Getting discouraged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mind is everything..if you don't believe you can do something,then you can't.... push yourself,be patient and you will see results..and since you have lost those 11 pounds obviously you are making progress...it ain't easy..but that's why its so rewarding.

OH my gosh!!! 11 lbs is a great loss!!! Since I've started, I've lost 25lbs and I've JUST started to see results!!!! Granted...15lbs were not on THIS site, but seriously, it takes a while! I have a saying on my computer at work that says:

It takes 4 weeks for YOU to notice results
It takes 8 weeks for your friends and family to start noticing results
It takes 12 weeks for the rest of the world to notice!

Don't give up, keep going and you WILL eventually see results!!

My advice personally- don't eat back your calories if you can help it!!!!! That defeats the purpose!!

Good luck!!!

You lost 11 pounds in a month - great progress!

Please do not get discouraged, first do not eat those calories back, ignore them, just beware in the very back of your mind that if for some reason you may need a few for balance or extra reward food you have them. BUT, for the most part they do not exist. That is how I work the program.congrats on the follow through to work out every day, that one is a hard on for me. I try and maintain at least 2 or 3 times a week, but sometimes have not did that as well. What kinds of food do you eat? sometimes changing the amounts and types of food can help with loosing weight.

WoW! one month= 11 lbs. That is great!. I bet there is some
noticable difference, even a little.
Hope I can to this!
and exercising well too......this will be the hardest thing for me.
I just started today. Wish me luck.
Lynn

UGGGHHHHH I have been at this diet thing this time around since 1/17/13 and I exercise every single night. I have lost 11 pounds but notice no difference at all!!!!! I was told today by a co worker that I am not supposed to be eating any of my exercise calories back, others have told me that it is ok to eat them back. I am starting to think that I havent lost more or seen any difference cause I am eating those exercise calories back. Long story short....I am once again getting discouraged and ready to just say F it!!!

11 pounds in a month is pretty amazing progress, so I'd tell your coworker that eating the exercise calories is working just fine for you. You're supposed to. It's the way this site was designed to work.

But when it comes to looking in the mirror, progress is hard to see. We see ourselves every day. Trying to see changes in the mirror is like watching grass grow.

I didn't notice much change at all in the first 12-15 pounds. I think part of it was because shortly before joining the site, I'd gained an extra couple pounds. I didn't quite realize that I was leaving the top button undone, or wearing sweats more, or only wearing those really forgiving stretchy jeans. The first maybe 10 pounds I lost just put me where I was a few months before joining here. There was progress made, but it wasn't all that noticeable. I was able to wear those jeans I'd stopped wearing. My pants buttoned easier.

Around the 12 pound mark, I started taking progress photos. Wish I'd done that from the beginning! I compared that to a photo from the summer before, and even though there was only a few pounds difference (like I said, I gained more right before I joined), I could see it. That lit a fire under my *kitten*, and I kept taking progress photos every few weeks.

I can be more objective with a photo. I can look at it like it's someone else, and take in the whole picture, rather than zero in on every dimple and bump like I do in the mirror.

One thing to consider as well, you may actually be gaining some muscle mass which could be negating the loss in fat. I have encountered what I thought were platues in past ventures only to find out my body fat percentage was still going down. Furthermore, as others have said, one month and 11 pounds is outstanding!