The October BulgeBusters!!!
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Dorset dumpling
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Hi JOJOX, great to hear from a fellow skier! I've been everything from a light and happy size 12 to a rather round exhausted size 20 down the slopes. I enjoy being in the mountains whatever, but looking back at the photos - It's clearer when I was having the most fun. My 7 year old is so fast!! I really want to be fit and slim enough to keep up with him. I know I have a way to go, but chatting and sharing experiences is such a great support!!
Gemma79
I will do this!
well I'm offically a september starter but as started the last week in September would like to share the journey with you all. I'm on day 10 and finding it much easier now. The wish to eat still exisit, normally in the evening but I've managed to resisit and been rewarded with a 10lb lost after 7 days. I would like to lose 3 stone by Christmas.. can't really see past that at the moment and never really been that slim so not sure how I will look or feel when I get there so stick with that for now.
Anyways hope your first week is passing quickly girls, the headaches do go but the toilet visits stay forever hehe...
have a great day
Gemma x
Anyways hope your first week is passing quickly girls, the headaches do go but the toilet visits stay forever hehe...
have a great day
Gemma x
Welcome To All the October Newbies!!!
I would like to wish all the October Newbies every success in your weight loss journey.
For some of you this is your first time on a very low calorie liquid diet.
The first week is the toughest by far, but you should be well rewarded on the scales and this will give you motivation for the weeks ahead.
If you need any help at any time please feel free to contact any of the forum leaders, we are all here to help and support one another.
Big Welcome To:
slushy
jojox
azlan
Patsy
Kazz
SuZann
Gemma79
moomin-mama
Abstruse
Nuts
Dorset dumpling
~lisa~
dyingtobeslim
mustdoit
You can copy and paste names on here as you want...
I would like to wish all the October Newbies every success in your weight loss journey.
For some of you this is your first time on a very low calorie liquid diet.
The first week is the toughest by far, but you should be well rewarded on the scales and this will give you motivation for the weeks ahead.
If you need any help at any time please feel free to contact any of the forum leaders, we are all here to help and support one another.
Big Welcome To:
slushy
jojox
azlan
Patsy
Kazz
SuZann
Gemma79
moomin-mama
Abstruse
Nuts
Dorset dumpling
~lisa~
dyingtobeslim
mustdoit
You can copy and paste names on here as you want...
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IreneH
Gold Member
Just want to say hi to all our October starters and to say good luck. If you take it one day at a time and on a bad day one minute at a time you will get there. And remember small steps have short mini targets rather than looking at the whole picture. Don't forget to let us know how you are doing and if you've having a hard time tell us about it
Irene xx
Irene xx
dyingtobeslim
Full Member
Started Mon, started Tues, started Wednesday and desperately need to START tomorrow and stick with it, any motivation will be hugely appreciated
~lisa~
Full Member
I think Day 4 was the toughest for me ... I was in a grrrrrrr mood all day!!!!
~lisa~
Full Member
October Starters ...
How is everybody doing?
I started Sept 28th, and am on Day 10 now, and it is getting easier as I settle into a routine.
I usually half a pack in the morning and use hot water, and chuck half a spoon of coffee in .... then have my 2nd pack about tea time, then have my last pack shortly before bed.
I'm still able to get between 5 and 6 litres of water in me per day.
Just wanted to check and see how the others who started about the same time as me are doing.
xxxx
How is everybody doing?
I started Sept 28th, and am on Day 10 now, and it is getting easier as I settle into a routine.
I usually half a pack in the morning and use hot water, and chuck half a spoon of coffee in .... then have my 2nd pack about tea time, then have my last pack shortly before bed.
I'm still able to get between 5 and 6 litres of water in me per day.
Just wanted to check and see how the others who started about the same time as me are doing.
xxxx
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kazz
Gold Member
Hiya I'm on day 7 CD, ss, and I swear I dont know wats wrong..it hasnt been easy but I have done what I am meant to do and not done what I shouldnt do and seem to have only shifted 2 lbs. not very impressed at the moment, but have another 2 weeks of shakes and things in my kitchen so will jut have to keep on going and hope for the best..
I usually have half a pack in the morning, other half at lunch, full pack when mini me is having her tea and the other when shes in bed...plus at LEAST 4 litres of water per day...
I usually have half a pack in the morning, other half at lunch, full pack when mini me is having her tea and the other when shes in bed...plus at LEAST 4 litres of water per day...
slushy
Silver Member
Hi Lisa
Day 4 for me
dietwise im doing ok - hungry but not having to fight my chatterbox at all yet
i tend to just drink water till about 12.30, then have half a choc mint pack with hot water, have the second half of that around 3pm.
5.30 pm i have a whole soup then i save the choccie tetra for my desert and have it when i really cant wait a minute longer - usually 8pmish.
i am managing around 4-5 liters of water a day - including what i drink in peppermint tea.
Do feel a bit down today though but i think thats external influences rather than cd blues : )
Day 4 for me
dietwise im doing ok - hungry but not having to fight my chatterbox at all yet
i tend to just drink water till about 12.30, then have half a choc mint pack with hot water, have the second half of that around 3pm.
5.30 pm i have a whole soup then i save the choccie tetra for my desert and have it when i really cant wait a minute longer - usually 8pmish.
i am managing around 4-5 liters of water a day - including what i drink in peppermint tea.
Do feel a bit down today though but i think thats external influences rather than cd blues : )
Hi Suan,
You need to take it easy for the first few days and the feelings like you have a cold or a flu is withdrawal.
Or, it you could be taking a cold as there is a lot of it going around once the kids are back at school.
Love Mini xxx
la_tinkerbelle
Full Member
Hi all! <waves>
I'm hoping to start LighterLife this month... I'm 28, currently weighing in at 16st.
I've always been overweight since childhood, and have yo-yo'd on half hearted diets before... but a barrage of steroids for medical reasons has seen things balloon over the past few years, and now I'm really really fed up with my weight, shape, body, looks...
I'm due to have brain surgery at Xmas, which naturally I don't want, and this is my final push to try and get my health back on an even keel... maybe even avoid the surgery?!
I'm also finding myself getting teary and depressed when I think about all the 'normal' clothes I'd love to be able to wear... down to posh suits and dresses to fit in with the job I'm now in which I've come to love... fed up of looking like the office frump...
So... this is my time to sort myself out... I realise that I use food as a tool against boredom, so my biggest goal is going to be finding lots of other things to do to keep me occupied, rather than automatically heading for the kitchen and the fridge... I'm thinking lots of walks with my dog, bubble baths, manicures... any ideas most welcome!!!!
I hope I'm welcome here... because of my lack of self-belief I'm afraid I tend to put on a 'cheery happy front' for everyone (work, family) etc but inside I'm really crying... I live alone, I have one friend whom I don't see that much, and it can often be that once I go home from work I don't speak to a single other person until the next day at work, same on a weekend - it can pass that I leave work on fri night and don't have anyone else to talk to until monday at work again... I know this is all through my own doing - I've felt so unworthy of maintaining friendships as I feel who'd want to go out drinking, socialising, with a fat ass like me... Plus I don't get how people could truly love a big chubby girl so I've never let any boyfriends get close as I don't get why they'd want to be with me really... so I do understand why I'm all alone, and why it's through my own fault, but feel this is the first step to overcoming and undoing (slowly) all of this... I'm admitting it, so *big sigh* fingers crossed I'm going to do ok...
Thank you in advance for any help you can give... and many thanks for everyone who's shared their photos and success stories - I've been lurking for a while and been reading through everything, your stories have made me cry and smile equally, but also spurred me on to add my own on here one day!
tinks xx
I'm hoping to start LighterLife this month... I'm 28, currently weighing in at 16st.
I've always been overweight since childhood, and have yo-yo'd on half hearted diets before... but a barrage of steroids for medical reasons has seen things balloon over the past few years, and now I'm really really fed up with my weight, shape, body, looks...
I'm due to have brain surgery at Xmas, which naturally I don't want, and this is my final push to try and get my health back on an even keel... maybe even avoid the surgery?!
I'm also finding myself getting teary and depressed when I think about all the 'normal' clothes I'd love to be able to wear... down to posh suits and dresses to fit in with the job I'm now in which I've come to love... fed up of looking like the office frump...
So... this is my time to sort myself out... I realise that I use food as a tool against boredom, so my biggest goal is going to be finding lots of other things to do to keep me occupied, rather than automatically heading for the kitchen and the fridge... I'm thinking lots of walks with my dog, bubble baths, manicures... any ideas most welcome!!!!
I hope I'm welcome here... because of my lack of self-belief I'm afraid I tend to put on a 'cheery happy front' for everyone (work, family) etc but inside I'm really crying... I live alone, I have one friend whom I don't see that much, and it can often be that once I go home from work I don't speak to a single other person until the next day at work, same on a weekend - it can pass that I leave work on fri night and don't have anyone else to talk to until monday at work again... I know this is all through my own doing - I've felt so unworthy of maintaining friendships as I feel who'd want to go out drinking, socialising, with a fat ass like me... Plus I don't get how people could truly love a big chubby girl so I've never let any boyfriends get close as I don't get why they'd want to be with me really... so I do understand why I'm all alone, and why it's through my own fault, but feel this is the first step to overcoming and undoing (slowly) all of this... I'm admitting it, so *big sigh* fingers crossed I'm going to do ok...
Thank you in advance for any help you can give... and many thanks for everyone who's shared their photos and success stories - I've been lurking for a while and been reading through everything, your stories have made me cry and smile equally, but also spurred me on to add my own on here one day!
tinks xx
slushy
Silver Member
Hi Tinks
welcome to the group - i think your post will really hit a nerve with a lot of us as you have faced up to the truth behind your feelings and i for one havent - its really brave of you to write all that down. Does it feel like a weight has been lifted already?
Hugs and best wishes with your surgery - you really do have the best of incentives to make your diet work and get to a healthy weight for that.
Everyone here is very supportive and motivational - i have just been looking at before and after pics - i find if i am hunbgry - i come look at the forum for 20 mins and then have a glass of water and the hunger goes away.
anyway just wanted to say hi and youll find lots of friends here
look forward to reading your success journal when you start LL
xx
welcome to the group - i think your post will really hit a nerve with a lot of us as you have faced up to the truth behind your feelings and i for one havent - its really brave of you to write all that down. Does it feel like a weight has been lifted already?
Hugs and best wishes with your surgery - you really do have the best of incentives to make your diet work and get to a healthy weight for that.
Everyone here is very supportive and motivational - i have just been looking at before and after pics - i find if i am hunbgry - i come look at the forum for 20 mins and then have a glass of water and the hunger goes away.
anyway just wanted to say hi and youll find lots of friends here
look forward to reading your success journal when you start LL
xx
~lisa~
Full Member
Didn't I read a post by you saying that a pair of jeans that hadn't fit for a few weeks fit now? Well you must be doing something right eh? xx
I did loads of measurements when I started (bust, under bust, waist, hips, thighs, upper arms) so I know if I have a bad week weightloss wise, I can measure and probably see results in inches.
