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Lauren, stress does so much to us including hoarding fat on our bodies. And comfort foods, of course.
It has been slow for me. Between the time I first met with the nutritionist and started a weight loss program at my HMO I put on an additional 5 lbs. Fortunately it fell off quickly but then after that it has been slow. This is week 9 of the program and we have weigh in today. I am losing an average of about 1.5 lbs a week. So I am down about 13 lbs so far. Still fighting to get enough protein and keep the fat down. The program ends next week but there is a weekly weigh-in followup meeting each week for people who have been through the program. Out of the 12 people who started the class together there are only three of us left. One of the gals who stuck it out weighed over 300 lbs and has dropped about 30 lbs so far. She started exercising for the first time in a decade by going to the pool and swimming for an hour every day. She said that some days all she can do is just tread water or do a little side stroke, but she keeps moving for the entire hour. The pool she goes to is not far from my house and is heated and open over the winter, so I may join her once in a while or look at taking one of their water aerobics classes for something different. So I am thinking positively, which makes a real difference.
Souzan
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