Yeah Lilith and maddy ... great job ... I think when it comes to the scales ... women have a more difficult time because many of us have water fluctuations with our cycle, so it's hard to get a truly accurate reading ... but as mentioned, a loss is a LOSS and it's definately NOT a gain!!!! So, great job!!! And as IAKG said, you're losses are falling in the safety zone for weight loss ... the actual way that is determined, is that unless you are doing a extra-ordinary amount of exercise that builds muscle, you should not lose more than 1% of your current body weight per week, which means that for some of us, we can safely lose more per week ... there has to be an up side to being on the extra extra large size, right?!?!? LOL