Help, I am not losing weight

zontuin

I can tell you that it will take a good 4-6 weeks on adhering to a good plan to see some good solid results. 2 weeks is not a reasonable amount of time to expect results. Patience. There is no instant fix.

I totally agree. You need to keep with it for longer than 2 weeks before knowing whether or not there's a problem.
Lots of water is essential. Eating vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains are very important. Trying to cut down (or eliminate processed foods) will help as well. One step at a time. Keep at it. Measure yourself every other week. Weight yourself every week, but don't worry about what the scale is saying right now. Stay within your calorie goals. Exercise. Stick with it. You WILL see results. You WILL. The scale will catch up with what you're doing. Stick with it. It will happen!

You have to burn over 3500 to loose 1 pound.

Yes! So this means you MUST create a deficient of 500 calories per day in order to lose 1 pound a week.

emtastic929

Try cutting out the diet sodas for a week and see what happens. They do have quite a bit of sodium, and can make you retain water if you are drinking a lot of them and not drinking enough water. Also, keep at it. I'm in the same boat. I've been getting pretty frustrated this week. But everyone who suggested pulling out measuring tape is right - I've lost about a quarter inch off my waist. Also, if you have a scale that measure body fat percentage, that might be helpful too. My body fat percentage went down 2%. And my belt loop had to go a notch tighter - a notch I've never used before in this particular belt. But even with those results, I'm still frustrated that the scale says the same weight, so I totally get it. But I keep trucking along. I guess it's all we can do. The results we want will come if we continue to keep working hard towards our goals. At least, that's what I keep telling myself.

momgorz

thanks for all the posts and encouragment. I decided to log my exercise, but just put down 1 calorie burned. That way I am still tracking it, but not adding the extra calories. I am trying to cut back to 2 diet cokes a day and add in more water, too. We'll see what happens.

momgorz

Well, I did lose 3 lbs, but I was not tracking the last two weeks, got sidetracked with some health issues for myself and my hubby. Back on track today. I am going to track exercise minutes, but just put down 1 calorie burned so I don't see those extra calories. Need to stick to it consitently for at least a month and then move forward.