3 crashes for me so far on my first day going clipless...

Went on a 45mile ride - 1st 10 miles was cruisy and I got a wee bit too confident... d'oh. 1st crash, not too bad. Unclipped left foot and put it on the ground, but leaned too far to the right... 2nd crash, actually stopped and was standing on left leg, tried unclipping right foot and... crash. What an idiot!

3rd crash was the worst - literally knocked the wind out of me. Was the same again as 2nd - unclipped on left, was slowing down and had my left foot down, but for some reason, my right foot still wants to get off the pedal, hence - TIMBERRRR...

Talk about CLUMSY!

Was actually quite scared and nervous for a while, on the way home! Confidence blown!

Now the idea of stopping/starting on a hill terrifies me - which in turn is a good motivator to keep going! hehe

A question is... how much tension do you feel when you unclip? I've already got my right pedal at the loosest setting (the screw is almost coming out!) but still find it quite stiff - I literally have to jerk my feet out with considerable force to unclip. Is this what I have to get used to or is there something funny with my pedals? I've got Shimano SPDs...