Hi: I am such a slow looser, 1 lb per month. I thought by starting a link for turtles we can encourge each other along. I love reading about the huge weight losses of others but sometimes I get a bit down that I am so slow. Don't get me wrong there is no way I am not happy with my loss as they add up to 80 lbs but I thought I would like to hear from people like me. :confused:

Hi: I am such a slow looser, 1 lb per month. I thought by starting a link for turtles we can encourge each other along. I love reading about the huge weight losses of others but sometimes I get a bit down that I am so slow. Don't get me wrong there is no way I am not happy with my loss as they add up to 80 lbs but I thought I would like to hear from people like me. :confused:

Doddie what a great idea, good luck and I hope you get others joining you.

Heather

Hi Doddie,

This is a good idea. Maybe you and I are the only turtles though! I am actually now seeing some Doctor in Toronto to see why my weight isn't coming off! Like you, I see people losing 70 pounds in six months and I am actually down for days. 55 pounds is nothing to sneeze at, but I am now gaining and losing the same five pounds (I can gain five pounds in a week) and am getting very down about it. I have committed myself to going to Scotland in October as I figured that I would be under 200 by then (which is only 38 pounds away) but now I'm getting nervous that I won't be there and my old nemesis, the airline seat, will be an issue when I hoped that I would be sitting happily in a roomy seat! (no change in their seats, just my butt!)

I'm going to make a big pledge for Lent this year (haven't figured out what I will give up that will help though) in the hope that it works, and hope that this Doctor in Toronto figures out why, even with this great tool, my weight is not coming off. My husband doesn't want me to get my hopes up, as he has seen me depressed too many times in the past.

Mary