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You may wish to find out your BMI (Body Mass Index) from the chart on our website. Remember, people with a BMI of between 20 and 25 should expect to lose no more than 2lb per week; people whose current BMI is between 25 and 30 could lose between 2 and 5lb per week; while people with a BMI higher than 30 may lose more than 5lb.

Weight loss is never consistent. No body loses the same amount of weight every week. So these guidelines are very much that – guidelines. A better way to look at weight loss, and the way I prefer to measure success with my patients, is to look at monthly weight loss. Taking three or four weight measurements during the month, and then averaging them over the full month, gives a much more accurate picture of what’s going on. This method also evens out those weeks when weight loss is disappointing with those when you’re walking on air because it’s all going so well.

Each time you weigh yourself, it’s important to use the same scales, and to weigh yourself at about the same time of day. This will prevent inaccuracies and also limit false weights from changes in fluid balance – we can weigh up to 4lb more at one end of the day just because we are holding more fluid – so same time, same equipment is a golden rule. When it comes to setting long-term targets for yourself, there are literally hundreds of options. We’ll look here at a few of the most important.