discouraged: I only lost 2lbs in a month =/

I'm in the same boat. only lost 2 lbs in 30 days...

Measure yourself. And you can look at it this way. This is a month you didn't gain. Hang in there sometimes it takes your body time to adjust.

I've lost 6 but it was all in week 1. since then i've gained and then lost gained then lost...
i guess just keep going at it... change up the routine ... try something new.. if you are eating the same things everyday switch it up... but i'm in the same boat too so all I can say is don't give up! its gotta come off at some point, right?!

It's possible you aren't eating enough. Although there is debate about it, you can/should eat your workout calories back. IMHO, if you're exercising that many calories away, you should probably be eating back 1/2 of them. If your body thinks it's being starved, it will hold onto everything that goes in to ward off starvation.

Same here..its getting pretty discouraging as I have been doing really well, both on my diet and exercise. I am hoping that maybe my body is just adjusting to the workouts and maybe its muscle gain... I hope!! You are not alone. But it took more than a short time to get to where we are....it will take hard work to get it off. Thats what I have to tell myself to keep going. We CAN do this!

If you don't mind me asking, what is your current weight and what's your goal weight? Also how many pounds do you have MFP set at to lose per week? With this info, we will all be able to give you better answers.. I am guessing you are actually not having enough calorie intake if you're burning that many daily and not eating your exercise cals... you're probably burning off muscle and not fat.

wow girl you are determined!but apparently so is your weight!but your burning SO many calories which is great but you should consider eating more to catch up with those calories not saying go eat a tub of ice cream try eating like some extra fruits or nuts it could be a big source to your problems.
water lessen it sometimes 8 glasses is to much cause then think about it your maintaining it specially if you don't pee a lot.
I have 4-6 glasses,a 2 glasses of tea or soda but I pee like 10-20 times a day.not kidding.
and since we're women our periods have a HUGE effect on big loss add some extra calories in at that time.
and another huge thing do NOT eat the same things everyday!don't I learned that your body will get used to that food and one you'll maintain or gain
eat something different everyday don't be in a routine

Please don't feel offended by the following...just trying to help:

Maybe you are not aware enough of the amounts your meals consists of?
Maybe your not logging to strictly and leave out on or another snack?


Even though I used to eat more healthy the past year, I lost control of the amounts.
For example: I Would have never thought that wheat sandwich bread has that much calories. Making a sandwich in the toast oven...and BAM 4x90kcal...just for the bread.

If you really log every gram of your intake it should work...somehow

I can relate. I gained 4 lbs since joining a gym. I have gym equipment at home but I thought more weight variety and being with others would help. My measurements increased and I have to drive there with so much else going on in my life but now I am logging in a notebook every bite of anything and on this site too. I think writing down my feelings and what I eat may help but to work out 2 hours a day and still gain in size and weight I have got to have some kind of Thyroid thing giong on...I will just keep trying.. My new goal is stay within 1200 cal daily no matter what and more water

Thanks everyone for responding and the encouragement. I was so upset i talked to a trainer at my gym...she confirmed what most of u said... Not enough calories...this was confusing to me since i was following what this site said for intake..but im gonna increase up to 2000 calories and see what march brings

First of all....good job on the exercise!!!!!

The site was probably giving you more than what you were thinking. If you were set at 1200 as a base and burning 900 cals/day, the site would be telling you to eat 2100 calories including your exercise calories. Don't be concerned if you see a gain for a little while after starting back at a higher level - it's just your body readjusting to the big increase in calories. It will settle down again and you will start to lose more and sustain the loss. Try and make sure to spread your food out over the day and you will start to see a loss again

At 25lbs lost in 5 weeks, you would have to consume 87500 calories less than you actually need over that period of time. That's 2500 calories (that's what I would burn just being in a coma - and I'm about 80lbs overweight) less per day which would indicate to your body that there is a scarcity of food around - save the reserves (aka stored fat) since we're going to need to ration it out. Who knows how long this famine will last? LOL If you stick to the 2000/day and are very careful about logging everything (make sure you're not overestimating food intake or exercise burn), you will eventually see quite the loss.

BTW - depending on how far you are from your goal weight 2lbs in a month is not terrible. I know it doesn't seem like a lot, but really, think about things in your life that weigh 2lbs (grab two 2lbs of butter and put them on the counter). See how much room they take up and imagine sticking that to your butt.....2lbs is an accomplishment!!!