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Don't do it DonnaLou! I did, I thought that I would just have one as it would make a change from my LL bar....not only was I sat on the toilet for about an hour afterwards but it started me off on a month long eatting binge, which I'm still struggling with....from someone that knows.....a...

Hi Everyone. I'm currently on SS, after moving over to CD after LL. I've just seen on the website that I need to come off SS when my BMI reaches 25. I should reach this weight in a couple of weeks, but wanted to go on a loose more weight after this (at least a stone) Will my CDC still sell...

I've just converted to CD from LighterLife. I found if I upped my water intake then the weight came off much faster, might be worth a try.

Hi everyone. I'm going away next weekend, and really want to be able to share a glass of wine with my friends in the evening. Going to the lakedistrict on a walking holiday and just going to try and eat calorie countrolled protein rich foods with a couple of glasses of wine in the evening...

Thanks for the advice ladies. Off to see a CD lady on Saturday, I'm going to make my final decision then. I'll keep you posted. Need to do something and get back on the straight and narrow again. Am thinking of writing to HQ and complaining about my LL counsellor as well!

Me too, let me know how it goes. I'm not sure if it's worth 'the hassle' although I have about 6 bin bags full of clothes that I really need to get rid off before I creep back into them!

Hi everyone. I had a ‘blip’ a couple of weeks ago, I’m now back on track, but it really was the last straw for me loosing patience with my counsellor. Long story short, she has said a varity of comments to me since I started which have just rubbed me up the wrong way and I didn’t find her...

CD is alot cheaper, I think that it's about £35 a month. (Sure someone will come on and give you the exact price) Would you concider doing that and paying for a CBT councellor on top? The thing with CD is that you can eat from a list of allowed foods, so could do that in the evenings.

I felt the same last week, when I was 1/2 way through, I was bored, felt like a freak (not being able to eat with anyone) and was getting a lot of comments and generally couldn't cope with it. Decided to have a day off....which turned into a week long binge, and I have now put on TEN POUNDS...

You have to have a BMI of 29 or above. You can work out your BMI on the LL website, it's your height and weight combined mathatically. If it's just a few pounds out go along to the meetings with some weights round your ankles (and trousers) or in your pockets, no one will ever know! ;-) My...

Sorry, you can't even tell that I have an maths A level can you!!

Your 5 weeks in, I know loads of people who start craving round then, it's one of those odd things. It will pass.

I've heard the same thing. I did try and research it on the internet but didn't really find anything too conclusive and just started scaring myself. Be interesting to see what others say. CDCs advise not to do any vigourous exerise on CD if you not used to it but my LLC says it's fine...

Oh LL, sorry to hear that you are having such a tough time. Sounds horrible & thinking of you. From a LighterLife perspective, maybe you can see your eating as the one thing that you can have control of at the moment. You can’t control the house/husband/health, but you can control your...

Thanks BL. I’m guessing that I need to start accepting the ‘comments’ from people. I’m going to come across even more toxic people as I approach my target weight. I guess that I need to flip it round and look at the positive. If people are going to be like that, it’s their issue, not mine...

I’m not sure if I should share this with the group, but I’m going to as wanted to try and sort of my emotions in my head and think that it helps to type it all out and think it through! Yesterday I broke my abstinence. I had been thinking about it for days and had been planning it out. I...

Well done Jane, you look amazing! x

Well congrats to you too Jo! Aren't we doing well!! Thanks everyone for your lovely comments. I'll keep on trucking and play the target weight very much by ear....just wanted to get a general feel for how long it should take/how low I should go, so that I can psych myself appropriately!

Hi SnowMum. I'm also 5' 8'' and I was a perfect size 16 when I got to 13st 12lbs. That was when I could go into any shop and zip up 16 jeans without the hint of a muffin top. Don't know if this helps your goal planning a bit! Size 14 was acheived at about 12st 2lbs. Good luck with your LL...

yeah I think that sizes are very different between shops. I'm a perfect fit in Next, but in M&S it's like I have a freak body, the legs have always been too tight and the waist HUGE! Mind you I haven't tried anything on in there since starting LL, so I guess that I should go down and have...

Morning everyone. Hey Corey, I do the same, glad that someone else does. I have a spreahseet with my daily weigh so I can see the weight going down....I've also got a graph on it, where I have also plotted a chart of what would have happened if I'd been on a diet loosing, 2lbs a week, or 1lbs...

Yippie, I've done it, I've broken the 11stone barrier, I still have a little way to go but I have gone from 15 stone something, to 11 stone something!!! How FAB is that! Currently 11st 13lbs, but soon it will be low 11sts!! I've not been below 11st for my adult life, so it's getting exciting...

Donna wow! You looked so pretty before LL but now you have that extra confidence just shining through, what a transformation honey! You give yourself a massive pat on the back, your looking truely amazing! x

H&M can have some bargain tops as well! I'm planning to have a little shop there tomorrow. Might pop into Primark as well, I was staying clear as I didn't think that their stuff washed too well (although it could have been my laundry skills killing the last garments!! :-)) Although I don't care...

Have you guys tried the banana shake hot. My LLC suggested it to me, I thought that she had lost it but it's delicious! I have it ever morning, with not too much water, like a hot banana custard thing, it's yummy and nice morning comfort food

Morning all, well I'm having a super morning. Offically I'm working from home, but I had a spare 1/2 hour so been packing my bag for my weekend back at parents house. While I was doing it I was having a bit of a wardrobe clear out and I can now fit into ALL of my size 14 jeans, loads of lovely...

Don't worry your body does funny things. Last 2 weeks I lost 2lbs which I was fine with and then my LLC kept saying "Are you disappointed, have you eatten" cheeky woman! Then this week I lost 6lbs!!! So it was 2lbs, 2lbs, 6lbs, with no difference in packs/water or exercise. 2.2lbs is...

Thanks BL and LL. I'm feeling much better today, gave myself a firm talking to last night!!! :-)

Don't beat yourself up Lady, you've done so well, and there are going to be slip ups along the way. This is a whole new way of life/eatting, it's going to take a while to get on top of it. WI tonight, just go get and then try and get right back on track, put it behind you and move on. Don't...

Hello everyone, just coming on for a bit of a chat/rant. Finding it really tough at the moment, while I am sticking to the diet (well other than Monday having 2 bars, and yesterday having 2 cooked packs) I am really using all my willpower to! Don’t think that the Easter Eggs are helping, I...

I want a coke zero now, what with that and my 2 cooked food packs I had yesterday I'm getting a real LL rebel!

Yes I got this book, it's really good. Would recommend it to everyone.

Well I was 'naughty' and had 2 choc packs cooked yesterday! Still alive this morning! :-o x

Does anyone have more than one cooked pack a day? I know you are only suppose to have one a day but do you know why? I love my choc pack cooked...already had one today, really fancy another!

Glad all the grubs gone BL. I can't wait to get home now and have a love-er-ly choc muffin and a cuppa tea! I look forward to it everyday!!! (I really do need to start getting a life- that and the cranberry bar, love them, could eat them all day long!)

Yeah it's great isn't it, and with LL we can be a 12 this summer, any other diet we'd be lucky to be that size for summer 2009!

Well done Lola! Keep up the good work, soon your new size 16s that you have had to purchase will be falling down too....and you'll be exposing a new sexy arse!! ;-) The results are worth the tough times, keep it up! Kate x

'Disposable handwarmers' I need to google them! It's so funny, I'm majorly into my football and support my team from back home. Luckily I get to sit in the directors box so I can take all my gear in with me, it's comical though, all the men are sat there just in their normal suits no jacket...

I'm so cold!! I went through this for about 3 weeks at the start of the diet and then started to feel OK. Today I'm colder than ever, in fact my finger nails have got a bluey tinge to them! I thought that I was imagining it but my co-worker has just pointed it out to me! Argh, think that...

Thanks Tange, nice to know that someone is exercising and is OK. I'll keep you updated on my progress. Must say I'm not really listening to the gym instructor, he might be very sexy but I don't really care if he doesn't approve of LL, it's working for me and I'm on a high!

Glad that you things seem to be going a bit smoother for you LadyLite x

I think that LL is more than just the food. It's also about addressing all the issues that you previously ate your way through! There are weeks that I find so tough that I'm climbing the walls and in/or in on tears, there are other weeks that are a breeze. Certainly I've come out stronger and...

Morning All! Just plodding along today. Suddenly feel v cold again (went through a phase of this a few months ago and thought that I was over it now!) Off to join the gym at work later, the instructors werent that keen on me joining on my 500 cals a day but I thought that I would try and...

Hope your day improves LL x

Well done BL. I think that the water is key, I have much better losses when I've kept it flowing. (Although maybe that's cos I send all day going backwards and forwards to the loo!)

Well done Angel Eyes!! I have lost over 2stone 7lbs now and only about 3 people have said anything to me. Some people have even said that I look the same!! (I can't possibly as have gone from a size 20 to 14) Has anyone else experienced the same sort of thing? I'm wondering if people are...

Well I've defineatly had this 'jiggly puff' and it has got better. About a month ago my arms looked horrific and now are fine and firmed up (and slimmed down) now my thighs are like it and I'm hoping it's the sign of a nice weight loss to come off them! I must say I'm petrified of what my skin...

Morning All. Dave hope that you do loose later, have you been good this week? A lot of people in our class have weeks of not loosing and then the next week have a massive loss....think that your body works in quirky ways! Let us know how you get on later. Lola, I'm dead impressed that you...

Oh no, I read on here that you could! I went to that healthfood shop and bought 8 jars of them!!! What a muppet!

MS JMC - From your post, I can't work out if you have done LL previously, (saying last year the doc wanted to charge you £95) If you have then have a chat with your new LLC. I did LL previously and paid to have my medical done (my GP wouldn't sign it as I had a heart mumour as a child) so I just...

Thanks Debz, Bex & LadyLite, my LLC is suggesting full on cardio, running, aerobics, etc for at least 4 hours a week, I do think that this is crazy! I am going to try and do a little bit more, I think that I will do a compromise of bringing my MBTs into work and trying to do 30mins round the...

WOW! Well done Ali x

Hey Minis My LLC is trying to convince us all to go to the gym for hard core exercise. I'm not convinced that this is a great idea on 500 cals a day and in all honesty while I'm not ill and it is all bearable i'm struggling enough without adding the whole exercise thing in. She's saying...

Hey Minis, just wanted to say thank you to all that perked me up last week when I was finding it hard going. Had my week 3 meeting last night, treated myself to both water flavourings and the savory drink and enjoying the new tastes and completely psyched again. Weight is still dropping off...

Well done Petey that's fantastic! x

Thanks Ladies. Marie, your absolutely right, these are cravings for addictive eating and not something that I really want. If I were too eat the foods I'm craving now then i'm sure that they would taste disgusting (really fatty) and would give me about 5 minutes pleasure filled by a huge...

Hey Minis, just wondering if someone can give me some tips. I have lost 21 lbs on my 3 weeks of LL and I’m so chuffed with myself. I did LL once before but gave in at week 5 L I’m trying to stay really focused but I’m finding it hard at the moment. Ideally I want to loose another 4 stones...

Thanks LadyLite, I didn't realise that you didn't loose the weight that quickly on Atkins, must say I've never tried it, I don't think that I could eat all that meat! I might treat myself to some of the water flavouring this week....I'm been too stingy to pay the £9 previously! Think that I...

I know that we aren't allowed Diet Coke at all on the programme. I was wondering if anyone knows why? My books say that it's the acid that could knock you out of ketotis. This makes sense, but what I don't understand is that you stay in ketotis on Atkins, and you are allowed any diet sodas...

She sounds like a true 'toxic friend' well done on being so strong

Have a word with your LLC...I think that LL occasionally change the formula that packs are made with, so even if you have been having a certain shake/soup for ages it may well be that they have jigged the reciepe round a bit. Hope that you better soon, and that it doesn't turn out to be all LL...

Thank you ladies for all your kind words, you’ll all done so well in your weight losses and good to know that this is normal and I’ll be feeling better soon! Can’t wait for wwek 1 WI now!

Thanks for the support Ali. I'm hoping I feel better really soon. I know the end results will be worth it. My LLC said that she often had her milkshakes hot and they were nice.....sipping on a 1/2 pack of hot banana as we speak, it's actually quite nice. We do have a pop in tomorrow...

Please inspire me. I've woken up on Day 2 of the plan with a terrible headache and feeling really shaky/flu like. I'm at work at the moment but going to have to go home as soon as some's in to cover for me. How long do you think that it will take for me to start feeling a bit better? I'm going...

Is Vanilla Rooibos allowed on LL?

I used to double the shakes up when I was struggling, if I got to about 6pm and had 2 left I would double them up and just down....I think that this is def better than missing any packs...you won't be getting all your minerals/vits etc

Thanks Debz, I will find my local CDC and give her/him a call.

I have just lost 2 stone on the Lighter Life programme, I left my class as I was starting to feel unwell and the programme was very expensive. I thought that I could go it alone, but have started to put a few pounds on. Ideally I would like to loose another 3 stone. I was thinking of going to...

Well you certainly should be proud of the 8 weeks of LL you have completed, along with the confidence it takes to move to another country and all that entails. Maybe you should revisit the weeks that we did stroking in councelling. Remember that you dont have to accept negetives strokes from...

Paula, you are having such a stressful time with the move to oz/selling house, please dont beat yourself up over a blip. The most important thing is that you learn from it, think about why you eat and what you could do next time to try and stop yourself. Last week was a really tough week for me...

I'm being very brave, I'm going for a colonic tomorrow, not doing anything in halves this diet programme!! Had them before when I've done detox, they really make you feel better and i'm hoping it will get the last bit of that binge out of me. Daren't take a laxative, in fact had to have an...

I think that the ruling is if you did foundation and maintenance then you can do a refresher course. There is a lady in our class who didn't do maintenance so was told she needed to come back and start at foundation, don't know if that is just out LLC though.

Well done Sarah. Dont worry about the weight loss at the moment, now that you back in ketotsis the weight will start dropping off again in one time. Mrs L - So glad that my LLC doesnt have a three strike rule, it would be completely painicing me! After my lapsing big style last week at WI on...

Not been having any of the flavourings, so that can't be it. I will go and invest in some peppermint tea and cross fingers it's just a temporary thing! Thanks everyone

Really sorry to be graphic, but is anyone else suffering with wind? Is there anything that we can take for it? I’m back on the plan today after a week off (I just couldn’t stop eating) tummy was bad before I lapsed, but the wind today now I have started again is rather bad! Have to keep...

Hang in there Kathrine, you have done so well, just another 7lbs to go. You have done fantastically on your 4 weeks of LL, esp as you already lost so much weight at WW. Just keep thinking how close you are to goal, there will be plenty of time to nibble corned beef then! Be careful as if you do...

Claire you are doing fantastically, I wouldn't be down on yourself at all. Like Jo says, quiet the opposite. If you have the willpower to cope with abstinence then I'm sure that your maintenance/development will be smooth too when you do come up with issues.

Oh Sandra, so feel for you. I’m only 6 weeks in people are already telling me that I don’t need to loose any more…..Um I’m a size 16(ish) 13 stone person, I do still need to loose weight. BUT, to get this from your LL peers I would be mad, they have followed foundation to, so you would think...

I really do think that it varies week from week. I did loose loads my first week and others that lost 5lbs the first week have now overtaken me in total loss over the weeks. Everyone's body is different, and keep remembering how much weight 7.7 lbs is, and how long it would have taken you to...

Well done Sandra, glad that you back on track, well done hun, your doing brilliantly, inspiration to all us Minis. Kate x

Thanks so much everyone, thanks for all your advice. After a really good LL counselling session last night, think that I am finally back on track. Had a really good think about why I eat, which I put down to wanting to feel normal and being scared by the weight loss, and just unable to cope...

Well done Sandra for getting yourself commited again and for the great weight loss to date. I think that the WI this evening is just what I need, that and the chat with the other ladies should get me back on track, I really want to get the weight off quickly so I can look and feel better...

I posted on Thursday after eating a Chinese after a big argument with my boyfriend!!! I went to my parents for the weekend, and didn’t want my parents or friends to realise I was on LL, so just eat completely normal pre-LL food. I just thought, well I’m out of ketosis, I want to eat, what harm...

Had a huge argument with b/f. It's been the end of a sh1tty week. It's been so tough, and I couldn't take it. Spent all night crying eyes out. Couple of hours in ordered a chinese and cracked open a bottle of wine. Was doing so well as well, how quick we creap back into bad habits :(

If it helps, just keep thinking week by week. I just set myself a goal each week to continue another week of the programme. I want to loose the same amount of weight as you and thinking of it being months is just too danting for me. I just take each week at a time, and loads of treats to try...

Oh Nat, you poor thing. I felt exactly the same as you last week. I think that you have to challenge yourself of if you do want to continue, you need to remember all the reasons why you joined initially, and remember that while the programme is hard, the losses are fantastic. You then need...

I really am proud of myself that I stayed calm. Also the way that I handled it was completely different from pre-LL, I didn't feel the urge to justify my self, or really gave a stuff what anyone else thought! Even if he did then proced to 'lecture' me for the next 2 hours about healthy...

Julia, you poor thing, it's a really tough journey. I havent got that far on (only week 5) so can't advise too much. You have done so well though and obviously have great will power keeping on for as long as you have. I know completely what you mean about thinking of how long there is to go...

Had to share this, a complete classic. Note, that I have only told my b/f and 2 good friends about me joining LL and have so far lost around 2 stone. This morning when my work colleague was rummaging round in my desk drawers trying to find some sellotape he found the LL packs I stupidly told...

Sarah well done hun. 100 lbs FANTASTIC. Can't wait to see the pics! Kate x

SkinnyMini indeed, you look FANTASTIC. Well done x

Cherry Well done, that is fantastic, you must be so chuffed and a real motivation to us junior minis! Kate x

Oh Cath that is brilliant, so pleased for you. Well done girl. 67 lbs, you must feel fantastic! Kate x

Well I spoke to the class and LLC last night and they were all lovely. Quiet a few girls in the class said that I should think really seriously about continuing as I do look really poorly :-( LLC was great, really supportive and took me seriously which I was worried that she wouldn't; She...

Pretty much suffered from all of the above!! Glad that someone else has been suffering too and I'm not just some medical freak. Went out and got some marigold, Dulcolax, Iron and Multivit and will start taking and hope that improves things a bit. Sipping on the Marigold now, OMG, nothing has...

DQ & Kathy, thanks you are so right. I will have a word with my LLC tonight and see what she says, either way I will p ersevere for another couple of weeks, and hope that my body starts to get used to it all a little bit more. I don’t have any major socials on, until much later next month, so...

Thanks Jo, your kind words mean a lot, and wow SIX stone, well done girl. Ideally I would like to loose 5 stone. So far I have lost about 25 lbs. I don’t want to give up, I do really want to loose the weight, and sure that my health in the long run will be much better for it. Do feel bad...

I have my week 5 weigh in tonight and I really am not sure if I can continue LL any further. The first few weeks I had a terrible headache, as this passed I then started vomiting, this has started to pass but I feel terribly weak. I don’t know if this is partly down to the fact that despite...

Thank you! I'll let him know, think that he was oppomistic of being able to eat more than me! ;-)

At what point in the programme do we introduce milk for a week? I'm only on week 5 at the moment but was just wondering. Already can't wait, will be meeting all my chums for latte! Kate

Hi, could anyone help me. I've recommended Slimming World to my boyfriend and have all the books that I have passed onto him. How many Syns are a man allowed though? I only know the ladies amounts? Almost how may Syns can he save up for special events? Thanks Kate

Hi All I’m just half way through my LL second week. First weeks weight loss was great, 10lbs, and I’m really motivated now for the rest of the programme. The only problem I have is that it’s giving me up upset stomach. Towards the end of the first week I was sick for about 3 days and then...

Lotty, that is fantastic!! Well done, you must be so chuffed. Kate x