i am getting so discouraged

your diary isn't open but regardless being up 0.1 then 0.4 lbs is not a big deal..

that's half a pound...water weight hello.

Yah don't weigh every day unless it's your food.

First of all, try to use weight for food, unless these are liquids. One cup of cheese for example, or one slice of bread, it could mean a lot of things and you could be easily eating half or double of what you think you are eating.
Second, when making home made meals (I assume a lot are recipes, correct?) again use a scale, do the sums and then calculate portions by dividing what you made in equal parts (if it is somethign where this is possible, like cut a cake, loaf etc it in 10 slices) or again use a scale to find how much all the pot is, and divide this to figure out how much you ate.
And give yourself time. Do not use the scale daily, you will just get discouraged.

DO NOT give up we all have those moments. Watching calories and exercise is the way to go. Look back at your foods and check your sodium. If it was going to be easy then things like myfitnesspal would not be needed.....GOOD LUCK!

Hello I'm in same position as you. But just to clarify regarding your weight...

1lb of fat = 1lb of fat ... but due to the nature of fat it appears big (large volume)

1lb of muscle = 1lb of muscle ... but you guessed it, because muscle is leaner and smaller it appears smaller

So if you're working out and your muscles are becoming toned, your volume of fat may be shrinking but your leaner muscles are accounting for the higher or same weight! My solution is track your waist, chest, hip, thigh and arm measurements. I gained 2lb on last week but have lost 1/2-1 inch on all my stats so not too worried what the scales say because lean muscle increases metabolism and calorie burn so soon enough the fat will disappear.

You only joined in Feb!! Give your body chance to adjust to a new lifestyle. Noticable change does not happen over night.

My advise to you is - do not weigh yourself every day. Your body weight fluctuates anyway. Weigh yourself once a week first thing in the morning.

The thing is that there are loads of things that affect your weight, not just calories. Water, TOM, salt intake, bathroom habits. But if you are eating at a deficit for you, then you will lose.

My weight fluctulates day to day, and I do weigh daily just so I can log the reductions and ignore the fluctuations.

For example, last week I was down almost 2lbs. This week most days I've been back up by 3 lbs or more, but I know I am retaining water because my rings are tight, and it's running up to Mother Nature's monthly visitor. And once my water weight has gone I'll be down another 2-3 lbs at least from what I was last week. This I know because I know I'm honestly eating at a deficit. There's no way I have put weight on, I can only have lost despite what the scales say from one day to the next.

You'll be fine, hang in there!

Hello,

I just looked at your food diary, but i'm curious to see why is your calorie intake so high. I started off weighing 303 and It had me at 1400 calories. I have lost 23 pounds. i have went from 1400 calories to 1300. I believe that is where you are going wrong. Try to reduce your calorie intake.

I disagree. I started off weighing the same as you. MFP set me at 1400 which worked for a while and then I plateaued. I did some reading and found I was eating way under my BMR even eating back exercise calories. I calculated my TDEE and BMR (2750 & 1670 respecitively at my current weight) and now eat 1900 cals a day. Using your method of reducing from 1400 as you lose how many cal do you intend eating wheen you get within say 20lbs of your target weight?! Use something like this: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ to calculate what you should be eating for a reasonable loss.

OP, make sure you weight and measure everything. As someone else has said a cup of something is very subjective and may be wildly inaccurate one way or another.