I'm still here! The hard part for me is that I want to be further along than I am. I've been at this about twelve weeks and I'm sixteen pounds down. My clothes are looser, yet I'm not really able to wear new things yet.
I know there are faster ways of going about this... yet every time I gravitate to them I then start to get frustrated about the food I'm missing out on or mealtime monotony. I feel restricted. When I ease off once more and am willing to lose about a pound a week, I hit my stride again. I stop feeling stressed about food and my body is at peace with the amount of exercise I'm putting in. I also feel at peace that I'm not on the cycle of losing muscle and gaining back fat.
Stay the course!
