Scale not moving

melmobley

I lost 4 lbs the first week of my diet. I'm ending the second week and the scale hasn't moved all week. I'm glad that I'm not gaining but does this mean I need to cut more calories? I'm feeling frustrated

biggyg2

Sometimes that can happen. Are you tracking every day ? Try it another week. You might be surprised if you drop several pounds.

Sued0nim

That's not how weight loss works

Keep going for 6-8 weeks and average your loss over that time

Day to day and week to week will drive you mad because weight loss isn't linear

Sued0nim

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1

zoeysasha37

rabbitjb wrote: »

That's not how weight loss works

Keep going for 6-8 weeks and average your loss over that time

Day to day and week to week will drive you mad because weight loss isn't linear

This

zoeysasha37

Op, are you using a food scale to weigh everything?

melmobley

Thanks, I definitely thought weight loss is linear, it said lose 1-2 lbs a week so that's what I expected! But now I know that's not realistic

melmobley

thorsmom01 wrote: »

Op, are you using a food scale to weigh everything?

No I'm not

melmobley

thorsmom01 wrote: »

Op, are you using a food scale to weigh everything?

I was hoping to get away with not using one but looks like I should get one.

Sued0nim

melmobley wrote: »

thorsmom01 wrote: »

Op, are you using a food scale to weigh everything?

No I'm not

You should

For everything

And pick entries carefully from database ..double check calories against packs other sites, never use other people's homemade / recipes always build your own