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I'm 26 year old midwife, i live in Wales, in my lovely house with 2 cats who fight and eat all day. I have the most lovely, gorgeous and supportive boyfriend who'll be behind me all the way (despite being mildly worried about me). My pre-starting weight is 15.12 stones, I'm 161cm tall (5 ft 3) and my BMI is 38.9. Ouch. But i'm going to do this LS83 x >-

So i started my 'Reeling in the weight gain' journey on Monday. Weighed myself in Boots and i've put on 8 pounds since i finished LL a few weeks ago which isn't too bad but I'm very disappointed in myself as I still have a way to go so i want to lose this weight and more! My weight is now 12 stone 12! I would like to be about 10 and half to 11 by November as this is when i am due to go on a massiv...

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First of all - look at my 2nd post ever blog Minus 3 days.

In this i wrote about wanting to be able to fit into an old pair of jeans i have not been able to get passed my calves (not even slightly exaggerating here!) for about 8 years. Today i went into New Look with my fingers crossed and tried on some size 14 jeans as my size 16s are a bit baggy. I had, of course, convinced myself i'd stretched ...

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The days are just flying by now. Only have 3 more weeks left now and then i'm onto developers to lose the last bit. Have lost 41lbs now - 26 to go to my target! Have a massive incentive (apart from all the obvious!). My parents had said they'd be giving me 300 pound to buy new clothes - weeeell they rang tonight and said they'd be giving me 2000 pound towards a new car instead!!!! \:D

So in about 2...

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The days are ticking over pretty fast on my LL journey and things are going well. In the past couple of weeks ive become a bt more open about what i'm doing and now alot more people know. Most of my friends still don't but ive decided to start telling them the truth due to the positive feedback i've been getting from everyone. In fact a few people i work with have started VLCD themselves after lea...

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Just a small update before i go to bed after my nightshift - went to weigh in and i lost 6 pounds!! So happy! Thats 2 stone and 6 pounds now. Also got measured and i've lost 10 cm from my bust, 10cm from my hips and 13cm from my waist! When my LLC held the tape out to where my first measurements were i could have cried with happiness! Have also signed up for the Race for Life with my LLC and a few...

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Well i'm not entirely sure where all those days between posting went to be honest! Lots has happened since i last wrote.. let me list them!

Had my birthday and stayed abstinent (hard as being sober around my friends is difficult!)

Joined a roller derby team and loved it (was well scary walking into that room but thought sod it and was so glad!)

Asked my housemate to move out (which he now has) as the...

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Wow! its day 30 already! Can't believe how quickly this is flying by!

Lets see...where to begin... after my fab 4th weigh in the other day i came home very happy and excited. My boyfriend was here waiting for me and had finished painting the kitchen as a suprise (he's so lovely!) and was really supportive and encouraging as usual. My housemate was also home - having a break from his girlfriend who...

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Well it was my 4th weigh in today and i lost 4 pounds! So thats 20 pounds since i started (and 24 from the information session onwards)!! Really pleased and its made this week worthwhile.

Have been having some tough time this week - craving food and some real hunger pangs for the first time since i started. When i peed on my stick today it was almost purple so obviously the problem was my lack of w...

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Have had a lovely few days off work - gutted to be going back today! Went to Tenby with the boyf yesterday as he'd never been and had a fab day. Weather was gorgeous and we spent hours wandering around, sitting on the beach, paddling in the sea, buying goodies in the cute shops and having drinks in 'the sunniest beer garden in Tenby' (water for me).

Bought some lovely size 16 jeans from New Look o...

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Wow! can't believe how quickly time is flying by. Work's been crazy but i have now have 3 lovely days off so i'm praying for the sun to stay out all weekend!

As for LL its going well. Very well. I have the occasional -ooo i want fish! moment for some reason but it quickly passes. went to my 3rd weigh in last night and i lost 4 pounds. So happy! My clothes are feeling looser and i feel pretty awesom...

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So i had my second weigh in tonight and i lost another 5lbs!! Can't even describe how happy i feel. Thats 16lbs in 2 and half weeks (including the 4 i lost between my info session and 1st night)! I keep picturing myself slim and happy and i'm buying bits and pieces in size 12 because i'm so determined that i'm going to get there!

It now appears that i have 2 holidays coming up this year. My lovel...

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Well it's day 9 and i'm feeling bloody fab today! Feel full of energy and having a real 'food doesn't bother me one bit' time.

So it was weigh in on day 7 and i was so happy to lose 7 pounds as i had convinced myself i'd not lost anything or hardly anything and i'd have to tell everyone that. We are all started to really get on and bond as a group. Had to share our reasons for wanting to do LL whic...

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Well i lost 7 pounds tonight! Half a stone! Really happy and its spurring me on for the next week in which i'm going to exercising and becoming more active. Lots to say but too tired to say it so until tomorrow...

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Back to day shifts today. Made myself eat a mushroom soup today - uuuurrrgghhh!! I hate soups! Can't wait to order all shakes and some porridge and bars tomorrow. Found that the light headedness and general nausea has now disappeared which is great. Starting to feel like i want to do exercise now so i'll be going to aquafit tomorrow after my LL meeting. Kind of scared about being weighed. Hope i'm...

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Day 3 kinda got missed in a weird way due from being on nights. I had my packs and had my water but it got all squashed up with day 2 so day 4 is back to normality and daytime activity. Even i'm confused... However, i got up after a couple hours of sleep and went to pop in. Swapped some packs for bars now we are allowed them. Very nice! Lost 2 pounds which i thought was pretty rubbish but i was on...

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Well i'm writing this in work. Started off with a trip to a and e as the pain got worse and worse. Had an ECG, chest xray, bloods...they were thinking i had a PE which is a blood clot in the lung. Not a happy time! However, to cut a long story short, all my results are fine and i have painkillers etc and they think its muscular-skeletal. So so glad as i did have a slight panic that it was somethin...

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I'm on nights at the moment and i'm still in alot of pain. Had my obs done in work and my SATs levels are down which means i'm not taking in the amount of oxygen i should be. Considering going to A & E tonight to just get checked over as i'm in alot of pain when i breathe in and out and !pleurisy! keeps flashing in my brain lol hoping its a miscular thing though. Work continues to be horrific ...

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So the day i've been looking forward to for the past week finally came. Hats off to anyone who had a long time to wait to start LL as i think i would have driven myself crazy in that time

Woke up at 6am to agonising pain in my shoulder, arm and chest. Seriously thought i was having a heart attack and my first thought was if i had to go to hospital i'm not eating their food or having a drip with a...

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Weeell, the full on countdown is here! Had my Dr appt yesterday who was majorly lovely and supportive and has done LL herself and, in her words, completely turned her life around because of it. So she signed me off and i got the all clear to start tonight

Went to my first meeting - my group is pretty massive but it is now full. Half of us started last week and the rest of us will start as of tomo...

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MARCH 15TH

Went out and bought supplies for my LL start today - an awesome heavy duty blender as i plan to make icy milkshakes, Perfectil vitamins to try my best to help my poor hair follicles lol, some massive posh glasses to make the shakes look sexy and a big water jug with a thing in the middle you can freeze so i can keep all my water cool. I'm also on the lookout for a lovely size 12 dress ...

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MARCH 13TH

I've been fat for as long as I can remember.

However recently all my years of weight issues have culminated in me having a good old think about myself and i've found out something shocking - at some periods in my life this was just in my head! I look back at pictures and see a skinny kid and a normal size teenager. How did that happen?!

I first went to a slimming club aged 8. Yes 8! I hav...

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