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Oh, and thank you to everyone for your replies. So helpful! I'm totally going to skip breakfast from now on!

Heh but yeah, I'm actually a proffessional busker (for now anyway haha) so I make my own breaks. It would be much harder back when I worked an office job because it was a fun sort of routine going to lunch with the girls in the office (though I still was never hungry!). Nowadays I stop every couple of hours for a smoke and…

I think they probably meant that it's assumed I'm a dude because I'm a busker/guitarist. Also, on another forum it was always assumed I'm a guy just because of my username.

I actually re-read that sentence before and wondered if I should clarify. It's motivating for me because I've been so ashamed of the way I look in the past year that I've barely wanted to leave the house, let alone sing and play guitar in front of hundreds of strangers. I've tried to get myself out of that by forcing…

Well, it's hard for me to tell how fast I'm losing it as I won't weigh myself. I know myself too well - if I don't like the number I see on the scale I'll lose motivation. I'd rather just think of this as a way of life and finally weigh myself when I start liking what I see in the mirror. I would say - based on the…

Yeah, I'm female! I'm doing 1200 because that's what MFP used to suggest.

You look amazing. Can I ask: How did the running go at first? Did you have to build up to it? I'm a lot fatter than you were and I don't plan on running until I've lost a fair bit of weight but I eventually want to get there. You're really inspiring! It shows what a difference even 25lbs can make!

-First goal is to fit into a pair of jeans that were big on me 2 years ago. They won't even go past my thighs now. I'm not even going to weigh myself until they fit comfortably. - To wear shorts. I could wear them now, sure. There's no law that says someone that's fat can't wear them. But I know I wouldn't be comfortable.…

So long as there's no dress code for work etc I think women (and men, for that matter) should wear whatever the hell they want regardless of age or size. Granted, my mum's ex partner (who we're both still friends with) used to wear these very short cut off jean shorts that made him look a bit like a Portuguese George…

Aussie girl here - you're really inspiring mate! You look amazing!

My cousin said to me recently (and I must note she's more like my sister and is overweight herself) "Laura, you have to lose weight because you are the most miserable fat person I've ever met" She is so right. I have put on over 70lbs in the past 2 years (and I wasn't skinny to start with) and it's made me miserable! Some…

You look incredible! Has anyone ever said you look heaps like Amy Adams? I think it's uncanny! And considering she once guest starred in The Office as - the exact title of the episode - "The Hot Girl" I think it's fair to say that's a huge compliment!

Thank you all so much for this wonderful advice and sharing your stories!

Hey thank you all so much for the advice! I was feeling pretty terrible when I wrote this but I'm back up and motivated. My eye is better now - six days after surgery it looks basically normal. Amazing feeling! And yeah, I KNOW I have lost weight because my clothes are looser. I don't have a food scale but I have been…

You are the spitting image of the actor Paul Bettany (and yes, he's hot!). Amazing work! Congratulations!

Talking from past experience (because I've put on weight since this time and have a ****load to lose now) I went down from a 16D to a 12C. So yeah, BIG difference there. Thing that bugged me though - I don't like having big tits. They're a pain - was that when I lost the weight my friends kept telling me my boobs actually…