Trying to lose weight, you need to watch how fast the pounds are coming off. While I was on WW-online, I had a week where, for the first time ever, I had a 4 pound loss and then the following week I lost another 2 pounds. The litle blurb that comes up on WW-online after you input your weekly weight said, "great loss but..." and pointed me to a URL that mentioned the dangers of fast weight loss.

All my adult life I've chased after "instant" and "super fast" weight loss programs. Each and every one of them has failed me for they only worked in making me gain even more weight. The more instant and fast the loss was, the faster it all came back... and brought additional friends with it.

I'm amazed these days when I go through the grocery store lines and see the magazines covers: "Lose 30 pounds in 30 days!"... "Lose 10 pounds in a week!" I shake my head nowadays but I used to buy those magazines and attempt what they said to do, dreaming of achieving my instant weight loss.

This article Weight Watchers pointed me to is right on the money. The week after my quick weight loss I was very sick, in a lot of pain. Turns out when I saw the doctor on Friday that I did have electrolyte (fluid) imbalances which led to a bladder infection. Very painful! Antibiotics did the trick and the article Weight Watchers pointed me to confirmed that slow but steady is the way to go on this weight loss journey... for the rest of my life... until I reach goal!