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I am 30 years old and the heaviest I have ever been is 18 stone upon leaving University in July 2002. Noone quite believed this when I told them, I have repeatedly been told throughout my life when talking about my weight "But you're tall" as if that excuses it....or makes me feel better... In around 2 years I got down to around 14 st 7 then fell pregnant with my daughter in November 2007. Even at 14 st 7 I was overweight and truth is I can't remember ever not being overweight so really want to try my best at acheiving a healthy BMI... Now I am working part time having recently returned to work. LL is taking all of my disposible income but I am determind not to waste it. Must admit I am very scared about returning to food post-foundation as know of 2 people who have put on (but didn't attend RTM - perhaps that's the key)... So I will try and keep this blog up-to-date. It does not start right at the beginning but somewhere at the beginning of week 2. I started LL on 6th April weighing 15 st 11

After starting to eat a little on Thursday along the lines of LL Lite (which I knew a bit about as had a friend follow this plan at the same time as when I did foundation) I am pleased to find that I have lost 7lbs since starting on Monday.

I have decided to carry on with LL Lite - it is slightly less of a struggle than full abstinence. Today I had 2 medium dry-fried eggs plus a bowl of green beans...

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After a 3lb weight loss in the first 3 days I felt very poor last night, bad taste in the mouth (too much coffee?) and ravenous and unfortunately I lapsed. Following on from group on Wednesday night I am trying to use the word 'lapse' rather than 'let myself down/cheated' which the LLC suggested that we keep away from but I do really feel that i have let myself down so I must say that here.

This mo...

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Today marks Day 3 of Refreshers. I have kept it up so far I do seem to be thinking about food an awful lot but know that this is natural....This was not helped the last 2 mornings since my walk to work takes me past 4 Indian and 2 Chinese 3 Chinese Restaurants as well as numerous Polish Delis and Bakeries!

Tonight I go to see my LLC, unfortunately I cannot attend the weekly group since I will hav...

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Day 2 - Kept on track yesterday which was day 1, just 4 packs. Had the 1st just before 7am and my belly was rumbling by 8am but am trying to fill up with plenty of water.

The Smoothie Maker I was bought for Christmas whips the shakes up a treat, they seem more substantial once they are blended - frothy like a proper shake

I hope everyone is doing OK

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Today I start abstinence again. I started Total last April and after 10.5 weeks of foundation and then 4 weeks of RTM I hit 12 stone which was my ultimate aim, since this marked my losing a third of my body weight (6 st) since weighing in at 18st in 2002, and a 3st 11 loss on Lighterlife. I am just over 6 feet tall...

In terms of weight I was fine until around October time but at one point I left t...

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I have been on holiday hence the delay.

1.5 weeks between weigh-ins however only put on 2 lbs while I was away...LLC says this is more than likely due to having eating carbs while on holiday which would mean that my glycogen stores have gone on again.

I have kept the economy afloat over the last 2 weeks, I have certainly shopped bigtime...I am a size 10 at FatFace! Very exciting

Good Luck all X

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Last night was quite a life-changing weigh-in...not sure that's the best way to describe it but the only way I can describe how I feel is elated...

So, the news is that I hit 12st!!!! This is especially momentous since means that I have now officially lost 1/3 of my bodyweight since leaving University in July 2002 weighing a hefty 18st...

At the beginning of my LL journey I was 15st 11, I am doing O...

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Went for weigh-in last night. Stayed the same in weight which is apparently not unusual. So now I can eat fruit

I have posted my before and after photos within the 'New Threads' section yesterday, entitle 'Before and After'

Hope all is well with everyone

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Weihed in on Wednesday night and I had lost 2lbs. Pleased with this. I had eaten one or two things inadvertedly that I had not realise I should not eg. artichokes which should be introuduced in week 4 and olives which i love - but as these are not heavy in carbs this was not a problem.

Saw someone at Lincolnshire show yesterday who again said I looked so very different now I am 3st 8lbs lighter I...

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After much deliberation I decided on Tuesday that I would join RTM. Having lost 3st 6lbs and missed several BBQs, I decided that I would embark upon RTM the next day (knew the group was on Wednesday as my friend who did Lite attends).

So far it's going well. On Saturday I attended a BBQ and ate - just chicken with salad, no carbs. The others ate apple crumble tart, jamaica ginger cake and strawberr...

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Hi All.

I had my week 10 weigh-in last night and I had lost 3lbs. I now just find myself 6lbs short of my goal - this is 12st. When I get there I will have lost 6st in total since I was at my heaviest in May 2002.

I am now in a size 14 and some 12s on my bottom half. I did 2 car boot sales at the weekend to turn my old clothes and various junk into money!

Hope everyone is doing well. I will continue...

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I weighed in last night at 12st 9lbs, so that is a loss of 44lbs since starting almost 9 weeks ago. My BMI is now 24. My aim is to hit 12st and then go onto RTM - I will be joining a good friend of mine who has just completed LL Lite and is now on RTM too. Once I reach 12st I will officially be 33% lighter than I was upon leaving University in May 2002 and weighing 18st!

Everyone is so complimentar...

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I had my week 8 weigh-in tonight. In actual fact Tuesday will mark 8 weeks exactly. Anyway, another 2 lbs off, which makes a total of 2 stone 12 lbs to date. My BMI is now 24.5 I am also the proud owner of a size 12 skirt!!! I never thought I would see the day that happened....well it has!

Now that I am under the maximum weight category I am planning to do a skydive in aid of the local Breast Can...

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I went for my week 7 weigh-in last night and was pleased to see that I had lost another 5 lbs - my BMI is 24.7! The first time my BMI has been 'OK' in many many years - perhaps 15!! So far I have lost 2 st 10lbs. Just another 1st 4 if I go onto RTM at BMI 22.5 as I had planned...will wait and see how I feel nearer the time I guess.

I hope everyone is getting on OK, and not being tortured too much b...

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Just been to pick up some foodpacks - a few hours earlier than normal but I have gone through a few extra this week - LLC said that I am pushing my bondaries there which is true - need to make a concerted effort to just have 4 a day.

Anyway I am another 4lbs lighter - so that is 2st 5lbs in 6 weeks and my BMI is officially in the 25 area - well 25.4 anyway so all being well by next weigh-in it shou...

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I went for my week 5 weigh-in on Sunday night and had lost another 4 lbs - that is now 29 in all. I have worked out that my BMI is now 26, I weigh 13st 10 which is the lightest that I have been since I was a teenager...Good stuff, I am worried about gaining once I start cutting down on the foodpacks and reintroducing conventional food - would appreciate hearing from anyone who is on RTM for a bit ...

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I went to my week 4 weigh-in tonight and was pleased to find that I had lost 8lbs. I expected a good loss this week since only lost 1lbs last week following a lapse...plus my clothes seemed to get a lot looser over the last week.

So that is 25lbs in 4 weeks. My BMI has gone from 30 to 26, and I now weigh the same as when I was 16...I am very happy. When I got home I tried on a skirt that I found on...

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I went to my weekly meeting tonight and was not surprised to find that I have only lost 1lb this week. This is because I had a major wobble on Tuesday when I decided to make a 'Cornish Cider Cake' (fruit cake) unfortunately not all of it was given away - I will say no more.

unfortunately we have lost a member of our group, it was her 2nd time on LL however she has given up as she cannot carry on wh...

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Well tomorrow will mark day 20, one fifth of the way through my foundation journey. Today I have had just 3.5 food packs, since over-indulged on Monday when I had 5 foodpacks - I am paying for this now since I am hungry - not unusual for me! Ketosis does not seem to have so much of an appetite-suppressing effect upon me as I had hoped!

I am not sure about weight loss this week since had a very bad ...

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At week 2 weigh in I found that I had lost a further 4 lbs on top of the 12 from week 1, so was happy since had put on 1 lb mid-week and had not expected great things...

However, after deciding to cook the OH Spag Bol on Monday night; daft really since he is happy to cook for himself and hence not putting me in the reach of temptation, I was sorely tempted to give up. I felt the same again yeste...

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Hello all. My 1st post since registering yesterday. Tonight I have my week 2 weigh-in. Last week I lost 12lbs but think I will be lucky if I have lost 2lbs. I know I should not be annoyed since 12lbs last week was a good amount to lose but I had hoped for a bit more in week 2. I am counting down the days until foundation is over and I can finally have a small piece of the Flake easter egg that Mum...

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