First Week In & the Scale Didn't Move! :(

I'm so sad--- I have pushed myself so hard. Never in my life have I counted calories for 8 days in a row, and I went to the gym and worked out for 30-40 min every single day. How did the scale not move?! Am I ever going to lose this weight? I gave it my all this week and I have nothing to show for it. I might be building muscle, but c'mon, no loss this week???

If you are new to going to the gym every day, then you are likely retaining water from exercise, masking your fat loss. Give it time.

Hi,

I feel your pain, mine is exactly the same but i think mine is too do with not eating enough. Eating 1200 calories i have been told to eat and then exercising for an hour 4 times a week and burning between 300-500 calories depending on which work out i do. I am going to give it a week of highering my calorie intake (although not sure how i will get on as without eating crisps, chocolate and biscuits i am not sure how to up my intake and keep my food healthy). Maybe give that a try if your not already doing so. Otherwise hold in there i am sure a good weight loss is just around the corner for you :-)

Hmmm, time to give it up, perhaps?

I would think it is because you are building muscle. Did your measurements change? This would be a better way to see if the weight is changing into muscle. Hang in there the scales will move one day.

throw your scale out..dont look at it for at least two months..keep doing what you are doing and you will be fine.

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This is a journey, keep doing the right things and the weight will come off. Your body weigh fluctuates a large amount depending on when you weight in, what you ate, how much water you are retaining, not to mention added muscle mass you may be getting from working out. Sometimes a scale with a bodyfat % will help with some of this, but i find weighing myself at the same time in the morning before eating or drinking anything tends to keep some of these fluctuations down as well.

I did the same thing my first week and unfortunately, I decided to quit because of it which obviously was a huge mistake. Now here I am a month later starting all over again!! This stuff takes time and we just have to be patient, I guess, LOL. Good luck to you

Are you eating enough? You should be netting at least 1200 calories, and drinking at least 8 glasses of water.

I feel the same way!! As a matter of fact my jeans felt tighter on me after the first week and I am so upset about that. I have been sticking to my calorie goal and doing 45-60 mins on the elliptical EVERYDAY. It's frustrating

I am the EXACT same weight (even the 0.2 lbs bit on the end) as last week when i started despite eating well, eating fruit and veggies and tracking every single thing i put in my mouth BUT my body is probably still recovering from what I ate over the christmas period!

Don't be disheartned and Do not give up..Giving up has got me where I am today and I don't want to be like this!!

That is the kind of situation that would have me so frustrated that I would eventually give up. BUT not this time. If I were you, I would take your measurements and before pictures. I just took my before pics today and girl, it's not pretty! I then put those pictures into a collage photo and made it the background picture on my phone! This way I'm seeing what I actually look like EVERY DAY. Luckily I have a lot of apps on my phone so the pictures aren't obvious but I know it's there and I'm hoping that every time I look at my phone it will motivate me to keep working out and eating right. I cant wait to take another set of pictures in a week. I'm sure that you will be able to see a difference in the pictures even if the scale doesn't say what you want it to. As long as you are eating enough, and working out and drinking water, the weight and the inches WILL come off. We've all heard it before, "it took a while to get to the weight you are at, so it' will take a while to get it off". There is no quick fix, this has to be a lifestyle change. Don't give up. Remember it's not so much about the number on the scale as it is the way you feel and the way your clothes feel. You're doing it girl, just keep on, keepin on!

I agree 100%!

hey. just a suggestion but instead of just focusing on the scale numbers. measure yourself instead. you might see the inches being lost which will help you stay motivated! i am in rhe same boat. im not losing weight but the inches are melting away!

Don't give up. We are all on here to help.
Have you measured yourself, cause like other people have said, you might not lose it on the scales but you might lose inches
Good luck and keep it up