I agree!!

Well, Stephanie, your insight resonates with me! First, I am NOT trying to offend the person who made the comment about the necessity of you losing a lot of weight quickly. BUT, I am here to say from experience...IT DOES NOT WORK. Maybe it has for some people. Maybe they have been able to maintain. But, I know that it does not work for me and for most of the people I know.

I did HCG last year, and I lost 40 pounds in six weeks. It was fast. It was easy. BUT, I also almost gained it all back this past year. I have yo-yo'd up and down with every diet imaginable. Though, I have not ever truly committed, and I mean LONG-TERM committed, to a healthy lifestyle change: Eating right and exercising regularly. I have tried to be healthy, with no gimmick diet, but I have never stayed at it past maybe 6 weeks.

I decided this summer that I would make good choices, and that I would FIGHT through the times where I want to quit. My goal is to see myself do this for a year. I am hoping that a SOLID year will allow me to really make these habits part of my life, and natural. As well, the slow loss for me is a commitment to keeping it off. My hope is an average of 2 pounds a week. It may take me more than 6 months to reach my goal, but I think that means that I will have the tools and skills to maintain. Sure, I can lose it fast, and i have done so, but I want this to be permanent. And, I feel good about his process.

The bottom line, Stephanie, is that we have to do what works for us. I see this a lot like the half-marathon I am training for. I could right now go walk the race. But, by training, I am slowly gaining the ability to jog it. In the end, I will have reached my goal by the hard work I put in for months. Then, I will be able to jog another one and another one, if I want. Nobody can take that health away from me. And, since it's not a quickie get, it's more lasting.