Hia Everyone,
I hope you are all keeping well? I have missed you all because sounds silly but even though we don't know each other personally I am very grateful that you are still here checking in on me after more than FIVE years on KZfaq.
Since March 2013 I have stuck to low carb diet and I am doing very well on it, I never feel starved or hungry and I have lots of energy for exercise.
I started at 12.8 and now I am 9.13 which for my height 5'3 is getting to my ideal weight. I'm no longer classed as obese, pretty sure I am not in the overweight category anymore either. My BMI is good and I feel amazing! It is the BEST gift that I could have ever given myself.
I turned 31 in December 2012 and just hated what I saw in the mirror, i could hardly look at myself. I found it hard to come on here and smile when inside I was falling to pieces. I feel as though I was going through a mini breakdown and I was so depressed and killing myself with comfort food. I decided enough was enough and that I was going to use this year wisely and turn my life around before it got a whole lot worse. I still suffer with down days, I think that is just the way that I am programmed but EXERCISE has been my new best friend and I feel like a new person. I am ashamed I did not do something sooner but I am proud that I did make a start.
I hadn't realised how big I had got and it wasn't until I saw photos from my road trip that I recoiled with disgust at myself. I saw a girl who was loved by all of you that came to see me but I clearly did not love myself or I would not have comfort ate myself to that point. I didn't look good and I certainly did not feel good.
I was in LA sweating and covering up, NY in the Summer could have been so different for me....but I hid behind layers of clothes and suffered.
I know for a fact that if I can do this so can YOU, I don't say this lightly. If you are starting your very own personal weight loss journey and want my support or just some advice along the way about the emotional aspect I am here, Just email me and Il reply. I cant give the best advice on diet and exercise as everyone is different but my journey and your journey will be emotional and I want you to know that I am here for you. I just wish I had let you all be here for me instead of shutting myself away and doing it all alone. I still have a stone and half to go to get to goal and then after that its maintaining what I have achieved and that will be the hardest part but I WILL not go back. I can't, That old Lauren Luke was a very sad and unhealthy one, This Lauren Luke is shining!
My measurements as promised and link so you can read my online food and thoughts journal.
www.minimins.com/atkins-diet-d...
20th March 2013
Waist 41 -1/2 inches
Hips 43 -1/2
Thighs 23 -1/2
Bust 40 -3/4
Arms 13
1st May
W 39
H 42
T 22- 1/2
B 39
A 12
31st May
W 38
H 41- 1/4
T 22 -1/2
B 38 -1/2
A 10 -3/4
15th June
W 36
H 40 -3/4
T 22- 1/2
B 37 -3/4
A 10 -1/2
14th August
W 33 -1/2
H 40
T 22
B 36 -3/4
A 11 toned with hand weights. Bat wings are going and my arms have much more definition so I welcome that extra inch.
Thank you for reading and I hope it explains better than I do in my videos. There is just too much to say sometimes and easier to write it down.
I am back and will make you all proud again with all the videos you started coming here in the first place to see. Thank you for being patient whilst I found myself again. I may even chuck in a few outfit of the days once I go buy my new wardrobe :)
Zoom zoom!
Lauren