This will take more than a week...

Great thread OP!

I'm another slow loser (average probably less than a pound a week and slowing down a lot now). I have good days and bad days, but when I look back I've still lost nearly 40 lbs in the past year, and about 60lb all up!

The main thing I have learned is that nothing is unachievable, that it will take me another year or two to get to where I'm comfortable in my own skin and to like what I see, but so what... at least I know I can get there!

Brilliant!

Thanks for this.

I have been discouraged. I started almost 30 days ago and I haven't lost anything. But I have to keep reminding myself I am MOVING I am working hard. I can now run a slow mile, before walking would get me winded (mind you, that mile is up hill, but still).

I need the reminders I am doing the right thing to better my health.

Thank you thank you thank you for this!! :flowerforyou:

You have NO idea what that post meant to me....I started in 2009 when I weighed in at the Dr. office at 258lbs. I went home so upset that I looked myself in the mirror and said "Not one more day"...and right then put on a pair of workout pants and went to my daughters school and walked the track. I could only walk 1 mile that day and was exhausted. I came home ate some protein and continued on my journey. That was in March, and by Nov. I was at 209lbs and stayed there until this last march when I had weighed in at 218lbs. I found this site and continued my journey and am now 196.4...I still have a long way to go to be where I want, with a lot of ups and downs this summer, but am still determined to be at 145 by next summer..at least that is my goal...I'm getting remarried next summer and want to actually look good and be healthy when I do, so I have a lot of hard work ahead of me, this post was just what I needed to not feel a failure for not losing 60lbs in 60 days. I have so often thought of diet pills and things, but keep plugging along in the best way I can, having just restarted the 30ds for the second time, and I'm going to make it the whole way through this time. Even if it kills me...LOL YOU ARE THE BEST!!! THANK YOU!!!!

Thanks!

Your story falls right in with my 7 year plan (includes more than weight loss, but that's paramount right now. I have lost my 1st ten percent of weight, and am pushing to lose the second 10% by NY. But that's because I have diabetes, and if I can what I have already lost has reduced my meds. The idea is to get rid of them if possible.

I expect to slow down after NY, but I am hoping to keep up my 2-3 lb/wk until then to reach my goal.

Thank you for sharing this. So far I've been a slow loser and I know I shouldn't compare, but I have a hard time staying motivated when other people are losing lots and my scale is barely moving. You are so right though. I just need to hang in there and be proud of every pound I get rid of.

What a fantastic thread. When I decided to change my lifestyle (because this is not a diet for me, this is a way of life), I told myself that I didn't care how long it took. I have the rest of my life to be healthy and that is all I care about.

For me, looking cute in a pair of jeans is not my goal... it's just a happy side effect. :laugh:

Thanks for posting. Gives everyone hope that all the hard work is paying off as long as we don't give up.

One of the better posts I've read here for a while.

Of course we'd all like to be at our ideal weight/figure sooner rather than later but doesn't mean it's going to happen that way. I think a longer journey often helps anyway as it helps reprogram your relationship with food. The longer the process, the less likely you'll go back to old habits.

I hate seeing the old "I need to lose 15lbs in 2 months" lines. The only situation I think that warrants setting those kind of goals is if the weight loss is needed to have surgery.

this, and I love you