fantastic progress wickedwitchofwaterloo, well done. I have similar to lose. Currently SW but can't decide if I am losing the faith or not. Have been lurking here for a while, even got the books out, but still don't know what to do.

WWOW - that is amazing - 5 stone - you must feel sooo different. Congratulations and thanks for joining the thread, it's always good to have a bit of inspiration

And HerMomminess, I forgot that you only had a baby 3 months ago!! I am two and a half years down the line from having my last baby and am only just starting to shift it

And well done Jem for getting out there and running - glad you found a partner to do it with too.

I lost a half pound this week - I was really glad that I hadn't gained because for three days I ate between 38-45 points. I then reined it back in with 4 good days - phew!

I'm going to try and be extra good this week because I am 12 stone 4 now and want to get down to 11 stone 13 in the next 4 weeks.

Good luck to everyone!

Well I weighed myself and I am 12 stone 1lb whic is a pound loss but not as much as I wanted - it never is though! I always feel like if Ive been good then anything less than half a stone off is too small an amount!

We are having dinner at friends tomorrow evening which will be laden with calories so I will be jumping back on the wagon on Sunday.

wwow - well done on the loss, 5st is seriously impressive!! Its lovely to get into smaller clothes, its so motivating!

I am thinking good things for you Jem!

HerMomminess - I echo what the others have said

shifted another 2.5lb this week, 1.5lb away from an overall loss of 5st

I bought a pair of skinny jeans in size 16 today, which might still sound big to some, but when I started this diet back in March, I was struggling to squeeze into a size 28!!

Cheers everyone. And well done Jem. Bring on the holidays!

Welcome and welcome.

The run was great, I really enjoyed it, had forgotton how good it feels to get some exercise. We are going to run twice a week now so Im hoping that will help the pounds come off.

HerMomminess - Emjoy the wedding and your holiday, everyone will know that youve recently had a baby so try not to worry about being bigger.

I really want to have lost two pounds this week and be 12 stone 0lbs. Ill post tomorrow evening with the results.

Try and enjoy your holiday HerMomminess. You want to do something about it and you are going to. You can't wave a magic wand and make it all melt away overnight but it will shift. Maybe see this as your last hurrah and enjoy the food and the holiday in the knowledge that you are going to radically change things when you get back. And then focus on seeing those friends next year looking fit and fab

Okay. Things are desperate here. I am signing in from my holiday. Just saw pictures of myself and am MORTIFIED. Thought we would be having a warm holiday filled with salads.Yet we brought the Scottish weather with and I am eating myself out of the depression.

FEARING the weigh in in 2 weeks when we' re back.

Very disappointed with lack of self control.Totally realise my trigger for eating is because it makes me feel better.

Jem- how did the run go?

Even considering buying a home exercise equipm at huge cost to avoid facing public embarrasment of bum/red face.

Sorry. Had to moan. Of course DH says I' m lovely.

Also facing friends not seen for years at a wedding on SAturday...bring on further mortification and humiliation. I have never been this big.

[SGM extends the welcome mat]

I think the plan has changed quite a bit. Its more of a low GI plan now. So you are encouraged to eat filling foods such as pasta to stop you grazing unnecessarily. They dumped the core plan bit so its all about counting points now. They have even changed the points values on certain foods - pasta is lower than what it used to be.

Hi, can I join you? I just signed up for WW online again today. I've done it before a few times over the last ten years, usually manage to lose about 1-2 stone before I give up and gain it all back and then some.

Have just had a baby, and he's 12 weeks old. The 29 pounds I gained over the pregnancy came off in two weeks, but I've definitely overindulged due to the breastfeeding and have managed to put a 1/2 stone back on. So in all........I need to lose about 7 stone. How depressing.

The upside is, while I'm exclusively breastfeeding I get a ridiculous number of points. This has to be manageable, doesn't it?