Welcome aboard and tks for your kind words!
Exercise certainly helps massively, as the others have said. But it's really hard to predict how any one person will lose. We're all so different and there are so many variables: Age, gender, mobility, medications....
I lost 44 lbs in 8 months... slow, but then I was perimenopausal. The last few lbs came off verrrrrry slowly.
I think the best thing is to delight in your losing
direction rather than speed. Once you've hit goal, it'll seem to have gone in a flash however long it takes. Best not to set yourself up for disappointment even though your goal is do-able.
Happy losing!
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PLEDGING FLIGHTS Completed: 1st set of buildings and mountains (Everest & M.Blanc, twice); Tower Masts & Chimneys; More virtual buildings; Challenger's Choice x 2 (volcanos and mountains on Mars). Currently re-climbing Kilimanjaro: 2257/2578 (2300 = base camp 7)
Start 10 Jan 2005. Maintenance since Aug. 2005.
F/56yrs/5'.4"
SW:77.7 LW:56.5 CW:60.1 (kilos)