I weigh in on Wednesday mornings. This morning (my first weigh-in, I may add), I stood on the scale and it came up to 166. That's 1 pound less than last week. I don't feel like it's enough. Why not? I understand that one pound is good and healthy and I should feel good about that, but...I don't know. I feel like it's not good enough.

Something in my head keeps thinking that I'm a failure unless I lose like 5 pounds a week. Which, yes, I understand, is COMPLETELY ridiculous.

Anyone else have these kinds of issues?

I understand Especially when you're used to losing a fair amount, one pound seems kinda dismal. But its really not, it means you are losing healthily, you are more likely to keep it off, and you are definately not a failure

YES! I get so upset if I don't lose. I have to remind myself that NOT gaining is an accomplishment right now....

I have really unrealistic expectations sometimes and I have to rein it in to stay OP- I always fail otherwise

Yes, this is my main struggle. I find if I can;t stick with something 100% i give up.......i am trying really hard not to think this way anymore, but as you prob know, it is hard!!
Stick in there, we can do it!!
1 pound down is always better than ZERO.

I think a lot of people feel this way. I do too. We want quick and we want it now.

Haha. I feel like I want quick and I want it yesterday!

It's so sad that I can't just be happy with losing 1 pound, isn't it?

But, you're all right, 1 is better than 0; and it's DEFINITELY better than gaining!

Tomorrow will be one month since I started dieting. I weigh in tomorrow morning, and I'm expecting to have lost 7lbs total in a month. I've been feeling good about the loss-I'm definitely feeling it in the way my clothes fit-but bummed that it's already been a month, and I'm 3lbs short of where I thought I would be, given that you lose more the first few weeks AND I did that ***** SoBe phase 1 PERFECTLY for 11 days straight. It should have counted for more than 4 lbs.

But never mind all that. Tomorrow is a new day. Tomorrow I'm going to do well on my diet and do my walking. One day at a time is my motto.

Where's my ticker?????? I've spent a month coveting that ticker and I thought it was all fixed!

I've definitely had that feeling, I have a very sensible stated goal of losing actually less than a pound a week--I need to lose something like .8 pounds per week to get to where I want to be by when I want to be there.

But if I lose .8 pounds per week, am I happy? Noooooo, of course not! I wish I were, though...

I would jump for joy if i lost a pound a week lol

you lost a WHOLE POUND??? THAT'S AWESOME! Please don't sell yourself short on that! Losing 1 lb a week... that's hard work. Seriously. One lb a week times 52 weeks in a year... that's 52 lbs a year. Your goal is 37 lbs. Which means you should be at goal before the year's end if you keep up with it. That's awesome! the truth is, if you are going to keep the weight off... you are going to have to eat and exercise like you are for the rest of your life. That's a lot of weeks! In the grand scheme of things, the 37 weeks that it will take you to get to goal at 1 lb a week- that's such a small portion of your lifetime. Enjoy the loss. Celebrate it!

If you need a reminder of what you have accomplished... check out the pictures in this blog: http://www.freewebs.com/noreenblackett/1lboffat.htm

We all feel that way often. "I've only lost ____??" But one pound lost is one pound of fat you're not dragging around anymore.

Here's a picture of a model of 1lb of fat to put it into perspective:



Feel better by thinking about THAT being gone from your body!

I would also like to be at goal yesterday too! If only it worked that way!!

All of the above advice is great.. you'll get there! Just keep plugging away!

-Aimee