Tiny weight loss this week? What's happened?

First off, I want to congratulate you on your strong will power! You are doing the right thing, however; it is very unusual for someone to reach a plateau that soon into the weight loss program.

Usually men shed lbs so fast in the beginning and then it slows down. Not sure what happened in your case though. Sorry I wasn't much of a help, just wanted to lift you up

Stick to it man, but don't starve yourself, that could slow down metabolism and cause you to stop dropping intense weight.

Looking at your profile pic, if that is you, you don't look to be carrying a whole lot of excess. I'd say if you're working out and doing things right that you shouldn't worry about your scales, worry about how you feel and if you're getting fitter etc.

See if there are any things you can change to balance your body more, are you taking on too much sodium?

This week I'm frustrated as well, 3rd week I've had either a small or no loss, but I also know where I've gone wrong and what I need to do to improve things. Have a good think. For me.

I gave in and ordered pizza yesterday, I still came in under my calorie goals for the day as I went for a cycle but I know pizza is very bad. I also had a kebab friday and saturday night, again I was under my calorie goals, mainly as I'd had no time to eat during the day but this means I need to plan better and not end my dj sets starving with only those certain options open to me.

More salad.

Less soda (I drink diet soda like it's going out of fashion)

Anyway that was me this week. Other things I can think of that don't help:

Processed foods. Do you eat a lot of pre-packaged meals? These are usually packed with sodium.
Canned food - Very often packed with preservatives, one of the main ones.... yep salt.
Alcohol, especially beer.

Don't worry too much about one or two weeks though, even if you are staying the same weight wise you might still be losing inches and getting fitter. I've been cycling quite a lot and my leg muscles are going overboard right now

It's happened a couple of times to me in the 5 weeks I've been dieting. Weeks 1 & 2 I lost 14lb then nothing week 3, 4lb week 4 and nothing this week. I suppose it evens itself out and the body gets used to less calories and more exercise.

If you're putting on more muscle that weighs heavier than fat so that may have an effect. I assume you're weighing yourself at the same time every week because the time of day can have an effect.

Also if you happen to eat out it can be difficult to estimate the calories.

As others have said it's a case of persevering and not getting too disheartened if you have a dodgy week.

Good Luck!

The first few weeks, you tend to drop big numbers because you drop water weight - once that is normalized, you're losing fat. Think of it this way, for you to lose 3 lbs in a week, you'd have to have under-consumed by more than 10,000 calories. Which you could potentially do but wouldn't sustain long term weight loss.

Your body is probably also getting used to the new regime and so compensates for the changes that you are making. Keep it guessing and the weight will keep coming off

Hi I am going through a similar thing as well at the moment. But at the beginning of my diet/healthy lifestyle change I went to a couple of weeks of not losing anything and then I'd have a 3lb weight loss in one week. the thing thats really helped keep me motivated, is I right down my weekly weight loss and I have noticed a bit of a pattern and also it spurs me on when I have had weeks of nothing and then a loss. Good luck you're doing really well.

Oh so. Shouldn't eat jacket potatoes? I had them almost every day last week!

Not overly large ones (no bigger than a computer mouse) and never just by themselves -- make sure you have a decent portion of lean protein with them (might want to skip the beans if you make your jacket potatoes that way, and go for something like chunked grilled tuna or chicken) . There are ways of reducing out the carb impact of them if you enjoy potatoes instead of cutting them out completely.