The scale has budged... Help. I've worked hard

sebseaman11
sebseaman11 Posts: 4
in Health and Weight Loss
I've been eating healthy for 2 weeks and the scale shows I'm not losing anything. I work out 6 days a week. I'm feeling really discouraged. I walk /run 3-4 miles and I do spin 1 time a week. I eat 1200 calories a day or less . Helpppp

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  • lcarr1020
    lcarr1020 Posts: 62 Member
    How long have been doing this?
  • bumblebreezy91
    bumblebreezy91 Posts: 520 Member
    Two weeks? You need to give it more time.

    If this exercise program is newly implemented, you are building muscle and retaining water. Also, 1200 calories net or 1200 calories and added exercise? You might not be eating enough. Are you eating back exercise calories? Are you wearing a HRM?

    There are tons of other factors. Sodium, for instance. And are you weighing and measuring your foods?

    Are you starting at a lower weight (i.e. do you have less to lose in total)? If so, your weight is going to drop slower than mine because I have 94 pounds to go.

    Also, make sure you take measurements. You could be losing inches.

    ETA: Are you drinking enough water? Are you a female--if so, are you on your menstrual cycle? I regularly gain or stay steady during my TOM. It's just bloat and retention. I'm not worried because I know it will drop in a few days because I haven't gained actual fat. Scales aren't the only way to measure progress.
  • bumblebreezy91
    bumblebreezy91 Posts: 520 Member
    Also, open your diary. Everyone else is going to ask you to do it as well.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Two weeks isn't enough time - patience is key! You didn't gain it overnight, you're not going to lose it overnight.

    I agree with the above poster about your intake - if you're covering 3/4 miles a day walking/running and eating 1200 or less, you are setting yourself for problems. Food is fuel - don't shortchange your body of fuel and nutrition while asking it to workout 6 days a week.

    Make sure your goals are realistic - your ticker on your profile says you ave about 10 lbs to lose? If you set your weekly weight loss goal for 2 lbs a week when you set up your account, change it to a half lb a week, or 1 lb at the very most. This will give you a higher calorie goal, which is more suited to your needs. And keep in mind that the goal you're given already has your deficit built in - you could eat TO GOAL every day, do zero exercise and lose. Exercise burns off more cals and creates a much larger deficit, too large - this is why MFP adds exercise cals back into your goal. Your daily NET cals should be at or very near goal at the end of the day.

    Other than that, have patience. And grab a tape measure - tracking your measurements will usually give you better progress than the sale, which cal fluctuate daily based on water weight, sodium intake, new exercise, hormones, etc. And take some progress pics - no one has to see them but you, but you can often see progress there while the scale messes with your head.

    good luck.
  • ElliottTN
    ElliottTN Posts: 1,614 Member
    Here is a quote from another thread you commented on 2 days ago:
    hi everyone!

    After high school I gained about 50lbs.. I decided 2 weeks ago I need to take care of this
    I've been exercising every day for an hour. I run/walk 3-4 miles a day. I also do spin once a week.
    I have been eating really healthy too and I've lost almost 4lbs. Not as much as I wanted.
    How long will it take me to loose the 50 lbs? What are your diets and exercise routines?

    So if you have been at this for 2 weeks then you have effectively lost an average of 2 lbs a week. You didn't get fat overnight. It is not going to all come off overnight either.

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