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Hi Guys,

I hope I’m not hijacking someone else’s thread but I wasn’t sure where to post. I discovered mini site yesterday and wanted to post this morning. Anyway my story goes as follows: I’m 33 yr old mum of one darling son who is 15 months and wife to a great husband. My weight issues span back just about as far as I do!!!!! From the age of 10 I started to put on weight but I was blessed with being tall so carried it well until I was a teenager and kept putting on more and more. I lost 3 stone when I was 24 by following atkins but slowly crept back on over the following years.

The year before I was married I started lipo and did 5 weeks and lost almost 3 stone which was fab and I survived the wedding pic’s. My weight was always around the 14 stone mark but when I started lipo I was 15 stone and finished it at 12 stone 9 lbs. Although the day I got married 4 months after finishing lipo yet agin I had crept up to 13 stone 7 lbs.

So following an amazing honeymoon I returned home to discover I was pregnant and to say I threw caution to the wind with regard to eating was an understatment 9 months later in the labour ward I was 19 stone and my last month of pregnancy was hell with hip and back pain. We had a very tough time for the next 2 months our son was very ill and spent his first 7 weeks of life on a ventilator but thank god he pulled through. My weight dropped to 16 stone and stayed there until now.

I started lipo trim last Wednesday 9/4/08 weighing 16 stone exactly and this morning I am 15 stone 6 lbs. I really want to do it this time I am so sick of gettting half way there and thinking oh I’m grand now. I would like to be pregnant by christmas but I will never get pregnant being heavy again. So my goal is 12 stone….

So sorry for the long post….Looking forward to getting to know you all, its fab site!!!!!

Jen

Oh yes .. yesss … yessss …. YESSSSS !!!!!

Had a black coffee this morning then gathered myself together ready for The Walk Of The Unknown into the en suite …. and there they were, waiting for me …. the li’l fisheees surrounding the dial winked at me as if to say ‘Smig, just jump on the damn scales already!!!’
And so I did - I must admit, outta all the times I’ve weighed myself after the (zzzzzz) calorie counting diets (snore) of the past, this was the most nervous I have EVER felt, simply because I want this to work because I find it so easy.
And so the needle moved - I stood like a flaminco, watching the needle move slowly clockwise until I finally found the guts to place my right foot down …. and so it read ….. TWO FLIPPIN POUNDS LIGHTER !!!!! Woooo!!!
U know wot, I don’t care if itz all a water loss, I don’t care if itz a fat loss, I don’t care if itz cos the katt dint have his paw on the scales this time - no, wot I do care about is that the needle is moving in the right direction!!! Thatz the most important thing - yep, it prob IS all a water loss, what with all the peeing I’ve dun but thatz ok.
It just proves that what I did last week MUST be right + if I continue along the same route, I should be ok ……. God bless this forum because it gave me sooo, sooooo many hints ‘n tips - long may we continue my fine friends xxxxx

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wk 15 WI

Just had week 15 WI and I have lost 5lb so its a nice 14 st 7lb, or a total loss of 5 and half stone gone for good, so 2 and half to go maybe, as I really dont have a clue what I want to be, but I will know when I get there.So Im made up today X

And a massive good luck to everyone else this week, keep it up kids, your doinig good

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started @ 20 stone (BMI 44.5)

wk1 -11 19.3
wk2 -6 18.11
wk3 -7 18.4
wk4 -5 17.13
wk5 -6 17.7
wk6 -5 17.2
wk7 -4 16.12
wk8 -5 16.7
wk9 -3 16.4
wk10 -4 16.0
wk11 -3 15.11
wk12 -5 15.6
wk13 -5 15.1
wk14 -3 14.12
wk15 -5 14.7

Im starting to see the end…

Hi guys- had my WI this morning and lost another 4lbs. which is awesome
Im really chuffed.
So yeah- I guess im starting to see the end of this diet and im a little scared about coming off the packs. I have realised that they provide me with a strange sort of reassurance and comfort that I havnt experienced before. I know that while im on them I will be happy with myself- at the moment the thought of putting anything else into my mouth is so scary cos anything else could make me gain weight and that in turn will stop me being happy with the way I look now!
I guess I am just over anylising things
So I reached the 3 stone today- 3 stone 3 lbs to be precise!
Im really pleased that Iv reached that initial target and the end seems so close for me right now.
I had a chat with my counciller this morning and iv decided that once I get to 9.7lbs I will do some serious thinking about how much more I want to loose and most probably move on to management then. (Im only 5 foot 1)
At the moment I weigh 10.10.
Iv never weighed 10 stone in the whole of my adult life and that is truly amazing this diet has changed me in so many ways and it really is the best thing iv ever done.
So the morale of my story? ermmm well i have 1 stone 3 left until I consider RTM so will be needing to do develepers for a couple of weeks i think!
But I just want to say to all of those just starting or struggling- stick with it.
I was so unhappy with my life at Christmas. I felt rotten, fat and unhealthy.
I started LL in January- my size 16’s were bursting at the seems and I was a binge eater and drinker.
I am now a size 12( they are starting to get a little big) healthy, happy and on the way to reaching a target which felt a million miles away 3 months ago.
My time has gone so fast- and in reality- who gives a sh*t that i havnt eaten for 3 months!? I feel FANTASTIC!
what more can I say?
I just wanted to get that off my chest.
Stick with it guys- its the best thing u will ever do xxxxxxxxx

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MY MAY DAY CHALLENGE!

Born skinny - Lipotrim journal

Hi everyone this is my first post. So a little about myself. Im going to make the trip to the pharmacy tomorrow to get my first weeks worth of Lipotrim. My weight at the moment is around 136kg which is 21.1 stone i think.

Ive been going to the gym for the last 6 weeks, 5 times a week and have come down from 145kg.

My background is that i am a former competitive boxer that ended up in a desk job doing nothing physical all day but i carried on eating as if i was still in training. Where before my diet was about 70% really good food and 30% junk i could get away with it so easily as i was exercising around 3 hours a day.
I got fat. really fat. so now im looking to lose more weight and im going to give this a go. As im exercising more im feeling the urge to get thin a bit faster. Infact id like to even get back to boxing again.
Now im 30 years old so im not exactly old yet and going to the gym im feeling my fitness return quite rapidly even though im very overweight. In the last few weeks ive been able to get my running up to a 3 mile jog 3 times a week and a couple of long cycles plus a solid weights routine.
Anyway other than that im really into traveling, living life to the full and im an optimistic person in general.

I plan to keep a daily blog in this thread with weight given once a week and a weekly or ever other week photo.
Ill try and sort out a few pics for tomorrow and stick a warning for those with a weak stomach. I will record how i feel, what i crave and my general thoughts.

So as for now its friday night and tomorrow, if i can get the lipotrim stuff, will be day 1.

I’m home!

Loads to tell you but suffice it to say.. I have oodles of time to do so and right now I’m utterly pooped.

Op was a success (as far as I can tell)… gory details to follow… nasty blisters due to allergic reaction but they’ll soon sort… knee hurts but have to admit, blisters hurt more… incisions nice and healing well… drains were removed after 48 hours… now I’ve seen myself in a full length mirror I can tell you the difference is incredible… not flat tum but none of the skin left (well… a bit but will explain that)… and I took photos (gory mare!) and will update all about it… hospital was a real experience and I made some new friends there and have to go back Monday to have dressings seen to… District nurse coming here tomorrow to change dressings too… am up and on my feet (albeit very tenderly) and they cut me a long way round past my hip bones and around each side.

I’m delighted to be home and able to chill out now on the sofa with the tv on being inspected from the back of my eyelids… I suspect there will be a lot of that going on…. I really am shattered.

thank you for your texts and good wishes… I’ll be back again over the next few days but for now really can’t believe I’m saying this, but,.. I need to rest.

Am still smiling and very glad I went through with it. Despite being swollen and weighing in at 11 ston 9lbs this afternoon!!!! (heaviest in over 6 months…) I guess that’s fluid and crappy hospital food and no exercise!! Will have to be ultra careful with the calories but increase protein methinks!

Loads of love and thanks again
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Cambridge Diet Counsellor
over 12 1/2 stone gone!


Started Cambridge Diet 11.10.2006 - 23stone 4.8lbs
Goal reached 10.09.07- Post op 11stone 11lb

Professional shots of Skydive - courtesy of www.skydiveimages.com and Sarah Hall (photographer) http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/6833983

NEARLY NEARLY
Hi all, bit gutted I’ve not managed the three pounds this week but been bunged up and still no sign of aunt flo.

I added a meal last week and have started 790 as my ribs stick out and from behind you can count them and my spine looks like a dinosaur, I’m one of those who looks too thin at bmi 25.2!!!!! Never ever thought I’d say I look too thin but I do, my ribs stick out like one of the adverts agains slimming disorders.

I’ve had my first 790 meal and feel so full like I could burst, tomorrow I’m splitting it, I seriously feel sicky.

I’ve also got big news, I’m phoning and getting an appointment with a plastic surgeon on Friday, the doc has agreed the first stages to get things done nhs. I’m not too bothered about my tum at the moment it’s a bit saggy but I’ve got lots of time for that to even out a bit but my lady lumps have disappeared so we’ll see, there’s no chance of affording them private unless any of you want to chip in to the sarah’s lumps appeal hee hee.

Sarahxx

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Week 1 -13 Week 2 - 9 Week 3 - 2 totm Week 4 - 6 Week 5 - 4 aamw Week 6 - 8 Week 7 - 5 totm Week 8 - 5 Week 9 - 4 Christmas challenge done Week 10 - 6 WI one day early Week 11&12 8 FIVE STONE GONE Week 13 - 4 Week 14 - 6 Week 15 - 4 TOTM Week 16 - 2 AAMW Week 17 - 7 Week 18 - 6 Week 19 - 4 TOTM Week 20 - 4 Week 21 - 5 AAMW ONE STONE TO GO Week 22 - 4 ten pounds left…. Week 23 - 1 totm Week 24 - 6 Week 25 - 1 AAMW Starting 790 next week sooooo bony hee heeOne day I’ll be average xxxx

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Hi hunnie,

How easy it is to gain weight, all that I learnt in the LL counselling was great, where I feel it fails is maintenance.

For me I followed it through to the end of week 12, my only deviation was that I had a drink before the 5th week, but it made no difference in weight gain.

All was hunky dory, I found that eating healthy and adding some treats (daily) was not adding any pounds, I thought huh!, this is brilliant, this was for 5 months, I got COMPLACENT, and then I noticed a couple of pound weight gain, but hey, I said to myself everybodys body can fluctuate daily, so I ignored it, it crept up to 5lbs, now, I said to myself that I would allow a maximum of 5lb leeway, so I was still happy.

Then came my 5 week holiday, I was really good for nearly 3 weeks of it and actually managed to lose 4lbs, I became complacent again, friends arrived for the last part of our holiday and I just forgot and enjoyed it. I came home to find I’d put back the lbs loss and also added another 6!!, this sent me mentally down, and what did I do, comfort ate!, so OK when I finally got back on the scales, I was a stone over, I gave myself a kick up the ass and then abstained for 6 days, It was sooooo hard second time around, I literally felt sick and dizzy, I did lose 6lbs which gave me a kickstart.

But for me, I’ve now started WW, I havent joined back, but still got books etc, from the past and I frequently enjoy the ww thread here on mins.

Its brilliant, I am so enjoying being able to eat again and I actually look forward to working out my points for the day. For me this is defintely the way forward.

So hun, Good luck on your 2nd journey, I will eagerly read your daily diaryto see how you get on.

Good to see you back.

Take heed maintainers, do not get COMPLACEMENT.

Your body will take so much of the old crappy food before it starts to creep back on, and IT WILL if you dont address the situation straight away.

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Start Date 7th April 2008 (Goal Weight 8st 10lbs)

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Slinks back in with tail between legs

Hi all

Not sure if anyone will remember me - I haven’t been here in a while.

I started LL almost exactly 1 year ago and lost nearly all of my weight (over 7 stone). I felt on top of the world and so much so - I started working for my LLC as a Locum running groups. I have really enjoyed the work and still feel like a new woman personality wise (the old me would never had have the guts to run groups!). However, one of the main reasons I chose to do the Locum job (on top of a busy full time job) was that I thought that being in contact with LL would keep me on track….

How wrong was I? My LLC warned me when I started that it didn’t work that way for her and if anything, listening to people talk about food all the time and hearing all their struggles just sent her running for the fridge sometimes… I naively thought I knew better….

Like I said, I was wrong.

So here I am day 1 of abstinence - slinking back in for some support.
I intend to keep this as a diary - something I didn’t bother with last time. I hope that writing it all down will keep me on track and that you lovely people will help me with a hug here and a kick up the bum there.

I don’t want to end this post on a negative though - as I really feel I am in the right frame of mind to do this properly - I feel really… ready. Ignoring the fact that one more week of wild eating behaviour and my trousers will bust off of me like the incredible hulk LOL!

I have learnt some interesting (if a little hard) lessons these past few weeks. Mainly, that no matter how hard I tried, no binge could ever satisfy me…. I tried every type of food I had been craving with no avail. It doesn’t feel the same as it used to, it just feels bloody uncomfortable.

Lesson One - food cannot solve any problem other than physical hunger. I know that it tastes nice, and I know that it feels strangely good to eat something I shouldn’t when no-one is looking…. but it SOLVES nothing.

Lesson Two - nothing feels quite as bad as being disappointed in yourself - I have never experienced this before because I didn’t care enough to feel disappointed before - since LL I do. I like feeling proud of myself and I miss it so much.

Lesson Three - high fat, high sugar, high calorie and high carb food may be a taste sensation at the time - but my GOD - a few hours later and my body lets me know exactly how much it doesn’t like it any more. Leads on to lesson Four…..

Lesson four - if you have indigestion and bloating - and this is really a D’OH moment and expose the depth of my food insanity recently…. shoveling more food in only makes the problem worse…..
(Welll Duh…..)

Lesson Five… When you feel so hideous physically that you would rather sit in a cupboard all day than let your partner touch you… then something needs to be done and quickly.

Lesson six… The more you eat the more you poop….. gross but true.

And on that delicious note I shall leave you in peace until tomorrow….

Have a great day peeps
More water please…..

So my ticker now shows the 2 stone I have gained since my lowest weight plus the extra stone I never lost when I went into RTM early…

Laura

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bexnkev Before and Now with almost 7 stone off!!!

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