Eleanor Abernathy
Member
Hello again, another daft question for you all.
In my first week I lost 12lb, which I was obviously thrilled with.
I have noticed, by reading the other poster's stories, that you can usually expect to lose a lot each week for about 4 weeks until it settles down to around 3-4lb per week, especially if, like me, you have a lot of weight to lose and are doing the SS plan.
However, at my second weigh-in I only lost 4lb and I can't figure out why the loss was so low, given that I stuck to the diet like glue (didn't even have any chewing gum or diet drinks), I have loads of weight to lose, and it was only my second week.
I am wondering if it's because in my second week I switched from still to sparkling water, and the fact I almost doubled my water intake, after reading the comments about water on this forum. In week one I drank about 2-and-a-half litres of still water per day (in addition to black coffee water and the water we use to make the shakes/soup). In week 2, I drank between 4 and 5 litres of sparkling water per day. I changed to sparkling water because it seemed to fill me up more. I also drink about 3 mugs of black instant coffee per day.
I hope I don't come across as an ungrateful brat, given my excellent weight loss in week one, but I was hoping to get the same sorts of results that I've seen others get on here in their first month, before my weight loss settled down to 3-4lb per week.
Can anybody think what I might be doing wrong?
I had my period during week 2, but I 'came on' on day 9 (i.e. two days into my second week on the CD). I tend to gain water in the week BEFORE my period, not during and after, so I don't think that could have made any difference to my result in week 2.
Thanks in advance for your help.
In my first week I lost 12lb, which I was obviously thrilled with.
I have noticed, by reading the other poster's stories, that you can usually expect to lose a lot each week for about 4 weeks until it settles down to around 3-4lb per week, especially if, like me, you have a lot of weight to lose and are doing the SS plan.
However, at my second weigh-in I only lost 4lb and I can't figure out why the loss was so low, given that I stuck to the diet like glue (didn't even have any chewing gum or diet drinks), I have loads of weight to lose, and it was only my second week.
I am wondering if it's because in my second week I switched from still to sparkling water, and the fact I almost doubled my water intake, after reading the comments about water on this forum. In week one I drank about 2-and-a-half litres of still water per day (in addition to black coffee water and the water we use to make the shakes/soup). In week 2, I drank between 4 and 5 litres of sparkling water per day. I changed to sparkling water because it seemed to fill me up more. I also drink about 3 mugs of black instant coffee per day.
I hope I don't come across as an ungrateful brat, given my excellent weight loss in week one, but I was hoping to get the same sorts of results that I've seen others get on here in their first month, before my weight loss settled down to 3-4lb per week.
Can anybody think what I might be doing wrong?
I had my period during week 2, but I 'came on' on day 9 (i.e. two days into my second week on the CD). I tend to gain water in the week BEFORE my period, not during and after, so I don't think that could have made any difference to my result in week 2.
Thanks in advance for your help.