Congrats on the 2 pound loss Lil .... It's hard when it feels so slow in coming off .... this time of dieting for me feels like I'm not making nearly as fast of progress as I have done at other times when I've managed to stick to a diet for more than a couple of days ... the water weight doesn't seem to want to come off as it always has done in the past, but I know part of it is that I'm older and my body has gone through enough changes that the way I'm losing weight is different. And it's hard to struggle with the eating right every day when you don't feel like the rewards are coming at a rate that meets the sacrifices that you make ... but you've lost 15 pounds in about 6 weeks ... I think you said you want to lose 70 pounds with this time of healthy lifestyle changes ... you're moving in a positive direction AND you've accomplished more than 20% of your goal ... how great is that!!!!!

maddy ... yea for the 13 pounds total ... wonderful!!

IAKG great attitutde and congrats on the loss/maintaining that you've done as well!

Osuche .. way to stick with it ... I think we all seem to have trouble starting the week before that visit to the hut as most of us have mentioned it ... for me, I tend to have 20 days or so each month when it is easier to feel the difference and know I'm moving forward ... and about 10 when it is slow and frustrating and too many cravings hitting me on and off that don't seem to be as much of an issue during those other 20 days (not that I still don't want the things I have always over endulged in) ... anyway, if you are like me, if I managed to keep myself in control most of the time through the 10 or so days, then at the end of that time, I feel the results much better in the first couple days of the 20 good ones .... (man that took a lot of words to say something simple .. ) Hope you make it through this tough time, losing your father is a hard thing to go through ... I know! ((((Osuche))))

Me, at the moment I'm in the middle of my 20 days, so I've been doing quite well, making advances ... don't have a clue on the weight loss number still .. and won't for a long time to come, but other things happen to remind me that I'm making progress ... I had a good night for water weight loss that much I do know and am very happy about it ... also I have the day off for Lincoln's birthday and am enjoying a relaxed time.