stop wishing for some effort free way to lose weight

I have lost 6 pounds in the last month, by healthy means- more protein, less junk, more exercise. On the one hand, yay for me, but mostly I think things like, this is going so slowly, how could I have lost only 6 pounds in one month, how am I ever going to losr all the weight I need to lose? I want it to be fast and easy!

I ate a lot more carbs this week than last, and decided to eat whatever I wanted on Thanksgiving. Result? On the scale I am down over 1 pound the day after I ate an entire pumpkin pie with whipped cream ( though not in 1 sitting)! I will once again try to do the very low carb thing, ( for a few weeks) but I will probably settle for just eating fewer carbs and more protein than before.

I ate more calories than usual, did not exercise at all and lost 3 pounds. Hello cheese and bacon! But I miss healthy things I eat a lot of:
oatmeal (the real kind)
high fiber cereal
carrots
FRUIT!
yogurt
high fiber granola bars
whole wheat english muffins

it seems strange to give up all these healthy things. It is very hard to get a lot of fiber if you are not eating whole grains and fruit, and I feel like I am missing out on vitamins/minerals, too. And the carb cravings are NOT going away.

120 seems like a reasonable weight for a 5/1 naturally curvy person. Yeah, I know that’s waht 5’10 models weight, but I want to be healthy and be able to eat like a normal person.
I’ve lost 25 pounds already this year, though I haven’t been very disciplined about it. I’d like to lose 20 more this year.

I know there is no way to lose weight that does not involve a lot of exercise and denying myself things I really want to eat.
I’ve managed to lose 15 pounds but I am losing my motivation (the thrill of getting into a 2 sizes smaller pair of jeans lasted only a little while). The problem is, I want fast results, even though I know that is not the healthy or lasting way to lose. I was contemplating doing medifast, even though I know it is expensive, not helpful in addressing the reasons I am fat, and possibly unhealthy. But then I took part in a market research taste test of diet drinks, and were they awful! I was getting paid to drink that crap ( I think it was slimfast) and I could barely get it down, so no way am I going to pay hundreds a month for it. I’d rather eat some real food than a comparable calorie drink even if it tasted good. So now I’m eating some high-fiber high-protein cereal and wondering if I can get my fat ass to the gym tonight and trying not to wish for a magic overnight 75 pound weight loss.