feeling unmotivated

Pile up 19lbs of butter - then you'll see it ;-)

On a more serious note - you often don't see small changes in yourself because you see yourself every day. If you had 'before' and 'now' photos then I suspect that we would be able to pick out all the changes in about 30 seconds flat!!

You're doing really well - keep going! :-)

Take Measurements and of the odd places- this week my hips and waist stayed the same- but my neck is 1inch, bingo wings are .5inch on each arm smaller and i only lost 1.7lbs this week.all my cloths fit the same after 15.2lbs lost but i got a new vest top 4 zumba last night in my normal size 22, as i have a large bust wich hasnt changed and its to big, all over,

I have motivation issues to so i signed up for race 4 life so i have an end goal to keep my eyes on- i want to jog atleast 3k of the 5k. maybe you need to set a goal to ?

Hey girl I understand how you feel! Don't let it get you down! I've lost 25 so far and I am just beginning to see subtle changes in my body....I've lost a pant size and inches all over. My torso looks a tad more toned and smaller, and just last night when I looked down at my thighs they weren't quite so big!! The change isn't that drastic, only I have really noticed these changes so far in my body. When you start out at a higher weight like we have, it takes a longer time to SEE the changes. But, they are there....

Here is something that may better explain what I am trying to say, it's called the "Paper Towel Theory" (not my own, this has been around for awhile now):

Here’s a little inspiration for those of you who are worried about not seeing any changes in your body so far. It’s what is called the “Paper Towel Theory” and helped me a lot.
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PAPER TOWEL THEORY

"Let’s assume you go out and buy two rolls of paper towels, each with only 100 paper towels on it (one for each day). You put one aside, and keep it for future reference (your “before” picture). The other one represents you. The core of the roll represents the lean you. The towels represent the fat that is covering the lean you.

Each day during the first week, you tear a sheet off, representing the fat he has lost for the day. Next, you put the roll next to the full roll for comparison. No noticeable difference!!! Even at the end of the week! This can’t be working for me!

But, being a good you continue to follow your WOE. At the end of weeks two and three, you continue to compare the two rolls and still notice very little difference.

But you are still determined! you work hard! Eating clean meals. Three more weeks go by, the sheets peeling off day after day. Soon enough you get enough courage to compare paper towel rolls again. Holy Protein! The roll is empty and you are skinny! OK, not skinny, but less huge!!!

The lesson to be learned is that fat, like paper towels, comes off in sheets. When you are heavy, you are big around. And when you are big around, that fat is spread over a MUCH larger area – just like that outside towel sheet. The closer you get to the lean you, the more each lost pound of fat shows, because it is spread over a smaller area.

While the outside sheet may only cover 1 layer of the roll, the inside sheet may go around 4 times. That last sheet looks like it gives you 4 times the results of the first sheet, but in reality, the results are the same – your perception is just different! And you’ll never see the inside, if you aren’t patient while the outside is coming off!"

Hope that helps hun.

thats great Andrea i was going to say pack a back pack with as much weight as you can fit in near to your loss amount and then try and do day to day stuff you will soon feel the difference :O)