weightloss stopped

ppd57
ppd57 Posts: 13
in Health and Weight Loss
:cry: Only four weeks into my diet and the weightloss has stopped This always happens, What can I do?

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  • bathsheba_c
    bathsheba_c Posts: 1,873 Member
    Be patient. Healthy weight loss is less than 2 lbs a week (and usually less than 1 lb a week). At the same time, weight fluctuations due to eating a high sodium meal, starting or changing an exercise regime, menstruation, not having gone to the bathroom lately, etc., can easily reach 5 lbs.

    In other words, the day-to-day and week-to-week are not really important. A better gauge is whether you are losing from month to month.
  • kelly101386
    kelly101386 Posts: 389 Member
    Don't rely on the scale either, you could still be losing inches and not realize it so measuring every few weeks is a must.
  • bdamaster60
    bdamaster60 Posts: 595 Member
    Add a refeed day.
  • Synapze
    Synapze Posts: 499
    Keep Going......
  • pyrowill
    pyrowill Posts: 1,163 Member
    Drop your sodium, drink more water, continue what you are doing, doing be deterred.
  • Buzzyi
    Buzzyi Posts: 17 Member
    This from the dsfacts site
    "Our bodies use glycogen for short term energy storage. Glycogen is not very soluble, but it is stored in our muscles for quick energy -- one pound of glycogen requires 4 lbs of water to keep it soluble, and the average glycogen storage capacity is about 2 lbs. So, when you are not getting in enough food, your body turns first to stored glycogen, which is easy to break down for energy. And when you use up 2 lbs of glycogen, you also lose 8 lbs of water that was used to store it -- voila -- the "easy" 10 lbs that most people lose in the first week of a diet.

    As you stay in caloric deficit, however, your body starts to realize that this is not a short term problem. You start mobilizing fat from your adipose tissue and burning fat for energy. But your body also realizes that fat can't be used for short bursts of energy -- like, to outrun a saber tooth tiger. So, it starts converting some of the fat into glycogen, and rebuilding the glycogen stores. And as it puts back the 2 lbs of glycogen into the muscle, 8 lbs of water has to be stored with it to keep it soluble. So, even though you might still be LOSING energy content to your body, your weight will not go down or you might even GAIN for a while as you retain water to dissolve the glycogen that is being reformed and stored.

    Breathe, and fuggedaboudit for a few days. "
  • ppd57
    ppd57 Posts: 13
    Thanks guy's lots of good information there, most appreciated :smile: I'm not about to quit!
  • ppd57
    ppd57 Posts: 13
    What is a re-feed day?
  • ppd57
    ppd57 Posts: 13
    Well that explains it then.. Thank you ;)
  • ppd57
    ppd57 Posts: 13
    Monthly would be a good idea if i could stop the urge to check up on myself.. Thanks for the advise ;)
  • ppd57
    ppd57 Posts: 13
    Thanks.. for the support.
  • ppd57
    ppd57 Posts: 13
    Oh I will.. im not about to give up now. Your looking great BTW ;) keep it going!
  • ppd57
    ppd57 Posts: 13
    Never quite understood that to be possible ie losing inches and not weight. Unless of course i was training hard at the weights gym. (which i'm not )... yet.

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