I lose slowly, maybe a pound a week, or slower. So, yesterday when I asked everyone how do they feel when they loose weight, not only meant what are they most looking forward to, but how do you feel when you lose that one pound. Some people feel disappointment and failure. I feel victory and relief that I didn't go the other way. Slowly but surely is my motto. I know it can be depressing to lose that slowly when on TV you watch shows where the contestants lose 10 pounds in one week, but that's not the real world of weight loss. I've come to grips with that. In 2006 I only took of 12 pounds. Then in 2007 I took off 42 pounds and this year I've lost around 6-7. So it took me a year to lose 42 pounds because I had a lot of things going on in my life, but I never gave up. One pound excites me now because I know it adds up over the years. I hope now since I joined Ck that the rest of my journey will be easier since I have friends to support me. I also hope I can lose more than just 35 pounds this year. It would be nice, but only the future knows. So, for those who lose slowly, there's hope for us. Those of us who have handicaps and can't always be gym monkeys like everyone else, there's hope for us too. Those of us who are diabetics constantly fighting the lows and highs of blood sugars, there's hope for us too. I'm a living example that hope exist.HOPE, I love that word.
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