Stopped losing

juliaky84

Hi all,
So I lost the first 3.5 pounds with diet alone. Then the week after I ate too much and luckily I maintained. The week after that I stuck very close to net calories for the week and exercise twice a week and didn't lose. This week I am going to stick very close to net calories again and up my exercise to 3 x per week (I do 45 min cardio workouts). The problem I'm having is being hungrier on exercise days. Baby carrots are not cutting it and I'm waking up at 3 am from hunger.

Suggestions so I actually lose weight next week at my weigh in?

chandanista

Current calorie goal, height, weight, age?

StaciMarie1974

It sounds like you are expecting to lose weight each & every week. Unfortunately that is not realistic. Your body (and mine, everyone else's) is not a perfect machine. Sometimes the things you do today, tomorrow may not show results immediately.

Then there is water weight. Its temporary, caused by stress/hormones/TOM/lack of sleep/high sodium intake/muscle repair due to increased workouts or increased intensity of workouts. So if you are eating at a deficit over time, you will lose weight over time. Try to think of your weight as a trend, rather than a single #. If you weigh less today than you weighed 30 days ago: your trend is heading in the right direction.

IF you reach a point where your weight today is NOT less than 30 days ago, then you may need to evaluate your logging for accuracy.

malibu927

StaciMarie1974 wrote: »

It sounds like you are expecting to lose weight each & every week. Unfortunately that is not realistic. Your body (and mine, everyone else's) is not a perfect machine. Sometimes the things you do today, tomorrow may not show results immediately.

Then there is water weight. Its temporary, caused by stress/hormones/TOM/lack of sleep/high sodium intake/muscle repair due to increased workouts or increased intensity of workouts. So if you are eating at a deficit over time, you will lose weight over time. Try to think of your weight as a trend, rather than a single #. If you weigh less today than you weighed 30 days ago: your trend is heading in the right direction.

IF you reach a point where your weight today is NOT less than 30 days ago, then you may need to evaluate your logging for accuracy.

This. You added exercise in, which causes water retention to repair your muscles. It's likely the same will happen this week if you increase your activity. But don't let that deter you from doing so! The water will eventually drop and you'll see the scale go down again.