Firstly what to you is a slow loss? Everyone loses weight at different rates due to 101 reasons - not just the eating plan. It can be age, gender, genetics, medication, illness just to name a few. Remember it's not necessarily about the journey but a destination. As my consultant once said, weight loss is like a car journey - some people will bomb down the motorway without stopping, some will go slowly in the slow lane, some will take the country roads and if you are like me you'll be stopping at every service station for a can of sugary relentless and a pasty!
Secondly don't put yourself down, it's always hard for us to see the positive in life especially when we want something so badly, but don't forget you are already half a stone lighter - that is not to be sniffed at!
Anyways I said a similar thing in another thread so I shall repeat it here.
From a scientific point of view (not officially, just my understanding of science)
- if you burn more calories than you consume you will lose weight;
- if you consume more calories than you burn you will gain weight and;
- if you consume the same number of calories than you burn you will stay the same.
If you think you are having slow losses then bare in mind you are burning more calories you are taking in and this is great! To average a pound a week you are burning 500 calories a day - that's fantastic.
To increase this you will have to burn more than you consume and there is only two ways round this: consume less calories or burn more! (Interestingly you burn less calories the less you weigh so as you lose weight you need to eat less - less calories that is, not necessarily volume!) However it you get below a certain point your body will hold onto everything you give it!
A few things you can try: introduce more superfree foods, perhaps lower your syns by 2 or 3, but make sure you don't go below 5. Another idea might be to step up any exercise you do - if you don't exercise at all now would be a great time to start. Something simple like a walk round the block, do some star jumps in the adverts whilst watching TV, go swimming, ride a bike - anything to get moving. Exercise certainly won't slow down your weight loss at this stage unless you are hardly eating anything and exercise to excess.
Finally have a big drink of water before each meal, this will fill you up and you won't eat as much (thirst can sometimes be confused with hunger). Finally remember variety is the spice of life!
Do not reduce your syns too far, only you might find (depending how good your willpower is and how long it will last) that you start feel deprived and start resenting the plan.
What plan are you following and what are your typical eating habits? 3 meals and a few snacks? Skipping breakfast? Lots of eating throughout the day (that's me). Let us know and we can try to help a bit more.
Hope This Helps and Good Luck
Natt xx
I will be in a size 10 by christmas 
