Hi
i haven't posted on here for absolutely ages, but I have had a nose through the posts now and again and wanted to add a quick update. I think it's relevant here because like Betsy I stuck to LT 100% and never once cheated. I started on 8/9/2009 and weighed about 19 st and ended on 8/2/2010, and have maintained 12st 4 within a lb or 2 ever since. A year ago I had liposuction on the NHS to clear up my manboobs which had been a serious problem for me psychologically and two weeks ago I had a full tummy tuck and more lipo on my stomach, flanks and back. At last I hope I will dare to go swimming, and not feel repulsed when I see myself in the mirror.
It's been a long road, hard sometimes, and the second lot of surgery has been expensive and uncomfortable, but I felt I deserved it because of the maintenance I've managed. I am convinced that the only reason I've achieved the maintenance is because of LTs strict and boring rules. The abstinence of food means you lose your relationship with food totally and have to build it up again from scratch. I found I liked foods I'd never liked before,and disliked foods I'd been addicted to for years. Mostly I learned that being fat is a mental state as much as a physical one. A state where you don't feel you're worth looking after.
At last I am finally rid of the fat man I have been for 40 odd years, and it's thanks to Lipotrim, the support I had from my amazing pharmacist, my family and the wonderful people on this forum.
Jon xx