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Hi, you popped up in my recommendations a few days ago. looks like YT were promoting your vids.. 🙂 I've been watching a few of your posts, and love you already. Sending a wave down the road from Oxfordshire 👋🏻 48:20 spotted the misspelled word with you, I hope it doesn't annoy you going forward 😹 x
@@LiveitlikeLauren You belong not, simply because: John 15:19 (KJV) If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. you are CHOSEN OUT from this world, TO DO THE WLL OF YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER in this world: Matthew 7:21 (KJV) Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. the emptiness which we shall feel inside our souls, is GOD`S quiet voice, calling us to SEEK HIM, TO GET TO KNOW HIM TO UNDESTAND HIS WAYS TO ALLOW HIM BACK INTO OUR LIVES.
Life is hard. I struggle with weight and maintaining any kind of consistency with eating healthy and exercising regularly. The struggle is real. Thank you for your honesty. Hoping you can find your love for movement again. I’m trying to embrace more walks especially as Fall approaches and the weather and leaves are so beautiful. I am so happy to see that you do include a lot of healthy foods in your diet. It inspires me to do the same. We are all in it together.
Lauren you're one of my absolute favourite people on the internet, your vids are like a great cup of tea, warm comforting, and lovely. Thanks so much for another great vlog
Your smile after the swim was brilliant. It’s like you were caged in yourself and the swim released YOU. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing these moments, we don’t talk about them enough ❤
Thank you for being real Lauren. You’ll probably never know how impactful your videos are, I can only imagine how many women you make smile, laugh and feel not so alone. 🤍
Just discovered you. I’m 63 but you remind me of me when I was your age. Just gotta live your best life for you because in the end everyone else is doing the same. You’re awesome.
Hi Lauren I'm a new subscriber and I just wanted to say hi and thank you for your honest and very inspirational vlogs,I'm a 63 year old mum and nan who has suffered with extreme bullying from my family and work colleagues,this left me living in fear and with high anxiety,I have the critical voice in my head and do my best ,but watching you has picked me up today ,I didn't feel so alone ❤ A good recommendation for sleep is a channel called get sleepy which are bedtime stories (if you like that kinda thing )😊I'm still wondering where that spider has gone 😮
SUPERSTAR! I tend to overthink and get stuck with negative thought, proud of you Lauren for self care and being able to attend to your negative thoughts and let them pass. You are a SUPERSTAR! Love ya ❤
SUPER STAR⭐️Omg I was literally still bingeing your videos as I'm a new subscriber, and a new video pops up! I was so friggin excited.😊. Your life ups and downs are so relatable. I'm 20 years your senior but so much in common! The good and the bad. Your humour and candor is so refreshing ❤ You're so genuine and down to earth. Back to bingeing.....here for real life! Btw...loved the dating story... Oh another btw...your violin skills are amazing 👏 😍 👌 🙌 and literally couldn't sleep in my own bed one night because I lost sight of a spider🕷🫣
I’m a serial over thinker and it drives me bonkers, I love your vlogs Lauren and I’m sitting here with my foot up as I broke it on Saturday and feeling sorry for myself, sending love ❤️
Stormy morning on the Goldcoast Australia, coffee in hand & a long vlog of Lauren. Great start to my day off. Thanks Lauren, we love you for being real.xx
I just found your channel, and now I've subscribed. I was cheering you on as you were sitting outside the gym and when you went in I cheered. You made me think ...I cheered for you but couldn't get up and do my daily walk, so I paused the video and walked! Thank you for the inspiration. You are the super star!! I'm really enjoying your content.
How funny (wicked sense of humour) and clever are you! Fab violin playing. Also how fantastic that you went swimming. I've wanted to go for ages but my size and other hang-ups won't let me. Resonate with how you felt in the car prior to going BUT YOU DID IT! 👍👍. Bloody brave not to have had the screaming ab dabs about the 🕷... I would have had! 😆 ☺x Superstar ! Love long vlogs!
Superstar! I get excited when you take us for a walk out of the flat cos I know we’re going to see the hallway floor tiles and I bloomin love them! 😂 Take joy where you can and don’t question it, I say! Love love love you Lauren ❤ xx
Superstar!! ⭐️.. Lauren I absolutely love you!! I’ve Watched you for years & I’m loving how real and honest your new videos are! Literally loving a chilled Sunday night each week:) Keep being you,your bloody fabulous!!❤ xxx
Omg so proud of you !!!!! You did it - life can be so hard at times - give yourself little goals - and lots of rewards You turned that frown upside down ❤
Lauren, this is real and I love it. Just found your channel and I am having a binge. I love your humor and your ability to just be you❤😊 you rock sweetie🌟
48:47 🤣 so funny I just have to say… everything about you is just so amazing! You’re hilarious, aware, thoughtful, beautiful, kind. I really enjoy your videos.
Laurennnn, I love you so much. Your post-therapy pre-gym convo was SO IMPORTANT and SO HEALING to me as a person who has oscillated weights and obsessions through the years. It is SO COMPLICATED now... Thank you for this
Focussing does have two esses 😂😂😂 you can let it go now! When you were talking in the car after your therapy...100% me. We are all here for you hon xxx
There’s also a huge difference between toxic diet culture and doing something for yourself That makes you feel good about Yourself and also makes you feel/ look more like you or how you want to for yourself! It’s neither bad or good if that makes sense it’s such a personal journey and nothing you have to justify to anyone! ❤️❤️❤️
I really do resonate. I’m 47 and only just started to unpack decades of toxic diet culture and at same time I know I need to lose weight for health reasons but how to do it with slow and present kindness, moving for joy, eating for pleasure, embracing all foods - it’s so difficult. Trapped between two ideologies. I just figure it all takes time and healing the mind and then the body is how to approach it all. Radical self love being plus size too is so hard. You’re doing amazing. Sending lots of love to you ❤
You popped up on my RUclips outta nowhere earlier, I've now been binge watching your vlogs all afternoon/evening..& I think your pretty awesome. New sub 👍 xx
Having a very unwell day with covid so this has brightened up my day 😊 haven't even watched it yet but love how your uploads are also long. You're a breath of fresh air ❤
After seeing you go swimming, I immediately paused the video and went to go row (i own an indoor rower). I haven't worked out for over a year, and not consistently for at least two or three years. Very happy to see you uploading regular vlogging content again. Hope you have a great week!
I think you're amazing and very real and also soo funny. I love your dry humour. This is a perfect antidote to unrealistic influencers unbagging & doing boring make up tutorials. Keep sharing. You are enough!😊
Hi Lauren, I too can eadilly lock myself in the house for days. I live on my own and probably spend too much time on my own apart from going to work, I find dealing with colleagues difficult at times 🤕. New sunsctiber 🌼
You are a superstar Lauren for acknowledging those negative thoughts! I just read a quote that has really impacted me, feelings are not facts… it goes on but just those 4 words have been so meaningful to me! Negative feelings towards myself are NOT facts! Just feelings that come and go.. thanks for sharing ❤
The spider and your reaction to the kid screaming in next (lower case) had me 😂 and who knew you could violin!! That’s a party trick and a half whipping that bad boy out - gutted you cut pachelbels canon short it’s one of my favourites! Awesome to see you happy!
I know exactly how u feel, when u were sitting in ur car trying to talk yourself into/out of going to the gym. That is something I do every day with many decisions. Normally, I know what I SHOULD do, but I often I talk myself out of it. I just found ur channel yesterday(or rather, ur channel found me… gotta love that algorithm). I love hearing about ur life, as I have a lot of the same struggles u have. You’re an inspiration!❤❤❤
Love you Lauren. I know how hard it is to deal with weight and diet culture. It’s seems impossible to find what works for you. At 50 I finally decided to get vsg. It has helped me start a journey that has me healing my issues with food and life. I hope you find what works for you. Its not about the pounds it’s how you feel. I don’t need to be thin to be happy. Just needed some of the weight off to feel better.
Your smile and attitude after your swim is everything! 🥰 And the fact that you went ahead even after so many people were there. I would've turned away. Way to go! 👏🏻
Thank you for sharing Lauren! I could tell that you didn't really feel up to it in some of these clips at the beginning, but you are talking about things that I also go through. The way I am often body checking, shaming, guilting... the feeling like I have let myself go, the constant noise in my head. It's no wonder we are sad and tired! You look gorge with the blue eyeliner!
The next time you are thinking of going to the gym remember how you feel after. For me its distance walking. It just turns my mood around and how I deal with anxiety. I did over 6 miles twice this past week. Nothing compares for me! xoxo
I am grateful that you are posting although I havent watched you in quite a while. Im going through a sort of life revolution at the moment...moved from England with my son and I am trying to sort my life out really and lift the sadness and negative talk. My plan is minimal. 1hr walk per day. Prayer (its important to me) Less carbs I am coincidentally also unemployed and at a shocking weight which I havent been able to shift since giving birth 6yrs ago. Hearing you talk helps me not feel so alone but I would like you to know that you have a spark in you which attracted me to watching your vlogs years ago. I am confident you will turn a corner and like me you will find just about enough strength to walk and breathe. Much love, Anna x
Superstar!! Great vlog as always from the awesome Lauren. So happy that you pushed through and had that swim. Movement can feel great. UK has all the lovely summer clothes where as here is hot, humid Cyprus have removed all their summer stock and filling the shelves with jumpers, jackets, boots!! so annoying. Have a great week xx
SUPERSTAR! ✨ I’ve gotten back into swimming postpartum and I forgot how much joy I find in just moving my body with my tiddlywinks. I’ve been struggling with joyful movement and this is by far my favourite. Also reflecting and taking notice of negative self talk is such a relatable thing. Sending self love and positive vibes 💜
My god you crack me up! The singing, the spider, the random intrusive thoughts, the misspelt organiser, I love it 😂. Especially like the hour, keep em coming. Honestly you make me chuckle & remind me of me! 😊
Superstar ! Looking cute for the date editing Lauren. Always keeping it real which I think we all love, yoghurt and annoying kids too. So good to see you are smiling again, its the rollercoaster isn't it ❤😊
@@LiveitlikeLauren oh and the spider, wtf you actually slept with it your room I would so out of there . I don't think I could sleep until I knew it had gone 💩myself lol
Editing Lauren, looking stunning in the blue eyeliner, it’s so neat, I try but fail everytime to get the perfect wing liner. The swim smile 😊❤. Superstar x
We’re both superstars. Love how real your real life is. All the ups and downs. So real. Enjoy watching your channel so much. Thanks for keeping it real xx
Yay!! ❤❤❤ Lauren, your videos make me want to visit London soooo badly 😢! (I'm Canadian) Also your UK McDonalds menu sounds lit. Thank you for sharing yourself with us. I appreciate you opening up on your mental health struggles-- so relatable. As another subscriber commented, life is hard. I'm glad you were able to get to the pool. ❤
Hey Lauren I’ve watched binged all your content and you are simply the best. We all seem to put so much pressure on ourselves, but please know you are loved. You are enough, everything happens for a reason. Social media is toxic and fake, live for you and you alone. Keep the content coming ❤❤❤
I really love your videos. I have been watching them while I write in my journal and clean up a little bit. It's like having a friend with me and we are just hanging out. I also feel SOOOO Much like you do. I struggle a lot with remaining happy and positive and with blocking out the negative self-talk etc. Most of my time is spent alone. Thank you for making me see it's not just me and that we are never "really" alone. It's also always amazing what a swim can do. I Love the pool as well. You are such a beautiful and genuine woman and I'm grateful I found this channel! Thank you for sharing!
Love your hair after that swim - so shiny and such a lovely colour. And even more, I love how happy you were, despite feeling so sad in the pool. The endorphins are real!
I have to give you props for being such a great chef in such a small kitchen. Your meals look really good and you have barely any space you’re a magician. I think you need to become a spider killer. OMG so jealous, I live in California and to hear you say very casually, “I’ve got a wedding soon in Italy”. So excited for you!
I’m so so happy I found your vlogs, finally a NORMAL content creator!! I really relate to soooo many of your struggles as a plus size girl, it really can be so isolating and exhausting, your vlogs are definitely a new safe space for me ❤
Lauren, I’m a new subscriber. I’m home sick with the flu so I watched many of your videos starting from the beginning. I beg you, STOP. Stop running away from yourself. I could make a long list of all your great qualities but you already know what they are. The problem is that you don’t internalize them. It’s as if your brain is not attached to your soul nor your physical body. Stop and let yourself reconnect all the parts of you. You are whole, you are human and you are wonderful.
Just discovered your Chanel Lauren and how lovely you are it’s so refreshing to see how other people live and do things to realise we are all the same and do things alike . Love from Australia 🇦🇺
Sooo proud of you for getting in that pool!! I understand the urge to run as soon as you get to the gym, but big ❤ to you for doing it 🎉 I agree with what you were saying after the gym about pressures with weight even I sat looking at myself this morning thinking negatively - even though no-one else had even noticed the bloating and extra weight! Oh well I will promise to have much better thoughts from now on. Hx
Superstar 🌟 ...Great vlog lauren . Your honesty and talking about being human make me realise I'm not alone . You always make me laugh and cry in the same video .. loving the long vlogs and that smile after your swim ! ...
I found your channel a couple of days ago and haven’t been able to stop watching. You’re so good at telling stories with your vlogs. Very talented and kind 😊
I love the longer videos❤ I watch one video every night before I go to sleep. Is my new obsession. It feels like catching up with a friend. Please keep going❤
SUPERSTAR 😊 great vlog again Lauren. You are so real and you just show life how it is... thank you so much for sharing and well done getting back into swimming ... you are amazing !!!!
I’ve never commented here before but I watch every single video you post! The long blogs are amazing!! Love them so much and seeing you happy and doing things again that make you feel good is the best thing to watch. The journey to happiness is constant and you don’t have to justify anything to anyone. Swimming and making yourself feel good isn’t anything but good so don’t let yourself talk yourself into thinking it’s too much xxx
Listening to your post therapy thoughts had me crying a little. I can relate and the negative self-talk is very real to me, and I have also been working on it. The fact that you focused on the positive "why's" of getting in the pool made me change the way I feel about going to the gym. I'm going to try to think about the positive reasons for going from now on and stop focusing on all the reasons why I don't want to go. Thank you for sharing your life and being vulnerable.
Oh Laureeeeen! I absolutely adore your vlogs. I adore longer vlogs. I look forward to your videos as soon as I have finished one!! Adored that you mention moving when we are in the mood to rather than it feeling a must. I never finish anyone's video or always skip through but I don't miss a minute with yours! I hope you vlog forever and ever and ever xxxx SUPERSTAR xxxx
Superstar ⭐️ Love your videos. Can so relate to you. I meditate and do CBT when im struggling. Thanks for letting us into your life. Look forward to your next vlog 😊
I have just discovered your channel and really enjoy your honesty. The struggle is real girl!! but you are killing it it your own way. You remind me so much of another youtuber, Beatrice Caruso who I have been following for a few years, She is an American but you have so much in common. Both beautiful, funny , authentic and REAL. Look forward to coming with you on your journey. XX
Oh Lauren, I felt you when you were talking about the water on your skin. I visited the Dr this morning as I was worried about diabetes, I have a bmi of 37 but yet I'm not doing anything to help. Swimming is my absolute fave thing, I need to get back to it. So good to see you smile yay xx
You're such a day brightener Lauren. Loved the violin playing. You're so talented. I just found you again after about 6 yrs. I love your apt. The size is perfect. Hope your mom is doing well. She's such a sweetheart. And funny like you. Glad you had a good swim. And so glad I found you again! Untill later...nancy, usa. ps. Kale is the worst thing on this planet 😅 forgot...SUPERSTAR
Lauren i feel this so hard. As a plus size woman the feeling of just shutting down when it comes to the gym but i also know how much better i feel after i go. even if its just for a swim. its a hard cycle to be in so thank you so much for being real and sitting in it because not may people get to see this side of people.
Thank you for sharing your violin with us. My son played violin. It's a beautiful instrument. I play clarinet, flute and sax. I need to get back to playing!
Thank you for being here! I appreciate you SO MUCH!
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Hi, you popped up in my recommendations a few days ago. looks like YT were promoting your vids.. 🙂 I've been watching a few of your posts, and love you already. Sending a wave down the road from Oxfordshire 👋🏻 48:20 spotted the misspelled word with you, I hope it doesn't annoy you going forward 😹 x
Superstar 😊
@@selvaggio5x Hello! Welcome to the channel! It is great to have you here xx
@@LiveitlikeLauren You belong not, simply because:
John 15:19 (KJV)
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
you are CHOSEN OUT from this world, TO DO THE WLL OF YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER in this world:
Matthew 7:21 (KJV)
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
the emptiness which we shall feel inside our souls, is GOD`S quiet voice, calling us to SEEK HIM,
TO
GET TO KNOW HIM
TO
UNDESTAND HIS WAYS
TO
ALLOW HIM BACK INTO OUR LIVES.
I love your long video's. They are my Sunday highlight.
Life is hard. I struggle with weight and maintaining any kind of consistency with eating healthy and exercising regularly. The struggle is real. Thank you for your honesty. Hoping you can find your love for movement again. I’m trying to embrace more walks especially as Fall approaches and the weather and leaves are so beautiful. I am so happy to see that you do include a lot of healthy foods in your diet. It inspires me to do the same. We are all in it together.
Hard relate. ❤
Me too❤
Same here ❤
And me x
Same here too. 🧡
Lauren you're one of my absolute favourite people on the internet, your vids are like a great cup of tea, warm comforting, and lovely. Thanks so much for another great vlog
Your smile after the swim was brilliant. It’s like you were caged in yourself and the swim released YOU. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing these moments, we don’t talk about them enough ❤
Thank you for being real Lauren. You’ll probably never know how impactful your videos are, I can only imagine how many women you make smile, laugh and feel not so alone. 🤍
Just discovered you. I’m 63 but you remind me of me when I was your age. Just gotta live your best life for you because in the end everyone else is doing the same. You’re awesome.
Hi Lauren I'm a new subscriber and I just wanted to say hi and thank you for your honest and very inspirational vlogs,I'm a 63 year old mum and nan who has suffered with extreme bullying from my family and work colleagues,this left me living in fear and with high anxiety,I have the critical voice in my head and do my best ,but watching you has picked me up today ,I didn't feel so alone ❤ A good recommendation for sleep is a channel called get sleepy which are bedtime stories (if you like that kinda thing )😊I'm still wondering where that spider has gone 😮
Aww stop no I wanna cry seeing how happy you looked after swimming
SUPERSTAR! I tend to overthink and get stuck with negative thought, proud of you Lauren for self care and being able to attend to your negative thoughts and let them pass. You are a SUPERSTAR! Love ya ❤
SUPER STAR⭐️Omg I was literally still bingeing your videos as I'm a new subscriber, and a new video pops up! I was so friggin excited.😊. Your life ups and downs are so relatable. I'm 20 years your senior but so much in common! The good and the bad. Your humour and candor is so refreshing ❤
You're so genuine and down to earth. Back to bingeing.....here for real life! Btw...loved the dating story...
Oh another btw...your violin skills are amazing 👏 😍 👌 🙌 and literally couldn't sleep in my own bed one night because I lost sight of a spider🕷🫣
Lauren, I love how real you are and finally someone who i can relate too. Kind, funny and REAL!!!!
Thank you so so so much x
I’m a serial over thinker and it drives me bonkers, I love your vlogs Lauren and I’m sitting here with my foot up as I broke it on Saturday and feeling sorry for myself, sending love ❤️
Stormy morning on the Goldcoast Australia, coffee in hand & a long vlog of Lauren. Great start to my day off. Thanks Lauren, we love you for being real.xx
Sitting on my balcony drinking Irish Coffee and catching up with Lauren....thats a good time...! ❤❤
Edited to add ....SUPERSTAR!!
❤ sounds amazinggggg
I just found your channel, and now I've subscribed. I was cheering you on as you were sitting outside the gym and when you went in I cheered. You made me think ...I cheered for you but couldn't get up and do my daily walk, so I paused the video and walked! Thank you for the inspiration. You are the super star!! I'm really enjoying your content.
Exactly what I thought! If Lovely Lauren can do THAT...omg I can sure as shit get my arse up and go for a walk!
How funny (wicked sense of humour) and clever are you! Fab violin playing. Also how fantastic that you went swimming. I've wanted to go for ages but my size and other hang-ups won't let me. Resonate with how you felt in the car prior to going BUT YOU DID IT! 👍👍. Bloody brave not to have had the screaming ab dabs about the 🕷... I would have had! 😆
☺x Superstar ! Love long vlogs!
Superstar! I get excited when you take us for a walk out of the flat cos I know we’re going to see the hallway floor tiles and I bloomin love them! 😂 Take joy where you can and don’t question it, I say! Love love love you Lauren ❤ xx
Superstar!! ⭐️..
Lauren I absolutely love you!! I’ve Watched you for years & I’m loving how real and honest your new videos are!
Literally loving a chilled Sunday night each week:)
Keep being you,your bloody fabulous!!❤ xxx
Thank you so much Naomi! You are wonderful ⭐️
Almost a full hour! 😁 I definitely love the longer videos.
Yay! Thank you Julie xx
Yay! Perfect for a sick Sunday at home 🫶🏻
Wishing you a speedy recovery ❤
Omg so proud of you !!!!! You did it - life can be so hard at times - give yourself little goals - and lots of rewards
You turned that frown upside down ❤
Lauren, this is real and I love it. Just found your channel and I am having a binge. I love your humor and your ability to just be you❤😊 you rock sweetie🌟
You are wonderful! Thank you ⭐️
I am an ancient old bag 74 but thirty really….love your channel….you are very wise for one so young.
48:47 🤣 so funny
I just have to say… everything about you is just so amazing! You’re hilarious, aware, thoughtful, beautiful, kind. I really enjoy your videos.
Thank you so much Anna xxxxxx
I'm obviously very late to this party! Just found you and I love you. So great to watch real people in a youtube storm of fake. Superstar! ❤
Laurennnn, I love you so much. Your post-therapy pre-gym convo was SO IMPORTANT and SO HEALING to me as a person who has oscillated weights and obsessions through the years. It is SO COMPLICATED now... Thank you for this
Focussing does have two esses 😂😂😂 you can let it go now! When you were talking in the car after your therapy...100% me. We are all here for you hon xxx
Keeping it real Lauren, that’s why we love ya! ❤ Superstar!
There’s also a huge difference between toxic diet culture and doing something for yourself That makes you feel good about
Yourself and also makes you feel/ look more like you or how you want to for yourself! It’s neither bad or good if that makes sense it’s such a personal journey and nothing you have to justify to anyone! ❤️❤️❤️
I really do resonate. I’m 47 and only just started to unpack decades of toxic diet culture and at same time I know I need to lose weight for health reasons but how to do it with slow and present kindness, moving for joy, eating for pleasure, embracing all foods - it’s so difficult. Trapped between two ideologies. I just figure it all takes time and healing the mind and then the body is how to approach it all. Radical self love being plus size too is so hard. You’re doing amazing. Sending lots of love to you ❤
You popped up on my RUclips outta nowhere earlier, I've now been binge watching your vlogs all afternoon/evening..& I think your pretty awesome. New sub 👍 xx
Hey hey hey Lisa ❤️❤️ Welcome!! x
Having a very unwell day with covid so this has brightened up my day 😊 haven't even watched it yet but love how your uploads are also long. You're a breath of fresh air ❤
I hope you feel better soon ❤️🩹
Mate, you are amazing. I love your personality whether you're down or up, your energy is just wow. So colourful in a good way
After seeing you go swimming, I immediately paused the video and went to go row (i own an indoor rower). I haven't worked out for over a year, and not consistently for at least two or three years. Very happy to see you uploading regular vlogging content again. Hope you have a great week!
I think you're amazing and very real and also soo funny. I love your dry humour. This is a perfect antidote to unrealistic influencers unbagging & doing boring make up tutorials. Keep sharing. You are enough!😊
Hi Lauren, I too can eadilly lock myself in the house for days. I live on my own and probably spend too much time on my own apart from going to work, I find dealing with colleagues difficult at times 🤕. New sunsctiber 🌼
You are a superstar Lauren for acknowledging those negative thoughts! I just read a quote that has really impacted me, feelings are not facts… it goes on but just those 4 words have been so meaningful to me! Negative feelings towards myself are NOT facts! Just feelings that come and go..
thanks for sharing ❤
Love that! It’s sooo true ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The spider and your reaction to the kid screaming in next (lower case) had me 😂 and who knew you could violin!! That’s a party trick and a half whipping that bad boy out - gutted you cut pachelbels canon short it’s one of my favourites! Awesome to see you happy!
Love a long vlog for the Monday morning blues. Can’t believe how well you can play the violin! 🥹 sending so much love 🩵x
I know exactly how u feel, when u were sitting in ur car trying to talk yourself into/out of going to the gym. That is something I do every day with many decisions. Normally, I know what I SHOULD do, but I often I talk myself out of it.
I just found ur channel yesterday(or rather, ur channel found me… gotta love that algorithm).
I love hearing about ur life, as I have a lot of the same struggles u have.
You’re an inspiration!❤❤❤
Love you Lauren. I know how hard it is to deal with weight and diet culture. It’s seems impossible to find what works for you. At 50 I finally decided to get vsg. It has helped me start a journey that has me healing my issues with food and life. I hope you find what works for you. Its not about the pounds it’s how you feel. I don’t need to be thin to be happy. Just needed some of the weight off to feel better.
Superstar..definitely. Only just found your channel..glad I did!
Your smile and attitude after your swim is everything! 🥰
And the fact that you went ahead even after so many people were there. I would've turned away. Way to go! 👏🏻
Thank you for sharing Lauren! I could tell that you didn't really feel up to it in some of these clips at the beginning, but you are talking about things that I also go through. The way I am often body checking, shaming, guilting... the feeling like I have let myself go, the constant noise in my head. It's no wonder we are sad and tired!
You look gorge with the blue eyeliner!
SUPERSTAR!! Love the longer videos, keep them coming. Xx ❤
The next time you are thinking of going to the gym remember how you feel after. For me its distance walking. It just turns my mood around and how I deal with anxiety. I did over 6 miles twice this past week. Nothing compares for me! xoxo
I am grateful that you are posting although I havent watched you in quite a while. Im going through a sort of life revolution at the moment...moved from England with my son and I am trying to sort my life out really and lift the sadness and negative talk.
My plan is minimal.
1hr walk per day.
Prayer (its important to me)
Less carbs
I am coincidentally also unemployed and at a shocking weight which I havent been able to shift since giving birth 6yrs ago.
Hearing you talk helps me not feel so alone but I would like you to know that you have a spark in you which attracted me to watching your vlogs years ago. I am confident you will turn a corner and like me you will find just about enough strength to walk and breathe. Much love, Anna x
Superstar!! Great vlog as always from the awesome Lauren. So happy that you pushed through and had that swim. Movement can feel great. UK has all the lovely summer clothes where as here is hot, humid Cyprus have removed all their summer stock and filling the shelves with jumpers, jackets, boots!! so annoying. Have a great week xx
SUPERSTAR! ✨ I’ve gotten back into swimming postpartum and I forgot how much joy I find in just moving my body with my tiddlywinks. I’ve been struggling with joyful movement and this is by far my favourite. Also reflecting and taking notice of negative self talk is such a relatable thing. Sending self love and positive vibes 💜
My favourite Superstar, thanks for another great Sunday vlog, always comforting and warm. Have a good week 💐🙏
My god you crack me up! The singing, the spider, the random intrusive thoughts, the misspelt organiser, I love it 😂. Especially like the hour, keep em coming. Honestly you make me chuckle & remind me of me! 😊
Glad you enjoyed Ali! I am really enjoying doing the longer vlogs 🥰
I like to watch you because its a pleasure to listen to a REAL HUMAN.
It’s my pleasure xx
Superstar ! Looking cute for the date editing Lauren. Always keeping it real which I think we all love, yoghurt and annoying kids too. So good to see you are smiling again, its the rollercoaster isn't it ❤😊
Thanks so much!! It’s such a rollercoaster! ⭐️
@@LiveitlikeLauren oh and the spider, wtf you actually slept with it your room I would so out of there . I don't think I could sleep until I knew it had gone 💩myself lol
Superstar! Love the long blogs, really gives me a chance up with you in a more full way, and to catch all the vibes of the week.
Editing Lauren, looking stunning in the blue eyeliner, it’s so neat, I try but fail everytime to get the perfect wing liner. The swim smile 😊❤. Superstar x
We’re both superstars. Love how real your real life is. All the ups and downs. So real. Enjoy watching your channel so much. Thanks for keeping it real xx
Yay!! ❤❤❤ Lauren, your videos make me want to visit London soooo badly 😢! (I'm Canadian) Also your UK McDonalds menu sounds lit.
Thank you for sharing yourself with us. I appreciate you opening up on your mental health struggles-- so relatable. As another subscriber commented, life is hard. I'm glad you were able to get to the pool. ❤
Hey Lauren I’ve watched binged all your content and you are simply the best. We all seem to put so much pressure on ourselves, but please know you are loved. You are enough, everything happens for a reason. Social media is toxic and fake, live for you and you alone. Keep the content coming ❤❤❤
Love your long vlogs Lauren! Sunday night is fab watching you. You are beautiful funny and real. Your a real Superstar ❤ x
Don’t justify your life to anyone. We all have choices within our means. And it changes over time too. Amazing for enjoying the lovely swim!
Love see you happy and relaxed! When you cook, it motivates me to cook for myself! 👩🏻🍳
I love this!!
Focussing is all good Lauren😄
As usual many thanks for all you give to so many x
Sis, I'm so glad I found your channel years ago. It's as though we're both on similar journeys. Thank you for sharing!
You are so welcome! So glad you can find similarities ❤️
🌟🌟🌟 Moving your body doesn't have to be about weight loss. For me, it's about mental health first, THEN physical health.
Same here, every time I skip my daily exercise ( I do 20minuts) I feel low, I can really tell the difference in my mood x
I just started watching your videos and love them so much! You are the most genuine person and I am here for it. Keep being you
I really love your videos. I have been watching them while I write in my journal and clean up a little bit. It's like having a friend with me and we are just hanging out.
I also feel SOOOO Much like you do. I struggle a lot with remaining happy and positive and with blocking out the negative self-talk etc.
Most of my time is spent alone.
Thank you for making me see it's not just me and that we are never "really" alone.
It's also always amazing what a swim can do. I Love the pool as well.
You are such a beautiful and genuine woman and I'm grateful I found this channel!
Thank you for sharing!
Noooooooo don’t end it !!!!! I nnnneeeeeeeeedddddd more !! Lots more ,please ❤😊❤
Love your hair after that swim - so shiny and such a lovely colour. And even more, I love how happy you were, despite feeling so sad in the pool. The endorphins are real!
Thank you so much! The endorphins are really real.
Superstar! ❤ Thanks for another great vlog 😊 I look forward to Sundays now! Xx
I have to give you props for being such a great chef in such a small kitchen. Your meals look really good and you have barely any space you’re a magician. I think you need to become a spider killer. OMG so jealous, I live in California and to hear you say very casually, “I’ve got a wedding soon in Italy”. So excited for you!
This is so kind. Thank you ❤️
I’m so so happy I found your vlogs, finally a NORMAL content creator!! I really relate to soooo many of your struggles as a plus size girl, it really can be so isolating and exhausting, your vlogs are definitely a new safe space for me ❤
You look so radiant when your happy 😊 hope you have a great week xxx
Lauren, I’m a new subscriber. I’m home sick with the flu so I watched many of your videos starting from the beginning. I beg you, STOP. Stop running away from yourself. I could make a long list of all your great qualities but you already know what they are. The problem is that you don’t internalize them. It’s as if your brain is not attached to your soul nor your physical body. Stop and let yourself reconnect all the parts of you. You are whole, you are human and you are wonderful.
Just discovered your Chanel Lauren and how lovely you are it’s so refreshing to see how other people live and do things to realise we are all the same and do things alike . Love from Australia 🇦🇺
Welcome Belinda! Thanks for joining the fam x
Sooo proud of you for getting in that pool!! I understand the urge to run as soon as you get to the gym, but big ❤ to you for doing it 🎉
I agree with what you were saying after the gym about pressures with weight even I sat looking at myself this morning thinking negatively - even though no-one else had even noticed the bloating and extra weight! Oh well I will promise to have much better thoughts from now on. Hx
You are radiant. Thank you for indulging us all with these long ones. 🤭 Superstar. ⭐
You are so welcome you superstar!
Superstar 🌟 ...Great vlog lauren . Your honesty and talking about being human make me realise I'm not alone . You always make me laugh and cry in the same video .. loving the long vlogs and that smile after your swim ! ...
Sending love from SA, Lauren 🇿🇦 We all have bad days, it's helpful to know that we aren't alone.
I found your channel a couple of days ago and haven’t been able to stop watching. You’re so good at telling stories with your vlogs. Very talented and kind 😊
I love the longer videos❤ I watch one video every night before I go to sleep. Is my new obsession. It feels like catching up with a friend. Please keep going❤
Glad you like them! xx
Ah I love your vids so much! You’re so real and it’s so refreshing to watch ❤️🙏
Have a lush day hun xxx
SUPERSTAR !! Love long videos, love you, love you using two hairdryers at the gym 🤣absolute genius ❤
SUPERSTAR 😊 great vlog again Lauren. You are so real and you just show life how it is... thank you so much for sharing and well done getting back into swimming ... you are amazing !!!!
I’ve never commented here before but I watch every single video you post! The long blogs are amazing!! Love them so much and seeing you happy and doing things again that make you feel good is the best thing to watch. The journey to happiness is constant and you don’t have to justify anything to anyone. Swimming and making yourself feel good isn’t anything but good so don’t let yourself talk yourself into thinking it’s too much xxx
Superstar!!!! Absolutely love the longer video's, Great video again Lauren. x
Yay! Thank you!
Listening to your post therapy thoughts had me crying a little. I can relate and the negative self-talk is very real to me, and I have also been working on it. The fact that you focused on the positive "why's" of getting in the pool made me change the way I feel about going to the gym. I'm going to try to think about the positive reasons for going from now on and stop focusing on all the reasons why I don't want to go. Thank you for sharing your life and being vulnerable.
Sending you a huge hug! This is so difficult and not as simple as it seems. I’m so proud of you x
Love to chill on sunday evenings with a new video from you. Have a great week and keep focussing :)
Lollll I can’t believe it is spelled right 😂
Oh Laureeeeen! I absolutely adore your vlogs. I adore longer vlogs. I look forward to your videos as soon as I have finished one!!
Adored that you mention moving when we are in the mood to rather than it feeling a must. I never finish anyone's video or always skip through but I don't miss a minute with yours! I hope you vlog forever and ever and ever xxxx SUPERSTAR xxxx
Superstar ⭐️
Love your videos.
Can so relate to you.
I meditate and do CBT when im struggling.
Thanks for letting us into your life. Look forward to your next vlog 😊
You superstar! ⭐️ thank you xxx
The 2nd and 3rd bits of music you were playing on violin 🥹🥹 beautiful
Lauren! Hello doll. Im on holiday in Kefalonia and the bloke is asleep 🙄 so perfect timing xxx❤
Awh Lauren look at that happy face now I love it 🥰🥰🥰
🌟 You look much happier in yourself 😊
I have just discovered your channel and really enjoy your honesty. The struggle is real girl!! but you are killing it it your own way. You remind me so much of another youtuber, Beatrice Caruso who I have been following for a few years, She is an American but you have so much in common. Both beautiful, funny , authentic and REAL. Look forward to coming with you on your journey. XX
Oh Lauren, I felt you when you were talking about the water on your skin. I visited the Dr this morning as I was worried about diabetes, I have a bmi of 37 but yet I'm not doing anything to help. Swimming is my absolute fave thing, I need to get back to it. So good to see you smile yay xx
Good luck at the docs xxx the water is the best x
Superstar! I was feeling your pain alongside of you. This was so relatable and timely.❤❤
⭐️ sending you a huge hug xxx
You're such a day brightener Lauren. Loved the violin playing. You're so talented. I just found you again after about 6 yrs. I love your apt. The size is perfect. Hope your mom is doing well. She's such a sweetheart. And funny like you. Glad you had a good swim. And so glad I found you again! Untill later...nancy, usa. ps. Kale is the worst thing on this planet 😅 forgot...SUPERSTAR
Lauren i feel this so hard. As a plus size woman the feeling of just shutting down when it comes to the gym but i also know how much better i feel after i go. even if its just for a swim. its a hard cycle to be in so thank you so much for being real and sitting in it because not may people get to see this side of people.
Thank you for sharing your violin with us. My son played violin. It's a beautiful instrument. I play clarinet, flute and sax. I need to get back to playing!