EmVeg
Do a little dance!
Hello all,
Many of you, if not all, reading this will probably not know me as I haven't posted on the forum properly since around may time when I was mid way through RTM.
I started last January at around 14 stone, with extremely low self esteem and self worth and the feeling of "I'm 19 and my life might as well be over".
For anyone starting, sturggling, sailing through or just plain curious - I am so glad I completed the LL programme. It has changed my life for the better ten fold. Not only did I lose just over 5 stone, but it helped me control far more than my over eating. I'm coming up to 20 and I'm content. Never in my life would I say that! I haven't put any weight back on, and although I realise I will work at maintaining and invariably my weight will fluctuate through my life, I do not intend to put the weight back on.
My words of advise though, are don't treat this as a miracle diet, and don't feel like you're cheating or taking the easy road out. And don't take it for granted. I didn't "cheat" through abstinence and for my own piece of mind it did me wonders. I saw people dropping off because they didn't "respect" what they were doing was such an amazing, but life altering thing.
What you're doing/are going to do is hard, mentally more than anything. Be open to really looking at yourself and those things in your life that could contribute to where you are now, and start trying to address them. Its not going to be instant, but my lord its worth it when it happens.
And realise, that this isn't everything. We are everything - whats inside and WHO WE ARE. Its taken me a long time to realise this, and typical I have now, but being big didn't make me a bad person. In fact I'll got as far as saying "i'm pretty decent". I've got happiness and love to give to those people that really deserve it from me, and those who don't are the ones who have problems with themselves. Love yourself, like yourself. You DO deserve it.
Keep going - I've decided to start coming back on here after having some time out of constantly thinking about my weight, and I hope to see all of you completing your personal journeys.
Many of you, if not all, reading this will probably not know me as I haven't posted on the forum properly since around may time when I was mid way through RTM.
I started last January at around 14 stone, with extremely low self esteem and self worth and the feeling of "I'm 19 and my life might as well be over".
For anyone starting, sturggling, sailing through or just plain curious - I am so glad I completed the LL programme. It has changed my life for the better ten fold. Not only did I lose just over 5 stone, but it helped me control far more than my over eating. I'm coming up to 20 and I'm content. Never in my life would I say that! I haven't put any weight back on, and although I realise I will work at maintaining and invariably my weight will fluctuate through my life, I do not intend to put the weight back on.
My words of advise though, are don't treat this as a miracle diet, and don't feel like you're cheating or taking the easy road out. And don't take it for granted. I didn't "cheat" through abstinence and for my own piece of mind it did me wonders. I saw people dropping off because they didn't "respect" what they were doing was such an amazing, but life altering thing.
What you're doing/are going to do is hard, mentally more than anything. Be open to really looking at yourself and those things in your life that could contribute to where you are now, and start trying to address them. Its not going to be instant, but my lord its worth it when it happens.
And realise, that this isn't everything. We are everything - whats inside and WHO WE ARE. Its taken me a long time to realise this, and typical I have now, but being big didn't make me a bad person. In fact I'll got as far as saying "i'm pretty decent". I've got happiness and love to give to those people that really deserve it from me, and those who don't are the ones who have problems with themselves. Love yourself, like yourself. You DO deserve it.
Keep going - I've decided to start coming back on here after having some time out of constantly thinking about my weight, and I hope to see all of you completing your personal journeys.
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