I am getting disappointed...any ideas?

Well, quitting food wouldn't be too efficient. And why should you have to quit food? I lose weight and I eat ice cream, chocolates, and cupcakes almost everyday. I always have at least one sweet thing a day.

But if nothing's changed, just try to change it up. Measure EVERYTHING you eat and be conscious of the calories in what you drink. It's real easy to get an extra 200-300 calories in just drinks alone. You may not see a change if you are not accurately counting calories (which is a very easy mistake that I still make sometimes). Just remember that every bite, no matter how small, has calories and try to log it accordingly.

Are you working out?

ETA: It's all a matter of calories. In theory, I could eat just 900 calories of ice cream a day and lose weight. However, this isn't a good idea because I'd probably feel crappy and I'd probably get skinny-fat. I'd say it's all about having a good balance.

Log your food accurately & honestly. This means every solid item that goes in gets weighed first and logged using accurate entries. (The database is huge and some things are user entered, so be careful to choose the proper entry based on what you eat.) Even slices of bread, pieces of fruit, etc. Use spoons, cups for liquids only. Log cooking oils, condiments, drinks.

Aim for a lean meat, fruits & veggies, whole grains and healthy fats to be the majority of what you consume. Other things are fine, in moderation.

THAT is the key to weight loss - balanced against what you burn in a day. Moving more means you burn more, can eat more of course. But moving more is good for your heart, lungs, and overall fitness. Exercise is not directly the source of losing weight.

You may need to adjust your expectations. Results like you see on shows like the Biggest Loser are not typical. Plus they spend all day everyday with personal trainers doing nothing but working on losing weight. Most people cannot do that in reality. You are 11 days in. That is still very early. Be patient and keep at it.

11 days is nothing. Adjust your expectations.

GogoDri wrote: »

11 days of dieting and still nothing changed. I checked my measurements and scales, nothing. I keep on checking success stories to keep me motivated. I think I will never make it to be on success stories. I don't know why, my metabolism is sleeping, I will have to completely quit food to see some results.

You did not gain weight in 11 days. What makes you think you would lose it as fast?

I know that is seems hard. are you exercising too? when you exercise you lose fat and gain muscule which wieghs more than fat. Also try to space your meals evenly and dinner should be at least 2 hours before bed. also dring 16 oz of water before breakfast it gives you a fuller feeling and gives your body a good head start. another tip i useto use was have a 100 cal. snack between meals this helps keep your matabolizim going.. you have to let your body know you are not straving so it does not have to store fat! I used all of these tips 2 years ago and lost 20 LBs in 3 months. Hope this helps you and dont give up!!!!!

rileyjc115 wrote: »

I know that is seems hard. are you exercising too? when you exercise you lose fat and gain muscule which wieghs more than fat. Also try to space your meals evenly and dinner should be at least 2 hours before bed. also dring 16 oz of water before breakfast it gives you a fuller feeling and gives your body a good head start. another tip i useto use was have a 100 cal. snack between meals this helps keep your matabolizim going.. you have to let your body know you are not straving so it does not have to store fat! I used all of these tips 2 years ago and lost 20 LBs in 3 months. Hope this helps you and dont give up!!!!!

Agree! Essentially what a nutritionist told me, the same nutritionist who recommended MFP. Don't get discouraged, just keep at it.

I know that is seems hard. are you exercising too? when you exercise you lose fat and gain muscule which wieghs more than fat. Also try to space your meals evenly and dinner should be at least 2 hours before bed. also dring 16 oz of water before breakfast it gives you a fuller feeling and gives your body a good head start. another tip i useto use was have a 100 cal. snack between meals this helps keep your matabolizim going.. you have to let your body know you are not straving so it does not have to store fat! I used all of these tips 2 years ago and lost 20 LBs in 3 months. Hope this helps you and dont give up!!!!!

This is pretty much bunk.

-When in a calorie deficit, it is very difficult (like, borderline impossible for the majority of people) to gain muscle. Which incidentally DOES NOT WEIGH MORE THAN FAT. 1 pound weighs 1 pound weighs 1 pound. It's just that 1 pound of muscle takes up way less space than 1 pound of fat.

-Your metabolism is ALWAYS going. If it slowed down you'd have serious health repercussions. If it ever STOPPED, you'd be dead.

-Meal timing is completely irrelevant for weight loss. For the majority of people, what works best is to eat when you're hungry and don't eat when you're not. Eat and snack when you need to, not on some arbitrary schedule.

-If your body is not getting enough calories, it WILL NOT STORE FAT. It WILL stop doing non-essential functions like growing hair, keeping nails and skin healthy. It will conserve energy, it will burn muscle, but the "it'll hold on to fat" thing is total fiction.

crowleynm wrote: »

rileyjc115 wrote: »

I know that is seems hard. are you exercising too? when you exercise you lose fat and gain muscule which wieghs more than fat. Also try to space your meals evenly and dinner should be at least 2 hours before bed. also dring 16 oz of water before breakfast it gives you a fuller feeling and gives your body a good head start. another tip i useto use was have a 100 cal. snack between meals this helps keep your matabolizim going.. you have to let your body know you are not straving so it does not have to store fat! I used all of these tips 2 years ago and lost 20 LBs in 3 months. Hope this helps you and dont give up!!!!!

Agree! Essentially what a nutritionist told me, the same nutritionist who recommended MFP. Don't get discouraged, just keep at it.

No, you are not seeing muscle gains in 11 days. And no, your "matabolizm" doesn't need help to "keep going".

It's only been 11 days. It takes time. I felt the same way when I started thinking that I would never see change but guess what, I did. Started the middle May and down 37. Patience my friend, patience.

With that kind of attitude, you're right, you won't lose weight. You need to just log all of your food honestly and ACCURATELY. Stop relying on motivation to keep you going. It comes and goes. You have to DISCIPLINE yourself, and force yourself to want to lose weight. To want to eat right, exercise.

In the end, it's all up to you. Your metabolism isn't "sleeping", that's impossible. You are expecting too much in too little time. Give it a month before you give up. If you give up before that, don't bother bitching about how "nothing works" and you "just won't lose weight, you don't know why".. You know why.

Calories in vs calories out. Eat right, get moving. It's that simple.

1) to the person saying "you're gaining muscle." NO, she is not. If she's eating at a deficit, it is darn near impossible to gain muscle and lose fat. Gaining muscle, especially as a woman, is really hard even with lots of food and heavy lifting. Water retention is possible if working out is something new to her routine.

2) you need to use as accurate as possible entries in your diary. I know you said you're Greek and MFP doesn't have Greek food, but they do have the ingredients used in Greek food. If you have to, input the ingredients as your "meal" and let it figure out your calories and macros. If the ingredients aren't already in MFP, you can enter them based on the label. Plus, if you're just guessing how many calories you're eating by other websites, you may be overeating. Just because it is a standard dish, doesn't mean it is exactly equal to the nutritional info you may find online.

3) Weigh all your solids and measure all your liquids, without fail.

GogoDri wrote: »

I am trying to lose 1kilo per week, I eat 1200 calories per day. Exercising about 30 mins a day and 3 hours per week go to tennis. First week I ate back my exercise calories, now I have stopped that and I eat just half or less of them.
I am impatient and unrealistic you are right. I am impatient as a person in general.
I just want to know If counting calories will work for me otherwise choose another type of diet (I have tried Dukan diet and I lost 5 kilos while on it) , I don't want to waste my time as I am getting married in 2015 and I have to lose the extra weight to be the bride I want to be

If you do crash diets, or elimination diets, you are going to gain everything right back. Do you want that? Learn to do it the right way, with an eating plan that you can sustain forever, so you don't get fat again. The quick fix impatient plans are not going to teach you anything and will just cause you to yo-yo with your weight throughout your life.

Weight loss takes time. Be patient. Stressing about your weight doesn't help.

Eat healthy, move a lot more - Calories in v's calories out. Give it more time!

GogoDri wrote: »

From today I will enter food to my diary, you can check it and tell me what you think. Thank you everyone, sorry for being such a pain in the *kitten*, I'm impatient I know...

You are not a pain in the *kitten*. You are just frustrated. Keep up the good work. I've had weeks where nothing seemed to work but stuck to my plan and I eventually began to lose again. Don't give up the race because of a few bad laps.