This is Taking TOOOO Long...

It takes one pound at a time. It does take forever.

One day you will catch your glimpse in the mirror and say "who is that"?

Trust me.

Oh, and if it was easy, everyone would do it.

oh yeah also i think the weight really starts coming off on the second month i dont know yet cause im on my 4th week but thats what i heard

Carrie, you'we lost almost 20% of what you wanted to loose! That's great! You were losing little more than one pound every week which is good - if it's quicker it unhealthy. You are doing it the right way, probably you feel better and healthier.

From my experience - mirrors are strange - one day they tell you're beautiful and next... well... not so much but it's just because you are having a bad day.
Don't think so much about your weight. Do sth for yourself like read a good book, take a long bath or maybe change your hairstyle (a little spoil every now and then always makes woman fell better :flowerforyou: )

Be patient is exactly the correct answer. I know it sucks... but you have to remember - the weight didn't appear overnight. It won't go away overnight. You can do it!

I am feeling frustrated and I know I shouldn't be... but... honestly! This is taking TOO long!

I pass by the hall mirror whenever I'm tending chores and children and I catch my reflection... I'm still the same fat person I was yesterday. It feels like I'll always be like this! I'm tired of it!

Three weeks... and only four pounds!?

I feel as though I've been working so hard at this...

:grumble:

Sorry... Feeling impatient and negative I guess.

Carrie

Mrs. Carrie, I know it feels like you are the same person you were yesterday, but look at it this way. You aren't the same person you were three weeks ago. In three more weeks, you won't be the same person you are today. Just keep the faith , you'll get there, and when you look back you'll say, 'Wow!!! My MFP family was right!, I should make them dinner!'

(Ok, I don't actually expect dinner, I just have eaten with a Mennonite family in my hometown and it was awesome!!! I can only expect the same from you :laugh: )

I am feeling frustrated and I know I shouldn't be... but... honestly! This is taking TOO long!

I pass by the hall mirror whenever I'm tending chores and children and I catch my reflection... I'm still the same fat person I was yesterday. It feels like I'll always be like this! I'm tired of it!

Three weeks... and only four pounds!?

I feel as though I've been working so hard at this...

:grumble:

Sorry... Feeling impatient and negative I guess.

Carrie

Don't give up!!! It was only in the 4th week that I started seeing results... especially if you are exercising because your building muscle. Those first 3 weeks I was so grumpy it was "steer clear" but keep going... you'll get over this hump. Don't look at the here and now - focus on who you want to be and keep striving for it.

It took you years to put it on, right? SO if you can take it off in just 1 year....... that's AMAZING! Hang in there, I know just how you feel!:flowerforyou:

:mad: :laugh: I am 61 yrs. young and need to lose 50 + pounds. I hit the gym 3x's a week. And now for some insane reason I joined the Bikini Challenge 2 x's a week. We burn 500-800 calories and kill ourselves for 45 minutes of the most intensive workout ever! The average age is 27 and then there is me.

I strictly stick to my 1200 calories a day. So far I'm averaging only .6 loss a week but guess what!

It took years to get here and now it will come off slowly but where would I be otherwise? Not losing, that's for sure. So don't get discouraged as we all lose at our own pace. The "younger people" at my Bikini challege average 2-4 pounds a week.

I do not plan on wearing a bikini:laugh: just getting healthy AND I plan on winning with the biggest fat loss. BMI. This is a 3 month challenge.

i have lost just over 10 kg about 22 lb in one year i was hopeing for more as when i started i was going like guns and my formal dress wasnt fitting me etc and i feel i have gone no where but im keeping going as i dont want to put on what i lost or more so for me thats my motivation even though i look in the mirror i still see the fat chick i was even though others have noticed i have lost weight i just cant see it doesnt help that tops at the moment are freaken short so shows off my tummy that seems to heading south faster than my boobs lol id say stop looking in the mirror i have mostly that is and as long as you are loosing abit at a time all is good dont forget to measure as well as that will show the big picture.

my mom says to remember this "think about how long it took to put it on " and its safer to go slow realy dont want to send the body into shock do we.

i think also it helps me that i had a breast reduction and now looking back i think i should have had counseling as i lost so much of them compared to what i was and i dont think subconcousely i came to terms with it like i was happy i did it but part of me was like now who am i.

keep going youll love yourself for it in the end