how do you explain this???

O.K., I need to rant for a minute, so please bare with me. I am getting very discouraged. First, my husband, who did NOT have WLS and only needed to lose about 50 lbs., is losing faster than I am! He has just cut back on his eating and he eats a little healthier. Mind you, he still sits down with a plate full of food. We both are working out. I sit there with my little 3 oz. of food and he loses more EVERY week than I do!! Then, I watch Dateline last night about the different people trying to lose weight for their reunion and low and behold, one of the guys, who was doing Atkins, is dropping weight like crazy. I think he lost 50 lbs. in 3 months and I've only lost 55. . .BUT HAD SURGERY!!! What is up with that??? My friend at work, another lightweight, who is also doing an Atkins diet, consistently loses about 5 lbs. a week. At 3 months out, I'm doing good to lose 3 lbs. in a week!! Let me just say this, I am exercising religously, I get in a minimum of 60 grams of protein and 64 oz. or more of water. I eat very little carbs. . .no white carbs at all. My calorie intake is between 600 and 800, usually leaning more towards the 600. Sorry folks, but I am very discouraged right now. I guess I expected to lose at least 5 lbs. a week for at least the first 5 to 6 months. I am 48 and diabetic, so I know I'm supposed to lose a little slower, but gee whiz, it seems as though everyone who hasn't even had the surgery is doing better than I am!!!

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