[1Fitbabe]

Ok I started WW Sunday the 17th and lost 4 pounds... I have my one night of flex points (used 25) and got back on track and weight went up a tiny bit but then back down..so doing good.

Yesterday I went to the store and bought a lot of great food but I added in some WW items also. I love sweets and figure 2 a day. Say 1 WW Whitmans chocolate after dinner and 1 ice cream bar...3-4 points.

Today I am on the scale and no change. Ok its only Weds. But no change from last weeks 4 pounds loss.

Could it be that eating the Fake stuff in the WW foods like the candy and bars could prevent me from losing weight..? or do I just need to give it lots o time.

Thanks!

[SCraver]

Unfortunately, this is one of those things that you have to give time... Patience, patience, patience... (did I spell that right?) This has been my downfall in the past... I would not lose weight fast enough and I would give up! But now - I focus on 1.6 lbs a week. And that is all I focus on at a time. Even if I only lose 1 lb in a week - I figure I am heading in the right direction!
I noticed that exercising seems to help me drop it a wee bit faster... but it is all about developing HEALTHY habits that you can maintain forever. Many people drop a lot of lbs the first week they start a new plan and then taper off to a normal pace of AVERAGING 1-2 lbs a week.

Count those points!! And focus on how good you feel from eating better and working towards your goal.

[Lovely]

It might not just be one thing, too. It could be many factors. Like sodium, or hormone fluctuations, or not enough sleep last night. It's far too early to tell, too. You're going to need to give it some more time. Also, as time goes on you'll be able to tell how your body handles certain foods. But... that also means you need to give it more time. You're not doing anything "wrong"... this is just how the process works.

[Rosegarden]

Just some words of wisdom. You will not see a weekly loss of 4 lbs. The program is not meant to work that way. Average loss is 1-2 lbs a week. Some weeks you may even see a jump up and you've done everything right. It's a frustrating process. If anyone had it all figured out, they'd be a very rich person. Each individual body is different and we all lose weight differently.

Oh and SCraver, great post!

The best advice. Stay off the scale. Easier said than done I know. But it can be a very negative mind game you play to weigh regularly. Different fluctuations for different reasons (water gain, sodium overkill, retention of fluid from hard excercise [not a permanent thing], etc.) Slow and steady wins the weight loss race.

All that being said, I do much better with the whole food items in my weight loss journey. The premade items aren't bad for you. You have to take into account the preprocessed foods aren't as good for you as whole grain items.

Wishing you luck and hope to see you stick with us and keep posting.

[suitejudyblueeyes]

If you're deciding between eating a pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream versus a WW bar, stick with the WW bar. The low-cal "fake" sweet stuff helps keep me on track in other areas, so even if the processed stuff isn't as good for you as whole foods, I'm still going to eat it if it helps make me feel satisfied. You know? Eventually I plan to take it all out of my diet but I'm not at that stage yet. Little things at a time.

I doubt the lack of weight loss is related WW products. There are millions of processes in our bodies that we can't even begin to comprehend, none of which we can control, any of which may be to blame for things like stalled weight loss. It hasn't been long enough for you to be concerned about not losing, if it's barely been two weeks. You have to be patient, and get used to the idea that you may not see a loss every week! If you're on plan, doing everything right for your body, TRUST that the scale will eventually catch up. It will. You just have to stick with it!

[1Fitbabe]

Thanks you all!

This really helps.

First off I love the plan. I tried WW some years ago but it didnt have flex points it was banking...and even though its the same thing mentally it didnt work for me like the flex. I am able to stick to the flex but couldnt banking.

I guess it is going so good..I feel like its to good to be true.

I will give it time! Thank you so much for the words of advise.

[suitejudyblueeyes]

I go through that phase too -- the starry-eyed "too good to be true" phase. Shortly thereafter I do something to sabotage my own progress in a not-too-subtle attempt to derail myself (I guess I have issues?). This time it was a large pizza and chicken wings and cinnamon whatever from Dominoes in my 2nd week of WW. I've always done this in the past when starting a new eating plan; I don't know what it is that makes me give in to that impulse but I do. And in the past it's meant the end of my diet/lifestyle change. This time, though, I went to my meetings, even though it stalled my WL for two weeks. I got over it, my body flushed it all out, and I got back on track and have been losing since.

Just don't let yourself be convinced that this is too good to be true.

It's good -- it's awesome -- it's fantastic that it's working...
AND it's true. Amazing, huh?