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You look really good! I have about 50lb to lose in total and would love to look like you!

Well, I haven't really noticed in 'real life' but the photo is really encouraging. I guess it helps that it all seems to have gone from in front of me!

It's just food - sometimes we have too much of it for various reasons, but if you know that you can balance it out - and it looks to me like you've learnt to do that really well - your pictures look like a transformation. You're more than half way there, you've no need to feel bad about losing 53 pounds and looking so good…

Sounds like you are doing well! Congratulations!

Well done, I am rubbish at running so I know how hard that is! Congratulations!:smile:

Thank you so much for your comments - I have now got a new resolution to post positive comments on other people's topics, because they are so encouraging.

I will be starting next week as well, two sets of friends coming to stay for this weekend, really can't face doing this in the living room with guests! So Tuesday will be my day 1 I think. I went through level 1 once yesterday to familiarise myself and it is hard. Worst thing for me is my spaghetti arms!

I was once advised by a fitness trainer that if I were to work out before breakfast in the morning, I should always have a little something beforehand so that my body did not feel that it was exercising on empty. I rarely exercise first thing now but if I ever do I follow that advice and have something like a quarter of a…