[FlaLady]

I was surprised to find out I lost 7 lbs! I wonder if that's just water weight since I'm just beginning? I keep telling the little voice inside me to shut up...you know the one that says "you have so far to go, you won't stay on this diet, remember all the times you've tried before etc etc etc.." I was good today, I stayed away from temptation and bought lots of veggies and Crystal Light drinks. I even drank some water today and had a banana for breakfast! Well, so far so good! Talk to everyone tomorrow...Valerie

[HotFlash]

WOW!!! That's a great loss!! Hey--7 lbs. is 7 lbs. wherever it comes from! You're going to do great--just change the message that your sending yourself to: I can do it, I AM doing it, I will keep doing it.

Barb

[MzPen]

Great! Who cares is most of that is water weight? It's a great boost for you!

And speaking of water, I'm sure you already know you should probably be drinking more of that than of Crystal Lite ... But I understand, it's so hard to start drinking water all the time if you aren't used to doing that. Maybe you could start gradually replacing your other drinks with water over time ... it does get easier, I promise!

Pen
265/217/150ish

[SuchAPrettyFace]

Congrats on the loss!

[Jenniffer]

Who cares where the 7 lbs came from!

WOOHOO..that is a great start!

[wsw]

congrats on your first weigh-in! It's great! take care.

[lorelei1]

I know you are psyched and for good reason!
Dont let the big picture scare you too much. Even if it takes you a long time to lose all the weight, so what-right?? Time will go by wheter or not you are losing, so you may as well be losing weight not gaining it!!
best wishes!
laura
313/250/200

[jiffypop]

one pound at a time, valerie. hmmm. maybe i can find sandi's thread on just one pound. one of the all-time great posts... keep your eyes open!!!

congratulations!! you're off to a great start!

[Sandi]

Congratulations on the loss!! I pulled up the thread about one pound that Jiffy was talking about!!