HELP FRUSTRATED

O.K., back away from the ledge! If you drank last night, it is probably a water thing that is making your weight increase. Additionally, if you are just starting to workout, your body is changing. How do your clothes feel? How do YOU feel when and after you workout? Possibly, you aren't eating enough if you are burning a lot of cals. at the gym and only eating your base allotment. Play with your numbers but don't give up. You are in this for the long haul and believe me, it does work! Drink a lot of water today because you probably have a lot of sodium in your body from the drinks and the dining out.

I would suggest eating at least some of your working out calories, they are there for a reason. If you go at this 150% and completely restrict yourself you are going to end up feeling tired and hungry all the time and you won't stick with it. As you have probably heard a million times there is no quick fix for weight loss it takes a lot of time and effort. And as you said you have only been doing this for 2 weeks. That is the thing I have the hardest time with is not getting the instant gratification, but then I always think "how am I feeling?", after your 2 weeks do you feel better, are you less tired, less crabby etc.? Because even if the numbers on the scale aren't going down as fast as you would like if you are feeling better, you are less tired, you have a better outlook on what is going on around you I would say that you are succeeding!

Try not to get discouraged, stick with it, try different things, see what works for you so that you feel at your absolute best! Good luck!

oh i 'm so there with ya! i'm on week 2 and last week i was up a lb instead of down. this week, i'm down 2.4lbs. i agree with the other MFPs, you need to eat the calories you burn and not save them. if you don't have enough calories to sustain your body, you won't function properly and the digestive process will get slower (i have heard).

kristy

Don't forget the impact of sodium on your water weight. If you ate out, resturants typically use high amounts of sodium when cooking. Also, are you getting your water in everyday? I didn't totally believe it at first, but getting in those 64 ounces or more of water everyday makes a HUGE difference. The water helps flush out all the sodium and other stuff that can screw up your weigh-in. Also, something my trainer told me that I didn't totally believe at first either, but found to be correct (I hate it when he's right! :grumble: ) is not JUST about staying below your calories, but about the TYPE of calories you're consuming. Take a look at your food journal and look at what kind of foods you're eating. If there's a lot of processed foods, try to cut those back a little. Finally, DO NOT beat yourself up!!! It's a SLOW process and that's okay because it should be a lifestyle change, not just a diet. Don't try to make all the changes you want/need to make at once - that is a surefire path to defeat. Stick with it, rely on your MFP friends and don't look at what you're NOT accomplishing but what you ARE accomplishing. Even if the scale says your weight is up, you're exercising and doing good things for your health/body...that is SO important....the scale will catch up, I promise. I've been working with a trainer since March and have "only" lost 18 pounds (7 since coming back to MFP in October). I could get totally upset, beat myself up and quit because I "should" have lost so much more weight than I have (and I do have days like that, believe me), but my MFP love me and cheer me on even when I don't log in or go over my calories or don't see the number on the scale go down or whatever. I promise you'll find the same support here, just hang in there.

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Eat your exercise calories. Or at least half of them. The hardest thing for me to realize was I have to eat to lose! But you just have to make healthy choices.
Drink your water!!! Drink drink and just when you think you are about to float away, drink another glass!
Don't deprive yourself of "treats". Work them into your calories and eat a very small amount of it. That way you feel like you have not went without.
I found that if I drink water before each meal helps keep my amounts in check.
Also, before you even start to eat cut all your food up, use a smaller plate that way it looks like your plate is overflowing with food.
That tricks your mind into thinking you are eating a larger quantity.
Eat slow, drinking plenty of water with each meal.

Remember muscle weighs more than fat! If you are replacing fat with muscle you may not see a drop in pounds. Watch your clothes. Are they getting loser? Fitting better? How do you feel? Do you have more energy?

My first full size drop in clothing.... I only lost 5-8 pounds! But I have lost tons of inches. I still weigh 40 pounds from my goal, and I've only lost 35 pounds. But I went from an 18 to a 10-12. That's just since June of this year.
Stay focused and don't give up! You will get there! You might be surprised by a 10 pound drop on your next weigh in!
Keep up the hard work and dedication and you will get results!!