Just wanted to chime in and say I have lost 46 lbs in 25 weeks. I am in size 10's with some 12's.

I am about 8 lbs away from entering "normal" BMI.

(I started at 32 BMI and Obese)

I think my body doesn't recognize my goal weight, but, sees these last 10 lbs to entering "normal" as THEE last 10 lbs, because it's been sloooow.

I still keep on top of my great eating habits. It's a lifestyle, now.

When I'm down, I just try on my old pair of 18 jeans, and I am better again ;o)

I stopped taking Alli for a month, and just recently started up again, hoping to stir the pot a little.

Meanwhile, I bought an exercise bike and I do 60 minutes a day, 12 miles.

THAT IS NEW FOR ME.

Hopefully, I will get great results for my 32 week photos!

Hope all is well with everyone.

Sincerely,

Rikki

Congratulations!  Your story is exactly what I needed to read today.  I am starting Alli Wednesday.

 Enjoy your new clothes!

MB

I am starting at just about the same weight as you did.  It seems a long way off to get to 175, but boy...will I be doing the happy dance the day it happens!!!!  I currently wear 18's/20's and if i can get back to even a 16, it will feel so much better.   Reading your story lets me know it IS possible to lose that much weight w/alli.  I keep reading that most people lose 5-10lbs in 6 months...and i am like NO WAY...i have to lose much quicker and much more then that!

My greatest portion of weight loss happened in the first 8 weeks!

I lost 32 lbs and went from size 18 to size 12's!

I wish you could see my before photo and 8 week photo comparison!

HUGE difference!

I was actually in my old 12's by week 6!

I knew I wouldn't continue to lose at that pace, and I didn't, so there was no disappointment when I lost only 9 lbs the next 8 weeks and 4 lbs at my 24 weeks.

Not only are you improving your health, but, eating right reverses the weight gain. Hanging in there IS the weapon we use against discouragement. Eventually YOU WILL WIN.

From the very beginning, I set up the dates on a calendar. 8 week increments. I wrote down the exact dates to 5 sets of 8 weeks. It's like a pregnancy, in reverse. I'm 25 weeks LOL

If you were pregnant, you wouldn't give up halfway through. There would be discomfort at times as well as sacrifice, like not riding amusement park rides, etc. So it is with our weightloss... The discomfort of exercise. The sacrifice of not eating those chips. And when we reach 40 weeks, we give birth to a NEW YOU! There is our commitment, right there!

;o)

 Anyone else having EXTREME trouble navigating on the new Alli website!

OMG.

My weight is off, I don't know how to do anything!

Meanwhile, I lost a lb at this mornings weighin.

now 174 lbs from 222.