Aw girl, don't be so hard on yourself. Have you measured yourself before and after? Sometimes the weight stays the same, but the muscle to fat ratio changes. Don't let it get you down!

I've been working out almost every day... I try to take care my diet... I eat tons of vegetables and fruits.... my job is super active.... and I have not lose a single pound the last few weeks.... I feel stronger though, but I want inches coming off my body as well as weight... :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :brokenheart: :brokenheart: :brokenheart: :ohwell: :ohwell: :ohwell:

I weighed in this morning and have gained 3.25lbs. In a week. And whilst I KNOW weight fluctuations are normal and a million things could have cause it it makes me SO FRUSTRATED and demotivated .

Do you mind if I add you? Seems from your ticker we are similar weight with similar goals?

I started the 5:2 eating plan, primarily for the health benefits, 3 weeks ago. This means 2 "fast" days a week - max of 500 cal. I don't go nuts on the other days, but eat more or less what I want to. My weight is falling - hard to be accurate as I have a cast on my arm. Still, I find it easy to count calories two days a week instead of seven - motivation isn't such a problem.

I'm dealing with the same issue. I've been at this for six weeks. I've been working out 5-6 days a week, a mix of cardio 2-3 days and weight lifting/circut training the 2-3 other days. I started around 1200 calories, but that's what I'd probably been eating before, except for a 1-2 "binge" days...where I'd eat probably 2000 or so (no idea, just went out to lunch and/or dinner).

I recently figured out my TDEE is around 2100. Without working out at all it's around 1800-1900. I have a pretty active job and I've been burning 300-400 calories from working out. I have a Fitbit and a HRM (only used for cardio), and my average calories burnt for the week is 2095. Some days I burn 1950, some days 2300....so I just go with a weekly average.

1200 calories/day wasn't enough. I now aim to eat about 80-90% of my TDEE, which works out to be 1600-1800 calories/day. I just aim to keep a 250-450 calorie deficit.

Haven't seen the scale move much, but I can notice changes. My abs are more defined, my arms look a bit less chunky, and I lost 1.5" from my hips, and .5" from my waist. I also deal with edema/bloating issues so I think a lot of why I'm not seeing the loss is because I tend to have water retention that fluctuates depending on what I eat (sodium/potassium ratio).

Strength training also added another cause for water retention. The only time I saw the scale go down 2lbs in one week was when I was on a business trip, and only got one lifting session in that week.

Hang in there...when you don't have a lot to lose it takes a really long time to see the scale move. But track other things.... measurements and body fat %.

When I used to just diet I would see pounds come off quickly, but this time around I am eating healthy and exercising and my pounds are not coming off at all. I realize that this could be a good thing, because that means I am building muscle and that means the fat is going away. Buy a small pair of pants and every week try them on and quit looking at the scale. It just makes you crazy!!!

A cubic inch of fat weighs less than a cubic inch of muscle, because muscle is denser than fat. So however many cubic inches of fat would weigh 1 lb, the same amount of cubic inches of muscle would weigh 3 lbs.