Monday 11th June Weigh in

Glass well done!!! I have put on 2.6lb this week, knee soooo bad can't move so expect that's why but discouraging. When, it's the smell of home made bread that makes it irresistible.

sew you are having a terrible time with your knee, try not to let it pull you down we will get your weight sorted when you are more mobile. Here is a little for you!

Oh this is so depressing!
I know it is only three or four pounds above my target weight, but this is now the fifth week where I have either stayed the same or gone up slightly. Will confess to the biscuits that I munched for comfort one evening , but other than that I have been really good and exercising etc etc .It is as if that rapid weight loss when I was ill has confused the body and it now can't remember how to lose weight when I eat the amount that normally works . Well can only keep trying ( minus the biscuits this week , of course! ) and hope things improve this week ......

I know how you feel Granny K, but try not to get depressed!
I've been faffing around for over 2 months now going up and down within a few pounds, but essentially going no-where. I've still got a few stones to go, so no excuses really. You're only 4lbs off your target weight and those last few pounds are always the hardest to shift.

Just a thought for us all....how do we arrive at a target weight and how do we know it's the right natural weight for our body?

I have been away for a few days, so am late in posting this. I have lost the two pounds I put on last week but have still got twelve pounds , at least, to go.
Notso, I have chosen my target weight as about half a stone heavier than I was at my lightest some thirty years ago and I'm not sure I can reach that. I just want to feel healthy and comfortable in my clothes.

GrannyK I feel for you, wish I had an answer. I have an untried theory that eating a totally different diet might work?

Notso I use the BMI as a guide. I'm a size 12 (just) but only 5ft 2in and according to the charts am overweight so am working to get to the midpoint of normal. I know I feel better when I weigh less too.

Golden and Alison, I think you've both hit on sensible ways to determine a target weight.
I joined WW in the late 60's and was given a target weight of 11st 4lbs (5'8") I didn't stick with WW, and the only time I came close to their target weight was some time later when I got down to 12st 7lbs (with the help of GP prescribed amphetamines ) At that weight I was a size 12, had virtually no breasts and my newly revealed cheekbones were taking on a slightly cadaverous look.
I think I'll aim for 12.5 stones again, as the WW target was unrealistic. Off to check BMI now!

Oh GrannyK I too can so relate to how you are feeling as I have rumbled around 166 - 169lbs for what seems like months now and it is so frustrating when you are trying so hard.
If anyone comes up with a miracle answer I too would love to know!
All we can do is support one another - cheer when a loss occurs - commiserate when it doesn't.
It is always the last few lbs that are hardest to shed - I only have just about a stone to go, having gone from around 14 stone to just under 12 when I want to be a few pounds under 11.
The unfair thing is that don't we all know someone (in my case DH) who eats all the wrong things, does little or no exercise but stays at a stable weight aarrrgggghhhh! Life just ain't fair!

Alison call the nibble mission police !!! DH is doing his best to sabotage the works! He is sat stuffing (and dunking!) biscuits in his tea!
I have refused to succumb and have taken flight to the bedroom watching rubbish on tv and to get my own back I am off to Ebay-land! That'll teach him!!!
I intend to look for a rather flattering size 12 dress that will be 'snug' so that I have an incentive for the next few pounds! Ebay is brilliant for that as you can pick up nice bits for cheap prices. If the plan works you get a great sense of achievement at a new glam you but if the plan fails you've not wasted a lot of dosh!
Oh how I wish the rain, the cold and the grey weather would go away - you can't go far from home and everyone feels so miserable and downhearted with this late winter! A bit of would make everyone feel so much better!
to GrannyK Alison and everyone who is struggling and not forgetting poor sew (thinking of you) - this cold certainly doesn't help to ease pain.

Not been able to log on here since we arrived in France but all sorted now - the scales here are not so good as those at home but it looks as if I am about the same weight as when I left home - at least not gained. Hopefully better result next week -

GrannyK your body has maybe got a used to what your are eating, try to trick it substitute a few of the things you eat for something else, change what you have for breakfast, it will just make your metabolism kick in again and drink lots of water.

Well done golden its started to move

I think everyone is different and WW etc seem to have unrealistic targets, we all know when we get to a weight were we are comfortable. I personally hate that scrawny look when you have lost too much.