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YES! IT'S WORKING!  YES! I'M SHOUTING!  YES! I'M DOING THE HAPPY DANCE! 

I'm down 16 1/2 pounds (2 in the last couple of days)!    I haven't been this low since December, 2000! 

I owe a big THANK YOU    to all of you LDLers out there that have helped me get this far.  I couldn't have done it without you.  I still need all of you as I have a loooooong way to go yet, but I see a glimmer of light at the end of this tunnel.

I have been tracking my weight since 1998 and when I checked to see when I was last at this weight I was amazed that it has been 8 1/2 Years!  When I looked at my chart this time I actually BELIEVED I WOULD   get below 200 pounds.  Before it was always IF I get there, I'll TRY to get there, and this time I felt I WOULD .  And it has been so EASY!    The last time I remember really struggling and starving and exercising like crazy.  Not so this time.       

Yes, I know I'm addicted to my scale.  Maybe (when I get below 200) I will put it away (at least for a week at a time).

Anyway, LDL IS WORKING!   


Ginny

OH Ginny, How utterly fabulous for you!  Congratulations!  What you mentioned in your post about KNOWING you would get there is so true.

That was the first thing I noticed about LDL that was different right off the bat. It has built in resolve. You just start and you just KNOW it will work --NO DOUBT.  How great for us! Hope you hear more about your success real soon!

Julie

Jenny, It has also been 8 yrs since I've been this weight, and  I like my scale.  This time it is a way of eating not a diet or maybe a diet for life.  Today I started exercise.  I  had taken off for the summer; yet lost weight, so now I'm anxious to see how I firm up.  I know I'm going shopping soon for new sizes.  I'm soooo excited.  I plan to order my Vita Mix if I can locate the number Little Mary gave me.  Is your hubby on it?  Keep on enjoying your numbers changing. Forever Friend

Ginny, Congratulations!  I know, this way of eating is so amazing.  I never feel deprived or like I'm punishing myself for all the bad choices of the past.  Also, I'm never grumpy or grouchy because I could bite your head off I'm so hungry.  I don't feel I just have to just endure this torture to get where I want to be.  It is so easy and satisfying and good tasting, I have no desire to eat my old way.  These changes I've made aren't depriving or torturing and the results are fabulous. 

Way to go, Jenny!   The confidence we feel and share are so important as we experience the joy of succeeding with LDL.  What a great plan and a great group of wonderful, motivating members.  Pam

Ginny CONGRATULATIONS! You should be proud of yourself .Continued success. I do know how ya feel about the scale,I'm the same way.Use to get on everyday,but now I just weigh in on Fridays.One step at a time,right?
Have a good holiday.
Hugzzz
Rodie

Thanks, all of you  and I do mean THANKS!    It's because of all of you that I am doing this.  There have been several times I wasn't sure it was working.  But reading all of your trials and successes has helped me to keep going. 

In answer to my husband doing LDL . . . welllllll, sort of.  He is eating more fruits and veggies, but he eats too much sugar, too much breads/mashed potatoes/gravies, and he likes one of those canned shake products (YUCK!  ).  He says he can tell I've lost weight (inches) and says I am losing faster than he is.  I don't say much. I still try to be encouraging.  But I KNOW why I am losing more than he is.    I'm following LDL and he is not!

Thanks, again, to all of you. 

Ginny

I'm ecstatic for you Ginny! Keep it up girl... I like my scale too... but I am being careful to not let it RULE me, especially because I am working out at least 5 times a week in the gym and I know I'm putting on muscle... so I USE my scale and my clothes (and even my image in the mirror) as well as the way I FEEL to give me an over all sense of how I'm doing... Go Ginny, Go Ginny, Go Ginny!
Tiffany

Ginny,

I can't wait to welcome you to ONEDERLAND -- you will get there!

Vicki

Ginny,

Congratulations!!  This is a fabulous fabulous thing!!!  ((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))  I'm so happy for you!! 


(In Faith)  LP

Thanks, Sweatpea, Vicki & LP.  *hug*  

I'm closer to Onderland today.  Another pound gone!  ;D  *love*  My scale is showing numbers I haven't seen in over 8 years!!!            I know I'm addicted to my scale, but every fraction of a pound down is a Happy Dance and reconfirms to KEEP GOING!!  ;D    ;D  ;D    

Last Thursday I presented LDL to our local TOPS group that has a lot of my friends in.  The leader went on-line and ordered the book just based on my phone call to her.   Some lost by portion control (NOT MY THING EVER, that's why I'm in this fix) and that's good for them, others are kind of "stalled" and the one person I was really trying to reach was not there (home sick, again.  She really needs LDL.  Please pray for Carol.)  I'm going to call her and maybe with my weight loss & LDL and the leader of her TOPS program (our friend) she will try LDL.  I'm even going to buy her book for her if she will stick to it for 1 month!  I figure by that time she will have lost enough weight to keep going.

Anyway, I thank God for LDL and all of you wonderful  :inlove:  *hug*  LDLers.

Ginny

Ginny - good for you! You will be there before you know it and you didn;t even need some sparkly red shoes! 

It's also wonderful that you are sharing LDL with your group.    I  hope you can bring some more into this great way of eating.

Julie

Thanks, Julie. 

Don't get me wrong, I am an LDLer, NOT a TOPS member (used to be 30 years ago,you know, 1 of those many other plans  ).  Another friend of mine is a member and as I was telling her about LDL she mentioned TOPS and would I like to present LDL to them as I know about half the membership.  I thought Why NOT?  I wish someone told me about LDL 30 years ago.  They want me back in a month, both to see what I've lost and to answer any questions (I gave them the Quick Start and website and told them to purchase the book and if all that fails, call me -- some of them don't have computers -- the "older" generation) and maybe represent LDL.

By the way, when I told My Hubby I have another pound down (he lost 1/2 last week) he asked me to make him mashed Navy Beans with mine the next time I make them and he will try them like mashed potatoes.      I have been after him to do this for almost 4 months!    I told him just switching mashed beans for potatoes will help him in so many different ways besides weight.



Ginny