Doing everything right, but stuck on same weight!

Is the 1350 your net? Try eating at your tdee for a week and see if that helps.

But keep up the great work! Your body is going through internal changes right now, AND adding muscle from all the weights you are lifting!

What are you doing for cardio?

Also, make sure the scale you're using isn't broken

It's important to recognize that there is no right and no wrong, just what is and what could be. Go with the data...look at what you are doing without judgement and see what you can change. If you can't see anything to try, ask for advice from others who might be able to give you an unbiased perspective or help you think of something you didn't before. And remember...YOU ARE AWESOME!!!

I second Rigger, 1350 seems a bit low to me as well!

But that's besides the point, though I fully believe that we plateau once in awhile I do however, think that since you just started it's way too early for one. I suspect it must be the muscles retaining as well, also, have you paid attention to your salt intake? Sometimes it masks my progress for a couple days. While it is most definitely not linear, it seems too early in your journey to actually not lose. My advice would be to keep at it, it'll start up at it again. May not be 4 pounds a week, obviously as you start to weigh less you'll lose less over time, Just keep at er!

*Edited to add the suggestion of a heart rate monitor to accurately log your cardio*

I couldn't see your diary…but I can tell you this has happened to me twice. The first time I realized my body had gotten used to the elliptical machine because I was doing so often. So to shock my body I rotated the cardio between several different exercises. Also, if you can try and not eat all you exercise calories back that helps too. The second time I realized that the culprit was alcohol. Not sure if you're drinking but this can play a big role. Basically when you drink your body only focuses on metabolizing the booze and you're essentially giving your metabolism a "time out" from all the other calories and stored fat. Anyway, not sure if either of these pertain to you but I thought I'd share since I've been in your position before…twice.

Sorry, diary is still not open.

I suspect your issue is one of four possibilities (or in all likelihood some combination of all four).

1. You are not logging your food accurately and underestimating
2. You are overestimating your calorie burns
3. Your body is retaining fluid as a result of new stimuli (assuming you are new to weight training). This will level out after a couple of weeks
4. Your body is not losing weight in a linear fashion (this is normal). You may go a couple of weeks with no result on the scale, then will rapidly lose a pound or two in the space of a few days.

I applaud you for getting started, and your exercise program seems reasonable enough. Though don't be afraid to cut back on the cardio on lifting days if your energy is suffering, you are better to have a great lifting session and no cardio than be lackluster at both.

Hopefully that gives you some food for thought, just don't get discouraged and throw in the towel. Trust the process and the results WILL come!

Hi,

As a health and wellness coach, I see this happen to many of my clients -- they do everything 'right' and still can't seem to lose the unwanted pounds. The good news is that, it's not your fault! I agree with the above comments that you should likely be consuming more calories (restricting calories and fat will not lead to healthy weight loss but rather your body will go into starvation mode and will hold on to food as excess weight which counteracts your efforts), but I also believe that there is something else going on. Whenever our bodies carry extra weight, we want to get rid of it, right? But sometimes it is actually doing something good for us; it's protecting us from something. It's not just physical. Until you address that emotional landscape, the subconscious mind will continue to sabotage your efforts to lose weight. Some of the most common blocks include:

1. I don't have the time to work out/cook/play
2. I'll never be able to stop eating emotionally
3. I'll feel deprived if I give up my food cravings
4. I've tried everything to lose weight and nothing has ever worked.

Does this sound familiar? These limiting beliefs are programmed into the subconscious mind and, try as we might to work through them, without addressing them, they work against us in our weight loss efforts because of the incredibly powerful mind-body connection.

My question and advice to you would be this: how often do you weigh yourself? I would suggest weighing yourself no more than once/week. Keep doing what you're doing, but take away the stress and the pressure that the number on the scale places on us (I guarantee you that you will feel so liberated!). Your body knows its ideal weight best so trust in that and eat the foods that nourish you from the inside out (the ones that make you feel awesome!).

I hope this information is helpful! Best wishes in your continued efforts.

Stephanie