Please help! I am at a standstill

HG3185

So it has only been a few weeks since I started and I am very pleased with what I have accomplished and learned during this time but I do have more questions as I continue.

I was doing good dropping weight my first two weeks but was substantially under my calories each day because I was eating a lot of leafy greens and not much of anything else. I was told that nutritionally this isn't the best decision as I need to incorporate healthy fats and other stuff to properly fuel my body. I have done that and am still under my calories by quite a bit but have lost absolutely nothing since doing this. I so badly want to go back to eating salad most of the time but don't want to gain everything back when I start eating other foods. I work out daily and want to do this the right way but seeing no progress is discouraging when you are being truly healthy.

jemhh

If it has only been a few weeks since you started, I am guessing that means 3-4 weeks. You lost for the first two and then haven't lost anything for 1-2 weeks. That is completely normal when losing weight. Holding steady for a few weeks, slight ups and downs, etc. The importance is the long term trend. For women, especially, changes in water weight due to hormones can make the scale changes slow. Don't change anything at this point.

StaciMarie1974

How much are you eating per day in calories?

How long since you lost weight?

You will not lose weight every day or even every week. The human body is not that efficient. Our water weight fluctuates 3-5 pounds easily due to sodium, stress, hormones/TOM and a number of other reasons.

You want to lose weight - I get that. But do you want to lose muscle mass, damage your organs/skin/hair/nails? Those are just some of the consequences of eating very low in calories and/or missing out on needed nutrients.

You may need to reassess your idea of 'truly healthy'. Because starving yourself and/or eating only salad is not truly healthy.

HG3185

I am by no means starving myself but when I first started I was on a salad kick and that's all I wanted. I would eat chicken for dinner but on top of salad and then a veggie salad for lunch and start my day with a protein shake and whole grain toast with peanut butter. Mfp is telling me to intake 1680 calories a day and then when I workout I gain another 400-800 calories which I have been told to only account for half of. At the beginning I felt like I was constantly eating and I was full with everything I was intaking but would only hit 900-1150 calories each day. Someone told me I needed to increase that and I did some research so started to add some healthy extras into my daily routine and not eat as many salads. I am not a professional and still in the learning process which is why I am hear to ask more questions and get more insight from others who have better knowledge.