If you are losing 1-2 pounds a week that is at a healthy pace.  I lost 77 pounds.  The first week I lost 5.  I was mad that all the weight was not gone.  However, when in the grocery store, I picked up a 5 pound bag of potatoes and realize how much weight 5 pounds really is.  So, for each 5 pounds I lost, I added up the bags of potatoes.  I lost 15 bags of potatoes.  I can not imagine carrying around all those spuds, but I did.  My heart must be doing the happy dance.I lost all the weight in about 14 months.  Some weeks I would only lose 4 ounces, but then other weeks I would lose 2.  Stay consistent.  Anything you do to lose weight, ask yourself if it something you can do for life.  Any change must be a change in lifestye.  Get rid of the word "Diet". 

I think wanting to loose weight fast is the reason most of us fail on diets..Wanting to loose it fast so we get discouraged quickly when all the work we seem to be doing is not showing..Another thing is sometimes we loose inches before actual pounds..I was feeling discouraged cause been working hard and 2 pounds thats it and wanted to cry cause who knows I could have just pooped that out in the day..But then the other day I put on a pair of jeans that I had not been able to fit and they fit so I have lost inches not just weight..It felt a little better..Look at it also as the slower you loose the weight the less excess skin you will wind up with..But good luck and stay positive!!

well....according to 'richard simmons'....you should be losing 1 to 1 1/2 pounds per week! he said that "if you are losing more weight than that...you are not only losing fat..... but muscle too"! he also said "that you didn't gain it overnight...and that you're not going to lose it overnight"! "losing faster than that...really isn't a healthy way to go"! as for me....i have personally found that there will be weeks when you lose more weight than other weeks! i think that has to do with your enviroment and water weight and a lot of other issues! many things..... can affect your weight loss each day/week!heeheehee! you're just like me! sometimes i just want to go to sleep and wake up slim and trim! lol! but...i know that's never gonna happen!!! be kind to yourself! just eat smart and healthy...and get plenty of sleep at night and make sure you try to do some form of exercise..... every other day at least!.....don't believe in that old saying...."no pain....no gain"! it doesn't have to hurt...in order to work! unless of course...you are trying to pump yourself up (muscle wise)!a friend of mine said to me "think of your weight loss in these terms"! "if you have lost 3 pounds....then you have lost a 3 pound tub of oleo or butter"! well.....so far...i have lost.... a 25 pound bag of dog food...and a five pound bag of cat food! (lmao!) i hope this helped you to not be so hard on yourself? you are doing very good! just hang in there! before you know it.....that 1 or 2 pounds...will become 10 or 20! take care, boomertoo

Thanks a lot everyone!!!

THIS IS ABOUT HOW MUCH I AM LOSEING A WEEK. LAST WEEK I ONLY LOST 1/2 POUND. BUT AT LEAST I CAN FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT NOW BECAUSE SOMEONE TOLD ME THIS.... A 1/2 POUND IS LESS ON YOUR BODY AND ITS GOING TO GET BETTER BECAUSE YOU CAN DO THIS.I HAVE REALLY BEEN TRYING FOR THREE WEEKS NOW AND I HAVE LOST A TOTAL OF 4-1/2 POUNDS.NOW I HAVE STARTED USEING MY TREADMIL AND WEIGHT TRAINING ALSO,SO I HOPE TO LOSE A BIT MORE THIS WEEK. GOOD LUCK TO ALL.

lizzy...you go girl!!!!! yeeeee haaaaaa! boomertoo