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Thanks for all the new mesages!!! Spinning is wicked....after 9 or 10 sessions now it's a piece of cake ;) have increased the body pump up to twice a week now... had my first re-assesment last week and i've stayed at about the same body fat percentage but have increased my lean muscle weight...

Thanks everyone!!! not been on for ages....so thought i'd come back and stop by.. Been member at gym now for 6 weeks and loving it... do an hour spinning class on a tuesday night and Body Pump on a Friday night along with another 2 or 3 visits to work on upper body and lower body as far...

well back home now after the trip from hell... the food was pretty bad, the sights of poverty were incomprehendable and all i can say is thank god for Great Britain....we have a lot to be thankful for!!! as far as the weight goes i'm pretty happy to report that i'm still just 2lbs over the...

Thanks molly!! yeah hitting 35 was a great thing after all!!! A year ago i wasn't looking forward to it as another milestone as i felt big and clumsy fat and old but now i feel much younger and i'm not exactly athletic, yet, but i'm trying to get there!!! with all the celebrations last...

Thanks JIM!!! you were one of my secret motivators!!! just to see your B&A's were an inspiration to help me on my way to getting where i've gotten to!! I too then have been an inspiration to people and thus started the cycle all over!!! thanks for your comments they are appreciated Also...

Hi all.. its been an up and down couple of weeks as you can see from the +2lbs -2lbs in my sig but i've had a great time!!! Had my birthday this last weekend and celebrated that with a few meals out... also a 7-8 mile bike ride in between now these two weeks are out the way and the...

Hi all just thought i'd come back on this section and let you know that i've added some photos here http://www.minimins.com/members/28225-jay78_uk-albums.html i know that some of you were asking for some before and afters so there you go there is also a new thread in Success Story...

Hi all just thought i'd put some photos on here from my start of LT to the end The first two are before and the second two are after... i have more in my album section of my profile if you want to see them too!!! http://www.minimins.com/members/28225-jay78_uk-albums.html I still have...

Latest update as i'm sitting waiting to go into a meeting... DAY 4 Dinner was changed from Minced Beef to Quorn Sausage and Fillets!!! with salad.. was actually quite impressed with both of these, i felt they needed a bit of brown/red sauce to add to the flavour but still a lot less...

Jon great news for the 2lbs!!! i wasn't that freaked out to eat again but do enjoy it, just thankfully can't eat as much any more!! yum yum the scallops were fab!!! i do find the Maintenance shakes a good alternative but do find them a bit bubbly???? WOW 18000 steps!!! thats gotta be like...

Hi all!! well i've moved over from LT to re-feed this week and here i intend to list the things that i have been eating along with exercises that i have also gone through As i'm now already on day 4 i'm not going to put what i'm about to eat in days ahead but what i have eaten and record the...

Thanks all... I have to say that the amounts you can eat after TFR is surprising I also feel that you have to make sure that you take in plenty of liquids prior to eating be that water or a maintenance shake and then leave it about 20-30 mins before having the meal...this really does mean...

Ok everyone....it's my last weigh in whilst on TFR i lost 3.75lbs this week making a total 61lbs in 11 weeks!!! i'm re-feeding tomorrow as today is my last day of TFR I would like to thank each and everyone of you for your help support and encouragement throughout my journey phase one...

Nice one Jon that sounds just like the menu i'll be following this Friday onwards!!! i'm on target for the refeed start so i'm gonna cheat and use your menu!! but that's what its all about sharing ideas and working at it together as a group!!! thanks again pal for the support and...

I know what you mean... I really love milkshakes anyway but the three flavours are quite rich, especially the vanilla one.. I also tried the mint choc and that was super mingin!!! i just found that over time you do get used to them and as Lizzie said the shakes are the key to LT so unless...

Me too guys Whenever my other half has anything she now nows that she has to pass it over to me for a sniff before she even starts!!! Jay ;)

Michelle, i had my second to last weigh in yesterday and the way i have to reflect on my 10 week journey is this; and this is exactly what i said to my pharmacist. If before i started LT, you said 'Give me £500 and in 10 weeks time in return for some will power and abstention and you could...

I'm the same, i tried the soup once and gagged big style I haven't tried the flapjacks at all as i was quite happy with the variation of the shakes 10 weeks on, almost finished and i personally was content with missing the soups and flapjacks!!! all i'd say is you won't know until you try...

Hey all!! I have to report another 5.2lbs this week taking it to 57.2lbs in 10 weeks!!! i've gone under the 16st mark (15st 13.8lbs) and have just got a week now on full TFR until the maintenance/refeed starts Been on a bit of a clothes spending spree and bought some nice stuff from...

Jon, All i can do is to reiterate the well wishes and congratulations that the others have offered!!! 5lbs in your final weeks is amazing!! I am at about the same stage as you right now with one week to go until refeed an i have also lost 5.2lbs this week!! we will definately be together...

Really happy for you Vicky!! you'll get there no probs!! just have to think about those wedding pictures and how you'll be for the rest of your life!!!! you just have to make sure that you are doing it for you and not to please anybody else as i'm sure your other half loves you however you...

Jon thats unreal mate!!! well done just doesn't seem enough!!! Jay ;)

Hey Guys n Girls!!! i'm pleased to announce another 5lbs this week...taking me to 52lbs in 9 weeks!!! sometimes i actually stun myself with the success i've managed on LT it is just amazing i find myself people watching from time to time and really have to stop myself and bite my lip when...

molly, all i can say is thank you as you are one of the many people that i've had as support through my, nearly over, journey and feel really chuffed for your brilliant loss this week!!! you are a true inspiration not just to me but to everyone who can read!!!! thanks a million :) p.s...

Vicky!!! Glad to see you've got over your blip and are well and truly back in to the swing of things!!! I have slipped a few times but had stuff that was virtually zero carbs and has made little difference to my weight loss....not that i'm advocating coming off LT or cheating at all but i...

Well its that time again and i'm pleased to report another 4lbs this week. Two major goals have also been reached, namely, getting into the 16st's and my BMI is now in the OVERWEIGHT category!!! It does feel good to not be obese any longer.... Planning to stop TFR on 12th February as its...

thanks guys for your wishes!!! Sharron, all i do is take a picture from the front, side and back and then when i'm finished i'll bunch them all together with some sort of video editing software to make like a short movie clip from all the still photos i have a camera set up on a tripod and...

Well done for a GREAT first week!!! once you're over the wall the rest is all plain sailing!!!! congrats!!! jay ;)

Hi Guys just been for my week 7 weigh in 5.3lbs so i'm now 43lbs in 7 weeks 3st and a pound in 49 days???? WOW WOW WEEEEEEEE i think i'm going to be ending sooner than first anticipated thanks all for the support as ever!!! Jay ;)

The same story can be told be me. Food is one of those annoying things that you actually need to live whereas with heroin etc you don't come off it for 6 months then HAVE to start taking it in smaller amounts.... i do agree that food can be an addiction and as a person who loves almost all...

Deepak/Aaron, good for you to make the (re)start!! i'm at the same point as Vicky 7 weeks and around the 3 stone mark... Lipotrim is ace and once you're over the first few days is a piece of cake..... Jon thanks for the tip about the 10p water, i've been buying highland spring fizzy and...

I bought a treadmill last week and have been doing 20 mins stints on it and i have felt fine just need to make sure you are drinking plenty of water whilst you are doing it i'm into the 7th week now (amazing!!) and having lost around 40lbs so far i've managed to even run!!!! WOW!! didn't...

Ace news Kirstie!!!! super pleased for you!! jay ;)

Thats great news!!! we are all over the moon 4 U!!!! jay ;)

Well Done Toni!!! brilliant result for first week....only 6 lbs now and your back to where you were!! LIPOTRIM RULES!!! jay ;)

Thanks a lot Nicolas!!! you've done it before so you can definately do it again!!! we'll all be here to help you along the way to get there and stay there!! the hard part of success is keeping a hold of it when you have it!! having a goal and reaching it, no matter how hard it seems to...

Jools, Molly & Jon thanks for your continued encouragement!!! As far as i felt when eating it was nothing really going back to TFR. i was VERY aware not to go stupid and have shedloads of carbs so the choices i made when i did have two meals were as low carb as possible i did have a...

Vicky thanks for your support (as usual) i do know exactly what you mean about the wanting to eat thing....i was thinking about coming off and going exercise crazy...but no i'm sticking to this like the proverbial stuff to a blanket its amazing just how many new people have started!!! i cant...

Scotsmist thanks for the post, yeah i feel great so far, i'm 2 sizes smaller in the trousers (no gutter remarks please people) and gone from XXL to XL i was meaning to contact you just to ask you to put my request on your sig for the January Challenge...i think you missed like 5 of us off on...

Vicky, i just decided to have a light meal with the family and was glad that i did i really enjoyed it and in doing so have not even thought of slipping this week i managed 4.8 lbs so really chuffed with that!!! Nearly 38lbs in 6 weeks!!! next big goal should be reached next week!! cant wait...

Hi Scotsmist, i'd like to be added too please!!! I'd go for 16lbs thanks!! Jay ;)

thats a great way to think about it as i did Weight Watchers last year and it seemed as though i'd be on it forever!!!! i've given my self 10/11 weeks of full TFR then a couple of weeks refeed and i'd hopefully be at my target Jay ;) happy new year nearly!!!!!

Hi John i'd agree with everyone else, i was advised by my Pharmacist to just let my Docs know that i was starting LT, i did and they had no problem with it, but again i have no other health issues and i'd literally just had my 30 something man test results back giving me the all clear for all...

Hi Kirst!! don't worry about thinking about food as i still think about it all the time and i'm just over 5 weeks!!! hope it all goes well and happy new year Jay ;)

Hi Vicky!!! had some meat and veg on christmas day and some meat and salad on boxing day so i was well chuffed to lose 3 lbs but i can't blame TOTM :( well done to you xxx HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!

I'm back It's been a pretty boring week, now i've finished for the year!!!! Just weighed in and another 5.3lbs this week!!!! Totaling 29.8lbs in 4 weeks!!!!! the main goal for me is that i'm now in the 17st's!!! WOW i'm chuffed Jay;)

I'll be going along the same lines, chicken salad.... although if i was dreaming it would be the same as you Gem, steak n chips, mushrooms & maybe a cheeky garlic bread with cheese.... ah cr@p gotta get that stuff outta my head....LOL Jay ;)

Well Done Molly!! 3lbs is a great loss after 16 weeks!!! Think of it as 54 packets of crisps!!! or 23 Mars Bars!!! Merry Christmas Jay ;)

WOW!! Well done to all of you!!! Vicky, 30lbs in a month!!! Amazing Jay ;)

Hi Daisy... welcome back to Minimins and good for you!!! i've only just started my LT weightloss journey (3 weeks and 24.5lbs!! yay to me!!) but i have had a real issues with weight ups n downs during my adult life never really bothered me overly until the last 12-18 months as being quite...

Jon & Vicky thanks to my loyal supporters!!!! the WW thing took 10 months to lose 42lbs which was great and once i'm off LT then what i'll be doing is basically WW but without the pointing business (i never point on WW as i did the Core program anyway) I would have gone back on WW if i...

just had week 3 weigh in and its 6.3lbs!!!! thats now 24.5lbs in 3 weeks!!! I'm now at the equal lowest weight i got to with WW last year 18st 4lbs!!! I'm feeling great and looking forward to continued success!!! Jay ;)

Vicky thats amazing!! I'm with Jon on this, never mind what people say who gives a $%$£ what they say!! i'm proud to tell people what i'm doing and that the results speak for themselves!!! i had loads of doubters before and during the start of this and now they are all eating their words...

Nope, going through it like a steam train....no breaks...i figured that breaking the Ketosis for the sake of one day to then take 4 or 5 days to get it back isn't worth it, i got plans to have my own celebrations when this is over...but i'm all for you doing it!!! (plus as you are in the lead...

i had the temptation weekend from hell, but i managed to come through the other end.. 6 of us went for a Tapas meal on sunday and there was so much delicious (looking and smelling) food there, but once you start total food replacement then thats what you gotta do!! who's idea was it to start...

Jon! Amazing!!! inspirational results mate, i'm looking forward to throwing away the xxl clothes, and this weekend i got my 38" jeans on!! well pleased i'm like you, never been an L always XL or XXL and 40" or 42" jeans/trousers, with a 52" Jacket.... bring on the shopping spree in the...

Thats brave Helen, but i'm sure you'll be fine!!! hope it all goes to plan and well done!!! jay ;)

That's ace Helen!! wondered where you'd been not heard from you for a while glad you're still on LT and with great results!! good luck for your weigh in today!! jay ;)

We'll as reported earlier last week we had a Tapas meal booked this afternoon and i've gotten through it!!! joking apart it is now becoming a lot easier and now i feel that nothing is going to get in my way all the food on display was most of my favourites but i realise now that i have eating...

Hi girls!!! as a boy i thought i'd join in too (if i'm allowed ;)) i also started LT two weeks ago and did have reservations about starting before Christmas but with 18lbs down in two weeks thats given me the motivation to continue right through so even though i'm an early starter i'll be...

Thanks guys, yeah i've had some good comments so far but again going from 20st to 18st 11 is great but i've always carried the weight pretty well, normally when i told people i was over 20st they wouldn't believe me (although if you look at the photos i've added you may disagree!!lol) i think...

Just got back from weigh in!! 7lbs in week two 18lbs in two weeks and i'm over the moon!!! Jay ;)

Molly :wow:that's brilliant!!! you are an inspiration to us all as Jon said we are all in it together and thats what keeps us going!!!! you star!!!:character00238: Jay ;)

Hi there and welcome i know what you mean about the cost of things and dieting on a budget can be tough, unless you are cunning about it... there are many ways that you can eat sensibly and healthily for not much quids.... i've noticed the massive price difference with numerous items...

Thanks Vicky, two weeks have really gone so quick!!! and best of all over a stone in weight!!! will report back the figure later on!! jay ;)

Jon I'm basically going to go back to what i was doing before LT, generally low fat food with the odd treat cutting out the chocs and crisps with a descent amount of exercise, i'll probably do an amount of LT Maintenance prior to that but thats what i'm planning jay ;)

I personally started near to Christmas to aid in my psychological efforts in giving up on the putting off the diet till monday syndrome i'm not saying that you should or shouldn't do any of the options but for me its a personal challege that i've started and i'll be damned if i'm put off by...

Hi Ricky i can completely empathise with you, my story has some similarities to yours especially the 1 stone per year, 19 years old and 19st then it took a few more years of yo-yoing but at my heaviest around 25-26 years old i was 23st 10!!! now aged 34 after many attempts and good success...

Well done hun!!! i'm on target for similar two week losses!!!! i just wish i found this diet 5 years ago!!! jay;)

well done vicky 16lbs in two weeks is great!!!x

thanks Jools!! very much appreciated!!!:D had to go to pharmacy at :eek:'lunch time':eek: a.k.a. not thinking about lunch time....as i'd run out of shakes due to the starter pack including the mega mingin chicken....so asked if i could pick up next weeks supply early, to which they...

Katie, that's great!! i have a similar experience coming up, with 6 of us going for Tapas!!! my nose is gonna be in heaven!!! will power is addictive the more temptation there is the stronger you become!!! well done jay ;)

Back again the weekend was full of temptations but i managed to look the other way!!! friday night was a party with buffet, drinks & disco... it wasn't so bad as the buffet was Veg & Vegan....(still onion bhaji & cheeses galore!!!) i smuggled by litre bottle of water in so didn't have...

Brian, thats basically what i was doing before the Lipotrim but with the odd meal out or takeaway so basically i was maintaining at the previous weight but your bang on right, thats the best way to do it!!! all the best for the losses!!! Jay ;)

Hi Jonathan and welcome!!! jay ;)

Welcome to you both and best of luck!!! jay ;)

Hello and welcome!!! jay ;)

Hi TipTop, it really depends on what you can tolerate and what foods you do or dont like etc etc with me i can eat anything except a few mingin things and trouble is i was eating too much of the bad stuff i think that its very much in the mind we all know what the bad things are but...

Hey Catherine!!! well done for starting and getting off to a great start too!!! there is a lot of advice and good people here to help and support you all along your journey!!! all the best jay ;)

Kerry its a great place to be for lots of support and encouragement!!! welcome and all the best for your plans!!! jay ;)

Welcome and all the best for your plans!!! jay ;) p.s. do a search for the profile picture question as its been answered a few times ;)

I'm the same :( as i'm on Lipotrim theres no christmas dinner for me!!! well except for my delicious choc shake that is i'm just gonna keep out the way and enjoy the smells!!! best of luck jay ;)

Hi capri!!! welcome jay ;)

Hi Brian!!! wow you and i are very similar.... both 6'2" started off almost the same and your goal weight and BMI are the same as my goals!!! anyway welcome and well done for the loss so far!! i started Lipotrim a week and a half ago and i've just got to the first stone mark!!! (11.3lbs...

Just got back from my first weigh in!!! :D:D11.3lbs:D:D Really pleased!!! Enough to make sure i'm strict and confident and focused thanks all for your support over the last week jay ;)

Thanks Jon... yeah i try and leave my morning one to as late as i can usually about 10:30 to 11:00 don't get the 4 o'clock blues...more like 6:30 then i just have the second one..so i'm finding it ok at the moment first 2/3 days were pretty bad but now a lot better!!! Jay ;)

thanks vicky!!! just had my first coffee vanilla shake....went down quite nicely!! i really love coffee so that helps the vanilla on its own does taste like cake mixture (yum yum) but after a while does feel a bit sickly... so my first weigh in is only hours away now and i do def feel...

Great news Vicky and thanks for the encouragement.. i've kept off the scales for the last two days, don't want to spoil the (hopeful) surprise one day to go... jay ;)

I came to work in a T-Shirt and shorts today!!! I hope it works ;)

Molly that's brilliant well done!!! i'm really looking forward to a new me... Jay ;)

I need to post more to get to be able to see your pics!!! the difference in your profile pic alone is amazing!!! right i'm off to post!!! jay ;)

Hi Ben!! I'm going for my first weigh in tomorrow and feel great!! this is my first time trying LT, did Weight Watchers last year and did pretty well but LT was the diet for me!!! cold turkey!! and so far so good i'm really determined to crack it and i definately feel i'm over the worst of...

Clair, my first weigh in tomorrow so really looking forward to that, the first 2/3 days were pretty tough but now i've cracked it!!:cool: Jay ;)

Welcome and there is an absolute wealth of hints and tips and loads of people with loads of ideas all the best Jay ;)

Welcome Tanya and all the best Jay ;)

Vicky!!! super well done to you too hun!!! 10lbs is great!!! i wish my weigh in was the same day as you two :( i have to wait now... well done!!! Jay x

Helen !!!! thats amazing a stone!!! WOWWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW i really hope i can be somewhere near!!! i'm so pleased !!! you just gotta keep it going!!! my first weigh ins on wednesday keep ur fingers crossed!!! Jay x

Bumpy like everyone has said before it's got to be right for you. If starting now and refeeding is for you then do that. For me i was just fed up with the constant excuses i was making, you know where you end up saying on a Friday night, 'Diet starts Monday!!' i just bit the bullet and...

that's fantastic super well done!!! jay ;)

right thats the first weekend over with!!! pretty hard going but i stayed tough through it!! had my parents stay over saturday night and went to the Cinema with them my OH and mom went to see Paranormal Activity and my dad and i (don't like the ghosties) went to see 2012 i know we have to...

Well done for going the first week!!! i'm at day 4 and think that i've definately got over the toughest part!!! best of luck for the weigh in tonight!! i'm sure you'll be pleased!! wednesday for mine, can't wait jay ;)

Thanks Lisa you are doing so well i hope that i can emulate your efforts after 2 weeks!!! thanks for the encouragement xx

i know what you mean about the lips thing, i'm getting the same oh well i'll have to get some cherry chapstick!!! jay ;)

phew!! after reading that all i can say is, on some of the things, i know how you feel i had a discectomy after a herniated disc 14 weeks off work then a year later it went again, same disc different side, not as bad this time but enough to need the steroid injections after two months it...

thanks for the advice!! when i next go in for the weigh in i'll take them along with me and try and swap!! I've got a massive ASDA and TESCO right near me so i'll try and find them in there!! i'll have to go undercover and wear blinkers & a nose peg so i'm not tempted to stop and sniff all the...

Welcome Emily and all the best in your weightloss efforts!!! there is so much information and support here go look around and you'll be amazed!!! jay ;)

Brides To Be - MiniMins.com - Weight Loss Support Forum it's here!!! jay ;)

i'll second that Jon!!! Graham that's three you can add!!! Katie, i'm only on day two and i've already started doing the sniffing thing!!! my OH has started the maintenance diet at the same time as me doing the TFR so she has a Lipotrim meal in the evening with me (helps to have the moral...

here we are at day two and just finished my first stawberry shake!!! yummy!! found a really strange thing going on on Ebay theres quite a few people selling the Lipotrim on there but its more expensive that actually getting it from the Pharmacy!!! nutters anyway i think i may have to do...

you two are two days in front of me and i'm also finding it pretty good!! i wouldn't say it is easy to start but it's getting better and i feel good just had my first strawberry shake and again like the chocolate its quite nice!!! the chicken soup was propper ghastly!!! best of luck to...

well just had 'dinner'....mmm the chicken soup was as bad as i was expecting :( tried it as is and then added some curry powder but still a bit mingin... had a splitter of a headache all day, took some paracetamol and it went away.... not had too many hunger pangs but obviously the first few...

thanks SL and Vicky!!! just looking through your progress so far is absolutley inspirational!!! gives newbies like Vicky and I something to really aim for!! amazing!!! jay ;)

Hi all, Started Lipotrim today and just had my first shake, chocolate, all i can say is it was a LOT better than i was expecting after reading some threads here. This is the place where i intend to update my own progress and would welcome encouragement by all (i'll probably need it!!) I've...

well i've been and picked up my starter pack and now starting on the journey!!! i've taken my first day photos, front side & back!!! i'm planning on taking a picture every day and then turning them into a time lapse sequence i've seen a few on youtube and think that doing this gives me another...

Ninian i don't really know any but i suggest doing a bit of hunting around this forum as there is an absolute abundance of information available!!! Jay ;)

Well done for starting!!! all the best with it...i'm sure you'll get on fine :)

Hi Ninian!! i'm new here too, but not to the weightloss attempts in the past... my experience of Atkins was a good one while i was doing it.. i actually lost 35lbs in 5 weeks!!! after that i got a little ill and came off it and virtually put the weight back on... last year my partner and...

hope you got on well today!!! picking my stuff up tomorrow and the first weigh in....i totally agree with you...waiting for the real me to appear...i think the challenge thing between us is a good idea, especially as men, apparently, lose more per average on LT than women!! if we are both...

how funny i just left a message on yours!!! jay ;)

Hi Helen!! We are starting at almost the same time!!! I'm doing my first weigh in on wednesday... i am also planning on losing the same amount as you too, we'll have to help each other along!!! all the best with it... jay ;)

Hi all, Im Jay 34 from Northants. Starting Lipotrim this week so thought i'd say hello and introduce myself I've been looking around here for a week or so and am so inspired by the success stories!!! the before and after photos are amazing Been battling the weight for years and did...