2 weeks healthy eating and gym with no progress...I QUIT!

be patient.

did you put on all the extra weight in 2 weeks? of course not. you won't lose it in 2 weeks either.

go read Dan's Roadmap and make sure you know your correct BMR/TDEE and calorie deficit settings.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

start logging. eat less. move more. you will lose weight.

also understand that your body is constantly doing things internally. some of those things cause it to retain water. don't obsess with your scale. weigh no more than once a week. don't confuse the 2-4 lbs of daily weight fluctuations to be fat. it's not. it's just water and food working it's way through your intestines.

I am a single parent of a 1 year old and a 5 year old. I pack lots of fruits and snacks each morning so can head directly to the gym with the kids and not have any excuse to stop for fast food or go home. I go to the gym and play eenie, meenie, mynie, moe each day because I have no clue what machines to do. 2 weeks and no progress whatsoever. I went to GNC and saw the total lean 25 meal replacement shakes. Will that help? What can I do? What exercises should I do? I've never had a problem losing weight in the past even without a lot of working out, what's going on?

A ship without a rudder wanders aimlessly. Make plan, be specific with it, then get someone at the gym to show you how to use the machines correctly. Start with just doing one exercise x 3 sets for each body part. Next week, increase the resistance.The next week add an exercise.
There are lots of different workouts you can do and they are FREE online.

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Be patient. 2 weeks seems like a long time when you're just starting out, but in the grand scheme of things it's not very long at all. You're going to have weeks where you don't lose weight. You may have weeks where you gain. If you let it discourage you every time then you're not going to get very far.

Follow the links above, learn all you can about BMR and TDEE. Only make changes you can stick with for the rest of your life.

And be patient. :flowerforyou:

As far as what exercises to do, don't fiddle with the weight machines just yet. Cardio is great for fat loss. Cardio would be the elliptical, the treadmill, the stairs. Look in to Couch to 5K which in just thirty minutes a day, three times a week, will take you from totally sedentary to running 3 miles straight in nine weeks. As you get further into your process, you should definitely hit the free weights. They seem intimidating but have a personal trainer walk you through proper form for deadlift, squat, bench press, overhead press, and rows. You will be a lean mean fighting machine.

But two weeks isn't nearly enough time. Get your calories calibrated correctly and make sure you aren't undereating (a common problem). Get into a routine of cardiovascular exercise.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and what you've done here is not "start losing weight." You've changed your lifestyle. Your new lifestyle includes healthy eating in reasonable amounts with the occasional splurge. It includes a bit of exercise a few times a week. The scale is just there as a point of reference.

I was the same but 6 weeks in I feel much better: problem is if you don't know what you are doing at the gym you'll get it wrong: have an induction: tell them your goals and you'll see a difference: I promise!
Try lowering your calorie intake too x

If you go over to SparkPeople.com and get a free account, they will generate a workout program for you, with demonstrations to view. All you have to do is fill out a questionnaire with your goals.

Good luck and have patience!

I know how you feel i been workout out every day for the past 2 weeks and i lost nothing i'm tracking everything i eat and i don't go over my calories ...... But i do have so much more energy now and i'm losing inches , i recommend you measure yourself and every month see how many inches you lost remember muscles weigh more then fat i give up on the scale , Good luck

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Don't quit! You have to give this time. It is a marathon not a sprint. It is a lifestyle change! Maybe this will help. Feel free to add me

My firend is a trainer for sports teams and he set me up on a quick circuit last night including these things. Maybe it would help you.

10 minutes warm up (elliptical, tredmill, rowing, jump roap)

3 sets of 5 kettlebell/goblet squats (or with the bar)
3 sets of 6 assisted pull ups (or unassisted if you can)
3 sets of 5 kettlebell dead lifts (or with the bar)
3 sets of planks 1 minutes (or as long as you can)
3 sets of 10 dumbell press on the bench.
(rotate by doing one set and going to the next activity until you have done it all three times)
10 minute cool down.stretch


I think this was really great for me as a beginer with weights. It is very important to us the proper form and less important how much weight you use. As you get stronger you will use more weight.

Here are some vids, I cant watch them at work but they look like they describe the exercises well.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT6TuJlifto

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0yspkANWVY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmLa2czq49Y

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/PectoralSternal/DBBenchPress.html

Plateau. Not to worry. Keep with your plan and you'll succeed. Just think about the alternative. You stop, fall off the wagon, you'll be much more unhappy. Eat lots of veggie soup to fill yourself up and satisfy! Supplement with fruits, veggies, whole grains. You'll get over this plateau if you're patient. (I let a plateau discourage me after losing 25 lbs, and I was so unhappy I let the weight slip back on slowly but surely. Keep at it!!! Don't do what I did.)

I just saw this post and my heart went out to you. You have hit a plateau. Don't quit!!!!! It will start to move again. Perhaps you have gained muscle! I am just waiting for the same dreaded thing. But I expect it. Be kind to yourself. Like another poster said, you did not gain it in 2 weeks and you are not going to lose it in two weeks. Slow and steady wins the race in this game. To be honest I see beginners like me on here going absolutely nuts with the exercising and I don't get it. It's a good way to hurt yourself or burn yourself out. Going from an overweight couch potato to doing an hour of cardio and then 30 minutes of strength training at a time is lunacy, IMO. Others may disagree but I am NOT putting myself through the boot camp method. If I try that I'll just stop altogether.
Please don't quit. It WILL come off. We're all pulling for you!

Do not quit!
Try eating only meat & non-starchy veggies Monday to Friday.
Gluten free, Dairy free & Sugar free foods on weekends.
This is working for me!
Every now and then I eat Gluten, Dairy & Sugar e.g. special occasions/when I am at someone else's house/parties only

Thank you. I always thought it didn't matter how you accumulated the cals as long as you don't go over what mfp said. I get scared bcuz I'm on a budget. I don't have the means to buy the food I would like to eat like fish and all that stuff. I eat bread everyday which I was told was bad. Will I still lose weight?

You will lose weight if you eat the right number of calories. It doesn't matter where they come from, but you may find that some foods work better for satiety than others.