Discouraged...

Don't get discouraged. It is hard at times, but just keep pushing and it will happen.

But you lost 13 pounds! That's something....and in one month?? That's amazing! Sometimes we don't see the progress we want right away. Some people lose a small amount of pounds but lots of inches and sometimes there a drop in pounds but the inches don't change. Don't give up! Trust me, I was stuck at a plateau of losing and gaining the same 5-10 pounds for almost 6 months but I think I'm finally moving through that but if I had just given up I know I would have gained back 20+ pounds. This needs to be a lifestyle change not a quick fix.

I've dropped 20 and no inches are lost. It just takes time for your body to readjust to the change.

Just put one day in front of the other. As the days of proper eating and exercise add up you will feel the differences and then see the difference. Don't quit you and everyone can do this. It does not happen overnight you need to work it!!

You poor thing!
It is so hard not to be discouraged when you're not visually seeing the results of your hard work! Please don't stop doing everything you can to be fit and lose weight though, because, after all if you just quit or slack off when you feel the lowest, you're just going to regret all of your lost progress when you regress into your bad habits aren't you? So you'll get the double whammy. We are tested emotionally when we reach our lows and how we face them tells us what kind of person we are. If you have some decent introspective conversations with yourself, I think you'll find that moving on and staying on the straight and narrow and tweaking things to figure out what works best is going to make you happier than just giving up.

Go to your nearest store that sells weights. Hold 13 pounds in your arms and you will feel how much weight you have lost. Sometimes the heavier you are, the more weight it takes to really see a difference. I have lost a fair amount so far, but because I was already well on the "fluffy" side, it is going to take longer for others to see it. I think I had to lose about 25 pounds before I noticed my pants feeling looser. Most people (other than my mother) still don't notice that I've lost weight, or at least they haven't said anything.

Hang in there!!! It will happen!!

I understand your frustration. I tried on dresses last week and let's just say it was all bad. Had a complete meltdown, especially since I've been working out for four weeks already. But then my best friend told me this:

"It didnt take you 4 wks to put on the weight, so it will take more than 4 wks to take off the weight."

Good insight. Don't get discouraged. Just keep doing it and have the end result in mind. this is a long, life changing process, not an easy solution. Best of luck!

Hello! I am your future. I am 50 years old and obese ... 232 lbs.

I threw in the towel, too. Every. Single. Time.
Why?

Impatience. My inability to trust the process. My refusal to accept that perhaps it would take me longer than some and that I COULD get to my goal but that it just might take me longer than MY timetable.

If I had lost one pound each month for all the years I "dieted", I'd be air right now.

Please, don't become me. Don't be 50 years old and still trying to win this battle.
Be PATIENT.

Thirteen pounds is a great!!!!!!! It is a discouraging process though we all know that. Keep your head up and your heart in the game. The results will come. Never as quickly as we would like them to but, it will happen you just have to hang in there. I also know that the last person to see results is offten times you. I remember the first time I got down to my "ideal" weight. I did not see any difference and it did not seem to change the way my clothes fit I was ready to give up and all of a sudden everyone I knew was just raving about how much weight I had lost and how great I looked. I did not see it but everyone else did. I might encourage you to find a "cheerleader." Some one to help pshyc you up and encourage you. But the best cheerleader you can have is you. Find the little things to celebrate: You had a good day, you worked out 5 min longer than you planned, you undershot your calorie intake by 5, you stayed on track. It doesn't matter what it is but find little things to celebrate and rejoice over. While you do need to stay focused on the "big picture" sometimes we are to worried about that to see all the great little things that we were able to do.

Anyway I say all of this to say, don't get discouraged keep your head in the game. It can be a long hard road but you can make it. One day at a time.

Everyone's body types are different, too ... while 13 lbs is a LOT, you probably lost a tiny bit everywhere - so you don't see any difference yet, but that doesn't mean it's not there. Just give it time. If you quit so soon you won't lose at all; it needs to be a lifestyle change and something you can live with so that you keep the pounds off. You can do it. (: I bet you have places with slightly more definition and you don't even realise it yet!

You will see results soon. hang in there. For me I was soooooo big when I started I had to lose 40lbs before it was noticable. Then it just kept falling off.

Hang in there! You WILL notice differences and probably soon as you've already lost 13 pounds-which by the way is AWESOME!!!

Are you taking measurements? When I first started running, the scale didn't budge and my clothes didn't really change there fit (I was probably wearing them too tight), but the numbers did go down a little.

And forget all the #s above... do you FEEL better? Sleep better? wake up easier? Those are all victories! Find something good and focus on that to keep moving forward. One day at a time! You can do it!