Jan: thanks for the encouragement. I am really having a problem wrapping my head around this challenge. Hopefully one day I will get there. Giving up is not an option for me though, I just need to figure out how to get through it.
Lneal: 2.2 is a great loss. Keep in mind that you have been losing right along, so you won't have that huge loss that most people get after their frist week. You have a healthy loss and you should be proud of it. And just think if you were to lose 2.2 each week, that would be 114.4 lbs for the year. So did you get a couple of marbles for your loss?