Wtf

kelldonner
kelldonner Posts: 2 Member
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It has been over a week and I haven't lost an ounce and I'm working out harder and eating better then ever. Wtf

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  • xandra47
    xandra47 Posts: 121 Member
    Give it at least a month. And make sure you're using a food scale to measure food and not just measuring cups and spoons. It'll happen :)
  • Momepro
    Momepro Posts: 1,509 Member
    kelldonner wrote: »
    It has been over a week and I haven't lost an ounce and I'm working out harder and eating better then ever. Wtf

    Are you weighing everything you eat on an actual scale? I didn't lose anything until I started doing that. Turns out I was earing way more than I realized.
  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    When you say you're "eating better", what exactly do you mean?
  • LonniJay
    LonniJay Posts: 3,740 Member
    A week?

    Give it a month before you expect to see anything. Weight loss isn't linear, it will take time and expect the scale to go up and down during that time.
  • jjuarez16
    jjuarez16 Posts: 3 Member
    What are your macros?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Flame41263 wrote: »
    With all the working out, maybe you are building muscle, which is heavier than fat! Yay!

    nope....
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,964 Member
    kelldonner wrote: »
    It has been over a week and I haven't lost an ounce and I'm working out harder and eating better then ever. Wtf
    Higher intensity exercise can CAUSE water retention. And a week is nothing. Stay the course and be patient. I know it's hard these days for many a young person, but weight loss isn't instantaneous just because you applied yourself.

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  • Niki_Fitz
    Niki_Fitz Posts: 951 Member
    This happens. You have to flex your patience muscle.
  • creatureofchaos
    creatureofchaos Posts: 65 Member
    Also, depending on where you are in your cycle, you could be just retaining pounds of water. It can really add up.

    A few years ago I lost 11 pounds my first week of dieting - by magically timing my weigh-in to correspond with the day I lost about 10 pounds of PMS-related bloat. :) Drink a ton of water, eat a bit more (really, the day after I eat more sees to be when I most reliably see a loss). Give it another week.
  • MichelleLaree13
    MichelleLaree13 Posts: 865 Member
    I hit plateaus frequently and then all of a sudden I will drop 2 pounds at once. Stay consistent with reduced calories and/or more exercise and the results will come
  • betterwhenimdancin
    betterwhenimdancin Posts: 31 Member
    Starting a new exercise program often causes water retention! I've been tracking my weight fluctuations for over a year, I put on two pounds of water weight every time I start exercising again after a break.

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