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So pleased for you - best 30th birthday gift you could ever have given yourself! :flowerforyou: happy birthday!

Isn't it just the best feeling ever!

Well done! Got yourself organised, hopefully you'll be able to add more variety soon.

This seems to be a very conditional love. Bordering on emotional abuse. You need some help - go see a counsellor - you have not yet gone past the point of no return. You deserve better than this, l am truly concerned for you in this relationship.

They have a picture of you in their minds eye and seeing you now shocks them. You will have to give them time to put the new you in their minds eye. Its not you, its them! You look great!

Good job! Isnt it a good feeling to have achieved your first goal. No one can take that away! Now you can set your next goal and get into that achieving habit......

Wow wonderwoman! You are awesome!

What a fabulous inspiration you are! Well done.

Missed the point me thinks -no one's worth - as a human being, should be measured by their appearance. Unfortunately, so many people are measured just by this criteria by others and themselves, the result being a bunch of fat people who believe they arent worth the effort to care about themselves. You have misunderstood -…

You took a long time to get the weight on. It takes a permanent change in lifestyle to keep it off. If you take it slowly you are more likely to make those changes. I am halfway to my goal, but the changes I have made will stay with me forever. Keep motivated by setting interim goals with movement and diet.

Good going with setting of small goals. My personal journey with depression has shown that successful treatment is a combination of meds, exercise and diet. Just change one thing at a time. Set a small goal, and each time you complete your small goal, praise yourself. If you start just logging your food and exercise, you…

Congratulations Sue. You are a true inspiration.

You are so amazing Amelie!

I am sorry to hear of all your troubles. I have found that making time for exercise has helped me cope with stress much better. It is all about learning new behaviours and new ways of coping. When frustration or boredom strikes I do some squats , pushups or jump on the exercise bike. My sleep patterns have improved and my…

What a year you have had Sue! Inspirational because you have persevered through all the ups and downs life has thrown you. I think you have 'found your legs' to misquote a saying......

Thought I'd be sarcastic or dismissive - then thought what if this was my teenage daughter! OP think to youself would you be able to live your whole life eating that diet? Why dont you first get to know your own body by measuring and recording what you currently are eating. Educate yourself by reading some of the very…

Most of my exercise has been walking , yesterday I went for myfirst real jog - I had to make sure that Ihad lost enough weight not to cause damage!

(Quote) I take all the comments as complements. Of course, I'm very comfortable with myself, very emotionally stable, and very hard to offend. My self-worth doesn't come from other people or what they think of me (with the possible exception of my wife). When people tell me it's like I've lost a whole other person, I agree…

No. I suffer from depression and I am on a low carb diet. My mood has been the best its been in years! Plus I can attest to the fact that being fat and lethargic is a greater cause of depression.....

It is really simple you need to eat less calories than what you expend through living and moving. This means that you must count all your calories and know what you are expending. Although fruit provides vitamins and fiber, fruit also has sugars so this must also be taken into account. I found that I lost max 10kgs through…

People marvel at my weightloss, then I say - "and do you know what? For the first time ever, I haven't had a cold or the 'flu all winter." Go put that in yer pipe and smoke it! Results speak for themselves.....

Welldone!

They can only steel your joy if you let them. Dont youre improving all the time- are they?

Wow! Look you have a beautiful curvy figure! Way to go girl!

Well said! I am in full time employment and up to now have always been. There is something wrong if it is less difficult being on the dole than earning a wage. I have looked at the minimum wage, (New Zealand) and it is not a living wage. What people dont realise is that to work you must pay for nice clothes, transport,…

Give that man a hand!!!

Well done Sue! And with a few pounds to spare!

Well done!

Bet Special Ed is pleased as well! Well done!

Oh my goodness! What an insperation you are! You are exactly where I want to be! Congratulations on your hard work!