To take a break or not???

I done a bit of reading over the weekend about the science of weightloss and about how our bodies go into starvation mode when dieting. (Thank you to Nikki for leading me to this site!)
http://www.dramandaonline.com.au
There was a sample of Dr Amandas book "The Don't Go Hungry Diet" available to download.
Basically the book explains 'The Famine Reaction' which is how your body reacts to dieting.
The result of your body going into starvation mode is a weightloss plataeu. The best way to kickstart your metabolism is to take a break from the weightloss and work on feeding your body and maintaining weight. The idea behind this is that once you have stopped your body thinking it is starving you then re-start your dieting with better results like when we first start a diet.
I won't go on too much about it because I don't totally understand it myself.

So- after reading this information I believe my body is going through a Famine Reaction, I don't have a lot of energy and I have been really hungry and craving all sorts of food. Last night I went to bed thinking that I would give the idea a go and forget about the weightloss for a week or two and focus on eating what my body was needing/telling me to and then get back into it when my body was ready again.
But I just can't bring myself to do it! I'm just not ready to risk not losing weight yet. I have a goal to get to in 6 weeks time on the 4th October when we have a wedding and a 30th in our home town where some of my closest friends will see me for the first time since before I started losing weight. I want to get to 61kgs by that weekend, which means I have 6 1/2 weeks to lose 3.4kgs which I think is almost do-able.
Once I get past this I am prepared to give my body a break and try out the theories in this book but until then I am going to plod along and try to lose 500g per week until the start of October.

Not my most positive week

Hi,
Well Thursday did show a loss on the scales-400g which gives me a total loss of 6kgs in 8 weeks. I am happy with that but during the week I was quite depressed and looking for more- I just felt I wanted to get there quicker but am in a better frame of mind today and happy for the weight to come off slowly, I haven't got too much further to go but I do anticipate the next 5 kilos taking longer.

I'm not sure what was wrong with me during the week. It isn't TTOM but I do occasionally get moody and yell at the kids alot for no real reason but can't control myself- and this week was one of those weeks, I actually eneded up crying a couple of times, I felt like I had so much to do and not enough time to do it, I wanted to exercise, I wanted to spend some time with the kids because I was feeling guilty but I just couldn't do it all.

After not doing any exercise on the treadmill over the last 2 days I forced myself to get back to it this morning but couldn't push myself as much as I usually do, when I was jogging I couldn't do the full 4 1/2 min bursts that I do nearly every day so instead walked then done around 2-3 mins jog then walked 10 or so mins and tried a couple more jogs between walking but still couldn't do the full song until the end. So my energy levels are a bit down today for some reason.

Anyway- need to get off this computer, my kids want me again!!

WI tomorrow not looking promising :(

So, 8 week WI is tomorrow. Have I hit a plataeu or am I being puniished for weighing every day?? God I hope it's not a plataeu- I don't think I could cope with that at the moment.
I have had weeks like this before where the scales have shown a gain over the weekend then dropped a couple hundred grams over Tues night and then a couple hundred grams on Wednesday night and all is well. So this morning after being 300g over last Thursdays weight I thought some would have dropped off by now but the scales still showed 65.1 (Thurs was 64.8)
The worst thing about this gain is that I have been really good this week. The weekend was not blown out like others and I stayed within my points for the week. I have jogged/walked 30 minutes on the treadmill every day except Saturday.

My poor kids today have copped it a bit. I woke up in a bad mood and I haven't been able to shake it all day. Not sure if the mood was inevitable (happens a bit) or whether it is the damn scales- probably a bit of both.

I got on the treadmill this afternoon and couldn't do my usual routine but still managed to work up a sweat. I was contemplating doing my first Bodypump class tonight but then talked myself out of it because of my mood but now I am thinking maybe it will be just what I need. Shake things up a bit so I wake up in a better frame of mind than today.

5.3 kg loss so far!

Am a bit slack at this blogging thing! I spend most of my computer time reading and responding to "Hot Shorties" threads on the Weight Watchers boards. All of the girls are lovely on there and it is so encouraging to chat to people of the same height and with similar goals to mine. Last Thursdays WI showed 65.1kg. Wsa really happy with that! Total loss in 6 weeks is 5.3kg's!

My baby boy turned one on Saturday so didnt have a really good weekend exercise or diet wise. There was no time to exercise and when I was decorating the cake on Saturday I am sure I blew my points by licking the knife as I was spreading the green butter icing on it! Then the party on Sunday- I can say I didn't eay really bad foods (no party pies/little boys, only a tiny piece of cake) but I probably did eat too much of the yummy corn chips and dip that my mum made out of coloured capsicums, avacado, salsa, light philly cheese and chilli sauce. Also, a couple glasses of wine and then the remainder of the bottle of Baileys my Dad left here! (couldn't let it go to waste! hehe) On a positive note, my mum and Aunty couldn't stop commenting on my weight loss (she hasn't seen me in a month or so) and were very happy for me.

After a weekend of celebrating I was back on the wagon on Monday, (after a 1.4kg weekend gain) done 4 min walk/4min run alternating for 30 minutes in the morning and then done another 30 minutes brisk walk with 1x 4 minute jog in the middle. I did plan on keeping this up until weigh in tomorrow but only managed 30 minute jog/run session on Tuesday before deciding to slow it down due to shin splints. So at tomorrow's weigh in I will be really happy with a no loss/no gain (65.1-same as last week) but am not holding my breath as this morning I was 65.4 and I didn't manage any exercise today.

Anywho- enough blabber from me, might as well go to bed and just wake up in the morning and see what the scales say.