Weight loss requires patience!!!!

Not only can you do it, you will!

My inspiration has always been that "slow losers" keep the weight off, and patience is the number one requirement in weight loss.

Sending you positive thoughts...:flowerforyou:

Listen sweetie….we didn’t gain the weight overnight so we can’t lose it overnight. I wish we could….but sadly….we can’t. It took me close to 2 years to lose the 171 pounds that I have lost. I use to weigh over 300 pounds. I know dieting gets tedious and we wish it would end soon. Just stick with it and you WILL lose the weight. Just be patient…time is going to pass….it always does. Just make use of that time and stick to your eating plan and before you know it you will be at your goal weight. Keep your mind and hands busy. That always helps me. Come here read and post. We can’t eat while we are typing *giggle*
You have lost 13 pounds which is AWESOME!!
Next time you are at the supermarket go pick up a 10 pound of cat litter and feel how heavy that is. Then pick up 3 pounds of butter and put it on top of the cat litter. That comparison will help you realize just how much 13 pounds really is and how much you have already lost.
I take a 10 pound bag of cat litter to my TOPS meeting for our members to pick up and feel just how heavy 10 pounds is. They say that helps them so much.
When I fly my luggage can only weigh 50 pounds each. The first time I picked one of them up I was in shock. I then realized just how much I had lost. It was an eye opener for me.
Congratulations on the 13 pound loss and keep on keeping on.
YOU CAN DO IT AND WILL lose all the weight you want and need to lose!!
((((Hugs))))
Loretta :flowerforyou:

The way I like to see it and it helps me out is that weight loss is not a diet it's a lifestyle change. I keep thinking this is not a diet this is my life! I've decided to change my habits eat right and work out. Adding exercise has become my "thing" My New Habit if you get your mind on that it will help you out so much. It does take patience but you can do it!!! Before you know it you're going to look up and it's next year and you've lost soo much weight. Make every day Count!! Every day is a new start, a fresh day to lose those pounds!! When i'm feeling hungry i'll snack on an apple or diet coke, even a stick of sugerless gum helps too. When you fall down get back up and keep trucking along. If I feel like i'm dying for some candy or chocolate cake I add the calories in that food and if that Cake is worth me being on the treadmill for 60 minutes then I'll eat it then hop on the threadmill for an hour for a fast brisk walk.. Weight loss is easy.. burn more then you are consuming!

Good Luck I'm here for you and anyone else that needs support cause I know I do too!

~Rachel.

I know what you mean. All men have to do is exhale and they lose weight.