[PatJ]

It's natural for you to miss playing all those hands as you go through the process of tightening up. Intelectually you realize you're giving money away and this process is something that must happen for you to move up successfully. Now what needs to happen is an emotional adjustment - an attitude shift. Get your ego involved if that'll help, think of how you look down on poor players. Do you want to be one of those suckers? Do you want them laughing when they're stacking your chips? No. No, fold and move on to the next hand. Try to absorb this lesson on a deeper level, eventually it will be something you believe in instead of something you know you're supposed to do but don't really want to, like eating your vegetables.