It's going slowly for me, too. I am working now on enjoying my new lifestyle and not putting so much pressure on myself to be as thin as part of me would like to be. Earlier this year, I found that my clothes were too tight. I hadn't weighed myself in months, and hadn't been keeping track of what I was eating. I did a lot of research and managed to let go of 19 pounds. It was in 2001-2002 that I had shed the fifty pounds. At that time, my plan was to not eat processed food, any sugar or sugar substitutes. I didn't count or weigh what I ate. Just ate less and much more healthfully. I walked some and used Angela Lansbury's "Positive Moves" video. Later, I started Callanetics again. But, I didn't stay at 139. A few years later, I'd find I was going up to 150. I'd eat much less and get back to 139. It was a shock to see 157 again early this spring. I finally had to admit that I have to to keep track if I want to feel and look as nice as I can.
It's been a great deal of work to do bid adieu to those 19 pounds and I have realized that it is too much for me to exercise more than I do, or to eat less than I do. It makes me exhausted and takes up way too much of my life to expend more of myself on that. I am now working on eating the most nourishing foods I can and to enjoy the movement and exercise I give myself. I can now do my exercises easily and walk up the hills without being out of breath or my heart speeding up uncomfortably. I really enjoy doing my chores. My exercises (and the nifty bed I have) keep my joints from hurting. I'll just have to wait and see about those last few pounds.
Thanks very much for this thread. It's helped me to think through some very useful things.
