patience. persistence. +ve action. There is more to SparkPeople than losing weight. It's about wanting a healthy lifestyle. It sounds like you may have tried other programs. But I think if you want to keep weight off long term and be able to maintain a healthy/fit life, then this is the place.

It's hard not to see scale results in the beginning. But you must also realize that your body is in flux right now ... it's gone from eating not so healthy stuff and larger portions to this way of eating ... that's a hard adjustment. Have you tried measuring your progress by measuring inches or by tracking your fitness stamina?

I know it seems hard and frustrating right now but you've already started the program and getting healthy takes time. It took most of us a pretty long time to get into this poor health condition so our bodies are not necessarily going to jump to attention right away. I wish you luck and hope that you will stick with the program and that you do this for yourself because you deserve a healthy life.  ¶ Friday, May 12, 2006