Grrrrr....what the heck! HELP!!

So when the going gets rough you want to quit?? Not a good sign. Stalls happen. I've seen people stall for 3 to 4 weeks, but when it breaks it breaks.

Maybe your sodium is too high. Maybe you aren't eating enough calories. Maybe its hormones. Maybe its just your time to stall.

But if you are serious about being a new you giving up should never be an option. Continue to push towards your goal no matter what the setbacks are.

Eat most of your exercise calories that should make the difference.

I'm having the same problem and am being told by the exercise nuts I work with. You have to blow up before you lose when you add in weight training. I have been killing myself doing 30 minutes on the stair climber, sit ups and weight training and the other day my pants were tighter in the waist (no joke) and talk about discouraging. So that is what I was told, I was told be patient and the weight loss will follow. When that will happen I have no idea. I am hoping soon! Hoping the same for you as well. Stick with it!

When I work out as much as you did, I don’t depend on the scale. It might be Muscle weight, which is good. But your fat lost will not show on your scale which I find frustrating as well. I try to work out 2 weeks straight, 4 times a week for about 90min and then I take a week off. This way I see my weight lost and my body gets to rest as well. Instead of using a scale tire using measurements. Maybe someone who is an expert in this can give you a better answer then I can but this is what works for me. don’t give up exercising always pays off.

That's BS! All that work for 1/2 lb, I'd be disappointed too. Does it help to say, "At at least you didn't gain anything!"? No, that never helps me either. I have to say that watching what I eat makes all the difference the older I get. I'm 34 and it doesn't seem to come off as quickly as I'd like. I've had GREAT success switching my workouts though. I used to be a runner (treadmill and outdoors when I could) but it just hurts my body -- my achilles particularly. Zumba kills me too. So, I took up swimming - yes, the public humiliation of getting in a pool in front of others is painful. But, SO worth it!! Swimming uses up more calories than running and is MUCH easier on my body. I notice that an hour of swimming (basic sidestroke laps) can help me lose about 1 1/2 lbs a day!!! But, that's if I am really careful about what I eat. After just two weeks I can feel my whole body toning up. It's exciting and actually pretty peaceful. I'm feeling better and have lost 11 lbs so far. Give it a try if you can. And good luck to you!!!

My doctor told me during her weight loss that sometimes she'd plateau anywhere from days to a month before the scale started moving again.
Your body is just making adjustments, that's all.
Try hard not to let this get you down and focus not on the success of the scale but the success of you working out, eating right and working to change yourself.
Your measurements are probably showing results.
Stick with it! You aren't doing anything "wrong".
You are doing everything right and you WILL see the results.

DO NOT STOP STRENGTH TRAINING!!!
Have faith.

First, What you're doing now is better than what you were doing before. DO NOT GIVE UP

Second, believe it or not you may not be eating enough. You'll have to evaluate BUT if you're doing an hour of cardio you're burning up your energy reserves and you need to replenish that. I, for most of my journey had a really hard time getting that through my thick head but once I did, and started making sure my net consumed was closer to 1200 (opposed to less than 100) the weight really started falling off.

Third, You've worked out EVERYDAY for the past 2.5 weeks. Take a break. Your body will store fluid for muscle repair and if you've lost a few pounds (which is likely) you may not be seeing it due to that fluid retention. Take a day off, let your body heal and weigh the following morning.

Lastly, MEASURE MEASURE MEASURE!!! Take your measurements, pay attention to how your clothes fit you may be losing inches and just not seeing the scale move. PLEASE remember the scale isn't the end all be all. As you start a new exercise routine and diet it can take WEEKS and WEEKS before the scale shows the results.

Just keep going and know that what you're doing is getting fit and healthier. It's far better to eat healthy and move your *kitten* than sit on the couch and eat ice cream and feel sorry for yourself.

Focus forward- and eff the scale.
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I'm going to say you're not eating enough. If you're working out for 60+ minutes every day, I"m wagering you burn at least 500 calories in that time. This being the case, you should be eating more around 1,700 calories a day. I know it might seem crazy to say that you have to eat MORE to lose weight, but your body is an interesting machine. It requires so much fuel (calories) to keep itself going doing the simple stuff like pumping your heart, keeping your lungs breathing, and your metabolism going. You should have at least a 1,200 calorie NET consumption every day. This means that if you're working out and burning 500 calories, you're only giving your body 700 calories net a day to work on which just isn't sufficient to be efficient. It takes energy (calories) to burn fat and if you're not eating enough, the body is not going to have enough fuel to keep the fat-burning fires stoked and could actually result in a weight gain.

And bottom line, this shouldn't be as much of a weight loss program as it is a fat burning program. Fat is the enemy, not weight. Here's an interesting post that I saw just yesterday: http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=3926473&SPShared=TRUE

So measure other aspects of your change besides weight and keep working. Eat more. Drink plenty of water. Don't give up just because the scale isn't moving. As long as you're eating well and burning fat, you're becoming healthier.

Stay the course, you probably need to add 300-500 more calories if you’re working out that hard. Remember it's a marathon not a sprint. Remain diligent and you'll see a new you in the future. With exercising period whether cardio or weight training it's an internal transformation first then external. Be encouraged and remember you have all of us right here in the same boat with you!

Thanks for the tips and support! I find it hard to consume all my calories, I try to be so good all day and then by 8pm, I have like 60 left over! I will make a better effort to eat more of my excercise calories back. Also, I hate water, so I guess I should drink more of that. I feel bloated and puffy alot, could this be caused by water retention since I have begun some weight training? Maybe this is why I can't seem to lose any. Thanks again!

Puffy and bloated? How's your sodium intake? If you're not drinking enough water and your sodium intake's high that could have a lot to do with it too. I can gain 6 pounds over night if I go crazy with the salt and don't counter it with water.
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