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Hi LJay, and welcome. You are the first person I have met who shares my disinterest in weight!! I too, feel that size is the important thing to concentrate on, as I too easily become obsessed with weight once I start. I chose not to know how much I weigh, and I am not tempted in the slightest to look at my record book, it stays in by bag from weigh in to weigh in, all I need to know is how much I've lost, and 18lbs in 3 weeks will do me nicely. I know that I am a size 28, and that's all I need to know. Having said that, I understand that everyone is different, and some people DO find it helps to know their weight. Horses for courses as they say. How did you manage on the plane LJay - that is one of my particular nightmares. Size 18, would be good for me too, but 14/16 would be better, we'll have to see. Good luck back at your group, and no matter what the "damage" is, we're here to support you on you way again. If ever you want more personal communication, my e mail is westhillsuk@gmail.com. (same goes for anyone else) Keep posting, Ann x

Hi Ann and all,

I have between 8 and 9 stone to lose. I have been on LL and CD before. LL worked with me losing nearly 2 stone in 5 weeks, but due to convenience I switched to CD. HAd a really rocky road that time, I think mainly due to my attitude.

I am starting CD at the end of feb (22nd to be precise) which is following a holiday and some works do's. I then have no socail functions planned until July so am looking at a 5.5 month stint and hopefully a 4-5 stone weight loss.

I to understand the need to be an 'acceptable' size. When I did LL the first time I started as a 26 and was pretty much at a 22 when I stopped. Am now a 24 and would love to be a 10-12!

However, I also have a fascination about what I weigh and what I want to weigh...but that's my own choice. I think by horrifying myself about how big I am, I'm hoping to scare myself into doing it!(I hope that makes sense).

Anyway I hope that by the time I join you all on the road to slimness, you will all have lost loads and that we can carry on our journey together.

My email is tltolchard@aol.com should anyone wish to chat, i'm also on msn.

Linkypie
x

I'd like to join you. I have 8-9 stone to lose (haven't decided on a goal weight yet) have lost 12lbs in my first 2 weeks on LL. I'm struggling with abstinence and need a serious telling off and a motivational talking to once in awhile. Good luck to you all.

Hello georgiasmum, you've come to the right place. I'll share with you a visualisation that really helps me. I'm not used to doing things like this, but it works for me. Don't knock it 'til you've tried it, as they say.
A few weeks ago, I visited a very old cottage, called the Revolution Cottage, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire. It is open to the public, and the guide was explaining the history. There was a living room, with a very narrow door shaped hole in the wall, through which you could see another empty room. The guide told us that this empty room was where the animals used to live, and the hole was large enough for the people to go in and look after the animals, but not big enough for the animals to pass through into the living room.
Well, what I imagine, is all the things I want when I am slim, in the room. Clothes, playing with the grandchildren, running, every conceivable thing that I wish for, but can't have or do at the moment. I my mind, I look through the doorway and see it all, like a film, with me in it, wearing the clothes and doing all the activities. I also see a "shop" with all my new clothes in it. but, of course, I cannot get through the doorway. I WANT to get through that doorway!!! more than anything. When I am tempted to eat, I imagine the food on the floor, between me and the doorway, I have to physically tread on it, and it slows me down, I get stuck in it. Up to now, this has stopped me eating, I want to be as close to that doorway as I can, and one day, if I
stay there, I'll be able to pass through, and enjoy all the marvellous things on the
other side. Worth a try!!!! Ann x

I'll try it. Visualisations are a good idea. It is hard to visualise what I'd look like with 8-9 stone off. I don't think I've ever been that thin!!

If you want to see the actual cottage it's
www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/content.php?categoryId=1777
I think the smaller building to the right in where the animals lived. Good Luck, and keep trying, it gets easier. Ann

Hi all, I would like to join you. I started LL on the 15th January, and on thusrday I had lost 12 and 3/4 pounds!.
I too have a long journey ahead of me. I put on the weight over the last 4-5 years as a result of stress at work and studying for a degree. As a result I ballooned from a size 10 to a 22 in that time.
Now I am at a much happier place in my life and want to tackle this weight issue once and for all. I think that this is the only way for me other than surgery (and I'm NOT doing that).
I know with the support from here I will make it to goal (just haven't set it yet, think size 12 would be good).

Jax

Welcome Jax, all the support you need is here. We all understand the challenges and dufficulties, and we all have a long journey. I'm going to Italy in August - for the 1st time - and I intend to buy my holiday wardrobe in size 16. It's a tall order, but I truly believe I can do it, with LL, or Cambridge if the cost becomes impossible.
Keep posting Jax, and keep strong. Ann x

hi westhills & all,
im keen to get back into it, will let you know how i get on, it will be like the first week all over again. Plane seats are usually a nightmare, weve been to jamaica and booked it in Jan 05 making sure we got premium economy seats booked, they are a bit wider and more legroom, width is about 19", one of my garden chairs is that width and i kept trying it for size, anyway it was fine!! We flew with britannia the year before and i bought another seat and used two with the armrest up, their seats were really tight. Who are you flying with. Easyjet and Ryanair are both ok, more room than usual holiday airlines? Like you i bought all the clothes in a 24/26 I was a 30/32 and i managed to get in them all!!
Well done so far, and keep at it!!

Hi LJay, Haven't booked the flight to Italy yet, just the villa. There aren't that many to choose from to Pisa, favourite seems to be Thomsonfly, as they go from Coventry, which is manageable for us. Anyway, I shouldn't have to worry about that one!
We have a house in Spain, and instead of looking forward to going, and spending time there, I have avoided it if I could. (How sad amI?) When I have had to go, I have been a nervous wreck. Looking around the airport, inner voice saying " is anyone as fat as me??" they never were. Going on to the plane felt like entering a tomb. The armrests always stuck in me, and I had to ask for one of those extender thingies which are ORANGE on Easyjet. Cabin crew were invariably kind, but I felt just awful, and I think my husband felt sorry for me. I have to go in March (14th) to get the house ready for the summer rental season, and I just HOPE I can be "seatbelt sized" by then. If not, at least it will be better than it was in November. I know I'm lucky to have the house, but there's been no pleasure in going up to now, but the future will be different...Ann x

If any of you are on Yahoo Messenger, my Yahoo name is annandmichael2002 - it would be great to have some instant (and free) conversations. Ann x

Hey all

This is my first time on these boards.... I'm 33 and i weigh 22st 9lb so i have about 12 stone to loose and i only have a year to do it in... I have PCOS and am strugling with loosing weight, I have been married for just over a year and me and my husband have been trying ever since to have a baby but because of my weight and PCOS im at the moment infertile. I say i have a year to do it in because im not getting any younger and we would like a couple of kids so i have to put all my heart and soul into loosing weight but its not easy. I dont work so i dont get out much as i have no confidence to meet ppl, ive tried weight watchers but i didnt find them very supportive in my area and i had no one to go with so i give up. I dont really follow any diets im just trying to eat as little as possible and drink loads of fluid. Has anyone any ideas of what exercises i can do that aint gonna kill me! i find walking kills my back, i do try and go on the exercise bike but can only manage about 5mins is this normal for very over weight ppl or am i just being lazy? any suggestions would be helpfull. Look forward to chatting to you all take care and good luck!

Lisa xoxo

Hello Lisa, and welcome. You are among friends here, we all understand your difficulties. I will write more to you tomorrow. Ann x

Hi Lisa,

I am in the same boat as you. Can't have babies until i have lost 10 stone at least. The doctors thought i had PCOS,but i had all the test and came back clear. But still infertile because i'm overweight.

I know how hard it's going to be for you. As i start my CD on monday.

But you have to think to yourself like i do, that in the end there is going to be a new you. And i bet you will fall pregnant very easily []

I weigh 20 stone 11lbs.

If you ever need to talk to someone who knows exactly what your going thru and can help you thru your diet.
My email addy is elizabeth_71@hotmail.com

You can email me anytime you like.

Chey x

Hi my name is Chris and I've been on the Cambridge diet for 3 days now. The 1st day I found it really hard and by the end of the day I had the most awful headache and was very sick...but I didnt give up ...I'm still on it cause its gotta go. I have put on 5and a half stone in the last 2 yrs since my brother and mum died. Its time I got it off cause Im so unhappy with it. Would love some support xxx