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I started my LL journey on the 16th of June 2009 and weighed 22 stone when i was seriously considering gastic banding. I fell off the wagon spectacularly after 3 weeks on the program, It started with a nibble and me telling myself that it was just protein, it was just a small piece, i was stressed, would get back on the wagon tomorrow etc all the other lies that we tell ourselves to make ourselves feel better and guess what its taken me 6 months to GET REAL and GET TOUGH WITH MYSELF. So i restarted on the 4th of Jan 2010 and i am loving it. I feel different , look different and I KNOW i can do it. I read on a blog about a calender that says " A year from now you will will you started today" well i am taking a stand here and now and a year from now I aim to have lost 10 stones and be at GOAL:-h

Hi people,

Its been a while since i updated. Not much has been happening. I have been ploddiing along with nothing to report. I was off work last week and really struggled with my water in take at home - i was waking up late and struggling to get it all down my throat during the day. I was very hungry last week - probably because i have been very stressed with exams and other life issues. And la...

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I am exceedigly happy today! I don't know what is happening but i have definitely lost a lot of inches in the past 2 weeks. I seem to have actually skipped a whole dress size and am wearing size 22 Jeans that i put on without undoing the zipper and buttons. I actually squeezed into a pair size 20 jeans yesterday and I may even dare to weart them to a party next week. Now size 20 may sound massi...

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Hi all,

I hope you had a good weekend. Well today marks the beginning of week 10 and i am proud to say that i am still 100% absitnant Its been a weird old journey and i think it will get stranger as the weeks go by. This weekend i decided that i am going to try stay 100% abstinant till the end of June then move into RTM. Some people have been very supportive others think i am nuts because of ...

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Well am feeling much better today. I HATE being ill and this cough has really been getting me down as i have not been sleeping and i am petrified that it will mess up my weight loss for the week

I have not lapsed or had any desire to - normally wheni am ill its a good excuse to pig out on all sorts of comfort foods. But i made sure i drank plenty of water and justr told myself to forget it! Lo...

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They did it so can we!!

Just found some Thinspiration on Youtube. Everyone on the slideshow followed different diets but one thing is evident - With hard work and determination anything is possible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrDpEI9FpZ0&feature=related

For anyone who is struggling : look at all these people! They did it SO CAN YOU!

No one said this was going to be easy:-*

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Well another day of abstinance has passed and i am feeling a bit down today. actually i think down is too strong a word, i have been reading some blogs and have realised that if i want to be anywhere near goal i am probably going to need to abstain for at least 30 weeks. 30 WEEKS!! 30 BLOOMING WEEKS!

The diet is going well and i have no intention of stopping or slowing down - its just that i ...

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Day 56 and still keeping on. I catered for a kids party this weekend and i did not so much as lick my fingers or taste anything i cooked so i kept having to call my brother over to try everything. It was a weird feeling cooking by sight and not by taste but actually it was ok. If anything the smells were a bit overpowering and actually made me feel a bit queasy.

The only downside is that i hav...

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I cant believe it! 50 days! No excuses, no lapsing , no cheating, NO FEAR
I am so happy - who would've thought that I could do this! I got weighed today and I lost 6.2 pounds in the last week. That's a total of 38.6 pounds and that FINE BY ME. I hope to lose another 30 pounds in the next 7.5 weeks.

Yay me!!

Yay us! come on guys lets dig in and keep going I am so excited.!

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Well I cant belive tomorrow marks day 50- half way through foundation. I am amazed that i have made it through 7 weeks of this and am not faltering. I also remain 100% abstinant and have not so much as licked my fingers when cooking for others. This diet sure is weird though because i have experinced such a huge range of emotions over the past few weeks. I have noticed that i am becoming obsesse...

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Hi All,

I am having a very good morning, this diet works and it works FAST!! I restarted on the 4th of Jan and i have been going full steam ahead since. Unlike alot of people here i hardly ever look at how much I have lost - i dont look when i get weighed and i dont really want to know. I prefer to know every 3 weeks so i have bigger losses that i can put on my weight loss chart at home. I need...

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Hi,

I joined this site a while ago, posted twice and lapsed spectacularly due to some personal problems. I decided to stop making excuses and i restarted on the 4th of Jan and can proudly say that i restarted on the 4th of Jan and have been 100% abstinant for over 40 days and have lost 2.5 stones. To all those who are struggling please don't beat yourself up. Get real and be honest with yoursel...

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I am 100% back on track after Fridays "incident" i went to the gym today and am totally refocused. Someone close to me has terminal cancer and i spent the whole of Friday in hospital with them and the emotional toll of it made me hungry and i just wanted to eat!!! Now i have a new strategy in place NO FOOD IN MY HOUSE!! a mate bought over loads of yummy stuff that i ended up eating because it wa...

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I ATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i dont know why i did it !! I was not hungry - just upset at things that have been going on. I cleared my house of all food before i started but then a friend came over with rice and chicken and after a long stressfull day - I ate WHY???? I KNOW it was comfort eating but i could not help it. I am scared that it will lead l to a whole week of lapsing. Help please..is ther hop...

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