SerenityValley
Surgically happy.
Ten things that get me through this programme.
I've been on LL for 131 days now, which is longer than I thought I would be when I initially decided to do it (I thought I'd do it for 14 weeks). I was happy enough to decide to do it for longer. But still 131 days is a long time.
Cost wise, I think LL will have cost me over £2500 by the time I finish. Sounds like a lot of money but I was spending roughly the same each week on junk. It's only now that I know I'd be spending a lot less, as I've already adjusted in my head what I want to do. (Cooking everything myself, removing most processed food from my life). So in real terms it's cost is a more "seasonally adjusted" £500 to £1000 by the time I've finished. Not too high a price to pay, to lose so much weight and the price of not losing weight was going to be much harder to pay. Besides, I spend much more on my rats - they mean the world to me, so why shouldn't I mean the world to me too?
At the time of writing I've lost 5lbs shy of 6st on LL which is amazing (in a couple of days I hope to be a few ounces from having lost 6st on LL). I have just shy of 2.5 stone to lose, to get to what I hope will be my final target.
I'm basically 2/3rds of the way through the weight loss phase, as I am hopeful that I have between 8 and 12 weeks to go. At current rate of loss, I'm looking at 8 weeks, but it is likely to slow and I think that will add 4 weeks.
There is also the possibility that as I approach 12st 7lbs, I will want to trim another half a stone or so off. But this will only be if I really need to, more than want to.
I have a variety of things that get me through each week.
Reason number 1. As you all probably know, I haven't lapsed for even a second. Nothing I shouldn't have, not a crumb. I know if I lapse, I will struggle to do this anymore. I knew that before I saw the struggles that some wonderful people here have been through recently. So I continue to battle through it, and use the previous 131 days to influence the next 58.
Reason number 2. Time is going to pass whether I lose weight or not. If I stopped today, then in 58 days time, I would know that I could have been thin. Not hope. Not maybe. I would have been thin. This is a very powerful reason.
Reason number 3. I have been overweight all my life. ALL of my life. Admittedly as a young boy, it was only a small amount of puppy fat but it was at a time when everyone was thin. In the 70's school classes tended to have 1 fat boy and 1 fat girl. I wasn't very fat but I was the biggest so I got to be the fat boy. I'm now only 58 days away from being thin/a healthy weight.
Reason number 4. Women aren't interested in men the size I was - I haven't really had anyone interested in me for many years, and I want to experience that again.
Reason number 5. I will live a longer, healthier, more active life. I've already gained 2 hours a day, as I do not need as long to rest.
Reason number 6. My life is changing entirely, and I like who I am now. The old, fat me is gone and I never want to see him again. I've become confident, have repaired much of the damage that social isolation caused and become someone who can make friends and this will only continue to improve.
Reason number 7. My friends and family and the support they've given me. I am doing this for me (I believe it's the only way to do it - because when you do it for others, it's easier to rebel if they upset you), but I want them to benefit too. I have some wonderful friends who have offered nothing but suppport and kindness. The messages I recieve keep me going through each week and excited for the future.
Reason number 8. I have never experienced being thin. I expected to die young, having stayed morbidly obese almost all my adult life. In all honesty, I probably could have died at any age between now and 50 (of course I still could!). I wasn't enjoying my life, so wouldn't have enjoyed what was left of it.
Reason number 9. I not only looked awful, old, ugly but I looked ill. I now look ok but most importantly, I don't look ill.
Reason number 10. I deserve this.
I've been on LL for 131 days now, which is longer than I thought I would be when I initially decided to do it (I thought I'd do it for 14 weeks). I was happy enough to decide to do it for longer. But still 131 days is a long time.
Cost wise, I think LL will have cost me over £2500 by the time I finish. Sounds like a lot of money but I was spending roughly the same each week on junk. It's only now that I know I'd be spending a lot less, as I've already adjusted in my head what I want to do. (Cooking everything myself, removing most processed food from my life). So in real terms it's cost is a more "seasonally adjusted" £500 to £1000 by the time I've finished. Not too high a price to pay, to lose so much weight and the price of not losing weight was going to be much harder to pay. Besides, I spend much more on my rats - they mean the world to me, so why shouldn't I mean the world to me too?
At the time of writing I've lost 5lbs shy of 6st on LL which is amazing (in a couple of days I hope to be a few ounces from having lost 6st on LL). I have just shy of 2.5 stone to lose, to get to what I hope will be my final target.
I'm basically 2/3rds of the way through the weight loss phase, as I am hopeful that I have between 8 and 12 weeks to go. At current rate of loss, I'm looking at 8 weeks, but it is likely to slow and I think that will add 4 weeks.
There is also the possibility that as I approach 12st 7lbs, I will want to trim another half a stone or so off. But this will only be if I really need to, more than want to.
I have a variety of things that get me through each week.
Reason number 1. As you all probably know, I haven't lapsed for even a second. Nothing I shouldn't have, not a crumb. I know if I lapse, I will struggle to do this anymore. I knew that before I saw the struggles that some wonderful people here have been through recently. So I continue to battle through it, and use the previous 131 days to influence the next 58.
Reason number 2. Time is going to pass whether I lose weight or not. If I stopped today, then in 58 days time, I would know that I could have been thin. Not hope. Not maybe. I would have been thin. This is a very powerful reason.
Reason number 3. I have been overweight all my life. ALL of my life. Admittedly as a young boy, it was only a small amount of puppy fat but it was at a time when everyone was thin. In the 70's school classes tended to have 1 fat boy and 1 fat girl. I wasn't very fat but I was the biggest so I got to be the fat boy. I'm now only 58 days away from being thin/a healthy weight.
Reason number 4. Women aren't interested in men the size I was - I haven't really had anyone interested in me for many years, and I want to experience that again.
Reason number 5. I will live a longer, healthier, more active life. I've already gained 2 hours a day, as I do not need as long to rest.
Reason number 6. My life is changing entirely, and I like who I am now. The old, fat me is gone and I never want to see him again. I've become confident, have repaired much of the damage that social isolation caused and become someone who can make friends and this will only continue to improve.
Reason number 7. My friends and family and the support they've given me. I am doing this for me (I believe it's the only way to do it - because when you do it for others, it's easier to rebel if they upset you), but I want them to benefit too. I have some wonderful friends who have offered nothing but suppport and kindness. The messages I recieve keep me going through each week and excited for the future.
Reason number 8. I have never experienced being thin. I expected to die young, having stayed morbidly obese almost all my adult life. In all honesty, I probably could have died at any age between now and 50 (of course I still could!). I wasn't enjoying my life, so wouldn't have enjoyed what was left of it.
Reason number 9. I not only looked awful, old, ugly but I looked ill. I now look ok but most importantly, I don't look ill.
Reason number 10. I deserve this.