Rita - don't get discouraged. You are losing about a pound a week. Those 5 pounds will become 10 and those ten will become 20. I had averaged a pound a week loss (up till 16 days ago when I quit smoking, Yikes). Yes, it took me 6 months to lose 26 pounds. Yes, it was a long time. But I went from a size 16 to a size 8. I could have let myself get all depressed and quit this WOE, in which case the 6 months would have still passed only I would have still been a size 16. Hope that helps you some!