your body is going into starvation mode rubbish at slimming clubs. .am I the only one who thinks this is utter nonsense!

[deffonamechange]

I have joined a slimming club. Stuck to it . I do loads of exercise anyway. Been doing it 4weeks..have lost 2lbs and tonight put 0.5lbs on!!
Leader said I am not losing because I am not eating enough!
Drives me insane this theory!
If I eat more I will be eating the same as I ate before joining!
How does anorexia work?
Why do laws of physics say less calories in and more exercise lose weight?

So frustrated! !! Argh!!!

[2kids2dogsnosense]

Some types of hormonal contraception, especially the implant, stop periods from happening in women that do not fall into the categories mentioned so not necessarily a cause for concern,

I didn't know that - thanks

[TheWrathFromHighAtopTheThing]

My WW leader suggested I was sticking too rigidly to the plan and that's why my weight loss stopped. or perhaps I was exercising too little. Or too much.

Essentially she was fucking clueless and just desperate to sell tons of WW merchandise for the sake of her commission.

I still see her around and she's a good 3/4 stone heavier than when she first started WW. Great advert.

[KatharinaRosalie]

Give it a little bit time. Last winter I was exactly the same - eating like a bird, exercising like a maniac, and the weight just would not move. I was just about to sell my body for scientific experiments when I suddenly just dropped a dress size pretty much overnight.

[LaBrujita]

You can google 'no such thing as starvation mode' if you want some decent writing on the topic. Most quality fitness/strength training sites will have a decent rebuttal.

"I mean I f you diet, you lose weight - then you pile it back on if you stop dieting because your body hangs on to it."

No, you 'pile it back on' because you 'stopped dieting' - whatever 'dieting' was and whatever your 'before' was. You went back to your old, more-calories-in-than-out habit and regained the weight.

You need to identify what it is about your current diet that is giving you a large calorie surplus - portion size? Takeaway habit? Snacking throughout the day? Costa lattes? - then cut it down. Even just a few days tracking your intake should show you where the issue lies.

[CrystalMcPistol]

I was stuck for three weeks with no apparent weight loss (even though I could feel it in my clothes). Then suddenly the scales told me I'd lost half a stone in a week. I think the lost pounds can bottle-neck somewhere and then seemingly whoosh out over night.

[Niloufes]

You need to combine exercise with a different diet. Cut out salt, bacon, pizza anything like that. Cut right down on pasta. Limit alcohol to only the weekend. Eat lots of fish, veg etc. keep going it'll work. Sack off slimming classes, they don't work for keeping it off. You need to change your lifestyle. Just do it yourself and keep a record of your gains and losses. Dropped 3 sizes in under a year doing this and its staying off.

[Niloufes]

You need to combine exercise with a different diet. Cut out salt, bacon, pizza anything like that. Cut right down on pasta. Limit alcohol to only the weekend. Eat lots of fish, veg etc. keep going it'll work. Sack off slimming classes, they don't work for keeping it off. You need to change your lifestyle. Just do it yourself and keep a record of your gains and losses. Dropped 3 sizes in under a year doing this and its staying off.