Completely understand what you mean. The week I lost 0.5lbs everyone at group was telling me it's still a "good loss", I'm sorry but it really isn't. Maybe if you've a couple of stone to lose or had a bad week and were amazed you lost at all, then yes, it's a good loss and better than a gain. When you've got 10 or 11 stone to lose though it really isn't going to get us anywhere fast! Infact 0.5lbs a week would take me nearly 6 YEARS to get to an ideal weight. So I can completely understand how you feel, especially when you've been 100% on plan. I really hope you get the loss you deserve next week, I've spoke to a lot of bigger people on here and they generally find some weeks are fantastic losses and others are piddly, but are more than made up for by the good weeks.
Oh wow, I live in Sheffield too! Yes it's Hallam I want to apply for, along with some other local-ish unis (leeds, bradford, derby) but Sheffield would definitely be my first choice. What are you studying? X