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Ok guys, I need a bit of moral support as I'm thinking of abandoning this already

I've been doing 5:2 for two weeks and I've been pretty good, apart from 1 or 2 feed days where I had a few chocolate biscuits too many. I'm not over weight, but I'm not happy.

My main goal is to lose 2 inches off my backside, which is where I carry most of my weight. Anyway, I've been feeling really good, my clothes are fitting well, and I love how flat my stomach is the morning after a fast. I don't have working scales in the house (we don't have a completely flat floor) so I'm guessing my weight from previous scales. But I wasn't bothered about weight loss, it's all about inches.

So last night, I was at a party, and my friend has posh electric scales in her bathroom (I've jumped on these scales before and felt very depressed). So I jumped on them, and I was a whopping 10 pounds heavier than I thought I was, I took off my cardigan and I was 5 pounds heavier than I thought I was, 1 pound heavier than I was months back, when I physically looked bigger (I have pics).

Well I've spent all day feeling sorry for myself, and googling like crazy to see if they could be wrong. Anyway, I've just got out my tape measure and I've gained between half and a full inch on my backside. I could cry

Could I be bloated from drinking last night? Can you get bloated there? I also think I'm ovulating, does that cause water retention?

This is a long post, but I'm feeling so down

Bloating, time of the month, salt retention (lots of salty nibbles last night with the drinks?) time of the month, too many carbs, wheat intolerance, or other alergy, WEighing yourself in the morning then in the afternoon can cause a 6lb weight increase. The water in your body can vary by 4lb from day to day, the clothes you are wearing, denim jeans as opposed to a light summer dress. Exercising can also cause weight gain.

But generally water retention is the biggest culprit with the female cycle being second in line. I think @carooress will be along in a bit to link the post about all this.

Crickey steady there girl, hold on to your hat and settle down.
A) you can be pounds heavier at night than first thing in the morning, well I am anyway.
B) yes you will bloating up with water retention and hormones dicking about don't help.
C) we all have good days and bad days and it is early days in your new way of life.

So all in all, all shall be well :0)

Hi Cat

So sorry to hear about your worrie with 5.2, first of all its only been 2 weeks so you must give it time and it will start to work am sure! It took me about 3 weeks to start loosing weight, albeit a small amount but then i lost again after another 3 weeks or so, i absolutely hate scales lol and i wasnt even going to weigh myself at all but i really needed to know if this wol was going to work.
Please dont be too hard on yourself hun, am sure people on here will give you more advice, as for loosing inches on your backside lol i guess we loose all over so again dont worry too much about that, hang in there an take care xxxx

Thanks all for your replies. I just felt like I needed to ask, because my other half misses a snack and loses half a stone so he didn't really understand my panic

I wasn't expecting any loss yet to be honest, it was the gain! Argh.

Oh, and your cardi weighs 5 pounds? What's it made of??!!!

Haha, I know!! That was ridiculous, it is quite a thick woollen one....

Wouldn't it be great that every time we have a laugh. a real one mind, we could lose a few ounces?? If so, I would be on here 24 hours, and sylph-like!!

Hey I got desperate one day and had my son hold up my hair, its down my back to my coccis, so I was expecting it to weigh a couple of pounds at least. Well that's what it weighs like after brushing and plaiting it in the mornings. So, I'm stood on my scales with my son holding up my hair, hubby walks past, does a double take and walks away muttering ' I don't want to know', and I've lost an amazing........... half a pound!

It's better than the other forum member who has got her hubby to hold up her boobs whilst on the scales!

This is a slow way to lose inches but you do and it takes time. 2 weeks far too soon to tell!

The scales are not the true indicator and regarding the measurements it is a good idea to do the measurements same as the scales first thing in the morning and use the same technique with the tape measure. Keep a record as well, an old exercise book kept in the bathroom is mine going back years which is very nice to reflect on your successes when 5:2 is humming along for you

Time, patience, determination and enjoy the journey and you will definitely reduce your inches around your bottom along with every where else. Also reap the benefits of your new WOL.

Calm down hun. Your not doing this WOE because you've got a lot to lose. So the inches will come off slowly. I assume the party was at night AKA worst time to weigh yourself. If your not really doing it for the weight, stay off the scales altogether. If you don't have any at home and just use random scales wherever, then the chances are you'll get a random weight. If you want to lose a few inches then stick with it. Don't look at it as a diet, it's just something you do to stay healthy. Over time the inches will be gone. If you quit, you will feel bad for quitting, the inches may not go, you may think about trying another DIET and you'll miss out on the health benefits of this WOL.
If you look bigger in the pic from a month ago then this WOL is working for you, enjoy it. Don't feel to bad, today you may have a bit of post party blues. You'll feel a whole lot better about it tomorrow.
Dee

Thank you I'm feeling better already, am tempted to weigh my hair. It's very long!! Hahaha x

Use kitchen scales get some one else to read the result

I can relate to your panic. I would advise you to get scales though. I too am not focused on the weight but the bulk aspect. My beer belly loss started well, but has plateaued. What keeps me going?

The a combination of the scales and the progress tracker have shown me how much my weight yoyo's, but also, an un-deniable downward trajectory. It is important to remember that only using the same set of scales and at the same time of day consistently for each measurement will work. I do mornings before eating or drinking, and after any loo visit.

Your friend's scales may be calibrated differently from another given set. Also, dinner, water, a few drinks, water retention, had you been to the loo, etc etc will all make a difference.

Once I became assured of this at the start, I layed off the weighing for a while, and when I returned a few days ago, the downward line was still there.

I still have the beer belly, but I'm getting comments about looking thinner, and I think it's in my face.

Men are supposed to lose visceral fat before subcutaneous fat, but it doesn't seem to be working that way for me. We're all different, and eventually, the body will have to turn to areas of fat we want to lose. If we keep going

From what I can gather, people either can't feel good on the diet and abandon it, or they can feel good, and they continue. The ones that continue lose a pound a week on average. I have lost a pound a week. I have not been religious about it.

Lucky you, it sounds like you can handle the diet, so you just need to keep going - and maybe consider measuring your weight to get that reassurance.

Thanks James. My scales currently don't work as the floors that aren't carpeted are uneven. We're in the middle of redecorating. But I will get some better ones for the future.

Your replies have made me feel better, and made me laugh! Fasting tomorrow, woo