It's only been a month, but I'm feeling discouraged.

ummm, you've lost 6lbs in one month? THAT IS AWESOME!! what are you fretting about? I'm lucky if I lose 2lbs a month...you aren't going to see difference in the mirror after one month...change is so slow and you see yourself ever day. But how do you feel? how do you clothes fit? is anyone else noticing?

What I really see is that you are on a diet...you need to stop the diet mentality and make a lifestyle change...something that you can sustain, not just suffer through at the moment. Are you lifting weights? resistance training with be the thing if you want to see changes in the mirror...cardio will help you burn cals, but won't sustain an energery burn the way resistance training will.

you're going to have to look long term, not short term. If you look at nothing but the scale to measure your success you will be disappointed...your body holds water when it is rebuilding muscle...and it fluxuates..all the time.

Given all that...give yourself a pat on the back for taking steps toward a healthier lifestyle...

Take pictures. Compare them to before pictures, that will often show changes before the mirror does.

Also, a month isn't a long time anyway. Go ahead and feel discouraged if you want to, but don't give up!

hey kloco

the thing about weightloss is it hides so that you cant see it. I find that for me I am very much like you in the fact that I feel great but when I look in the mirror i cant see the difference, but it is there when I weigh myself and deep down i know it will be because I know that I am watching what i am eating and exercising the weight has go!

So I encourage you to not be scared to weigh yourself as if u have done the hard yards the rewards will come and then u will see the difference in time and we will look forward to seeing your weight loss when u post it.

I have faith in you that if u done the hard yards we will be excited when u weigh in. When do you weigh in

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In 6 months, you are going to be mind blown! Just keep it up! I promise!

Rome was not built in a day! remember that it takes time for you to see results in the mirror, so keep your head up and drive on set your goals and in due time you will be proud

I know for me personally, I do the same thing. I feel stronger and better in the first month, lose a little weight on the scale and some inches, but the mirror does not reflect it!

Do not get discouraged though! I have been an on and off again exerciser and when I am able to muster through that first month and get into the second month is where I can really start to see change instead of just feel it! It is usually between week 6 - 8 that I really start to see the difference.

I agree with others as well that 6 lbs is a great loss during the first month. Also I have found the measurements are a huge motivator especially when I couldn't see the difference. Don't get too wrapped up in numbers though (measurements or the scale). People lose at different rates! If you are eating healthy and exercising, keep at it and you will be able to see a difference. Some people lose almost nothing to begin with and then all of a sudden the weight just falls off! I knew one lady who said that there was almost no difference for 3 months and then in that 4th month, it all just started falling off. Don't get discouraged! You are on the right path! Your progress is actually really good!!

Don't feel discouraged. If you're scared to weigh yourself you can always tape measure your waist and hips every 2 weeks.
just remember drink a ton of water and careful with your sodium intake.

Keep up the good work! [;

1.5 lbs/week is a lot of weightloss. Just plan to go slow and accept there will be plateaus and fight on past the bad habits/days you "fall off the wagon".

I still don't notice a lot of change in the way my body look BUT my clothes say otherwise (and so does the tape measure). It took losing about 15lbs before I noticed a difference in my clothes AND I noticed on the basketball court officiating (The knees and back didn't hurt.)

I felt the same way. I really started getting serious January 7th. I joined a gym and started going 5 times a week. I started logging everything on MFP. The first week no lose, which was discouraging because I had busted my butt working out. I have lots of weight to lose, probably close to 150 lbs, and when I say that number out loud, sometimes I think I will never make it. But, I didn't put it on overnight and I am not going to lose it overnight. I kept reading about making sure I am drinking enough water. I was only drinking 4 bottles. My magazines would say, if I am not properly hydrated then my muscles will actually hold the water to recover after a workout. I am now at 6 bottles of water and now after 4 weeks, I am down 11 lbs! I will get to my goal of being healthy and beautiful.