3 weeks and 3 pounds??? Really?

The weight may have come off drastically before but did it stay off? Life style changes cause slower but more long term (for many) weight loss.

Also, there are 52 weeks in a year so although it seems like you will be decaying before your 50 lbs come off, that is less than a year at a pound per week.

You need to make sure your net calories are at or above 1200. If your net calories are below 1200 then your body can go into starvation mode and keep storing fat as fuel. Good luck and stick with it!

Actualy when I started working out the last time I GAINED five pounds in the first three weeks.....so, congrats on the three pounds....keep doing what's right and it'll come off! Wait a couple more weeks......it'll all of a sudden start falling off! Also, I'd take measurements! Hope it helps =D

Change something up. Change the amount of type of exercise. Also, check your salt uptake. High salt can derail weight loss. Are you tracking all calories? You may not be getting enough calories to match all of your exercise. These are all things you should evaluate.

HI! Sometimes your weight loss might be better if you have a slow start. A lot of people have lost 3 or 4 pounds a week for two weeks and then nothing for a month or two. Give yourself a couple more weeks and be sure to drink lots of water!! Best of wishes to you!

Good job on the 3 pounds you should be proud of it. The reason you may be losing weight more slowly this time is that you are gaining muscle which weighs more than fat so that would add some weight back, but this is a good thing as muscle burns more calories than fat. Make you sure you are taking measurments. Inches are more important than the pounds on the scale.

But if it doesnt- at a lb a week you will be at your goal less than a year from now, so unless you plan on dropping dead soon, I would say, tough noogies, it's better than gaining.

This made me chuckle.. sorry.. LOL

So I have been eating healthy and exercising for a little over 3 weeks now and have only lost 3 pounds. I know it's "healthy" to lose a pound a week, but at this rate, I will only get to my goal when I am dead and the fat just decays off me. Anytime I have ever lost weight before I have always had drastic losses in the begining. Which kept me really motivated. I am sticking to my 1200 calories a day, working out and sometimes eating those calories back. Not all the time though. I drink anywhere from 68-84 ounces of water a day too. I have alot to lose, 50 or so pounds, so why is it coming off so slowly? I'm open to any and all suggestions!!
Thanks!

Ok, I have lost 6lbs since January 7th; frustration doesn't even start to describe what I feel!!!!! I have been doing 1200 cals too because I have a goal to reach by August. Today I weighed in just for kicks!!! Nothing again! So I was walking back to my desk and decided to talk to my co-worker, which was a personal trainer and had his own gym; we both currently work for a nutrition company. I work out at work, in the gym, running a route by my job and doing a lot of sprinting in the parking lot. This is what he sees. He doens't see my long runs on Saturdays nor my 30DS or Crossfit workouts. I told him my dilemma and he asked me a few questions. I answered them and then he said let me see what you're eating, so I proceed to log on to MFP an show him. His response, "Holy s*** girl, your body is hanging on to fat because it doesn't know when or if it'll get fed again!!!" "That's your problem right there!" He said he's never written out a program for an active woman that's under 1600cals because below that the body is not consuming enough to get through those workouts. He also suggested pushing my body when I'm working out to a fat burning zone; so I'll be investing in a HRM. So needless to say I told hiim I was going to do 1400cals and he said, nope, do 1600 and I didn't budge so I told him I would try 1500 cals and he said he didn't agree but that I could try that.
So maybe your body is thinking its starving and hanging on to the fat as well, hence why you're not loosing. Just thought I'd share my story because I'm in the same boat. I'm going to at least give it a try for a week to see what happens. Good luck to you!!

But if it doesnt- at a lb a week you will be at your goal less than a year from now, so unless you plan on dropping dead soon, I would say, tough noogies, it's better than gaining.

This made me chuckle.. sorry.. LOL

lol they're right. slow change means longterm change. i'd love to be losing a pound a week and i eat right and exercise 7 days a week!!

there is no.... "one rule for all" on this....... some will drop more weight faster than others............... yep thats crap.......... but thats the truth!

stick to what you are doing..... keep the net cals over 1200.... and keep going with it...... it WILL HAPPEN !

good luck