7 weeks of up and down...up 3 down 2....up 3...down 2. Last week I stayed the same...this week...up 3.8?!!!!


I was 100% on plan this week. I got a new scale...I weight and measure everything...


What's the point? What is the point of doing all of this and getting no where?


I could have had a huge friggin burger at my birthday dinner instead of something healthy.

Yes, you could have had a burger. Why didn't you? Do you enjoy the food you are eating on plan? Do you feel like posting a menu for some help?

Have you taken a pregnancy test?

If you were 100% honest with yourself, is there anything you can think in your behavior that might have something to do with this? Are you following all of WW, not just the points?

Has anything else in your life changed recently? exercise? stress? job? relationship?

If you stop doing WW, what is your plan? Go back to the old way? Try Calorie counting or a different plan?

Did you switch back to the old plan? That may work.. There are many of us who switched back and are having great success =D

I was ready to give up and didn't, that means you can't either!! =D

I'm thinking about going back to Momentum still. I just have to find the materials off of Ebay...I don't have mine. And the only lot on there was like $60+ and I can't spend that much right now.


I'm not going to quit...I'm just frustrated. I'm tired...I feel sick all the time and I'm frustrated. My body hurts so bad I can barely move today...I've just had enough lately. I keep telling myself things will get better...but Just when?

Health problems aren't an excuse! They are a reason, and a good one that your weight could be bouncing around. That coupled with stress and less exercise could be the reason.

Could you track your calories on Sparkpeople or something for a few days just to get an idea of how many calories you are taking in? That might help you figure out if you foods need tweaking.

When my weight is bouncing around I know why (sloppy point counting) so I can fix it. It must be frustrating to not know what to do to fix it.

Mmel- I PM'ed you with some Momentum info that may help. GL!

I totally understand, I have only been on for 4 weeks but each week is off the wall. I changed the days that I weigh and it helped. I was weighing on Sun but I usually use my weekly extra points on the weekend, which was making me weigh right after that. I changed to Monday, which gives me Sun to get back on track and wow what a difference. On Sun I weighed and it was 211.8 then Mon it was 209.3, which puts me at a 2 lb weigh loss for the week. The other way around puts me at a gain.
Another thing is look over the last weeks, what is your total loss? Try not to judge from day to day or even week to week. Keep your eye on the overall loss.
For me weight watchers has been a great plan. It is something I can do the rest of my life and I plan on it.
Good Luck

I really think I need to switch to the Momentum plan. Yes, I had a stressful week, but I have kept up with my cardio and have not made a ton of bad choices, and I had a gain of .8 AGAIN last night at weigh in. It is SO frustrating! Last week, my home scale was weighing me at 259. Yesterday, my home scale in the morning weight me at 257.1. I felt SO great going into weigh in last night, certain that I would have a good loss, but NO!!!! Their scale weighed me in at 262.2! WEEK 8!

I could just SCREAM! I don't want to give up, but I am getting incredibly frustrated. And I just LOVE the chick who does my weigh in every week...just gives me a blank disapproving look every week I go and hop on her scale with a bullsh*t gain. (excuse my language...very upset here)

That could very well be in my head, but I'm still discouraged. I'm still feeling like it's hopeless and maybe my entire life will be spent as a fatty. That thought makes me want to jump off a bridge. Sigh.

Are you recording every blt you put in your mouth? Cardio doesn't burn that many calories. If you don't do it for at least an hour, it works for health but not weight loss. Do you get in all you 9HGs? Eat all your points every day? Overeat fruit? The program works when you do it as written but not with tweaks.

Yes, I do follow the plan as written. I use e-tools and track, track, track every day.

I do one hour of Zumba, 3 times a week. Monday nights I have personal training for AN HOUR with a licensed trainer who kicks my behind. I'm doing both cardio and strength. When I leave the gym, sweat is dripping from my hair and my shirt can be rung out. I can assure you that I am not doing a five minute walk around my block and calling it a workout. I'm earning anywhere from 30-45 activity points a week. Getting in my GHG's (even have become much more intentional with my oil each day)...only have two servings of fruit a day and lately, I've even limited it to one to see if that made a difference.

Eat my weeklies, but not my AP's.

But have there been a few bad choices?

Remember, you cannot compare what you weigh at home (in am with no clothes) with what you weigh at your WW meeting (in pm with clothes). Its a different time, circumstance and scale.

I know WW does not advocate weighing daily because some people might get a little crazy with the fluctuations. I have my official WW weigh in day but at home I track daily (and log it on the 3FC 100+ club thread). I also put the number of P+ and AP next to the number. I then can see the delayed affect of activity and food points has on my weight. More activity = higher weight but then it drops when I have a rest day. The overall trend has been a loss on both scales although the numbers NEVER agree. (Same at my dr.'s - their scale is always wrong!! )

Don't give up. You CAN do it!!

Yes, there have been a few poor choices, but regardless of if I had a cup of ice cream (which I normally wouldn't have) I have NEVER gone outside of my points values (Daily, Weekly, Activity). If I had, then I could point to that problem and say....LOOK....this is where I messed up. Okay, I won't do that again. But I can't, thus my frustration.

You don't have to do cardio for "at least an hour," especially if you do high intensity intervals. Low intensity exercise (like walking) doesn't burn that many calories, but HIIT certainly does.

Marianne - Did you try and talk to a leader? Maybe you need to lower your points? There was a lady at one of our meeting that was having the same problem as you. She is now loosing weight because her daily went down.
I have only gained once so far on my journey (because I went way over board). I started with 42 points!! I am now at 40 points. I hardly ever reach that many points but if there is a day that I want to use them all, I do. I know they tell you to use them all but if your satisfied, why?
Don't give up, there are other solutions!