15 Days In - Have Not Lost Any Weight

After 35, I found it took at least 2 weeks of living perfect to see scale movement. Keep doing the right things. Warning: I also found that I have to exercise like a maniac. Just chasing the kids doesn't do it for me. I need 30 minutes of real cardio daily, and weights help, too.

Good luck!

I don't think eating 1400 calories/ day is eating too much.. but I agree with the importance to mesure and weigh the foods and drinks. I am 34 and find that it takes longer to see a change as oppose to when I was 25.. Keep up the spirit.. Yoga and swimming are great exercise.. the importance is that you do something and most importantly that you like what you do! Good luck:)

I wouldn't drop your calories to 1200. You'll starve. Give it another 2 weeks. Sometimes it takes a while. Also, might help to measure and see if you lost any inches. Weight is not the only measurement that matters, especially if you feel good.

Hard to say without having access to your diary, but I echo most of the posts here that you need to be a bit more patient. My body takes around 2 weeks to show any changes I've made, good or bad.

You need more than 2 weeks to be sure you're not seeing progress. As a woman, I find it's always best to go through one complete menstrual cycle before coming to any conclusions about results from any changes in my regimen, because I have a very clear cyclical pattern relating to my cycle. If it were me, those 2 weeks could just have started at the point of my water retention phase of the month. (And FWIW, I don't seem to retain water at the same point that I'm "supposed" to, so don't be too sure you know what your individual pattern is based on pure logic!)

Also, if you're just starting out, it takes your bowels a little time to get used to changes in your diet (less food overall, possibly more fiber). You could simply be retaining a bit of intestinal bulk + water and that'll probably clear up and normalize shortly too.

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do hot yoga you will lose weight lol also add some strengthening exercises like do 10 push ups, 10 sit ups, 10 squats, Hip Bridge etc. Whenever you think about a cookie or soda stop and do something. Workout your butt and legs to increase you metabolism.

Patience and accurate logging should get you where you want to be. Did you log those "slip ups"? Do you use a food scale? Log everything you eat? If you eat back exercise calories are you logging those accurately?

Maintain heart rate by doing cardio or Circuit training for 20 minutes (where you add weights and cardio intermittently) might help. Even if you can get it in 3 days a week... to start with. Then you can add more time to your workouts per week as it fits your schedule

Are you taking body measurements too? Are you weighing yourself at the same time of the day?

Remember too that if you are being more active you could be gaining muscle which is off setting your fat loss display on the scale. I would worry less about the scale, and go more by measurements and how you feel.

I have been almost 25 days and lost nothing. I have my calories set at 1200 and have rarely gone over... I originally set it at 1600 but lowered after 10 days of no loss. My kicker is that I am 6' tall and 270 lbs so according to everyone, the weight should be coming off as my deficit is over 1000 calories per day.. it's just not. Everyone told me to buy a food scale, so I did that, but I can say with 100% honesty that I was not/am not eating over my calories. I feel better, so I am just focusing on that at the moment.

You're probably at too high of a deficit to be losing, your body isn't going to let go of anything when it's not getting enough in - eventually over time it will be it's not going to be loss in a healthy way. I would definitely check out a calorie calculator like the one I did for OP and see what you get back.

Remember too that if you are being more active you could be gaining muscle which is off setting your fat loss display on the scale. I would worry less about the scale, and go more by measurements and how you feel.

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stop the madness. OP is not gaining muscle.

Since you don't have that much to lose, maybe drop it to 1200 calories a day. And remember to drink tons of water!

Sorry but how does dropping to 1200 cal/day help her when she doesn't have that much to lose? If she doesn't, and really 20 lbs compared to my 80 is not much, then she doesn't need to drop her calorie intake.

Also, 1200 calories is a ridiculous number that everyone seems to stick to. Unless you've done the math based on your BMR and TDEE . . . it's an arbitrary number, period.

Make sure you are measuring all of your foods properly. You can eat a lot more than you think if you don't measure them.
I was actually eating some baked fries for dinner, noticing that 22 fries were the serving. So I proceeded to count out 22 fries. My mom comes over and says, "Are you really going to count those?" I replied with, "Do you think I've lost 10 lbs by not counting them?" She had no response lol. So make sure that you are measuring everything accurately.
Also, try to squeeze in an evening walk. Even a mile or so. Take your kids with you! You can burn around 80 calories a mile (give or take).

I am 5'6'' and started at 149 lbs 10 weeks ago. I didn't notice much movement on the scale, either, until about 2-2 1/2 weeks in. So keep going. 10 weeks in and 10 lbs down, 10 to go! You just have to stick with it and keep going at it. Good luck.