Just back from Development 4 (yes, it's 10.30pm!). I have half written several posts, which I will put on the blog when I get a chance. Hopefully, I will be able to catch up tomorrow evening - with my own blog and with everyone else's.
Feel as if I have been to hell and back this week - all will be revealed.
In the meantime, I thought I would give you an update after Peridot's comment - if it inspires others, it has to be a good thing!
Here are the vital statistics:
I have lost 3stone11lbs = 53lbs in total, I think.
This week's loss was 3lbs - thank goodness because the weekend was NOT good!
My BMI is now...in the normal range - just under 25.
I have lost:
6 inches off my bust (chest in the LL white book)
13 inches off my waist (yes, a whole foot and a bit more!)
6.5 inches off my hips.
TOTAL INCH LOSS - 2.1 feet. Blimey!!! Oh Riley!!!
How am I feeling? A bit detached from it all, really.
If you are starting LighterLife, just do it! And don't cheat. I don't consider my NYC eating as a cheat but I have been nibbling here and there - particularly since the end of Foundation - without any justification. Your weight loss will slow right down. I've also noticed that being smaller (than when I started), I am much more sensitive to moving in and out of ketosis.
I'm not where I want to be yet but without LighterLife, my fellow bloggers, my own support network (Best Friend, Mrs Jupiter and my mum) and the forum, I certainly wouldn't be here.
After being all at sea with Development and the end of Foundation, I seem to have discovered some resolve - from somewhere. There is no doubt that crooked thinking was to blame for me going off course and more than ever, I am acutely aware of just HOW powerful it is. I haven't mastered it - far from it - but I guess awareness is half the battle.
Hope everyone is doing well, feeling well and staying focused.
Congratulations Mrs L!!!!! You've done fantastic, what an amazing weight loss! Thank you for your comments on cheating. I'm about to go on holiday for a week this Friday and I'm scared to death that I will cheat. I will try my best not to, but I'm afraid I don't feel I can trust myself when on holiday. Your comments will help me think twice before I do though.
Lots of love
Vicky xxxxxx
Posted by: Vicky | June 20, 2007 at 10:32 AM
You have done so amazingly well - and I wonder if the scale of your success is more obvious from the outside looking in (us all reading your blog) than to you? Woods and trees stuff maybe - you certainly seem to be a bit hard on yourself. You've clearly had a tough time emotionally so that makes your success all the more impressive too. Good for you Mrs L - but I think you might have to chose a new alter-ego name, Mrs Lardless perhaps?!
Posted by: Peridot | June 20, 2007 at 06:26 PM
Aww big hugs my friend & sorry to hear that things are so tough....Fab that you've got some focus and managing to stick with it despite the chaos and distress around you. Not sure what is going on (but eagerly await updates!) but hope things improve soon. Regardless of what has/will happen you can be so proud of yourself for how far you've come! Let us know if we can do anything to help....
Posted by: Antonia | June 21, 2007 at 09:43 PM