let me tell you this. I have been on a bike my whole life. I played ice hockey, I can rollerblade like crazy, I can run marathons, but when I hit the clipless pedals on my new road bike last year, I was frozen yes me frozen... I was shocked as well

Soooooooooooooooooooo... what I did was... I practiced around and around and around in my condo parking lot, clipping in and out, in and out, for some time... not days, but definitely an hour or so. Then I went on a trail where I knew there wouldn't be alot of traffic and I made myself aware that I "NEEDED" to unclip sometimes an ENTIRE block before I got to a crossing where there was a street.

In early summer last year when I hit higher populated bike paths, I made it a point to "clip out" well before I got to an intersection.. heck, I'd ride with one foot for a few feet if I needed... I didn't care. Over the summer I got most comfortable on my bike where I started riding with a bike group on the roads late last summer.

Sooooo... don't be so hard on yourself. Clipless pedals are hard. We did not grow up on them. We are used to lifting our foot and being free... it's what we've learned as a kid... most parent's don't buy their kids bikes with clipless pedals.

Just hang in there and practice clipping in and out as much as you can. I kept my clips pretty loose in the beginning so I know I could clip out of them fast if I wanted... in fact I just tigtened them yesterday... and that's after riding all last year.

So you're doing good... one ride a time