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Major LCF Poster!
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Austin
Posts: 1,167
Gallery: Luna Loca
Stats: 303/159/159
WOE: JUDDD
Start Date: 10/17/10 started JUDDD on 1/28/12 at 198
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I'm thinking of calling goal
I've spent some time reflecting and honestly looking at myself in the mirror, both dressed and naked. I like how I look dressed, not so much how I look without clothes. Without going into too much detail, weight loss has not been kind to my skin. I don't think more weight loss is going to help.
I wear a size 13, which is the size I wore in high school. I weigh probably 30 pounds more than I did in high school, so there's probably some vanity sizing going on there, but I am basically pleased with how I look and feel. I have lost 140 pounds as of yesterday. That's a nice round number. I think this is it, guys. I think I'm here I want to be. I think I'm here.
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Very Gabby LCF Member!!!
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Asheville, NC / Marietta, Ga
Posts: 3,656
Gallery: gotsomeold
Stats: 175/111.8/124 - 5'4, 61yo
WOE: JUDDD/PHD, LC now that my BG is getting weird
Start Date: JUDDD 1/1/12 + LCHF 12/1/13 (controlling diabetes)
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From your pictures, you look fantastic! From you adventures, you are in magnificent shape! CONGRATULATIONS!!! This is wonderful news ![]()
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- Nancy GOAL 10/3/12 Still at goal 2/6/13 Changed to LCHF after becoming diabetic in 9/13 (Lost 15 more pounds). STILL below goal 11/21/15 I did not "lose" weight. I evicted it. It is gone and it ain't coming back! JUDDD cares about calories. JUDDD does not care what you eat. Your body probably does. |
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Major LCF Poster!
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,998
Gallery: mykidsteacher
Stats: 152/143/125 5'4"
WOE: Restart JUDD 2/10/15
Start Date: Aug 2011/I was maintaining since April 2012
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Whoooppeeee! Join us over on maintenance lane where we chat about the unexpected challenges of being in maintenance.
And WTG on 140 pounds lost. That is an amazing accomplishment!
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Tina--wife to my dh for 24 years and mom to 4 great kids. JUDDD reboot to lose the nearly 20 pounds gained in the past 2 years. |
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Major LCF Poster!
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Canada
Posts: 2,226
Gallery: Joyjoy
Stats: ?? Feeling great 52yo
WOE: Intuitive/Hunger Driven Now.
Start Date: April, 2014
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O my god!!!!!!! And the crowd goes wild. Yayyyyyyyyyyy!
How is it that your victory is our victory? I have no idea, but I'm screaming out loud here at my place, and I swear I can hear the other juddd buds. One hundred and forty freakin' pounds! You are a force of nature, woman. ![]() ![]() ![]() Congratulations. Hope you love all the love that's coming your way today. ![]()
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Major LCF Poster!
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Midland. Michigan
Posts: 2,101
Gallery: sterlinggirl
Stats: 194/166 GOAL.5'9 50Years young
WOE: Atkins 2/20/17
Start Date: Jan 2012. Name Kimberly
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Very Gabby LCF Member!!!
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Maintain Lane
Posts: 3,440
Gallery: sophiethecat
Stats: 170+/135-138/145 5'6 39y pcos/IR/metformin
WOE: WL=LC then JUDDD/IF; Maintenance=IF/75%+ "healthy"
Start Date: LC 6/11; JUDDD 10/11; Maintenance 11/11
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Started JUDDD 10/12/11 after LC. MAINTENANCE since 11/12/11, & have lost more weight. I shake things up all the time with my version of Pirate Jenny's MUDDD, my "Fast 5" & other IF. ...low-moderate fat....and eating "healthy" foods 75+% of the time which lets me have real life and indulgences too |
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Very Gabby LCF Member!!!
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Northern California
Posts: 4,649
Gallery: Yam-Yam
Stats: 231/225/180 @5'9"tall and 61 yrs. alive
WOE: Dukan 8/1/11 til 12/11 then JUDD til 7/4/14...
Start Date: Low carb/ Higher protein some adf maybe 10/15/15
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Fantastic!!! Congratulations!!
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Very Gabby LCF Member!!!
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Heartland- smack dab in the middle
Posts: 4,364
Gallery: sunday
Stats: 225/145/ ...
WOE: Perfect Health Diet- 16hr Daily Fast
Start Date: JUDDD - 2/01/12 Began at 200, Goal 130
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Luna!
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""Nutrient hunger can cause weight loss to plateau and reverse, even if the diet does not change."--Paul Jaminet I guess I am a little weird, I like to talk to animals. ![]() . http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/ot...th-august.html |
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#10 |
Senior LCF Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: CA
Posts: 241
Gallery: juddinminime
Stats: 217 heaviest 5'9" 38yrs
WOE: lc/JUDDD
Start Date: Juddd start 1/1/12. 207/ 192.4 /159
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#11 |
Major LCF Poster!
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![]() I'm typing this with a big ol' lump in my throat, Luna. So, SO dang proud of and happy for you!! ![]() ![]() ![]() You were my primary inspiration even before you started JUDDD and have continued to be as we both found our way over here. My best to you, always! ![]()
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Way too much time on my hands!
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 14,425
Gallery: KeirasMom
Stats: 277.6/156.8/155
WOE: Back to JUDDD 1/5/15
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#15 |
Major LCF Poster!
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Austin
Posts: 1,167
Gallery: Luna Loca
Stats: 303/159/159
WOE: JUDDD
Start Date: 10/17/10 started JUDDD on 1/28/12 at 198
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I've struggled with this because I've been hooked on the number. I still have a belly, I'm no one's ideal body. But I'm so happy in this body when I think about where I've been. And my life is needing to be about more than weight loss now. I wanted to improve my life and my health and I've done it. Now it's time to just live my life and quit worrying about my size and my weight. I hope I can do this. I should write out my story. I was about 135 in high school, thought I was fat. Actually I was lovely, but just couldn't see it then. I put on a little weight with my first child at 20, but not much, maybe 15-20 pounds. With my second child, I gained a bunch of weight and didn't take it off. My marriage was going bad and I was having a lot of depression. After the marriage ended, I lost a bunch of weight, going from about 230 to somewhere in the 160's, wearing a size 16 (no exercise). When DH and I got married, I was in a size 20 . Over the years, I varied from a size 20 to a size 28. Mostly at about a size 24. I thought I would always be fat. I gave up. About five years ago, I went to the doctor and weighed in at 303. That shocked me, and I started dieting and exercising to lose weight. I lost to about 220, then bounced back up to about 250 and stayed there for about two years. Around that time, I got on medication that finally (finally!) controlled my moods and depression. Most people gain weight on this drug, but for me it controlled my moods so well that I had no need to eat constantly. Prior to this, I realized, that I was eating to control moods. My mood would start to sink, and I'd eat something. I could feel the change in my body when I ate, and the down mood would ease. A few hours later, the cycle would repeat. With this medication, the need to eat constantly to control my mood was just gone. It was a freakin' miracle. When I noticed this effect, I decided to start dieting to take advantage of the fact that my appetite was much reduced. I started back on low-carb (like most of us, I'd been on countless diets during my years and years of being fat). So I knew how to low-carb, it had been moderately successful for me at times over the years, so I started again. I lost some weight, but realized fairly soon that I was not going to do well on low-carb, I love fruit and oatmeal and bread too much. It's bad when you schedule a cheat day to have a bowl of oatmeal. So I switched to low-calorie. I used a calorie counting website which I don't think I'm allowed to mention here. They suggested a calorie range for me to be in, I logged every bite religiously, exercised 5-6 days a week and lost more weight. I lost about five pounds a month for a while, which is a good rate of loss, but about a year into this, my weight loss started to slow. I responded by increasing my exercise (60 minutes on the elliptical, 4 times a week). Nothing. I was still over 200 pounds at this point and frustrated. Then I found JUDDD. I've been JUDDDing just over six months and have lost 35 pounds, and a bunch of inches. I don't really measure, I go by jeans size. I was an 18 when I started JUDDD, now I'm in a 13. And a medium in tops. So I'm pretty happy here. And like I said before, my life is changing and it's just time to let the weight loss go, quit trying to be a perfect model body (because that's never going to happen) and focus on being strong, fit, and able to fit into airplane seats! This has opened up so much in my life. I never would have been in a place emotionally or physically to even consider going to South Africa when I was 300 pounds. Not to mention the ordeal that flight would have been jammed into a too-small seat. I am a different person than I used to be. I am more accepting of myself, more willing to take risks and be free. I enjoy my life so much more today. So yeah, I think I have arrived at where I want to be. I am so grateful to be here and so thankful to my DH and everyone here for supporting me so that I could reach my goals. Not just to lose weight, but to gain life. So there's my story. Hope no one was bored! ![]()
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Major LCF Poster!
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 1,897
Gallery: Erika1962
Stats: Start 2011 @ 265 lbs ~Restart 1/1/17**220 lbs
WOE: WFPB
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Luna that is fantastic news!
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Major LCF Poster!
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Austin
Posts: 1,167
Gallery: Luna Loca
Stats: 303/159/159
WOE: JUDDD
Start Date: 10/17/10 started JUDDD on 1/28/12 at 198
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While I was typing that magnum opus, so many more people have commented! I am so grateful to each and every one of you that have supported me, cheered for me, helped me, listened to me. You all are so great. Sooo great.
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"Success occurs in clusters and is born in generosity" --Julia Cameron Describes my JUDDD Buddds perfectly. ![]() ![]() |
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#19 |
Senior LCF Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: NJ
Posts: 128
Gallery: GrannyPants
Stats: Weigh 2 much Age 53
WOE: Juddd
Start Date: June 19 2012
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Congrats!
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Very Gabby LCF Member!!!
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Northern California
Posts: 4,649
Gallery: Yam-Yam
Stats: 231/225/180 @5'9"tall and 61 yrs. alive
WOE: Dukan 8/1/11 til 12/11 then JUDD til 7/4/14...
Start Date: Low carb/ Higher protein some adf maybe 10/15/15
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Luna: I absolutely loved reading your story! Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
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Yam-Yam "Weight loss isn't about winning a race; it's about crossing the finish line at your own pace." -Dianna Rodriguiz current numbers: 1975/395 goal numbers: 1700/350 (just a reminder) |
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Senior LCF Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Canada
Posts: 371
Gallery: dee
Stats: 207.6/197.4/165? height 5'4 50 y.o.
WOE: JUDD (HCG in past)
Start Date: April 2.2016 Restart
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Luna thank you so much for sharing your story. I love reading the success stories! Enjoy maintenance and keep posting!!!
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#25 |
Way too much time on my hands!
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: London UK
Posts: 12,501
Gallery: Kissa
Stats: 184/120/120 5'3" Age 70
WOE: JUDDD restart 8/25/2014
Start Date: 2002 Atkins 2011 JUDDD 2016 BSD/JUDDD
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Oh Luna, you have brought tears of joy to my eyes. I loved reading your story and I so respect and agree with your decision to enjoy your lovely, strong, healthy body and enjoy maintaining. This will help while you embark on the next exciting chapter of your life. You may find you lose without intending to while you are in South Africa. Did I tell you how much I love that country? Congratulation Luna, on being the wonderful woman you are.
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Cindy Embrace a little hunger. It is the sign of healing. Hunger is not an emergency. It's not what you eat between Christmas and New Year that makes you fat, it's what you eat between New Year and Christmas. |
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Major LCF Poster!
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Austin
Posts: 1,167
Gallery: Luna Loca
Stats: 303/159/159
WOE: JUDDD
Start Date: 10/17/10 started JUDDD on 1/28/12 at 198
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What a wonderful bunch of affirmations and love to see this morning. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Today has been a tough one so far, so many changes in so little time will do that to ya. I am sooooo appreciative of all the love and clinging to your kind words for dear life. You have no idea how much this matters to me right now.
A thousand blessings, Luna
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Major LCF Poster!
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Posts: 1,277
Gallery: theredhead
Stats: 229/158/150
WOE: Atkins/hCG/maintaining EASILY with JUDDD
Start Date: 09/04/03
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I want to add my congratulations and tell you that you're FABULOUS, in many, many ways. I admire you so much for giving up this life you know to go trek off to another continent to serve people less fortunate. I certainly understand why you're ready to move on from obsession with weight, and get on with living life.
I also have the issue with skin and joke that I look like a Shar Pei under my clothes, lol. But I like the way my clothes look on, and that's what everybody else sees. It's good enough! You've done a remarkable job, and I'm so happy for you! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Way too much time on my hands!
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: New York
Posts: 12,314
Gallery: Carly
Stats: 199/130/125 5'1" 41yrs Size 20/4P
WOE: JUDDD- maintaining since 2/2013
Start Date: 2/21/12- Low carb (199lbs) 3/28/12 JUDDD (189lbs)
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#30 |
Senior LCF Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 198
Gallery: sdjade
WOE: JUDDD
Start Date: LC 2011, JUDDD 2012, Back with JUDDD Feb 2016!
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Congratulations Luna on reaching goal
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