[BritinNJ]

Well done Helen, Shell, Mg and Peackock, am pleased to report even though my body seems to be storing food stuff, it hasn't stored the fat, so stayed the same this week, am getting a bit despondent about three weeks at the same, but it's better than a gain so will smile about that and try for some more exercise. Haven't even been able to walk Pen and Lew for a few days as the roads and paths are so icy, I know we;ll injure ourselves walking, they are getting some exercise chasing balls and toys around the house though. Good luck to all who still have yet to weigh in.

[MelissaA]

just home from SW lost 2 pounds this week!! WOOOOHOOOO

[cat90]

great job Melissa unfortunately i have'nt been able to get "into" the plan like you have..i really should try and follow it to the letter and give it a decent chance..it certainly is working for you

[Peacock]

Yay! Well done Melissa!

[leigh-r]

all i have to say is 1lb on

[teel]

Oh well done to everybody!!you lot are just stoopendously brilliant!!!
for those that did not lose...never mind do not be too downhearted, for you will all get back in to the positive losing mode soon enough.Good luck to all...

[Smiling Sal]

Well done everybody.

Leighs whats a pound, a cuppa of tea before you weigh in as my WW leader is always saying. Sometimes our bodies just don't do what we want.

I have been exercising a lot more this week, have added aerobics to the walking and swimming and think I will have a gain from all that muscle I have built this week - if the aches are anything to go by that is - Monday will tell.

[cat90]

i hate reporting a gain too i don't want to spoil your fabulous stats but i'll have to fess up..gained 1lb..i thought it would have been a lot worse considering my diet..so i'm happy with that..i will be weighing in on the 1st of the month from now on..so i've got 2 whole weeks to lose some lard

[Posy]

Hi everyone

weigh in was very disappointing again...I stayed the same...I have been doing a lot of thinking about this and I have come to the decision that I may be undereating. I limit myself to 1000 calories a day now which is what the slimming magazines recommend if you have less than 14lbs to lose. Now if you look at the charts in the magazines, my weight range is 142lbs - 154lbs so the 154lbs I am aiming for is the maximum and if I was aiming for the 142lbs then it is more than 14lbs away and accordingly I should still be eating 1250 calories a day. So for the next 2 weeks I am increasing my calories back to 1250 a day to see if that makes a difference. Hey the worst that can happen is I may gain a pound or two, but that isn't the end of the world, at least I will know for certain if I am eating the correct amount and if I do gain I can always go back to the 1000 cals a day without too much trouble.
I just feel as though I am in a rut and I need to do something to try to get these pounds moving again.
I am not too depressed about staying the same again tho, I am getting pretty used to that, when I do feel down about it I look in the mirror, it certainly is much more pleasant seeing what looks back at me now than what looked back 2 years ago ...I bet any money once I get to goal it wont be as easy to keep staying the same and I will be complaining about that too.

Ali

[MelissaA]

Thanks everyone, I was really pleased with the loss...
For everyone who stayed the same or gained, don't worry!!! You can do it!!

**spreading fairy dust over us all in the coming week**

[tupperware queen]

You have come a long long way Ali, just take it one day at atime do not get despondent just keep looking in the mirror it will give you something to smile about!!

[Peacock]

Bad Peacock! I put 1lb on. Still not bad although I swear I did not have much of an appetite until Friday - ah well. I did not eat anything bad just too much I suppose!

I am not disheartend even though the little girl who comes to our weigh in was put on the scales and she has lost! Her parents/Grandparents have gained and she has lost! (I want to stress before someone gets the NSPCC out that we only put her on the scales for a laugh!)

[MelissaA]

Thats ok Peacock, we have all been there...You will make up for it next weigh in!!!

I have mine on Thurdays and because of a certain very large box of chocolates I am concerned about a gain myself...:O

[cat90]

Ali..1000cals a day everything i read say's not to go below 1200cals a day..i think you're right your not eating enough you'll soon see those pesky 7lbs off

[Mini Gem]

Can I just say Jesus Christ. This was actually quite embarrassing. This week I lost 10lbs!

I wouldn't be complaining if I thought by some miracle I'd actually lost that amount of fat, but in one week I seriously doubt it. I've been thinking about this and here's what I think has happened.

Last week I could have been retaining water. I had a weight loss of 1lb over the previous fortnight, so maybe I'd actually lost another couple of pounds (though I wasn't very on plan).

When I've got my period I can become very sensitive to fat in my diet, and it was just like that this week. I lost my appetite and for about 3 days before weighing in I ate only one meal (and a reasonably light one at that) a day.

I hadn't eaten anything all day (except some sugar free mints) before I weighed in, so I didn't even have the usual weight of food in my stomach.

Anyone want to take bets on how much I put on next week, just through eating normally again?

Losing 1lb got me my 2 stone award (yay) and my club 10. I really do feel better for having lost 10% of my starting weight, even though by my bmi I'm still obese and need to lose nearly another stone before I'm just overweight.

Because of this crazy loss, I also got my 2.5 stone award last night, but I just don't feel like I've earnt it - the weigh-in lady insisted that she had to put the sticker in my book.

Well good luck to everyone else, can anyone beat that one week loss?