I lost quite a lot (30 pounds or so, I don;t remember now) in 1999. then for a few months, when I was travelling around for my job and couldn't cope with LC-ing, I tried not to put on weight again. But the emotional things were still there, and it crept on again. That winter, abroad but at least in the same place for a while, I tried every week for a month and a half to return to LC, and by the end of the week I would be off it and depressed again. At the time I wasn't exercising and I was lonely and somewhat depressed. Now I have done a lot of self-work, I have changed many things about my life, I exercise regularly and enjoy it massively, I have found love, and I have educated myself about LC much more thoroughly than last time. It feels like a permanent change this time; last time it felt like a daring (in the UK especially) experiment that would be exciting IF it worked.

Gez