How much did you lose in your first week?

[KatieT12]

I don't eat a lot of free food. Typical day for me is
B-weetabix topped with strawberries hex b and some hex a
L- soup (homemade) yoghurt tangerine and apple
D- stirfry, meat and veg not a lot of carbs
Usually try to have around 5 syns a day, sometimes a bit more sometimes less.

1.5 lbs. I was a bit disappointed but at least it was a loss.

I think the other thing to remember is, that even though a loss may be small. How much would you weigh if you had never gone?

I know I would be a couple of pounds heavier than my starting weight. At least.

So although I have lost 12lb I am probably a stone lighter than if I hadn't gone at all.

Thanks Katie. I think the loss is mainly due to giving up lager so it's probably just fluid. I feel a lot better for it though.

I only lost 1lb in my first week & was really disappointed, but went for my second weigh in last night and had lost 5lb!

Slightly terrified that I'll have a disappointing week next week as I can't imagine getting another result like that. Have decided I'll be happy with 1lb off to get my first half stone, and any more os a bonus.

6lb. All subsequent losses have been much smaller and I've Stayed the same 2 weeks. I've lost 13lbs since Xmas now though.

I'd try not to think about losing too much in a week as I don't think weight loss is as simple as that.

Agree with Kat too, think about how much you would weigh if you didn't start SW.

I only want to lose another 7lbs-ish but I am happy if I get there by June so I only need to lose half a pound a week. On its own half a pound hardly seems worth it but long term it's half a stone less plus whatever else I might have gained if I hadn't been doing SW!

Plus the change in overall diet to being much healthier means that I believe I'll be able to carry on eating this way long term.

The issue is, I do need to think about weight loss as I am a lot bigger than what you sound! I'm aiming for like 9 st! My ultimate time frame is for May next year, so I really need to stick to it, I know it's possible.

4lb in the first week. I'm quite a slow loser, been at it since April last year and I've lost 5st2lb so far. 9.5lb to target!

I lost 6lb in my first week which was last year.

Now I am used to plan and I know that when I am 100% my average is 2lb a week but also pleased with some maintains what I have had big nights out and weekends away.

It is engrained now I think and I make much better choices than I used to and 100% that if I didn't join I would be 4 stone heavier than I am now

Katie its sounds like you're on a similar weight loss trajectory to me (hopefully).

I'm aiming to lose 8st 11lb overall - am hoping for a stone every 6 weeks (2.3lb a week) for the first 4 stone, and then every 8 weeks for the remainder which takes me to early summer 2017 too.

I actually need to lose more than one of my (very petite) friends actually weighs !

Ava we can do this! I need to lose what my sister weighs

Katie I don't mean don't think in terms of weight loss at all, just that thinking 'I need to lose x per week' is necessarily helpful. You can't control exactly how much you lose each week but can focus on a longer term target and how you are progressing towards that.

I saw on the other thread you had a good loss this week but you are disappointment. Don't be! If you lose even half of that amount next week then you have lost almost half a stone in 2 weeks. Think where you could be in 2 months!

So many mistakes in that post, hopefully it makes sense!

Honestly, I'm happy about the loss, it was the fact that I was less the other day! I'm happy with it now and you're right, a stone a month would be lovely!

I just joined slimming world today and I am looking at loosing 6stone. Would anyone be able to recommend any good recipes to start me off.

User come on over to the support thread (we are on thread 3), ask there and you'll get loads of ideas.

My fave is pastitsio, I'll look for a link...

I only lost 2lbs the first week, have lost 4 stone 3lbs since this time last year.

I think recording your starting height and weight would have pointed out that obvious in this thread, the more you have to lose, the more you'll lose in your first week. I would be very surprised if the pp that lost 10lbs in the first week was at the lower end of the weight spectrum to start. You'll get a dramatic loss like that by making a dramatic change.

My starting weight was 13 stone 8lbs and I'm 5ft 3. I now weigh 9 stone 5lbs.

There's a great slimming world board for recipe ideas, and I use Pinterest and Instagram a lot too. Good luck and well done everybody on your losses!

www.slimmingeats.com/blog/pastitsio#.Vs9fporfXCQ

Two chubby Cubs blog also has good recipes!

1.5lb. I have just over a stone to my target weight which I know is the hardest bit to lost but still a little disappointed!

I had lost around 10 pounds.

1lb for me! The girls who I joined with lost 6 and 4 lbs so I am the dunce of our little group.

4.5 lb, 2.5 second week and then 1lb third week. I'm trying to be 100% on plan this week as I know I've got a difficult week coming up (DD's birthday, mothers day, various other parties).