No Weight Loss

MAYBE U SHOULD EXERCISE.TAKE ME FOR AN EXAMPLE IT TOOK ME 1 MONTH TO LOOSE 3 LBS :-( AND I DO EXERCISE. HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE ALITTLE EASIER,I THINK I HAD HIT A PLATEAU. GOOD LUCK

I'm in the same boat....and I am exercising! I'm going on 3 weeks just starting and nothing....soooo frustrating. I would love to hear what others have to say....

My theory that a lot of people just under counting calories.

So it's a mental game.

Just set you calorie counter to the lower setting so mentally you will try to count to that number and therefore be with in your original set calorie goal.

I took slightly different approach.

For the first 2 months I set a goal to adjust my diet: lots of sugary stuff out, starchy stuff out, pasta out, lots of fruits, vegetables, lean meats.

With in one month I could see the difference that I was not hungry and no cravings to eat ****.

Only after that I started to focus on weight loss for a month or 2.

Only then I started fitness.

It's a gradual slow approach but its maintainable for a long term.

I've been using MyFitnessPal now for 2 1/2 months and I too was stuck for almost 2 weeks with no weight loss.

I regularly walk 2.5 miles every morning (7 days a week) at a speed of 3 mph on the treadmill. This week beginning on Sunday I started walking an additional 2 miles same speed before lunch. And today Friday I've lost 3.4 pounds. So for me the additional exercise appears to have helped.

I'm a 54 year old male 6' 1 "and my initial weight was 231 and my goal weight is 200. This morning 4/5/12 my weight is 211.2.... Thanks to MyFitnessPal and a lot of determination I feel more confidant I'll reach my goal by mid-May. BTW, my initial goal was to be at 210 by my 55th birthday in mid-April.

It is a certainly that if you are in a caloric deficit you are losing weight.

If you started an exercise program such as lifting weights, you may be off setting any loses with water retention or you may have added a little muscle.

As someone else pointed out, the Majority of people simple are not counting their calories correctly. Everything that you eat or drink needs to be accounted for. Everything you eat and drink needs to be checked and rechecked to make sure you are accurately counting calories. Don't assume that the first entry for a given product is right. Many entries in the database are wrong.

I suggest that people not add their exercise calories back in, at least initially. No calculator is perfectly accurate, MFP calorie allotment isn't necessarily accurate. It is a starting point.

2 or 3 weeks is often not long enough to see results. Verify your calories and stay the course. If your weight or measurements don't change than it is time to lower your calories or increase your exercise.