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Think that might be 299 cals/100g, not per bar ;) Mind you those bars didn't exist when I did it... Sorry, not trying to have a go at you, but don't want people to be scared off bars either :D

I'm sure when I was on bars they were 200 cals not 125, so 75 cals extra, which would at most be 2lbs in 3 months so the loss over the convienience of the bars wasn't enough to make me decide to lose them ;) But each to their own.

It's not only the carbs, it's the soya in them... not great for the digestive system in large quantities! But Andy, no point not having bars because of the cals. An extra 100 or so cals a day aint going to make a damn bit of difference.

I stayed abstinent on a 3 week hol and loads of weekends away, best decision. As well as not interrupting the weight loss it shows you that food is a really insignificant part of enjoying your holiday.

The reason your weight slows towards the end of the programme is that your metabolism is at its lowest level - it's been in starvation mode for ages, and as you've got lighter it's been able to use less calories to move your body around the place. Exercise shouldn't slow your losses. It might...

Thanks :) As long as it stays keyhole hopefully I should be back exercising and at work after a couple of weeks.

Sorry to hear you've got them Louale. I'd go see your GP to get a scan and proper diagnosis. After 1 attack they may not say to have your gallbladder out yet but it means you're further along the path to getting it done should they start getting more active. My op's on March 12th, can't wait!

I had a big apron and bingo wings... I had a tummy tuck, arm and thigh lift in December.

Sounds like you need a duathlon Rachel, there's plenty of them around ;)

Nope. BMI of 30+ only, it's a much too drastic option for a little bit of weight and all you'd do is lose glycogen in week 1, then put it back on.

My LLC was very overweight, which was a bit off putting at first. But she was fantastic with the counselling. You don't need motivation from a skinny person, you need someone who really understands what having issues with food is like and who is able to do the therapy well. You will get...

Well done you! I'm signed up for a few adventure races, the Dartmoor Mountain Marathon, and the Jersey Marathon. Also thinking of doing a Half Ironman Triathlon in August. And next year aim is to solo a coast to coast adventure race - non stop running, kayaking, mountain biking, open water...

I was diagnosed with gallstones in November after a series of attacks. My op's scheduled for 23rd March, at the moment I have attacks 2-3 times a week that are generally controlled using pethidine (v strong painkiller), and also anti spasmodics and the odd course of antibiotics if it gets...

I wanted to lose 3lbs this week, but actually have lost 5.5lbs, even with a weekend away :) Hoorah to getting exercise back!

So sorry to hear you're struggling. How about trying to plan your eating/calorie count? Not in a try and eat the minimum number of calories kind of a way, but in a set yourself a realistic amount (like 2000cals a day) and work out how you are going to meet that. If I'm doing a lot of...

Thank you :) I never really thought I could do it, hasn't quite hit home yet even after 6 months...

I had 10 stone to lose, and lost 3.5 in the first 8 weeks. But I was a high loser! Are you staying abstinent on hols? I did for a 3 week trip, best decision I made.

I didn't tell anyone at work for months. If you have your soup or a bar it just looks like you're cutting down and having a cuppa soup or cereal bar, no one really knows the difference. It's much easier to tell people a month or so down the line when you can say "well, I've been doing it for 8...

I've always been fit "for my size" so have something of a head start on you guys! Started running in March last year, but only intensively since RTM in September. The thing is I really enjoy exercise, so I'm in awe of people who don't enjoy it all that much and still push themselves to do it :)

The Yorkshire 3 Peaks sounds like fun Daisy! I've decided to take the convienient route to losing some more weight and will be doing 3 exante packs + 2 small low carb meals a day for a while as I've decided I really want to lose 21lbs. Around half of that to get back to target and half to...

Whoops, it was all going so well until Saturday... I was home for the weekend and had 2 meals out on Sat, including two deserts... So this week overall I have STS. Thinking about it, that's not really the end of the world considering it did include a weekend away and some stupid eating, but...

Cheers :) Survived an hour of body combat yesterday, and 600m in the pool. It was hard to try and take things easy in combat though and not do jump kicks, sure I'll get back to them soon.

For emotional triggers I find putting anything in place that stops me for a bit and gets away from the immediate feeling really helps. It's kind of about giving enough time to get back into Adult. Things I've used include keeping an "in case of emergency" letter to myself, or preparing or...

This week's been going well for me. Got the ok to start exercising and stop wearing the support garments from my plastic surgeon today. Went straight out for a very slow 5k run (well, run/walk) which is the first decent exercise I've done in 7 weeks. Now just gotta get my fitness back up...

I'd get yourself a heart rate monitor Poppy, and make sure you stick in the "fat burning zone". The change when you go into the cardio zone is that your body will primarily want to fuel itself from glycogen, which if you're back on the packs you're very short of ;) You can get a HRM for about...

Well, I'm coming in to this thread :) Had a real loss of focus the last couple of weeks, a lot of it caused by stress... shows how my coping mechanism is still food! I'm a bit above target at the moment and would like to get below target, so I am looking to shed a stone. I'm planning to do...

All I have to say is, it can be done! 1 year ago I started LighterLife weighing 21st8, 33 weeks later I had lost 10 stone. I've been maintaining that loss since then. Keep the faith, go in with the attitude that you will and can do this. And if you're doing LL view staying abstinent as your...

Remember it is possible to lose weight through normal eating! On 11th December I weighed 12st6, against my 11st8 target. I had surgery and lost 6lbs of skin, but as of this morning am 11st7 so have lost half a stone in three weeks over xmas by generally eating carefully, but allowing myself...

Buy BioOil off ebay rather than the chemist, about £10 for a 200ml bottle including p&p which is much cheaper. It's great stuff and lasts a surprisingly long time.

Thanks :) Now back home with the parents so doing not very much and enjoying it, I was looking after myself when I went home from hospital which was a bit tough.

Good advice from Foxtrot, pretty much echoes what I would have said which is set a date, like Jan 1st or even Jan 5th or whatever, and set in your mind that you will restart abstinence from that date. If I were you I'd choose the date based on it being the day of your LL meeting to motivate you...

Wilma?

Made it for the world's slowest lap round the shopping centre, via Costa. And managed to try on a couple of things, yay trousers now fit properly! Mostly I'm fine now but I have burning pain in my thigh muscle which is apparently just damage from being scraped around in the op that will pass...

What else would you call your giant pickled tumour in a jar?

general musings: + Have been dieting since the op, weight just slipped under 11 stone for the first time ever, putting BMI into the healthy zone. + I actually feel slim!!! + Have not eaten anything off plan for the last week despite being home alone, bored + lonely + sore = big comfort eating...

I wouldn't bother with protein shakes, really not necessary for you at this point. Basically work out how many cals you want to give yourself each day and go for a split of something like: 20% Breakfast 15% Mid am snack 25% lunch 15% Mid pm snack 25% Dinner Then get maybe 40%+ of your...

Assuming it's a big gym like a Virgin Active, Esporta or something could you ask to have a programme update? Most of the gyms with a lot of PTs will happily book you in for sessions to update your programme, just ask one of the other PTs than the one who did your original one. Also don't be...

I wanted it in a jar. It would have been named Bob.

I paid just under £10k for all 3 with Mr Khan at the Winfield Hospital in Gloucester, 5hrs of surgery and 2 nights in hospital. Make sure the price you're given includes 2 support garments and that they don't try and chuck you out of hospital on the same day... 2 nights is about right.

If you don't want to/can't go the surgery route then how about looking for some sexier lingerie that will still cover up? A babydoll with an inbuilt bra will keep things covered enough yet revealed, along with "bigger" knickers that are still attractive, bustiers and corsets will also keep the...

Your main options are to go it alone, to join a club like weightwatchers or slimming world, or if you are really dedicated to losing the weight and making a life change consider a VLCD like LighterLife. I did LighterLife and lost 10 stone in 7.5months earlier this year, and have been...

It cost a bit under £10k privately. As I understand it skin will tighten up, but if you've got something like an "apron" it aint going to dissapear on its own. And it does vary from person to person. I didn't attempt the NHS route because I was lucky enough to be able to fund the cost...

I lost 10 stone from Jan to Aug this year. I'm 27 and have always been overweight (until now), and very fit. I'm afraid to say I was left with a lot of loose skin - inches hanging of the bottom of otherwise toned and muscley arms, could pick up my "belly apron" with both hands, thighs looked...

Congrats on getting started. I lost 10st on lighterlife earlier this year, so it can be done and it will change your life :)

Thanks Morticia :) Surgery was on Friday, got out on Sunday evening so at home with loads of dvds now. It's going well, still a tad painful but getting better all the time. It's weird having a flat stomach, despite all the swelling! Apparently 3kg of skin came off, I've lost a bit more than...

It's private (currently killing time for 20mins before the taxi turns up to take me there!). My parents are very kindly paying for it for me. I'll be in hospital until Monday. It should take 5 hrs, I'll keep you updated and will probably blog it at some point :) Thanks for all the good lucks!

ps. having fun today at work trying to sound excited about the 3 week "holiday" people think I'm having... none of them know it's actually for an op. Must go and figure out what fictitious injury I'll come back with in Jan to explain soreness and lack of time in the gym...

Thanks Foxtrot! Apparently that lot will take 5 hours to chop off and I'm going to be very interested to see how much weight comes off. I really want to get 11lbs below my current maintaining weight through the skin coming off, and also some dieting after the op as I wont be exercising and...

Mon +3 hrs at the gym +Ate well Tue/Wed - On a conference with work, overate big time Tue evening and Wed breakfast and lunch. Been using the fact that I'm having surgery tomorrow as a bit of justification, grrr. Anyway tomorrow does mark a day of getting very strongly on track, I'm having...

Sunday for me... + decent amount of fruit and veg - no exercise - didn't eat anything 'til late in the day then basically constantly ate or drank for rest of afternoon/evening. Seem to find it very hard to sit around at home without something in my hands/mouth. Had an overeat of ~1200cals...

Today... + Plenty of fruit & salad + Quick 30km bike ride ... and no bad things :)

I think your big problem will be that generally people, including PTs, don't understand VLCDs. They'll be amazed you can do anything and are unlikely to be able to advise on a good programme. Best advice is to treat it as two phases - weight loss then fitness. You can do exercise while on LL...

+ no snacks during the day - too many post gym cals, maybe, but worried have been losing and not replenishing glycogen + good session at the gym (a new Pump release today, was fun)

Everyone seems to be doing very well :) For me yesterday... + Bit stressed as have been told I need my gallbladder out, and am already having abdominal surgery in ~3weeks time. But dealt with that by phoning a friend rather than risk being tempted to eat. + Spent a couple of hours working at...

One of the things that has struck me is how different my resolutions for next year are to what they have been before. Every year my resolutions have included losing weight, along with targets based on sports and activities chosen solely because I could do them at >20 stone. 2008 was all about...

Wow, you're busy! My week looks something like: Mon - Work + Gym Tue - Work + Gym Wed - Work + Gym Thu - Work + Gym (are you spotting a theme?!) Fri - Half day work + Pack kit for weekend + Gym + Travel to Lincolnshire Sat - Photographing seals in Lincolnshire + Visit Gran Sun - Travel home...

Weekend and last week - stressed and snacking... went home to parents at weekend which didn't help. Yesterday + No snacks at all + 3.5hrs at gym + Ate a 3rd meal rather than snack type food post gym Thankfully 6lbs off the scales since yesterday morning (must have been retaining a lot of...

I find I can have around 1850 cals a day and maintain (plus additional for exercise). But where I get caught out is that it takes only a relatively small overeat for me to gain weight - 1000 extra cals can easily be a couple of lbs on, which is really frustrating. Over the last 10 days I've been...

Today: +1) Had a buffet lunch at work to attend, ate my own lunch beforehand and stuck to black coffee and an OJ +2) Gym. No change there. +3) Only ate half my supper, as was full. Now have the other half for tomorrow. -1) Just ate too much cereal again. That's bye bye sugary cereal, it's...

Thanks FoxTrot. Ultrasound is happening on Monday, but I will be surprised if it isn't gallstones. For me yesterday: +1) Did 4hrs at the gym, 1600+cals burned +2) Have been able to modify diet to get rid of potential gallstone triggers, fingers crossed that seems to be working +3) Managed...

Bit of a strange day yesterday. After an attack of pain/nausea on Thursday that I put down to wheat I had another minor one Sat morning, then a major attack Sunday night and another yesterday. Went to the doc and current theory is that I have gallstones :( But they're also testing for kidney...

That probably was me! I was just starting RTM and went to a developers group, then ran off to do something gym wise... there was talk about drawing round people the next week...

I didn't do a full RTM. I did it over 4 weeks. I fully intended to do RTM, but I do a load of exercise and couldn't get the cals I needed to support that from RTM. I think it's important to go through the process, but I think some people will be able to do it much faster. Rumour has it that...

Bad things: - Ate unplanned chocolate, again. Grrr. Good things: - Ran 14 miles (22.5km), feeling quite pleased with myself - Got everything I need to do my food prep for the week tonight

Good things: 1) Wheat bloat seems to be coming off (lighter this evening than I was this morning!) 2) A few km and an hour of box fit at the gym. 3) Exceptionally tempted to get myself a "treat" tonight. But was good and came back with some diet coke instead. Oh the thrills. 4) Have decided on...

If you're using the treadmill doing interval and fartlek sessions can help to increase speed/fitness/distance really quickly. For interval sessions do a mix of walking and running, fartlek sessions are "speed play", so vary the speed (eg. 3 mins at 8kph, 1 min at 12.5kph, 5 mins at 9.5kph etc)

Not good today... 1. Weight up today by 5lbs :eek: Think that was a lot from the cous cous (I'm wheat intolerant, thought cous cous had a bit of wheat in it, didn't realise it's all wheat). Very very horrible stomach cramps and nausea all morning, had to go home from work for a few hours...

The Good... 1. Did 1hr easy workout at the gym, was tempted to do more which I really didn't need to do (sore today!) but stuck to the hour. 2. Visited my LLC to say hi for the first time in a month. 3. Am closer to accepting I don't need to lose any more weight, and that my goal weight of 11st8...

Good luck :D I'm really not a fast runner, I figure I'm out there to enjoy it and more into the distance. I'm never going to win races (and don't want to) :)

Yesterday: The good: 1. Ran 10 miles on the treadmill with a silly grin on my face, then did a 20:20:20 and a body combat class. Knackered by good fun! 2. Ate some pine nuts and cream cheese, which wasn't on the plan for the day but was necessary after the gym so I'm counting it as a good...

The good: 1. Did a mega workout at the gym, 4hrs, >1500 cals burned. 2. Ate my snacks at the planned times, had been getting into the habit of having them earlier and earlier. 3. Instead of seperately bagging the 10 jelly babies I planned to eat half way through the gym session left them in the...

I'm loving running for the same reasons - quick improvement. I'm now up to 20km mix of trail and road. A few weeks ago I was so pleased to have done 12km on good quality trails, now 12 muddy km feels like a short run. Mind you I remember when I first started running in April I was really...

For me today... Good things: Did all my food planning and shopping, and later will cook/prep my meals for Mon-Fri (I don't spend much time at home in the week). Was tempted by a brownie in the coffee shop, but after seeing it had 350cals in it's tiny little self it went back and just a...

Hi all, I've been lurking here over my LL journey but mainly using a different forum. I lost 10 stone from Jan to Aug, did a 4 week RTM (speeded up to get enough cals to cope with lots of exercise) and have now been maintaining for 3 months. Thought I would actually get round to joining...