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Hello, I am Dominique... I live in the UK and I am 25 and very new. 2 years ago I lost 2 stone (28lb) and then I stopped and maintained for about 18 months and I felt like it was time to finish the job, as it were... so about 2 months ago I re-started and have lost another stone and a half (21lb). I am 5'10" tall if that makes any difference. I have been doing well until today and I suppose I have been feeling a bit down... basically my old scale broke and my new scale seems to weigh me a 4lb heavier, hence making me feel like I have undone my good work of the last few weeks, which I know is silly... but sometimes even when you know you are being silly it doesn't make things easier, so I cried about it.

I am trying to be less scale motivated! I suppose I need diet support now... I have done this pretty much alone until now. I am eating 1,200 healthy (whole grains, lean meat and lots of fruit and veggies) calories per day, but I don't count veggies (because I don't like them very much and if I had to count them I would swap them for nicer things) so my final count is probably nearer 1,400 cals a day. I do 30 minutes of advance Tae Bo and 30 minutes brisk walking a day. I feel like I am still as big as I was before... but photos suggest otherwise:

At my highest weight (I used to hate having my pic taken):
Blurry Face:
http://static.flickr.com/42/123916060_7a77adfb7b_m.jpg
Bodyish:
http://static.flickr.com/43/123916256_eb77a371cf_m.jpg

Now 50lb down:
Face:
http://static.flickr.com/35/114890341_35056f11a0_m.jpg
Body (taken today):
http://static.flickr.com/35/123916184_45da9cf6b7.jpg

I think I can see a difference... most people (apart from my family) didn't know me at my highest weight and don't know how much I have struggled with my weight and weightloss... people generally haven't noticed or haven't commented!

This time I am going to do it, I am absolutely determined!

Dont get to hung up on that scale thing, I think theres some strange bizzaro world rule that every scale must weigh you differently ;) Anyways I can definitly tell a difference.. you look great, congrats on your weight loss and dont give up keep going you can do it :carrot: Oh and welcome to the site you'll get all the support you need and then some

:welcome3: I can definately tell a difference. One thing I really like about this site is the little sliders. I have only lost 17 pounds so you cant see a physical difference in me but when I look at my signature and that slider shows that I have made progress it makes me want to work harder to get it to the end.