Be Patient

According to an article I read in Women's Health Magazine while on the plane, there are a few tips to avoiding yo-yo dieting. One I particularly like: BE PATIENT! "Don't try to lose to much weight to soon. A healthy goal for slimming down,according to the National Institutes of Health, is to REDUCE YOUR WEIGHT BY APPROXIMATELY 10 PERCENT OVER SIX MONTHS! For me that would be between 2 and 3 pounds a month. I think that is pretty realistic. While I always hope to lose the maximum 2 lbs a week ww's says we can lose up to(for healthy weight loss) it just doesn't happen hardly ever. Here's to patience and keeping the scale going in the right direction even if it doesn't happen as fast as we'd like!