15 days on and no consistent weight loss

fmbomzo

I'm trying to stay motivated. I know I've had some wacky diet days, but I've incorporated more consistent exercise (strength and cardio). Before I started logging here, I'd already eliminated red meat. I only drink water and green tea -- no soda or juices. I eliminated poultry in February by substituting meatless items (soy burgers, black bean burgers). I do eat seafood. I drink about 80 oz of water daily plus 3 servings of unsweetened green tea. I do have a sweet tooth, but either try to curb it or add exercise to counter the calories.

With all of that, I still cannot manage to lose weight. I lost 10 lbs in 12 days eating a raw food diet. I have not gained that back. But since being on here, I cannot manage to break the plateau and stay below it. I've lost an additional 3 lbs or so, but then it's back within a few days and it's like a yo-yo. I have 45 more lbs to lose. 3 weeks with no real weight loss is frustrating.

Also, I started the Supreme 90 day workout today and it requires more than the 1200 calories MFP set for me and it exceeds the recommended protein. What do I do?

I do a mixture of the 17 day diet workouts (cardio abs or total body) plus 30 minutes of core cross train yoga. Or I will do a combination of cardio and strength training in the gym for about an hour total. I take the stairs at work instead of the elevator. I get up and move around frequently.

What should I change? Or do I just stay the course. I'm thinking about interval fasting to shake things up a bit.

chubberlang

Interesting comments. I'm no expert and i struggle at times to understand some of the complexities of weight loss. However, keeping it simple is always a good idea. Calories in v calories out. Most people 1/ do not caculate calorie intake correctly 2/ go off track by complicating their diet & becomng more extreme or incorporating strange and unecessary foods. 3/ do not weigh themselves correctly & regularly. If you use more calories than you consume you will lose weight.

Ready2Rock206

So basically you're 2 weeks in and are frustrated you're not skinny yet?! HELLLO!!! Give it some time! You can do it - don't freak out after such a short amount of time. You haven't even given anything a chance to work - eat healthy, exercise and let things happen!

Robbie32

Interesting comments. I'm no expert and i struggle at times to understand some of the complexities of weight loss. However, keeping it simple is always a good idea. Calories in v calories out. Most people 1/ do not caculate calorie intake correctly 2/ go off track by complicating their diet & becomng more extreme or incorporating strange and unecessary foods. 3/ do not weigh themselves correctly & regularly. If you use more calories than you consume you will lose weight.

Agree. Maybe you just intaking too many calories. Good Luck! Limit your sweats to one serving a day or even half a serving if the sweat is fattening I like to mix a bag of mand m's with some check mix and eat it over the course of 2 days

bridgie101

I can't see your diet diary. I get a bit of a concern that you are cutting out all the meat and such - if you substitute it with soy you knwo that soy is full of hormones don't you? And meatless sausages may well not be any better for you.

What are the calorie counts on these things?

As to the killer exercise thing, go with what the killer exercise diet says. You'll need the extra protein etc. 1200 cals a day is only for people not exercising.

BreakinTheChains

So basically you're 2 weeks in and are frustrated you're not skinny yet?! HELLLO!!! Give it some time! You can do it - don't freak out after such a short amount of time. You haven't even given anything a chance to work - eat healthy, exercise and let things happen!

Exactly !!!

Nopedotjpeg

Stop talking about exercise and just EAT LESS. The ONLY reason why underweight people are underweight and why overweight people are overweight is FOOD!

Oversimplification honestly. Most overweight people have a combination of not moving for **** and eating too much as well.

rachmaree

It would be helpful if we could see your food diary... and to the person who said 'eat less,' I really think that depends how much the OP is eating!? If they are only netting 700cals, it wouldn't make sense to suggest eating less.

salxtai

Measurements are just as important as sheer weight loss.
- decreases in fat but increase in muscle can essentially cancel out, or even increase, weight changes but will be noticable in the inches/cm. That's the case for me.

With that much exercise, 1200 is sounding a bit low to me for a daily cal limit. I eat 1700+/day and I do 50 min gym sessions x 3 a week + `1-2 x martial arts.

gtfcnat

Unless you put all the weight on in 15 days, why should you expect to lose it in 15 days?

bfbooty

firstly stop weighing yourself so often your body weight fluctuates constantly due to fluids e.t.c at the very most you should weigh yourself weekly the same time every week but recommended is to weigh in 2weekly to monthly.

2ndly 3lb loss in 2 weeks is absolutely fine and normal what do you expect to be loosing???? normal weight loss that is most likely to stay off averages at 1-2 pound a week

and make sure you are eating your min daily cal allowance otherwise your body can go into starvation mode which makes your body store food as fat if it's not getting enough it'll hang onto what it is getting, when your exercising you earn extra cals so you should def be eating your min daily allowance for sure

Lunawatuna

Walk for 2 hours a day. I had the same problem as you, but then as soon as I added a 2 or three hour walk to the strength training, the weight started to move.

NatalieWinning

Big weight loss, then slow down is par for the course. You lost a lot of weight! Slow downs happen. Then they happen again and again. Stay the course. This might take 6 months or a year. Measure yourself. Because the scale is only one measurement of how you are changing. There are your clothes, your measurements, your body composition, and it's all re-arranging. This is a long term commitment. Get in the long term game. Do what's sustainable for you. It's not bing bang boom, you are done. This takes practice, failure, and overall you will see success only if you are persistant. Take pictures. Lots. Keep them and put them side by side often. Because sometimes the brain hasn't noticed all the changes in the mirror. But pictures, side by side, will tell a truer story in your visual of yourself. I still am astonished at my own. It keeps me going, and keeps me from going back.

The average adult gains some every year. You are reversing that already. Winner.

fmbomzo

I can't see your diet diary. I get a bit of a concern that you are cutting out all the meat and such - if you substitute it with soy you knwo that soy is full of hormones don't you? And meatless sausages may well not be any better for you.

What are the calorie counts on these things?

As to the killer exercise thing, go with what the killer exercise diet says. You'll need the extra protein etc. 1200 cals a day is only for people not exercising.

I've cut out the soy items as well now. I just added them in to ease myself off poultry. I'm down to just seafood now. The calorie counts are about 170 calories for a serving (1 patty on the meatless entrees). Thanks for the advice on the exercise program. I'm gong to get a heart rate monitor so that I can accurately assess the calories burned because I know that I'm tracking my caloric intake correctly. When in doubt, I err on the side of attribution more calories to a food item than less.

fmbomzo

Interesting comments. I'm no expert and i struggle at times to understand some of the complexities of weight loss. However, keeping it simple is always a good idea. Calories in v calories out. Most people 1/ do not caculate calorie intake correctly 2/ go off track by complicating their diet & becomng more extreme or incorporating strange and unecessary foods. 3/ do not weigh themselves correctly & regularly. If you use more calories than you consume you will lose weight.

I weigh daily because I don't want to get scale shock from waiting too long between weigh-ins. As for my food choices, I'm trying to move to a diet without red meat and poultry, just because I have more energy when I eat less meat. I agree that weight loss seems complex; weight gain is easy.

jadedone

So basically you're 2 weeks in and are frustrated you're not skinny yet?! HELLLO!!! Give it some time! You can do it - don't freak out after such a short amount of time. You haven't even given anything a chance to work - eat healthy, exercise and let things happen!

+100

fmbomzo

So basically you're 2 weeks in and are frustrated you're not skinny yet?! HELLLO!!! Give it some time! You can do it - don't freak out after such a short amount of time. You haven't even given anything a chance to work - eat healthy, exercise and let things happen!

I'm 2 weeks in on this site. I'm not 2 weeks in on the lifestyle changes. Hence the frustration. I was on this road January one year ago and was able to drop 18 lbs. Then after a series of events (illness, accident, surgery), I gained back about half of it after having to stop working out while I recovered. After that, I gave up and just let it ride. I started back in January of this year with the raw food cleanse and dropped 10 lbs and hovered down and back up to the net 10 lb loss. Never went back under 10 lbs lost, but I can't seem to push the needle any further so far.

akiramezu

give it another year. you expect too much in little time

fmbomzo

Thanks for the comments. I'm sticking with it. I just might throw the scale across the room though. I will stick with my exercise plan because I enjoy the variety I've been able to create with a mixture of workouts.

bigaussiebloke

Feeling your pain...I have been going since January and Nada loss....

akiramezu

First of all weight loss cannot be consistent because it is not something we can keep linear.
So many things can contribute to weight loss as well as weight gain.
1. the food you eat (daily calories)
2. the liquids you drink
3. your current state of mind
4. your current state of health (a flu or cold can f**k everything up
5. your environment
6. the people around you
7. the amount you sleep
list goes on, but i mentioned quite the most important things

God damn, if weight loss was consistent and we could all lose 2 pounds a week and keep at it
until we reached our goal without any stoppages, hell, we'd all get where we wanted sooner then later
and there would be less MFP users, who've been logging for months and years.

My own experience right now, is that i was 158 pounds 4 days ago, now currently i'm 166 pounds.
I gained 8 pounds in a few days, am i annoyed? nope. Cause shi*t happens and our bodies
don't always function the way we want it to. But despite my weight gain, i went from 16-17% body fat to 15% body fat.
My point is, don't ever use the scale to gauge your progress, the scale is the devil, and you should just get rid of it.

Peta22

From reading your initial post and all the responses, I'm confused as to whether you ever mentioned what level of calories your consuming each day? However, I had a similar problem recently where after two weeks of 1200/1300 calories a day and significant and consistent exersize, I'd seen absolutely no change on the scales. I've actually increased my calories to 1500/1600 a day now and in the last 4-5 days, I've finally started to see some downward movement in the numbers on the scale. It's only 500gm but at least it's finally moving! It seems my body was resisting weight loss due to too few calories

ninerbuff

I'm trying to stay motivated. I know I've had some wacky diet days, but I've incorporated more consistent exercise (strength and cardio). Before I started logging here, I'd already eliminated red meat. I only drink water and green tea -- no soda or juices. I eliminated poultry in February by substituting meatless items (soy burgers, black bean burgers). I do eat seafood. I drink about 80 oz of water daily plus 3 servings of unsweetened green tea. I do have a sweet tooth, but either try to curb it or add exercise to counter the calories.

With all of that, I still cannot manage to lose weight. I lost 10 lbs in 12 days eating a raw food diet. I have not gained that back. But since being on here, I cannot manage to break the plateau and stay below it. I've lost an additional 3 lbs or so, but then it's back within a few days and it's like a yo-yo. I have 45 more lbs to lose. 3 weeks with no real weight loss is frustrating.

Also, I started the Supreme 90 day workout today and it requires more than the 1200 calories MFP set for me and it exceeds the recommended protein. What do I do?

I do a mixture of the 17 day diet workouts (cardio abs or total body) plus 30 minutes of core cross train yoga. Or I will do a combination of cardio and strength training in the gym for about an hour total. I take the stairs at work instead of the elevator. I get up and move around frequently.

What should I change? Or do I just stay the course. I'm thinking about interval fasting to shake things up a bit.

You SHOULD quit dieting in the extreme. Once you figure out how to actually find a lifestyle that you can live with the rest of your life, then you apply how you can lose weight.
At this point you're trying anything and everything out of desperation. Diets DON'T work.

A.C.E. Certified Personal Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

sloanie1

give it another year. you expect too much in little time

AGREED!!! I've been at it 18months.....I'm still not at goal yet! I eat clean and workout 6days a week with a few splurges along the way....think how long it took to go on, and double that...you will get there but patience and consistency are the keys, Rome wasn't built in a day..:o)

ruby_red_rose

One thing I have realized is that any change requires longer than 15 days of commitment. Remember, as long as you are eating less than you are burning, you will lose weight. My advice is to track your food intake very carefully over the next couple of days to make sure you are actually eating less than you burn. And once you have made sure of that, be patient.

Some other things that work for me, that you may also want to try:
- eating 100-140g of protein every day
- walking 10,000 steps every day
- cardio (in addition to the steps) 5 times a week for an hour each
- bull fody weight training using free weights 2 times a week
- at least 8 glasses of water every day
- at least 8 hours of sleep every day
- eating around 1450-1600 calories a day on average (I worked with a dietician to get this number)

Best of luck!