Pissed

This is why I don't weigh. Take you measurements, but give it more than a week. You are making changes your body needs time to adjust

whaaaaatttt? one week and one pound and you're even thinking about/discussing throwing in the towel? That's ludicrous. One pound could be water retention from sodium. One pound could be that your system's backed up and you haven't had a good poop in a couple of days. If you're in any kind of longer term weight loss program then one week is nothing. You will most likely run into stalls and plateaus that last for weeks. You have to be stronger than that.

I've lost 75 pounds. Do you really think that I didn't have any weeks where the scale went up? Or WEEKS where it didn't move? Or how about that five pounds I gained over the holidays thanks to my MIL's awesome southern home cooking? It happens. It's called life. Weight loss isn't linear.

If you want to give up, then give up. You will accomplish nothing but failure by giving up.

Or......Find something that is sustainable long term and you won't have anything to give up. It will be a lifestyle. :flowerforyou:

Is this how you run your life, just give up after minimal effort?

Your life, your choice

I'm under my caloric intake for the week, working my butt off exercising, weighing my flipping food, and I gained a pound in the last week. What the frick?!? All this compromise and work for nothing.

Ready to give up...

Might aswell, if you can't handle a week, because it isn't going to get easier... or maybe do some searches on here, and I bet you find your answers on why you gained a pound after working your butt off in the gym.

Sorry about that angry young woman who wants alcohol. I have just had a three week plateau - where I did not give up and suddenly three pounds melted away. So if you have a proper scale you need not be afraid to weigh and you will see your weight wondering up and down two and a half pounds or so. If you do not do it it will not happen for you and believe me it is happening right now

Im up two pounds this week I just strted logging again and working out everyday am I pissed you bet your *kitten* I am. Am I giving up No way Persistance is the key I will work harder next week and log everyday. Im anxious to see where I will be in 5 weeks
Good luck :drinker:

First off, don't give up. A week is just that, a week. It took longer than that for you to gain the weight.

Don't go by just the number on the scale. So many factors can influence that number - a higher sodium meal in the past couple days making you retain water, when you weigh, how long it's been since you last pooped, etc. Use the scale as one tool to gauge success. Also measure yourself to see when/where you're losing inches, judge how you're feeling and how your clothes are fitting. I remember one week I gained well over a pound but the jeans that were a touch snug the week before fit perfectly the day I logged my "gain".

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/974888-in-place-of-a-road-map-2k13 read here about adjusting your calorie goals as MFP often recommends something too low to be sustainable. And remember, you're in this for the long hall. Don't give up something you love to eat or drink if you're not going to be able to do without it for the rest of your life. Instead work it into your calories. I have a raging sweet tooth, eat Oreos or ice cream nearly every day and average losing just over a pound a week.

Good luck!

if you weighed in today after the double sodium intake you had yesterday... water retention...

NOO!!! Don't give up! The time will pass anyways, might as well get healthy. Like everyone says, muscle weighs more then fat so that could be whats happening. I agree with everyone else too, sodium intake makes a huge difference. I only weight once a week in the Am after I use the bathroom. Your body could be fighting the change. Give it a few more weeks

I've lost 75 pounds. Do you really think that I didn't have any weeks where the scale went up? Or WEEKS where it didn't move? Or how about that five pounds I gained over the holidays thanks to my MIL's awesome southern home cooking? It happens. It's called life. Weight loss isn't linear.

If you want to give up, then give up. You will accomplish nothing but failure by giving up.

Or......Find something that is sustainable long term and you won't have anything to give up. It will be a lifestyle. :flowerforyou:

This!

Don't weigh. Measure. I was 7 pounds heavier than I was yesterday on Monday. Water weight.....Did you hear that? 7 pounds in 4 days........

Oh and then today I was a pound more than yesterday.

Whoa, cowboy! You're more than halfway to your weight goal (great job, by the way!), exercising and cutting back on the intake. It all works. It can't "not work"!

The scale is one small variable. Look at the other variables - how you feel, inches lost, muscle gain, et cetera.

Change up your exercise routine, stay focused, eat well, and you'll get there.

Well if your one pound in one week is failure and an indicator that you should just give up then I might as well just go jump off a bridge, I gained 4 lbs this week. Guess what! It freakin happens man! And if you are this quick to just throw in the towel and decide that you are not worth the effort and time then maybe you are right. No one around here is going to pat you on the back and say, oh that's ok....I will join your pitty party over one little pound. You need to do this for you and you are the one that needs to decide you are worth it!

I'm glad someone said it. I deleted the tough-love part of my post :laugh: