PinkToaster
Silver Member
Hi all.
This might be a long post but I will try and keep it brief.
I've been at my current SW group for 8 and a half months now. I've been doing SW on and off since 2006 though.
My current weight loss stands at 8 and a half pounds. I joined 28/2/13, got my half stone award in April, got my stone award 3 months later in late July, and since then I've just been up and down.
It took me a very long time to get to my stone award because I would be having 100% weeks, and my results would be half a pound off, maintain, half a pound gain, maintain... Even having been on plan for weeks on end.
I went to my doctor to have my thyroid tested and all came back normal. So that rules that out!
I do green days as I'm a vegetarian, and I always have my 1/3 superfree. I exercise 2 hours a week minimum but try to add something new to that each week to keep it different.
I can't say I've been 100% for the entire 8.5 months because obviously I've had birthdays, social occasions, nights out and just plain weak moments where I've indulged.
But hand on heart, I have put so much effort into this eating plan and I'm just not getting the results. It's all hit another low point for me this week as I had a 1.5lb gain yesterday. This is after a 100% week bar Saturday, which was a meal out and drinks. I went to this meal fully expecting to have to flexi syn and was pleasantly surprised to have on the menu 'roasted Mediterranean vegetable frittata with salad.' A SW dream! 2/3 of the plate was salad, it was perfect! This was followed by drinks out. My drink of choice is Malibu and these were all taken with diet coke every single time.
In order to do damage control I did a Jillian Michaels DVD on Saturday morning and went on a 3 mile walk on Sunday (on top of my usual Zumba on Monday and Wednesday spinning.)
I understand I probably wouldn't have had a great week due to the alcohol, but 1.5lbs? Really? When I have 100% weeks I only seem to lose half a pound, maybe a pound if I'm lucky.
It's just getting to me now that I've been going to SW 8.5 months and I've only lost 8.5lbs! It's ridiculous. I can't understand why I don't have losses. I don't know if I should go back to my GP because she said that if the problem wasn't thyroid related then she wasn't sure what she could do for me, as I'm already on a good eating plan.
This week I thought I might do EE the veggie way to see if having less healthy extras would help. But I'm not sure if it will or not. I'm really losing hope here. I'm terrified to go weigh in even on a good week because I know the result won't match my efforts. I've sat in on the new members table in the desperate hope that something will click and I'll be able to say 'oooohhhhhh THAT'S where I'm going wrong!' But nothing! I know this eating plan inside and out. If I was at target I would consider becoming a consultant because I know it so well! I just don't know what to do.
This might be a long post but I will try and keep it brief.
I've been at my current SW group for 8 and a half months now. I've been doing SW on and off since 2006 though.
My current weight loss stands at 8 and a half pounds. I joined 28/2/13, got my half stone award in April, got my stone award 3 months later in late July, and since then I've just been up and down.
It took me a very long time to get to my stone award because I would be having 100% weeks, and my results would be half a pound off, maintain, half a pound gain, maintain... Even having been on plan for weeks on end.
I went to my doctor to have my thyroid tested and all came back normal. So that rules that out!
I do green days as I'm a vegetarian, and I always have my 1/3 superfree. I exercise 2 hours a week minimum but try to add something new to that each week to keep it different.
I can't say I've been 100% for the entire 8.5 months because obviously I've had birthdays, social occasions, nights out and just plain weak moments where I've indulged.
But hand on heart, I have put so much effort into this eating plan and I'm just not getting the results. It's all hit another low point for me this week as I had a 1.5lb gain yesterday. This is after a 100% week bar Saturday, which was a meal out and drinks. I went to this meal fully expecting to have to flexi syn and was pleasantly surprised to have on the menu 'roasted Mediterranean vegetable frittata with salad.' A SW dream! 2/3 of the plate was salad, it was perfect! This was followed by drinks out. My drink of choice is Malibu and these were all taken with diet coke every single time.
In order to do damage control I did a Jillian Michaels DVD on Saturday morning and went on a 3 mile walk on Sunday (on top of my usual Zumba on Monday and Wednesday spinning.)
I understand I probably wouldn't have had a great week due to the alcohol, but 1.5lbs? Really? When I have 100% weeks I only seem to lose half a pound, maybe a pound if I'm lucky.
It's just getting to me now that I've been going to SW 8.5 months and I've only lost 8.5lbs! It's ridiculous. I can't understand why I don't have losses. I don't know if I should go back to my GP because she said that if the problem wasn't thyroid related then she wasn't sure what she could do for me, as I'm already on a good eating plan.
This week I thought I might do EE the veggie way to see if having less healthy extras would help. But I'm not sure if it will or not. I'm really losing hope here. I'm terrified to go weigh in even on a good week because I know the result won't match my efforts. I've sat in on the new members table in the desperate hope that something will click and I'll be able to say 'oooohhhhhh THAT'S where I'm going wrong!' But nothing! I know this eating plan inside and out. If I was at target I would consider becoming a consultant because I know it so well! I just don't know what to do.