Thanks BIWI! My holiday isn't until end of August so I will definitely be sticking around.
My final weigh-in is 162.8lbs, which means I've lost 12.2lbs or 6.97% of my body weight. I'm very pleased with this! I'm at my lowest weight for years - since 2010 I think - and I feel fantastic. It's actually made a big difference in many areas of my life. For the first time since I've lived by myself again, I'm properly meal planning and shopping to cook for myself for every meal, and I'm thoroughly enjoying preparing and eating whole foods and not depriving myself in any way. It feels like a very self-caring and healthy way of living. And, after a depressing six months resting with a torn ligament in my foot, I've really got my confidence back with exercise in the last couple of months (partly because of the help of a wonderful NHS physio but also just part of the whole 'I can do this!' feeling of BC) and I'm more active that I've ever been in my life, which I'm loving.
I actually had a lower weigh-in (by 0.1lb!) in Week 5 and then bounced back up, so that's a bit frustrating, but I think it was part of me figuring out how to make LC work for me, and I feel much, much more confident about just carrying on now - hopefully to lose another 20lbs or so. There's no way I would have been this successful just bumbling through on my own, so I'm incredibly grateful to BIWI for her wisdom, advice, and patience and to all of you for your support, clever ideas, and funny stories! THANK YOU! Well done everyone and hope to see many of you either on this thread or in the next BC. KOKO!