Feeling Deflated

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Some times it does not go as well. In my 100lbs lost journey weeks would go by with no results. Just keep plugging away at it. Maybe try mixing up your workouts.

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ALSO...remember to drink lots of water throughout the day...8 to 10 glasses is good..it helps flush out the toxins....at least it helps me lose a little bit more weight when I stick to that!

Not sure what you're doing, but when I was on a 1200 cal/day diet, I didn't lose any weight. I bumped it to 1450 cal/day and I started dropping weight. Maybe you could change up the diet/exercise and see what happens?

It's only been 11 days. Yes, on average people lose a pound a week (or whatever) at a certain deficit, but sometimes it takes a little longer to get the ball rolling. Also, if you've recently stepped up your exercise a lot, that can cause water retention in your muscles. It'll pass, but it can be awfully frustrating, because the things you're doing to help you lose will temporarily hide what you're losing.

Make sure you are not over doing the deficit. I know it sounds backwards, but you have to eat to lose weight. At MOST your deficit should be no more than 500 under your BMR, and thats only if it's at least 1,700+ for woman and 1,900+ for men. Make sure you're eating 4-5 times a day. If your calories are any lower (or you're eating far to infrequently) you risk stunting your metabolism. Your body needs calories to work to burn off calories, and if you go to long without eating, you're basically telling your body food is hard to come by and it will act accordingly, causing your body to start hoarding calories when you do finally eat.

This always happens to me - I seem to lose weight all at once. I won't see the scale move for weeks and then all of the sudden I am down 5 to 8 pounds - always seems to average 1 to 2 pounds. Also, as someone else said, I lose inches before weight. Every time. After my kids, I plugged away for 6 months before I saw any results on the scale and then I dropped 30 pounds in about 4 or 5 months to where I am now (I was quite large when I delivered my twins:-)). One time in my early 20s, I dropped 15 pounds in one month but that was after working out hard core for two months. Also, it will never show on the scale after a hardcore workout day - seems to show up after a rest day. At any rate, I know exactly how you feel and it can be sooo deflating! But we just have to keep our heads down and plug, plug, plug away! We are getting healthier (and tighter) even if we aren't getting skinnier just yet!

The only people who lose weight quickly are the super obese, or those that are accustomed to eating 4 to 7 calories a day and are put on a calorie reduction of less than 1500. Even they start to slow down as they continue to lose weight.

If you only have 20 to 30 pounds to lose or less it's going to come off slow because your prior calorie consumption is close to what your MFP calorie goal is per day.

I've had to learn to be happy with a 1/2 pound to even a 1/4 pound loss per week. If you're doing everything right, don't worry, just stick with it and the scale will start to move. But learn to be patient.

If you're doing all that exercise and not eating enough that might do it. Also, in spite of advice from what I like to call the "junk food brigade", it's not as simple as calories in calories out. If you're eating too many carbs or too much processed food, and not enough saturated fat and protein, you'll struggle. (It's okay guys, you can throw your chocolate donuts at me for daring to go there, I don't care).