Upset, tired, and disappointed

The first couple of weeks is only water weight that we lose. Now, before you totally give up, this whole thing is about getting healthy (or it should be). Make that your focus. Weigh and measure ALL your food (we tend to overestimate this a lot). Also as far as exercise - find something that you enjoy - not something you think will make you lose. That is the key to sticking with it.

I've been doing this for a year. I really thought that I would be "through" by now. After the first few months, my focus shifted to improving my health. That is what made the difference. I run, I lift heavy, I eat healthy. I eat enough to fuel my body for my workouts and day to day living. Now I know that it's all about having patience and being consistent. You have to WANT to get up and do this every day. Your plan has to be a plan that your body will cooperate with for the long haul.

Shift your focus. Do this to be healthy and it will work. Good luck!

You're barely getting started and you're already discouraged? After only 2 1/2, almost 3 weeks? Time to change your mindset.

Like beachlover317 said focus on improving your health. And like Athena 53 said, stop weighing yourself so often. I don't think weighing daily is bad per se, but if it is going to upset you to not see a loss every day, then stop.

As long as you know your calorie goals and exercise are on track, the weight will come off. But it is going to take time. Be patient, stick with it.

Edit for grammar.

The scale is not always our friend. Start measuring your body and take pictures.... With the type of workouts you are doing, you will see a difference through the measurements and photos most likely faster than by scales!

Don't get upset, you are doing great!

Just keep doing what you are doing. I have been the same weight for 6 weeks or a little more. Yeah it's frustrating. Yeah it's annoying. But I am continuing to eat healthy and am working my body more than I ever have. So something good has got to happen : ) eating healthy and being active isn't temporary it's a lifestyle. So get to it : )

anyone touches my scales ill chop their hands off!!! lol

dont give up

Please keep on going it will happen if you do things right. I would give a few suggestions #1 if you don't have a food scale get one a simple digital scale can be had for $10 or less and weigh your foods it is very possible that you are over portioning. #2 the first 10 lbs or so is probably just water weight your body will need some time to adjust to a new lifestyle you didn't put the weight on in a month and you won't take it off in a month. #3 check your sodium intake salt will make your body retain water most packaged foods have huge sodium levels in it but along with this is make sure you drink water water and then more water. I would also suggest that you probably don't need to go hog wild with the changes small changes will make a huge difference over time think of this as new habits and not just a diet, if you are just looking to diet you probably will go back to where you started. I started in Feb and am down almost 40lbs now but I am not on a diet I am just eating correctly, my exercise really has not increased I do walk a small bit more then I used to but nothing dramatically maybe a mile a day more then I used to before I started the journey.

Small changes that you can continue over the long term will be better then huge changes in a short term.

The first couple of weeks is only water weight that we lose. Now, before you totally give up, this whole thing is about getting healthy (or it should be). Make that your focus. Weigh and measure ALL your food (we tend to overestimate this a lot). Also as far as exercise - find something that you enjoy - not something you think will make you lose. That is the key to sticking with it.

I've been doing this for a year. I really thought that I would be "through" by now. After the first few months, my focus shifted to improving my health. That is what made the difference. I run, I lift heavy, I eat healthy. I eat enough to fuel my body for my workouts and day to day living. Now I know that it's all about having patience and being consistent. You have to WANT to get up and do this every day. Your plan has to be a plan that your body will cooperate with for the long haul.

Shift your focus. Do this to be healthy and it will work. Good luck!

All of this.

Also, make this your routine. I'm two years in and I'm not so time-frame oriented as I once was (I was one of those brides to be who joined to lose weight for my wedding). Now logging my food, making good choices, and hitting they gym are just the way I live my life.

yah. ^^^^^ all of that. its only been 3 weeks. don't worry too much about the scale. its about consistency, health and sticking with it. you don't need to beat yourself up over trying to watch your own egg boil. srsly, have u watched a fricken egg boil. takes like 10 times as long. true story.