomorrow, or next week. Perhaps you...

I am testament to the diet being the best thing to ever have existed. I'm sorry your daughter has had a hard time with this diet Lorna. It really is very unorthodox and controversial and certainly is not for everyone. Having said that, it definitely was for me. I've lost 6 stone since Sep...