Just thinking about this topic. What do you think?
When I started, I wanted to lose the weight as fast as possible. Then I shifted my focus to eating vegan rather than to dieting. For the past two weeks, I've lost half a pound each. On one hand, I want to be thin now, on the other hand, I'm glad I'm not obsessing and eating way too little, like I have in the past to lose weight.
So I'm sure I will get more of the NOW NOW NOW thoughts over the next 68 weeks or so. But the trade-off to losing weight slowly, I guess, is getting a new habit that will stick.
Geepers, Aqua. You've really set me back. 68 weeks, huh? I was thinking that maybe I could lose 40 pounds by tomorrow.
I AM happy with my weight loss. I've lost 12 pounds (up 3, damnit) over the summer, which is more than I've lost in a couple of years. I KNOW I can do South Beach...it's doable for me. I just have to get back on track.
I fully expect to wake up tomorrow morning and be done with 'dieting' forever. I'm down 50 lbs in 7.5 months, and it's seemed to slow down from how I lost in the beginning. It's really frustrating to me.
On the other hand, I don't want to lose it in an unhealthy manner. I'd rather it comes off gradually and stays off, than drop 3 or 4 lbs every week and have it return.
I'm happy with my weight loss, overall (though I still have more to lose) but I'm not too happy with the speed, or lack thereof. I lost the first 14 in a month on Atkins, then got stuck for a month and a half or so. Then I lost another 4 on South Beach, and now I'm stuck again. I am losing inches, which is encouraging; and I know I'm doing all the right things -- eating on plan foods, exercising regularly (cardio and strength training) and my calories (even though I don't need to count them) are between 1300-1600 every day. So I'm confident that it WILL come off, I just wish it would happen faster. :-D
I am pretty happy with my loss so far I am only 13lbs away from my goal but I keep falling off the wagon - I have only myself to blame for not being able to resist buttertarts.
I am determined to stay OP this weekend.
Although I am happy with my loss I really need to get back on track with my exercising as I have been slacking off in that department lately again I have only myself to blame!
My goal is to become a WW lifetime member by January 1, 2004! (eep! now that i have put it in writing I better do it!)
Well, I was hoping to be in the 180s by now but other crap got in the way. At any rate I am very happy to weigh much less than I did when I joined 3FC many moons ago.
Ellis & Mauvais ~ Get with the PROGRAM you can do it!
Yes I am very happy, as this is the most weight I am down. I have shed 20 lbs. since July! It is coming off slower now and that means more work at it. But I will push on & be patient.
No, I'm not happy with my weightloss. I'm grumpy and p'ed off. I STILL have the mindset that if I did yoga yesterday and didn't eat any cookies, my body should shed 10 pounds in sheer sympathy!!! Worse is when I stick to my very livable diet plan and I lose 3 pounds in a week and then the next week, I don't have time to plan or something throws me off and I gain it all back. I took off about 20 pounds right away and then, I never lost a pound again and that was about a year ago. Holy crap, that's depressing.
No, I'm not happy. I'm grumpy and depressed. And pouting. Anybody got a cookie?
I wasn't happy with my weight loss at all until this morning. I lost like 8 pounds or so on Atkins in a month, then I didn't lose anything for 2 months, then I dropped like .5 pounds a week for a while, and it was totally frustrating, and then started SBD last week and lost 4 finally, but I'm left wondering if the same thing will happen that did on Atkins, etc...but anyway, I realized this morning that I have lost 13.5 pounds since the middle of the summer, so it is really better than I thought! Still very slow, but I am better off than I was on the first of July.
68 weeks sure sounds like a long time, but ya know, 68 weeks will come and go by whether you lose the weight or not, so might as well stick with it!
Are you happy with your weight loss?
I am only 13lbs away from my goal but I keep falling off the wagon - I have only myself to blame for not being able to resist buttertarts.
again I have only myself to blame! 
now that i have put it in writing I better do it!)
you can do it!
