What am I doing wrong?

Dashal

It's very hard to offer advice without also knowing when you started your diet and what your current calorie goal is / how much you would like to lose.

If you've recently started a week is nothing and you will see no difference no matter how much exercise you do and water you drink. Put it this way - when you go on holiday you eat and drink more. Yet when you come home and weigh yourself you're still the same. Weigh yourself in two weeks and you'll have gained weight. Your body has a bit of a delay when it comes to weight loss and gain. It's also a cumulative effect.

And please do not listen to people who immediately tells you to eat your calorie deficit back as you're in starvation mode if you don't. How many pounds have you set yourself to lose and what is your daily calorie goal?

FlabulessFam

It's very hard to offer advice without also knowing when you started your diet and what your current calorie goal is / how much you would like to lose.

If you've recently started a week is nothing and you will see no difference no matter how much exercise you do and water you drink. Put it this way - when you go on holiday you eat and drink more. Yet when you come home and weigh yourself you're still the same. Weigh yourself in two weeks and you'll have gained weight. Your body has a bit of a delay when it comes to weight loss and gain. It's also a cumulative effect.

And please do not listen to people who immediately tells you to eat your calorie deficit back as you're in starvation mode if you don't. How many pounds have you set yourself to lose and what is your daily calorie goal?

My daily calorie goal is set to 1970 in order to lose 1 lb a week per MFP. I am eating 300 calories below that plus exercising. I started 2 weeks ago with eating the "right" food and this is day 7 of P90x.. I would like to lose 76 lbs.

mountainluv

I did p90x a couple years ago. I lost some weight, not a lot, but my body was much more toned. I lost inches, Problem is, I did the 90 days, then quit, went back to my old ways of eating. gained the weight I lost and gained inches. I had the best luck with weight watchers. Again, I did well, but went back to my old habits.

Dashal

It's very hard to offer advice without also knowing when you started your diet and what your current calorie goal is / how much you would like to lose.

If you've recently started a week is nothing and you will see no difference no matter how much exercise you do and water you drink. Put it this way - when you go on holiday you eat and drink more. Yet when you come home and weigh yourself you're still the same. Weigh yourself in two weeks and you'll have gained weight. Your body has a bit of a delay when it comes to weight loss and gain. It's also a cumulative effect.

And please do not listen to people who immediately tells you to eat your calorie deficit back as you're in starvation mode if you don't. How many pounds have you set yourself to lose and what is your daily calorie goal?

My daily calorie goal is set to 1970 in order to lose 1 lb a week per MFP. I am eating 300 calories below that plus exercising. I started 2 weeks ago with eating the "right" food and this is day 7 of P90x.. I would like to lose 76 lbs.

Then keep doing your thing lady you'll see the results! When I first started I honestly saw no difference for 3 weeks and I was gyming 6 times a week, eating healthily and really going for it. Then I started seeing the difference. Aim to weigh yourself every month.

If you feel full and are 300 calories under then don't feel like you have to eat them back. Why? MFP gives you two weight-loss options - one to lose a pound a week (which is what you and I are doing), the other to lose 2 pounds a week. To lose 1 pound, MFP reduces your calorie deficit by around 200, for 2 pounds around 400 calories. I like to keep 100 calories under anyway because you can never be sure of the accuracy of the diary.

Therefore if you're eating 300 less on a setting to lose 1 pound a week, this is actually 100 under the 2 pound a week setting! If you look at it like this I can't see anyone advocating you eat those calories back! As long as you're eating above the generally accepted level of 1000-1200 calories then you're fine!

Keep at it and best of luck!

ninerbuff

I am doing P90x, eating right - staying under my daily calories by about 300 - and drinking lots of water. My body feels better but the scale shows that I lost no weight this past week!!! I am frustrated and discouraged! I don't know what to do differently! Please help and give me suggestions!!

You're expecting too much. If you're new to exercise, your body will retain water to rebuild muscle and store glycogen to ensure you have energy for future exercise sessions. Fitness isn't all about weight. Just continue and you will start to see results in few weeks.


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