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I used to be 240! and now i am 206! you can do this girl and if you want support you can ask any of us on the message boards!

This time last year I weighed 222. Now Im 169. You can add me!

I started out at 255 and I'm down to 220 now. It's been a long battlle to lose that 35 pounds and I'm far from perfect, but if I can do it you can too!! I have faith in you. Add me if you want!

A few things.

Are you weighing/measuring your food? Ensuring that all drinks/foods even condiments/coffee/cream etc.. is being recorded?

How high is your calorie deficit? 1lb a week is always a safe bet, until you get real lean.

Are you drinking 8-12 glasses or more of water each day? Not water contained in something else, but just water.

You said you just started exercising at the same time you started watching your diet. Realize that whenever you start exercising, when you weren't before, your body will shuttle water/nutrients to the muscles you are working out. This may mask your weight loss until your body acclimates to the new exercise and everything settles down.

All of this!! Also, make sure you're balances are correct- enough protein, carbs and fat, but not too much of any. I gain weight immediately if I find myself eating too many carbs and not enough protein. I also find drinking lots of calories (Sweet starbucks drinks, soda) and eating tons of refined sugars cause me to balloon up- stuff like doughnuts and cookies and bread.
Even if you are under your calorie goal or right at it, 100 calories of lean chicken is different than 100 calories of pizza- in quantity and quality.

Good luck, feel free to add me as a friend and I'll try to keep you motivated!

hey rini! so many have replied in an effort to help. that is encouraging. i agree, change your focus. you will only frustrate yourself if you are looking at the numbers on a scale. i personally believe it is the least effective (emotionally and mentally) to measure progress. especially for women. our bodies are affected by the seemingly smallest of things - more sodium on one day as opposed to another, hormones, etc.... how do you feel? that is important and motivating. do you feel good eating healthier and working out? are you tracking those inches? how about those health numbers (cholesterol, blood pressure.....)? are those looking better (if you are on any meds make a goal to get off of them or at least reduce the amount needed for health in 6 months). are your clothes fitting better? i am sure you get the point. focus on those things.
time really is your friend also. give yourself the time it should take to lose weight in a healthy manner (.5 to 1 pound per week). also, average out your month. there may be a week or two or even three that you do not lose. however, if at the end of the month you average a loss of 3 or so pounds - you have won. if you maintain - you have won.
you can do it! i have no doubt about that so go ahead and rock it!

get yourself some MFP friends with similar goals and inspire each other.

i personally dont need much hand holding or pats on the back to keep me motivated since my motivation is fueled by MY goals. but i do find it better having an MFP network.

oftentimes people offline have different views than i do on weight loss and fitness so i avoid discussing it with most of my friends since i know i'm going to get advice about doing some cleanse, eating VLCD or how my exercise routine is overtraining :laugh:

The food intake part of the equation is important. As much of a PITA as it can be to track cals that's where much of your results are going to come from.