How much weight have you lost this year (2006) - no matter what weight loss plan you are following?

[SPARKLER1]

I'm doing slimming world and have been for six weeks now.
9 1/2 lb off so far.

Am GI/ GL and exercising at home (davina/charlie brookes dvds)
Have lost 4kgs and I was within a healthy BMI to start off with so am chuffed - also gave up drinking, well the everyday sort of drinking.
Feel good!!!!

It's nice to share weight losses with others instead of sticking to our "own" threads.

Am doing Lighter Life and have lost 24lbs in 5 weeks

I have Lost 4 stone and 1lb since August last year. Just over 1 1/2 stone to go now!
I'm doing Paul Mckenna I can make you thin.
Good Luck to everyone else !:)

Oops sorry This year!! 1 1/2 stone this year so far !

Wow! Mummyvicky you are doing *so"well, congratulations!
Lazycow I looked at lighterlife but doesn't it cost a fortune?
I've been trying to lose weight since Jan and have.... put on 2lb . I've just started going to the gym again though and it's started coming off. I have about 5 stone to lose.
Well done to all the losers

I have lost exactly 3 stone since January 6th (9 weeks) on the cambridge diet!

Wow some great losses. Well done! I remember there being a thread about Lighterlife once and was really at the cost of it too. At least it's working!

3 stone - and there was little me all proud of my 9 1/2lb. LOL!

What on earth is the Cambridge diet? That seems a huge weight loss to me!

Wow mummyvicky that is great. LL is very fast but I know it is not a long term solution. I just have so much weight to lose (weighed 17st 10lbs) and want to lose as much as possible in 3 months as we want to ttc again and I'm already 41 years old. I also want to be back on a normal diet for a month or so before we start ttc so I don't have a lot of time [smile)
When I have finished the 3 months I am aiming to do the Paul Mckenna way as it sounds really sensible and sustainable long term to me.

Tangerincath - yes I think it is pretty extortionate really - though it does work !!
We are not spending any more money on food though as I was eating so much before and I don't eat anything apart from the packs now.

If I were to do this again I'd do the cambridge diet - much cheaper but pretty much the same and more flexible. I didn't really find out about it until I had started LL though so felt it better to just continue with this for now - only 9 weeks to go.

Sorry didn't mean to hijack the 'what have you lost' thread

Is it better to lose it slowly like me or quickly like some of you have done?

Sparkler - I have only ever read that slow weight loss is better. Don't know if there are any stats to back it up though.

sparkler1 - people say it is better to lose slowly and that is probably true. I think the reason behind this is that you do it by learning better eating habits and can keep those up long term.

In a way I agree, but I have lost 3+ stone several times before and have always put it back on again and it seems to make very little difference whether I lost the weight slowly or fast so given all my other reasons for losing weight quickly I just went for the fastest (though not the easiest option)

My main challenge this time is keeping the weight off - which is what I am focussing on a plan of action for.

i lost 2 stone in about 8 weeks (just by not eating biscuits/choc/fatty food) but am now pg so diet is on hold (still gunna stay off really fatty stuff so dont put any more on!!!!)

I have lost 20lb's in 3 weeks,doing the Cambridge diet.Still got a long way to go though.

I'm the worst here 7lbs since jan although i haven't been comitted to it all the way through. only really got really comitted last week and lost 3 lbs
not on any particular diet just counting cals,

...tangerinecath scutters off to investigate the Cambridge diet...

I've lost 9lb since Christmas Day!

I got pregnant and been throwing up constantly!

... Scutters back... Hmmm not sure that I could manage the meal replacement thing.

Me23 I'm loads worse than you

29 lbs in 8 weeks. Not following any diet specifically but the principles of the Food Doctor (on Richard and Judy before Christmas) basically eating 3 meals (smaller portions than I used to) and snacks (complex carb and protein) in between.It seems to work as I'm never hungry and haven't had cravings yet. Have been really focussed and am over the moon about it! Only another 3 stone to go!!

15lbs since Jan 1st with WW. And i thought that was good til i read this thread!

Wow, I've jst read through this thread and feel like I should get going on shedding a few stone!! Have just read the Paul McKenna book (kindly given to me by my mother in law ) and I think I will have to give it a go.

Thanks for the inspiration and good luck to you all!

I've lost around 8 lb in 2 weeks by changing our diet to a vegetarian, home cooked non- processed, organic food. I have porridge for breakfast,a healthy lunch usually just cheese salad or something because i'm still full up from the porridge then dinner is something I cook out of my vegetarian cookbooks, tonight we had chickpea burgers with taboulah. I don't eat between meals anymore and this has been the only diet/lifestyle change where I am not obsessed with food or crave it. I can honestly see us eating this way for life and don't feel deprived at all and I'm still drinking the odd bottle of wine as well.