Frustration!! Help.

This could be water weight, differing circumstances when you weighed, muscle gain, lots of things. If you want this to happen, you need to give up thoughts of giving up, and take along view - be consistent for an extended period, eat at target, exercise regularly, and eat back those exercise calories (maybe partly - mfp can overestimate burn for some things). Focus less on the scale and more how you feel and how your clothes fit. You can do this!

Don't weigh yourself everyday. You'll get variations throughout the day even. Try once a week at the same time.

Water weight.

Do you really think you ate an excess of 4550 calories (650 a day)?

I have been working out for about 6 weeks and only lost 10 pounds, which isn't much considering my dramatic lifestyle change. However, when I look at the scale and see that I haven't lost any weight or gained some back, it only motivates me to work out harder and be more diligent about what I am putting into my body. I can see the physical changes and my mentality is improving (growing confidence, having the motivation to get off the couch, etc). Don't give up--this takes time and effort, but it is worth it in the end. I tell myself if I can reach my goal weight, then I can do anything! It is very empowering!

I have been working out for about 6 weeks and only lost 10 pounds, which isn't much considering my dramatic lifestyle change. However, when I look at the scale and see that I haven't lost any weight or gained some back, it only motivates me to work out harder and be more diligent about what I am putting into my body. I can see the physical changes and my mentality is improving (growing confidence, having the motivation to get off the couch, etc). Don't give up--this takes time and effort, but it is worth it in the end. I tell myself if I can reach my goal weight, then I can do anything! It is very empowering!

10 pounds in 6 weeks is a lot.

That's what I keep telling myself, but it seems like it was steadily coming off and now it has stopped. Hell, it is more than I have lost in the last 10 years!

In one week I have gained 1.3 pounds - very frustrated by this. My question is - is it possible at the early stages of working out to gain 1.2 pounds of muscle in one 7 day period???

I've started going to the gym more regularly 6 out of the last 10 days. On one of my off days walked over 5 miles at a Christmas village (not hard exercising but still movement)

I have been below calorie goal for most of those 10 days - and have even avoided eating back my exerise calories most of those days as well.

What is going on????

In the last 3 workouts I've burned 600 calories plus each time. Once over 1000 - a personal best for me and a goal.

I'm on the fence again about giving up......

I know I haven't been 'perfect' in these last 10 days but is there something I'm doing seriously wrong to gain and not lose?

No it's not possible to gain that much muscle in a week. To gain that much in a month would be good.

How do you know how much you are burning? You could be over-estimating.

What have you been doing at the gym? Lifting will cause you to retain water as your muscles repair themselves. The scale can be really wacky when lifting so use some other form of measurement for progress.

GET OFF THE DAMNED FENCE AND GET MOTIVATED. You are doing the right things. Give it time. Rome wasn't built in a day.
When this stuff gets tough (and it will), pushing through is what separates the successful from the regretful. Which do YOU want to be?

This is weak. WEAK!!! Don't mean to be rude, but seriously?!?!? You just started. I bet if you give up you'll gain 1.2 pounds every month and then next year you'll be in a worse position. It's not what the scale says. First off, you just started, you'll get there. Where you'll lose 2 lbs a weeks and feel great, your pants are gonna looser, your belt is gonna be a notch highter. You'll feel like a great accomplishment. And just when you're in the groove of things you'll hit a plateau, you'll work your *kitten* off, eat everythign you're supposed to and you won't loose a thing for weeks. It's frustrating, you'll be angry. But you know what?!?!? You're gonna keep working out and doing the right thing because this is the only body you've got and you owe it to yourself to take care of it damnit!!

NO MORE WHINNING OVER 1.2 POUNDS..It's nothing. Take the bull by horns and keep doing what you're doing.

on a side note though, since you are burning a ton of calories...you need to make sure you eat them back and stick within your calorie allowance - starvation mode WILL prevent you from loosing weight.

No it's not possible to gain that much muscle in a week. To gain that much in a month would be good.

How do you know how much you are burning? You could be over-estimating.

What have you been doing at the gym? Lifting will cause you to retain water as your muscles repair themselves. The scale can be really wacky when lifting so use some other form of measurement for progress.

GET OFF THE DAMNED FENCE AND GET MOTIVATED. You are doing the right things. Give it time. Rome wasn't built in a day.
When this stuff gets tough (and it will), pushing through is what separates the successful from the regretful. Which do YOU want to be?

This.

I'm not an expert I can only speak for how my body responds to exercise and calorie intake. I found I lost more on the days I ate the full 1200 calories then under cutting them by 400-500 calories a day. Now that I've changed my eating habits to heavier meals in the morning and more snack like stuff in the afternoon I'm seeing better results. I hope this helped. Don't get frustrated!!! By eating better and working out you are making your body more healthy. The weight loss will come.

WOW!! I'm touched and SO HAPPY I COULD HELP!! I bet you were pissed off at first, but being easy on yourself isn't going to help yourself. It's the truth that will motiviate. Quitting isn't going to help you. Like all of us on here, we've managed to get to the point in our lives that we find ourselves on this site, so we're all in the struggle. We need to encougage ourselves to keep going!! No sugar coating it, because does get hard! I'm so happy that you decided to give it go again!

And Confession time...now that i read what i wrote to you over again, I laugh because i was sort of talking to myself too. I have just completed month 6 of diet and exercise. I lost ALL of my 20 lbs in the first 2 months. I haven't lost a thing since. I'm stuck on a plateau that's going into the 4th month now ... But a few things that keep me going are 1) Health..living a healthy lifestyle is now a priority for me. We've got one body and that's it, we should take care of it. 2) People who continueously exercise 3-4 times a week for years aren't fat, right?!?!? 3) I enjoy it.

I have work to do still and eventhough I'm stuck at this weight...i'm confident if i keep it up, i'll get there, someday. I've been on exercise "kicks" before and always quite after i lost the weight i wanted - and then always ended back at the gym and i get mad myself and say "If i would have just kept exercising, i would be in this position"

I'm so happy my slightly harsh, but true message to you helped. Best of luck on your journey and remember, Dieting is not for the Weak!!! Go kick some *kitten*!!

Water.

When you work out a muscle, what happens is a bunch of tiny little rips and tears are made in it. These need repairing. Instead of pulling it back together, the body just fills in the holes with more muscle. This is why muscle grows when doing strength training and various other exercises.

In order to do this, the body needs extra water, since water is how everything in us moves around. So, it places a bunch of water in and around the muscle so that it can work on them.

You've gained some water weight.

^^ This. Be patient. Did you gain all that weight in a week? Don't expect to lose it that fast. There will be weeks you don't lose, weeks you lose a little, weeks you lose a lot. Honestly and consistency is what it takes. You will get there.

It is tough going by the scale. You need to go with how you feel. Its a slow process. Weight usually fluctuates give or take 5lb anyways. don't give up, .

oh and another change I made. I upped my calories to 1250 from 1200 and I eat all my calories burned so that I net the full 1250 consumed. That seems to have jump started the weight loss. MFP says I should eat 1200 but I just dont feel it was enough. And although 50 calories a day increase doesnt seem like much it helped