Not lost a pound in 2 weeks

autumnblade75

Jflowwers wrote: »

@TavistockToad I have lost 4 lbs in about 5 weeks

@SusieBanyon I just mean “cheat” in reference to your exotic food question. These were splurge items for me. I have been trying avoid dairy and most starches as I find I get bloated.

I think there may have been a misunderstanding. I'm pretty sure the anecdote about exotic food was to illustrate that sometimes things are labeled incorrectly. Perhaps the better question would be: How are you determining which MFP entry to use when you log your food? Have you double-checked each entry with the USDA database?

But you may be doing a great job with logging, if you've lost 4 lbs in 5 weeks. That's a good rate of loss with 30 lbs. to go.

durhammfp

Maxxitt wrote: »

...I suggest getting a trend weight app to smooth out the normal scale fluctuations into a running average so that you can see your total trend more easily.

This is a very good idea. I am much less stressed about "seeing results" now that I track my trending weight.

PAV8888

Try to find something more sustainable.

Sriracha has calories and sodium, certainly in the quantities *I* consume it at.

Weigh and measure food; pick correct entries. A lot of entries are not correct. Verify them by and verify the packaging via USDA standard reference database.

However: weigh yourself daily (lots of data points) and use a weight trend app (<edit> which it sounded as if you were not, though we found out afterwards that you were!).

Compare your current weight to your weight at the same time during your cycle the previous month.

Account for your hormonal weight around your period, for many women that can be 3 and in some cases 5 or even 8 lbs.

You fell. Are you bruised? Any swelling?

Is swelling fat?

There are a lot of non fat reasons to "gain" weight.

There are a lot of non fat reasons why you may not see a loss of weight.

Unless your leave of absence is going to turn into a full year off work where you're going to make your 30 pound weight loss your work for the year.... that strategy is not likely to work out very well for you..

hey none of my business but I would reconsider your strategy and concentrate on living a happy life during which I am also losing some weight by making sustainable changes that I can keep to long-term...

The usual reaction to over restriction is lack of long-term adherence. Frankly because the whole thing becomes too hard.

hungrywombat

I had a phase a month or so ago where I had no changes greater than +/-200g for a solid 3 weeks. Immensely frustrating when I log everything meticulously, have been in a set exercise regime for a while, and there were no outstanding reasons why I shouldn't be losing. As I was getting really royally p*ssed off with it all, I read something on here that the food scale>bathroom scale. In other words, if you really are doing things right, the weight will come off - so keep the faith! Lo and behold I had a massive whoosh of about 2kg the following week.

Weight loss isn't linear, especially with all the lovely hormonal fluctuations that come with being female. Keep at it, and you will see results

Also, I think there is some connection between a highly aggressive rate of loss and increased production of cortisol? There are some highly intelligent scientific people on here who explain things like that beautifully!

Another thought - maybe you're being a bit hard on yourself. Your progress so far is great, and it's important to recognise your efforts. Go you!

PAV8888

Ugh. Did you say 5 lb in a few weeks? Expectations....

Also if you've essentially gone low carb you have borrowed an initial excess weight loss that came from glycogen depletion and that will keep coming back every time you replenish your glycogen stores. In other words that excess initial loss was not fat. This can lead to a not uncommon situation where you see a stall or slow down a few weeks later.

Jflowwers

@PAV8888 I am using happy scale. I have lost 4 lbs in FIVE weeks, not a few. My weight has changed two pounds during the same time of my last cycle. I have not gone low carb, I keep them on the lower end of my micros. I am just generally avoiding refined sugar, diary and starches.

PAV8888

Jflowwers wrote: »

@PAV8888 I am using happy scale. I have lost 4 lbs in FIVE weeks, not a few. My weight has changed two pounds during the same time of my last cycle. I have not gone low carb, I keep them on the lower end of my micros. I am just generally avoiding refined sugar, diary and starches.

So you have lost **at least** 0.5lbs a week.

Happy scale can adjust how many days it uses for smoothing so you might see different results by adjusting that.

Look.

You can either continue to stress which at this point has become counterproductive. Or you could chill and realize that the process, putting in place a long-term process that will get you there in a sustainable manner, that process is more important than your daily result.

I can't help you on that mental leap other than to tell you that you would be much happier if you make it.

and that you WILL, actually, get to your end result if you do.

SCoil123

Weight fluctuations are normal. My weight can change by as much as 4lb in a day depending on what time I weigh in. I think the biggest issue here is expectations.

I’ve had weeks where my weight jumped 4-6lb for no reason and then a few weeks later dropped it all plus 1-2lb more. You can’t control that. I still hit my goal.

The idea that you have to suffer to lose weight or that you have to see specific things on specific timelines to progress are not going to help you in this process

TavistockToad

Jflowwers wrote: »

@SusieBanyon I was concerned about the stall. Two weeks seems like a long time to see no change.

Nope, it's pretty normal

diannethegeek

http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/

SCoil123

I just came across this on my Instagram scrolling and it seemed relevant here

Jflowwers

Ok. So overall I have lost about ten lbs, I wasnt as structured at first so this is maybe over a few months. I did take my measurements however, and they haven’t changed either. I just am 🤯

emmamcgarity

I think you are more focused on the destination and less focused on the journey. Weight loss happens over time. Our bodies don’t keep a calendar and drop the weight magically in weigh in day. There will be weeks that you don’t lose and perhaps even gain even if you had a good week. You can’t control the scale.

Trust the process and find ways to work foods you enjoy into your calorie budget.

angelsja

This

Maxematics

SCoil123 wrote: »

I just came across this on my Instagram scrolling and it seemed relevant here

This is so true. I'm pretty lean and in the morning I still get surprised by some of the definition I see but by the time I'm headed to sleep for the night, the lower part of my stomach does its own thing. If there were a competition for food babies, I'm fairly certain I could place in the top 3 easily.

maraingerham

Are you strength training? Lifting weights? Tell me about your workouts.

Muscle hypertrophy, girlfriend. When you strength train you literally tear the muscle fibers apart so they can rebuild STRONGER and bigger. Helllllllo inflammation!! What does our body do when there’s all this trauma taking place? It brings extra water to the area to aid the healing process. For me, the scale (which is the most inaccurate measure of things IMO) can go up sometimes to 4 lbs!

Here’s the thing you NEED to do.... R E L A X and trust the process. Your body will level out eventually, it will. You need to focus on calming your anxiety around it all. (The stress increases cortisol which has a relationship to belly fat so maybe that will help you relax?) Scientifically, there is no way you will not lose “weight” (and I think what you really mean is “fat”) by continuing to do what you’re doing. Keep up the good work!

Jflowwers

@maraingerham

I am working with a trainer 3 times a week for 30
Minutes. I would say typical beginners strength training ( walking lunges, free weights, planks, ect.) I do gentle/ beginners vinyasa 5 days week, and cardio of some sort 6 days week ( elliptical/ neighborhood walk/ trying to learn to run) I have tried orange theory but was out of my fitness level. Id really like to try again.

I think the thing I am the most confused by is I look exactly the same, measurements haven’t budged.

Thank you for the kind words.

maraingerham

I really think the most important thing is not to get derailed by the absence of VISIBLE progress right now. I KNOW it’s so hard. Trust me. I know firsthand. Before you do anything or eat anything or binge or say F it ask yourself, “Will doing this being me TOWARDS where I want to be (my goal) or will it take me AWAY from where I want to be?” That internal check-in is my mantra when I’m feeling discouraged.

I would honestly increase the strength training component of your workouts. The literature and research on why I’m saying that is enormous but it really does make such a huge difference in changing how your body looks (toned and strong and hard vs fat and flabby) and it increase the rate you burn calories at rest. Google. Do research. Personally, it was went I started strength training that I lost a lot of fat and my body started to looking rockin’ 😉

Jflowwers

@maraingerham

How many days strength training would you recommend? That’s why I hired the trainer, to strength train, and see him 3 days a week. I am lost in the gym otherwise.

emilysusana

I go roughly 2 weeks without change (ups and downs but no new lows) every single month. I diligently weigh myself every morning during these apparent stalls and record whatever number, knowing that I’m losing fat every day because I’m eating at a deficit every day. The trend over time doesn’t care about those fluctuations. It going down at a predictable rate! And remember, the first few weeks you lose extra water weight... hour fat loss was no better then than it is now. Stay the course.