Scale is not moving!!

Sheisinlove109

Just started working out two weeks ago! Working my tail off, burning over 1,000 calories at the gym (from elliptical 850 calories-65 hard minutes and daily weight training) not counting the extra my garmin does and leaving a 1,000 calorie deficit each night. I'm eating right, not cheating and counting every single calorie. I lost 6lbs the first week and zero the second. I'm drinking a ton of water and getting proper sleep. What is going on?

Help!!!

JaydedMiss

weight loss doesnt happen constantly just keep going

sammyliftsandeats

Are you weighing your food and using accurate entries? You might be overeating.

Please be aware that gym machines grossly overestimate calorie burn - in case you are eating calories back.

And as @JaydedMiss said, it's not going to happen constantly. One week you may lose, one week you may gain - but what matters is the average.

If you lost six and gained one, you still lost 5 lbs.

Have patience.

Edited to Add: New exercise also causes water retention for muscle repair.

Rusty740

I think your expectations are too high. A good rule of thumb is to set your calorie deficit to no more than 2 lbs per week. I find this is even too aggressive. I've lost 35 lbs over a year and for the most part it was just 0.25 or 0.5 lbs per week. The trick is that when you go slow, you create a sustainable loss and then when you do hit your goal, you will be in a good place to stick with it. If I were you I'd stop exercising so much and just focus on food. Get your BMR set up properly and figure out the calories in the food you are eating. There's no magic in exercise, all you need is to eat a bit less calories than your BMR and you'll be fine. Your garmin will tell you what your daily total calorie expenditure is (I have a VivoSmart HR), take a few, say 250 calories off of that and see how it goes for a few weeks. You'll do fine if you stick with the food tracking and know your BMR

lorrpb

You've lost 6 lbs in 2 weeks. That's great! Your monthly cycle affects weight too, sometimes around ovulation, for others around menses.

happyauntie2015

Way to go on your loss so far! Weight loss isn't going to be the same every week. There could be many reasons why the scale didn't move. Are you going by measurements as well? Sure it's nice to see the scale go down but isn't just about the number on the scale. Don't give up keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep going

CafeRacer808

sunsweet77 wrote: »

Just started working out two weeks ago! Working my tail off, burning over 1,000 calories at the gym (from elliptical 850 calories-65 hard minutes and daily weight training) not counting the extra my garmin does and leaving a 1,000 calorie deficit each night. I'm eating right, not cheating and counting every single calorie. I lost 6lbs the first week and zero the second. I'm drinking a ton of water and getting proper sleep. What is going on?

Help!!!

Weight loss is not linear. There will be weeks where you lose, weeks where your weight remains the same, and weeks where you gain slightly. Water retention due to exercise, high sodium intake, TOM, etc, along with undigested food moving its way through your system all contribute to this.

And yes, a 6 lb loss in two weeks is nothing to sneeze at, so congrats!