The scale hasn't budged. :(

I agree - patience and consistency. Keep doing what you are doing and allow your body time to adjust. It will come, don't give up.

Log everything you eat, drink lots of water, exercise.

Also, sometimes it helps to take a before, during, and after picture to track results vs the scale. The scale is just a number - for me, the real reward is feeling better and my clothes fitting a little looser.

Good luck!

I feel your pain. I always hear/read about people recording huge losses in the first couple of weeks and then normalizing to 1-2 pounds/week. I've hardly lost anything at all in my first month, and this is supposed to be the big loss time? It's especially frustrating because I gained 15 pounds so quickly (only 4 months) but at this rate it will take me 2 years to take it off. No fair.

I barely saw any loss in the first week mainly because we were still clearing all the dirty high carb high calorie foods out of the house. (Bad habits take a lot to break). I also heard that when you first start exercising your muscles will actually store some of the water to help them deal with the new activity level. And yeah, as Susy said, that time of the month is a real pain for weight loss so if you're even close to it you could well have lost a pound then bloated it back on only for it to fall back off after.
Just keep eating healthy and stick to it. You're not just doing it for a little bit, eating healthy is a long term commitment.
About 3-4 weeks in i started feeling better. Its hard to explain how but maybe just having a bit more energy and wanting to do things. Like, i actually enjoy (well maybe not all the time but a bunch of the time) my exercising now. And make sure you're drinking enough water too.

Patience.

Consistency.

Accuracy.

STEP AWAY FROM THE SCALE!

This will take time, there is no reason to torture yourself by stepping on the scale every day. You are actually lucky that it shows the same number everyday. Most people see fluctuations from day to day.

One of the most overlooked bits of the whole process is accuracy: are you measuring your food? Are you checking your measurements against serving sizes? It is fine to have two servings, as long as you know that they are two servings and you are logging two servings. Are you using calorie counts from your machine? Does it have the hand heart rate plates?

As for adding resistance training, there are many places you can start. Any resistance training will help, at least at the beginning. If you belong to a gym, take a class or hire a trainer for a few sessions so that you can learn. If you work out at home, get a DVD or check out you tube. There are body weight exercises (ie, squats and push ups), resistance bands (make sure you get good ones that actually require you to exert yourself), dumbbells, kettles... You need to find what you enjoy, because that is what you will stick with.

Stick with it! I know firsthand how disappointing it is to get on the scale and not see any progress. But everyone's body is different and sadly it does take some of us a little longer to get going. It will happen!

I started MFP exactly one week ago and have weighed every morning before eating. After one week of doing the elliptical and trying to watch what I eat, the scale this morning shows the exact number I started with seven days ago. So frustrating. I see quite a few people talking about lifting weights, but I don't know of any programs to use, so I've just been sticking with my elliptical. Any help/recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks, in advance. :flowerforyou:

Thank you for posting this!!! I just finished week two and the scale hasn't budged. And I'm considered "obese" as far as BMI standards. Very comforting responses! Thank you everyone!

Don't worry so much about the scale. I sometimes have that issue as well with the scale but then I look at things like how my clothes are fitting (a much more comfortable size 14 bootcut jeans, can now wear size 14 skinny jeans that I bought 2 weeks ago), my endurance (I am getting better at lasting longer in my kickboxing classes), and how my practices have changed (I measure my food and now even cook healthy meals for my parents since I live with them). Anyway, this is all to say that your success will be measured by things other than the scale. And if you are going to weigh yourself, do it once a week. Weighing yourself everyday will drive you nuts!!! So...

Be patient! This takes time!

Be gentle! This is your journey, do not measure yourself by someone else's standards.

HAVE FUN!! I find that weight loss is one of those things when you really get to know yourself so have fun exploring what you like, what works best for you and go from there. The journey is always the best part!

Okay, I know that this might have sounded cheesy but hopefully this helps! Peace!