What an awesome thread!  I am getting ready for church but look forward to sitting down tonight and adding to the comments already here.  Have a fantastic day everyone!

Connie in VA

I know exactly what everyone is going through and i agree that i am my own worst enemy!!! my first week on alli i lost 4 pounds and i was so disappointed.....i was actually disappointed!! i didn't know what was wrong with me!??! then on my second week i kept weighing myself everyday and when i didn't see what i wanted to see i sabotaged myself and i had a horrible food week, the result? i lost only 1 pound, but i keep telling myself that 5 pounds lost is good, it's not good that i ate as i did last week but the loss is a victory. I think i just expect the weight to fade away right before my eyes, but i have to say it makes me feel sooooo good to hear you all speak of the same feelings and the same struggles and it gives me hope that i can overcome and succeed! thanx everyone.

Vixen...

Thanks for the kind words you said about those posting on this thread. I think the most important thing you said is "I can do this, for me." That's why I started this lifestyle change. If I can't do it for myself then I certainly can't do it for anyone else. Being over weight is easy, working out, eating right is the difficult part. I have told my husband over the years that it's just easier to be "fat" than it is to do something about it! Deciding to lose the weight takes will power, motivation, self-control, and the ability to bvelieve in myself....all of which I didn't have until a week ago.

Again, I wish you all the best of luck. Believe in yourselves!

Malissa

Its so refreshing to hear a sane voice. 

That's just it, isn't it. We all want it RIGHT NOW and want to find the magic pill to do it all for us.  Enter Alli, advertised as one of the greatest ingestibles since sliced bread and here we are waiting for our miracle.

EVERYWHERE it's written that its going to be hard work, we're only going to loose a litte at a time AND we need to have support. (They're going to write is on the tablet next, I swear)  Yet how many folks are on here, sitting in a corner, alone, taking double doses and eating 1000 calories a day with little to no fat?  I've seen TONS of posts like that.  I think a prerequisite to buying the pills is that you must be able (and willing) to read!

Well, that's OK.  I'm here to support those folks too.  I'm just glad I'm not the only one who rememberd that this wasn't suppose to be easy, just worth it.

StillTammy

I was thinking today.  My eating problems in the past have never really been about food.  This process is not just about flushing fat down the toilet so i can fit into size 28 jeans.  (Mind you when I started this 3 years ago, i was a size 42, now I am size 31 with a belly).  This process is emotional and mental.   Its about learning to love and care for yourself in a way that you value your body.

 Some days I am good on my diet, and some day I just want to be a spoiled brat, but in the end its all about my emotional and mental state of mind.  Its important for me to remember that, so that once I lose the weight I won't gain it back again like I have been doing for the past 6 months.

Malissa,

You hit the nail right on the head!  At age 45 I have blamed everyone and everything in my life for the weight I have gained.  Finally, with much prayer and honesty to myself - I have realized that this is not about everyone else - rather, it is about what I have allowed to happen to me.  It's funny but as I looked back over the years, I too found myself saying that it is okay that I am fat.  I convinced myself that I was okay with it and it was just the way God designed me.  NOT SO!  I am created in God's image and my body needs to reflect that. 

I began with Alli 2 weeks ago.  I went into this with eyes wide open.  I read everything I could get my hands on, prayed for God to intervene, and realized for the first time that if I was going to lose this weight it was going to take will power and self-control - all which HAS to come from within me!  There is absolutely nothing I can do to change the habits and lifestyles of others - so I had to realize that my lifestyle change is based on ME - what I need - and that it was up to ME to achieve it! 

With that being said - I have now successfully lost 12 pounds.  I have 73 more to go to be where I think I need to be to be considered healthy.  I look forward to the new me and I pray continually that God will continue to strengthen me and mold me into the vessel He wants me to be.

Hope everyone has a Marvelous Monday!

Connie in VA

Thanks, Catina!  I will check out this book.  I have gotten several good book recommendations from the message board.  Hope all is going well for you and you are seeing some loss with Alli.  Good luck.

Tammy

Connie

I can't tell you how many times I have said "this is the way God made me" in order to justify not getting off my butt and doing something about my weight. I guess I got tired of making excuses and decided to do something about it. I have yet to really exercise, but am starting today with going for a bike ride w/my kids. Just riding my bike before Alli and the meal plan I dropped 4 pounds in one week ~ honest to goodness I'm telling the truth. The problem is, my husband has since starting training for his half marathon and I felt as if he kind of "gave up on me." Not really what happened, but it was the excuse I used to quit riding my bike. It was hard work. I was not motivated enough to load the bike's in the truck, gather the kids and go to the park for our ride. Sad. However, I am at the point where if I'm going to preach to my children about living healthy, I have to set the example for them. As parents, we're merely teachers, teaching our children the necessities they need to survive in the real world. So, today the kids and I are going to do some laps around the neighborhood...my husband drove his truck to work and I don't feel comfortable riding on the shoulder with my kids just to get to the park several miles from my house.

I think we have to do whatever it is that works best for us. The first step though is admitting that we need to lose the weight and change our lifestyle. And to those who have made that first step, I say WOW!!!! That step alone is the most difficult to make! We all should be proud of ourselves!!! Keep me posted on how you are doing Connie, and I will do the same. My first check in is this Wednesday, so I'm looking forward to it. I don't feel I have "lost" as much as I have learned but I am totally ok with that. The weight loss will happen, it's just going to take time and me staying committed.

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Malissa 

At age 31, being on Alli is what it finally took for me to actually lose weight the old fashioned way by eating right and exercising!! (Oh, Dr. Atkins, you were great until I started eating carbs again, buddy!! LOL)  When I bought Alli, I read every little book cover-to-cover.

I'm doing everything right. Plus I work out (step-interval calss with weights) three times a week. And using the Daily Journal, I write down anything and everything that goes into my mouth, and then I log everything online at night. I am on the 1400 calorie/48 fat gram plan.

Now, Nyleen, just because people get those terrible treatment effects does NOT mean they're not doing what they're supposed to be doing. On day five, I'd had a total of 15.3 fat grams for the whole day (4 at Breakfast and 11.3 between lunch and my afternoon snack two hours later), and by 3:00 I was running for the potty! It was awful, and I kept checking my journal and thinking, "Did I miss something?? What did I do wrong??"

So like any drug, it obviously is working differently for different people. I think maybe my "TE" limit must be 12 fat grams, and any more than that needs to be spread farther apart than two hours! I'm going to go on that theory, anyway, to avoid future unpleasantness. :-)

The great news is, I've lost 4 pounds in a week. That's more than 10% toward my goal of 30 pounds. At this rate, October is going to see a hot, healthy lady. Woo hoo!

Best of luck with your Alli plan!

i agree Nyleen, we have to want it, if we mess it up we pay by unconfortable issues!!! i would like for you to be my buddy. My name is Tere (Terry). thanks

Well today I found myself ready to eat a corn dog. My husband wanted corn dogs for dinner ( He can eat whatever he wants and not gain a pound) and I found myself frying one up to eat! I actually talked myself out of it. I ended up throwing it in the trash  as fast as I could, so I couldn't change my mind. Unless of course I wanted to eat it out the trash can, not that I haven't been tempted before. LOL. But I just told myself that corn dog is probably going to taste really good, but it won't last long and I will only beat myself up over it later. I told myself I want to be thin and this is what I have to do to get that. The only reason I wanted it is because I was board anyway. So I got on the floor and played w/ my son and soon forgot all about that darn corn dog.

 Thanks for the support everyone. :)