Feeling really discouraged

naomiprioleau

July 24 I started my healthy eating/weight loss journey at 176 pounds I've been logging my food and exercising and weighing myself every Monday morning. In three weeks I was down to 171.4. This past Monday, my weight was 173. I'm at the doctor and now my weight is 175.8!

I know people say don't base your success on the scale but I can't help but get discouraged. I've been working so hard and I feel like I'm not seeing any results. Any advice or words of encouragement?

JoJosAnatomymfp

Weigh your food and measure yourself. Best of luck. Don't give up.

Jthanmyfitnesspal

Consider only your morning post-pee weight in underwear as "official." Even this will fluctuate by a few pounds. Stay on program and the average will trend down!

PokernuttAR

^^^this...besides, your scale and the doctor's scale are not probably synced. I mostly go by how my clothes fit. Recently I went down a belt loop although the scale didn't change. #BurnFatAddMuscle

notreallychris

Obsess with your food scale, not your body weight scale. A few lbs difference on the same day are due to many different factors, and happen all the time. I would weigh a few times a week (if you must) under the same conditions, ie after potty time, nude, same time of day. At the doctor you were probably clothed, hence the difference in weight.