Day 11of the 75 hard challenge!

fabulous40s2020
fabulous40s2020 Posts: 5 Member
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I’m on day 11 of the 75 hard challenge! For the life of me the scale isn’t moving, I’m using the app to track my food and even purchased a food scale. I know I shouldn’t be looking for to much these to change, but I want to see something! lol!

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  • pony4us
    pony4us Posts: 171 Member

    The 75 hard is not a weight loss plan but a discipline challenge, you knew that going in right? So do you feel better physically and mentally? That is the purpose of the challenge.

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,061 Member

    If the heavy exercise schedule in 75 hard was new for you, you could still be seeing water retention effects in a short time like 11 days. If you're of an age/stage to have menstrual cycles, that's even more true.

    Realistically, it takes 4-6 weeks to see the average net effect of a new eating and activity regimen, or at least one whole menstrual cycle so you can compare body weight at the same relative point in at least 2 different cycles when using that program. The more extreme the program, the more true this is, I suspect.

    I know this can be frustrating, sincerely . . . but I think that's realistic advice. It takes patience and persistence, especially in those first weeks.

    Once you have that much time at close to the same eating/activity, and you're logging food carefully, you'll have all the personalized data you need to begin adjusting your calorie goal - if necessary - to fine tune weight loss rate.

    Short of that much time, tweaking strategies is more likely to be an over-reaction to temporary fluctuations, plus will muddy up that personal data enough that you won't be able to do an evidence-based calorie adjustment.

    Hang in there!

  • pony4us
    pony4us Posts: 171 Member

    Also have you compared your daily photos? Look at day 1 compared to day 11.

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