Week 1 and no weight loss

Try not to be discouraged!!! One week with no loss could be so many things... likely hormonal. Just stick to it... give it a solid 4-6 weeks. You WILL see progress!

Feel free to send me a friend request and open your diary to friends. I am happy to chime in and assist (or you can message me questions)

Well it's only been ONE week. Give it a few more weeks before you start to question it. Could you also open your diary so we can see how much you're eating? If you are not weighing everything you consume, and just guessing, you are probably eating more than you think and just maintaining your weight.

I know all about feeling discouraged...but hang in there it does get better. Your body might just need some time to catch up with all the changes. Or possibly you are not taking in enough calories and your body goes into what they call "starvation mode". I am no expert by any means... I can only speak from my own experience. I am just getting started again myself with a little success, but it doesn't happen overnight. (EVEN THOUGH I WISH IT DID).....:bigsmile:

Feel free to add me if you would like.... I would enjoy the additional support as well.

Take care...

I am so sorry you are feeling discouraged. I totally understand how you are feeling. I think once you first get all your test result back, you can better judge where to go from there.
Meanwhile, try not to focus so much on weight loss, but meal planning and sticking within your calorie intake. Easier said then done, trust me I know.
My biggest struggle is not to step on that scale I call my "Monster". It can make my day or break it.
So I am trying to focus on healthier meal plans to be inspired by them.

If you want, you can add me. I would love to take this journey with you!

Karen

One week is not much time yet. I'm sure if you open your diary you will also get suggestions. Also how low Cal are you going, what kind of activity level.

It did not take you overnight to put the weight on and you sure will not lose it overnight. Please open your diary. If you are tired of starting over, stop giving up.

I've been reading about actual fat loss, and this fact caught my eye.

When the fat cells get depleted of their fatty contents, the body fills them up with water. This causes that change from dense, harder fat to "jigglly" softer fat. (This is exactly what's going on with my Mr. Dunlop - y'know, "My belly Dunlopped over my belt").

Don't get discouraged. Once the body starts eating away at the fat and releases that water, you'll "whoosh" down in size and weight, sometimes even 4 lbs after a few days of stagnant weight while exercising and eating clean.

Hi Amber,
Awesome last name (I'm an Edwards as well). Just because you did not see a weight loss this week doesn't mean you didn't lose fat, you may be retaining water. A week ago i weighed myself a day before the offical weigh in and I was 3.5lbs heavier than the offical weigh in the next day.

MFP should work for anyone as long as you are doing it right. When you set up your accound what did you select for weekly weight loss and based on that what are your goal calories? Accurate logging is the most vital part of the process, are you weighing and measuring your foods, logging all liquids? If someone has a bag of chips and you eat one, then log it. Log everything you eat. I also eat back my exercise calories. If you do a lot of hiking or walking I would recommend "Map My Fitness" App, it will link automatically to your MFP when set up to do so.

MFP has determined that I would burn 2750 calories in my daily activities, so therefore I am set at 1750 calories a day (1000 calorie a day defecit x 7 days in a week = 7000 calorie deficit a week divided by 3500 Cal/lb and we get 2lbs per week loss.....it has been a very consistant 2lbs a week loss.

I promise you if you take the good advice from the biggest losers in here (no pun intended) in the community fourms and be honest about your logging and stay under your daily goals, then you will be successful.....honest. Also don't eat too little either, I believe the general agreement in here is that if you try to lose more than 2lbs a week your nutrition/health will suffer and you may be losing muscle mass and not just the fat.

Feel free to add me as a friend if you would like.

First figure out what you need to be in a deficit. This is the ONLY thing you need to lose weight. Worry about the macros once you get the scale going in the direction you want it to. Do you know your caloric maintenance calories? Use a calculator and get an estimate first. Eat that estimate (don't worry about macros) for 7 days straight. Do you best to stay as close as possible. If at the end of the 7 days your weight is the same. Good, now subtract 500 calories from that number and eat that for the next 7 straight days. Did you lose weight? If so, you have a deficit to work with. Now take that amount of calories and create your macro nutrient split for your preference. Start with protein, then fat, then feel the rest with carbs. You just need to get the scale moving in the direction you want it in first without worrying about how much of your calories make up carbs, protein, and fat. That sounds to be adding stress to the equation. None of this will work if you do not use a food scale and ACCURATELY track everything you are eating during this test. Add me if you need help. Good luck.

So its my first week. I was probably eating between 3-4k calories a day before and slowly gaining weight. I started MFP for the millionth time and I realy want to stick with it. I'm 5'7" and I weight 215 at age 34. I'd be okay with 1-2 pounds a week, which I know means I have to cut back calories and exercise. Here's the issue, it's been a week of walking with a low calorie diet. I weighed this morning and not even once ounce! I have blood tests on Friday for Thyroid and sugar. What am I doing wrong? I'm so discouraged.

Hang in there it may take more than a week to show results. What kinds of food are you eating? I started on MFP about a month ago after a visit to my doctor. I already had hypothyroidism but now I was also diagnosed as type II diabetic. Thankfully, the doctor feels it is manageable and didn't give me meds but I need to control my sugars with food.

What seemed to help so far is limiting my simple carbs (bread etc) and some fruits (ie. bananas). And of course get moving.

Good luck at the doctor and feel free to add me as a friend and we can help motivate each other. DON'T GIVE UP CHANGE WILL HAPPEN