Disappointing loss first week Exante

[Tillymint10]

Completed my first week on Exante today, been 100% & actually 2 days only had 3 packs instead of 4 & lost what feels like a measly 7lb!
I feel cheated because I also started my period the first day so I would have lost approx 3lb in water weight anyway this week without dieting at all!

I’ll stick with it for now as it is starting to get easier after the first hellish week is out of the way & I know having done it once previously (pre baby) it does work but it is disheartening

When I did it previously I lost 10lbs in first week & at that point I also had less to lose than I do now! My second week loss then was also 5lb, so I honestly thought Id so a stone easily in the first fortnight this time round 🤬

I have at least 3 stone to lose & my starting BMI was 31.2 so its not like I have a small amount to shift!

Anyone else had a similar disappointing start but gone on to consistent good losses?

I have very disordered eating & found last time I did it Exante really reset my relationship with food for the better (until going out of the window with a difficult pregnancy) & I again feel like I need to take food out of the equation for now, so keen to stick with it as long as I can

I think you're being really really hard on your body. 7lb in a week is amazing! Not what you want to hear I know but I think you need to give your head a gentle wobble and appreciate how fantastic that is? Being on a super restrictive diet probably makes it harder to accept 7lbs as you feel like you've done enough to warrant more but honestly, what's that in kgs? 3 and a bit? That's 3 X 1kg bags of sugar you've lost already!!
I'm sure you'll go on to have good losses, but you need to change your expectations and stop comparing yourself to the last time you did it or you're never going to be happy with your progress. Pre baby I imagine your life was very different and it's not a fair comparison!

From what I've read you should stick to the 4 packs too but like pp said it's a really good loss. That's half a stone in one week!! Good luck OP!

Don't be disappointed, 7lb is an amazing loss!
Ive just ordered the two week box, it's coming 2mo.

Ive lost almost 2.5 stone since October doing cal counting/ mindful eating and slimming world.

So because I've been losing already and probably haven't a lot of water weight, I'm not expecting much for My First week.

Thanks all, after 4.5 weeks Im sitting at 1 stone 1.5lb loss! Having a week off as off on holiday this week, then back to the grind, need to try & enjoy my holiday but not undo all of my work so far!