Patience

That is a good question--I feel the same way I have been working out for 1 month have lost inches but still weigh over 200 pounds with no weight loss I hope other people will give us some suggestions

I have found that focusing on the here and now helps. I have been on my weight loss journey for almost a year now and it has really slowed down over the past few months. I take one day at a time, eat what I am supposed to eat, do my exercise and know in the end the results will come. It may not be as quick as I would like, but it is healthy and it is a lifestyle change that I can stick with. Good luck with your journeys and stick with it, the reward is greater than the pain of waiting. : )

the only thing that helps me is to focus on lifestyle change...not a DIET! This is lifelong change to be healthier! But when I am obsessed about it....a good hard kick in the butt workout seems to help! LOL! I set a long term goal for my total loss, but I also set short term goals (mini goals) to make me feel like I am accomplishing something.

I also have been at this 1 month and had only lost 1 lb until today, the scale moved another 2. so 3 lbs in 4 wks! Not what I was hoping for, but slow and steady wins the race.....right!!

Good luck!

Maybe you can make small goals with rewards for each. That way you feel like you are accomplishing something more often. Like each five or ten lbs (idk your goal) give yourself something... a new pair of jeans, a manicure. That way you are looking at the her and now rather than way down the road.

I find that the time is flying in some ways and dragging in others. It’s flying because I’m staying focused. When I really want to go buckwild and eat a bunch of junk food, or if I’m feeling discouraged, or if I need to re-psych myself up, I find a way to turn my brain back to my goal.

In my case, I’m a really organized, detail-oriented person. So I might buy a day-planner and make a workout plan for the month, search for healthy recipes online, do up a meal-plan for the week, etc. I’ve sat down for hours before and made spreadsheets to track my weight and inches lost (and with formulas to calculate my TDEE, etc). I’ll flip through fitness magazines looking for new workouts, go for a walk, etc. Basically keep myself busy.

Before I started trying to lose weight and get healthy, I was obsessed with food. It’s all I thought about. Looking back I realized that it’s because I had no life and food was the best part of my day. I was depressed, lonely, spent all day cleaning and caring for kids and working. And the only thing I had to look forward to was my next meal…. It was really sad. In order to stop eating all the crap I really had to change my way of thinking. I had to find something in my life to replace food as my source of joy. I decided that if I couldn’t think about food I’d focus on myself. I would MAKE myself a priority. Now that I’m getting thinner and healthier, I’m happier. Being happier means I don’t ‘need’ the food anymore, which makes it easier. Looking back, I can’t believe it’s been a little over two months already since I joined MFP. Really, it DOES get easier and once you’re in your groove, time flies.