Hey EmmaLouise, how are you doing? Great to read all about your new clothes and to realise yourself that you are getting there.
I never really considered, and I am on here a lot, that reading about other people's blips and set backs could actually throw you off track, but I can see now how it could. Feel I know every trick in the book from being on here LOL, but in some ways it actually makes me more determined to stick to it 100%. For example, I have read so many times how hard people find it to get back on the diet when they have come off it for a special event or a holiday and for that reason I am so not coming of CD for Christmas as I could not bear to undo any of my hard work. So in some ways you can learn from other people's experiences and take something positive from them.
But you are doing the right thing in doing exactly what is good for you. In my book, anything that keeps you on the straight and narrow is the right thing to do. Best of luck, and do drop me a line when you hit your next target of the 17's. I can't wait!