Frustrated

Good morning; don't be frustrated..its hard. At first the Lbs come off quick and then as yr body gets used to eating healthier, it slows down a bit. I tried to see what your diary looked like but its private so couldnt check out what u r eating.
The first 2 weeks I lost big, then here I am 3 1/2 months later and its at 1 or 2 lbs a week.

Dont give up, review what u r eating, sometimes it 's not only the calories, maybe too much salt?? Sometimes as we get older its slower to come off..
Give yrself time, keep walking and it should start to come off, even 1 -2 lbs a week.

Good Luck and don't give up on yourself, Your body will come around to the new healthy eating

Maybe you just need a little perspective. First of all, here's the cliche one "you didn't put the weight on over night, so it's going to take awhile to work it off"
But really figure a healthy weight loss is 1-2lbs a week. You said you've been at it for 4 weeks, minus the week of vacation so really just 3 weeks. So 3 weeks divided by 5 lbs is 1.6lbs a week....which is a nice loss.
Good Luck and don't give up :flowerforyou:

I know the feeling! I've been on MFP since February and have literally lost about 1lb (because I also ended up gaining a lb at first too). Ok, so I know I'm saying 1 or 2 lbs, like it's 5 or 10, but that's exactly how slowly and painstakingly a ib works for me to come off. I can tell you a couple of things I learned over these past months. My body has become stronger and more efficient. (ie. my running has improved and exercise is easier). My body looks for the exercise. If I don't get it, I am grumpy. My body has tightened up and feels better and clothes fall better. I look forward to exercise. I have gone from not much or a few days a week to averaging 4/5 days a week. The weeks that I don't get my days in totally have to do with not having time in the schedule due to kids events after work. Again, I'm grumpy those days. Ok, a few other things I tried. I actually upped my calories because I thought maybe the 1200 was too little and my body wasn't responding well to it. It worked initially but then the scale went up a bit so I tried something else to change it up. I kept my 1500 that I upped but didn't eat my exercise cals back. I'm starting to see success. I've stopped weighing in except for maybe 1x every 2 weeks and I'm losing about 1/2 lb it seems/2 weeks. I know that doesn't sound like much, but it's the first time I've lost consistenly (even if in fractions) since I've been on. The thing I'm glad about is I haven't given up and have just thought things out and tried to work with MFP and my own observations. It's definitely something that I have been frustrated with and wanted to just STOP all together but that would be silly on my part. I've had my days or weeks where I've gone off a bit because of holidays or events, but try and kick myself right back into gear after and put any less than perfect days behind me. I'm hoping this routine that I've been doing sticks and if things happen slowly but surely, it's better than not at all. Hang in there. Losing 1/2 lb, is better than gaining in my eyes, so hang in there because even a little loss, is a loss. And you're body with crave the "healthy" stuff. :happy:

Please don't get frustrated. You really do have to look at this as a lifetime commitment. 5lbs lost is 5lbs to be proud of. And like others have said, it really is a healthy rate. Another thing you may try doing is tracking your measurements. When my weight loss seems to slow, often I am losing inches. Take pride in the changes you have already made. Keep it up and the weight loss will follow.

I have had the same problem. The scales don't tell the whole story though,. Are you clothes fitting looser? That is happening to me. Plus I have had several people tell me that they can tell. So maybe you are losing inches and not pounds.

I have had a week where I just wanted to give up. But thanks to my friends at work, home and on MFP they have been my biggest cheerleader.

Keep up the good work.