Just completed my first week on WW(meeting). Lost 4 lbs. I should be happy, but, for a first week, I assumed I would loose more. I'm feeling that I need some support as I'm seeing a self-sabotage trend beginning.

I've done WW twice before and stayed with the program for only three weeks. First week fine. Second week - angry because of first week: and, in some crazy way, try to eat more because I did "so well" the first week (yeah, I know, I'm contradicting myself!), the third week I gain a pound or two, and then I quit.

Want to work the program this time. I'm motivated, but starting to turn to the dark side! Any help to climb out would be very appreciated.

Thanks, Liz

Wow 4lbs in one week that is just awesome!
Leave the dark side in the closet and look at the bright side....go towards the light. Before you know it you not only will see the light you will feel lighter!

I am to the point of sometimes only losing a few ounces to a pound. It's what's healthy. You just need to change your mindset. It's not a perfect system but it does produce results. There will be weeks you maintain, weeks you gain. Gotta take the bad with the good sometimes. This is a lifestyle change.

A loss is a loss doesn't matter how big it is, it will add up in the end.

Remember slow and steady wins the race!

CONGRATS ON THE 4LBS

4 lbs your first week is fantastic!

Like Driven, I'm at the point where I'm not seeing huge numbers. But I'm totally okay with that because I'm losing at a healthy rate (I've been doing WW for a year and a half and my overall average is 1.2 lbs a week), but, more importantly I'm making positive changes to my life and health.

This isn't a quick system, it takes work. Some weeks you will lose, some you will maintain, and yes, sometimes you will gain. It's all part of the journey, but the key is to not let those non-losing weeks set you up for failure. When that happens, sit down and figure out if it's because of the food you ate and make changes. Sometimes it happens regardless of how well you eat (like, I tend to gain during ovulation), so when that happens I 1) am expecting it and 2) focus on the positive things, like how much exercise I did and how much better I'm feeling.

You can do this and coming to 3FC is a great way to start getting support

At WW meetings, the mediator always says this:

The plan will not work unless you follow it exactly. No excuses, no exceptions.

This means logging ALL your food and exercise truthfully. Here's some of the excuses I've found myself making when logging food and exercise:

* I sweated a lot more today than yesterday, so I'm adding 15 minutes to my logged workout.
* It's olive oil so it can't be too many points (WRONG! Olive oil is 8 points per tablespoon...correct me if I'm wrong, I have a bad memory but pretty sure that's what it is)
* I just drank some water so I'm going to subtract a couple of pounds from my logged weight (when you do this and the system recalculates points for a smaller weight, this can work against you because you are eating points for a smaller person that does not exist. Your body will start storing calories and you will gain weight)
* I'll just carry over my unused weekly allowance or unused exercise points into next week (eat all of your points, no exceptions!)

Tallying points is a part-time job. Unless you're willing to do this every day without exception, it will not work. I've made it a part of my daily routine and that has helped so much! I also bought a Kindle Fire with a WW app that I believe was only $4.99. The Kindle goes with me everywhere. No excuses or exceptions!

Stop quitting. Stay with it no matter how you are feeling about it. And then keep staying with it.

My first week, I lost just under 5 lbs and boy was I disappointed! However, I had to realize that a loss was a loss and that if I kept pushing forward, those numbers would add up. And that's what I had to keep telling myself when I would only lose 1 lb. Eventually those lbs added up to 30 lbs in about 3 months. Looking back on it, the time went by so fast that I couldn't figure out why I didn't start sooner. I'm no longer a paying WW member, but I'm now doing it on my own. So from someone who's been there, just keep pushing forward. Don't reward yourself for doing good the previous week. Just stick to the program and you will definitely start seeing results.

Don't give up!

I'm on week 20 with Weight Watchers and I've lost 45 lbs so far.

In all of the other attempts I've made to lose weight, I did sketchy things like starve myself or eat cabbage soup for 2 weeks or drink weight-loss shakes....basically crazy things that canNOT be maintained for the rest of my life!

Did I lose weight fast doing those things? Yup...but it always came back and it brought friends. ALWAYS. I always had the mindset of "Oh, when I lose XX lbs, I'm going to get a Whopper...or a half-gallon of ice cream..." or whatever I craved. And so it never worked.

With WW I've lost at every weigh-in so far. A few of those losses have been 0.4 lbs or so- a crazy-small amount! BUT I remind myself that it seems to be true that when you lose the weight slowly and healthfully, you have much better odds at keeping it off. They tell us that when following the program you can expect to lost 1-2 lbs per week.

Tracking my foods, getting much more active, and seeing the changes occur are things I feel good about. I never feel deprived. I feel that this is something I can do forever.

YOU can do it too!! Just try to shut that little voice in your head up that's trying to sabotage you. The fast weight losses didn't stick in the past, right? It's why we came to WW. Slow and steady will win us the race!

I think over the years I have tried every diet imaginable and the pro point program is the easiest one to adjust to. You have to see this as a change in life style and not a diet. To go on a diet suggests that at some point you will come off the diet, stop dieting and that is when you pick up where you left off. To change your eating, cooking and life style requires a whole mind set of its own and whether you succeed or not is entirely up to you and how much you want to lose the weight and more importantly, keep it off. I started this program in Nov of 2010 and am still enjoying it and all the new and exciting food it has brought to my life. I hope you will find the journey as rewarding. I think that a small weight loss each week has a better chance of staying lost. Keep the faith.