To be upset about this reaction?

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I joined a diet club after christmas and have just got my half stone award tonight (with a half pound weight loss).

Came home feeling quite pleased, but I've been told how disappointing that weight loss is and how it wasn't very good. :( Yes I know it could have been better but it was a stressful week and I'm happy with any weight loss!

AIBU to be upset by this reaction? I am probably over reacting as he's right it wasn't great but hey ho.

Whatever you do, do not allow his reaction to bounce you into eating a big bar of chocolate. Which is probably what you feel like doing. at him.

And half a pound a week for a year is just shy of two stone, if you want to think of it in context.

Half a stone is a big achievement. We don't know how much you are wanting to lose but taking your time and really letting those new healthy eating habits bed in is the best way to lose weight and keep it off for ever. Keep it up. :)

Half a stone is 7 pounds. So that's around 2lb/week. Which is what you should be aiming for for healthy maintainable weight loss.

YANBU at all.

Clearly I (and a quite a few other people) didn't read that you had only been going 2 weeks.

7lb is a dress size isn't it?? Well done, and sod what your dh says

I once lost 7lbs.

No, I forgot ... I mean £7. Bugger.

Staying the same is a victory, a drop a triumph.

Pat him on the belly and raise an eyebrow... always room for improvement eh?

Hmmm. Perhaps he thinks he's supporting you - as in - 'oh gawd, she's only been at it for two weeks and already it's going down the pan, she'll be feeling hopeless, perhaps I'd better give her a helping shove'.

In which case, tell him that for every 'shove' he gives you, you will be eating one chocolate eclair. And for every 'well done love!' he will get a hug and also get to forego another repetition of the psychology of encouragement lecture.

I wish I could lose 1/2 stone in that time frame! Takes me twice as bloody long. Well done, don't give up and tell your DH to do one.

go all gillian mcceath on his ass!

Well done for losing half a stone - that's a great achievement! What about asking him (in a non confrontational way) why he was so negative about it and tell him how it made you feel? Maybe he's insecure, maybe he's just completely insensitive - you might find out more if you talk to him.

It didn't all go on at once and it won't all fall off at once. He has completely the wrong attitude towards losing weight. Just keep up the good work, and ignore him.

Tell him if he can't be supportive you will lose about 13 stone in one go!!

Git.