So have any of you'll started loosing any weight?

My clothes started fitting better at three weeks. My friends started noticing at three months. I haven't weighed yet because it discourages me when the scale numbers don't match the effort by my mind's standards. I thing going from a 4x shirt to a 2x shirt is enough confirmation for now. I just recently was cleared to lift again after an injury, so my diet has accounted for 99.9 percent of my loss so far. You can't out-run your fork.

If I were you I'd definitely get a digital scale! An analogue one would drive me mad. I tried using an analogue food scale for a day before I gave up lol. It took me about a week to see any loss. I go only by the weight on the scales, and weigh every day.

When I first started, I didn't see any loss for about 2 weeks, and only a little bit. And then it started to really roll off 8-9 lbs a month for awhile. I've lost 110 so far- from a size 24 and moving into a 14. I still have a ways to go, but I feel pretty good about my continued results. Just keep at it! Gotta get in it for the long haul.

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Hey I've been on here for like 10 days... guess I worked out regularly for 7 of those days
I've got an analog scale and I really don't see the needle moving around 83
how long did it take you till you started to see results?

If you aren't consistent, then you probably won't see results. For most, they'll see it the first week.

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It typically takes me a couple of weeks to see any weight loss, especially if I've just started exercising more or more intensely. But I don't eat a big deficit most days.

I use an analog scale, I just make sure I stand on exactly the same spot of the scale otherwise my scale can differ by 3 pounds depending on where I stand on it. I always weigh in first thing in the morning after "going". I weigh everyday as it inspires me.

My first week I lost about 5 pounds but that was probably mostly water. The next 2 weeks I lost nothing (GGGRRR) but since then weight has been coming off pretty regularly. As of today I have lost 16 pounds and its been exactly 1 month since starting. I am only walking at 2.5 mph which I know is not fast but that's where I'm at for now, I also use a stationary rowing machine on the days I don't feel like going outside.

It probably wasn't until about the third week before I noticed any difference in my clothing but it only took about a week before I noticed that I wasn't huffing and puffing so much.

I don't think I'll be changing from my analog scale but I am thinking of getting a digital food scale, it still amaze's me how different what I think something weighs and what it actually is.

Anyways!!! Good luck in your journey and don't get discouraged when things don't change as fast as you hope. It will happen if you keep at it and are honest with your logging foods.

8 weeks ... 8 kg down.

But it took me about 10 days before anything happened. 10 days and not a gram. I was going to give it 2 weeks, and if nothing happened in that time, I was finished.

And then about 11 or 12 days in ... all of a sudden it started coming off. So I stayed.

But not in a nice neat line. I drop 1 kg, and then maintain for a few days, then drop 0.3 kg, and maintain that for a few days ... etc. Fits and starts all over the place.

I've lost around 10 pounds in the past 3 months, according to the scale. I only weigh myself every 3 weeks or so, whenever I visit my nutritionist. I find it comforting, so that I don't obsess about my weight every day and that if the number on the scale is not what I hoped for, we can discuss why. I'm losing at a rate of about .5-1.0 pounds a week. I know that if your starting weight is higher, initial losses per week may be much higher, but will slow as you continue to lose weight.

I can't say I've noticed many major changes in my body outwardly, though. I think part of it is because I am only around 15-20 pounds heavier than my ideal body weight, so at this point any changes are more gradual and subtle. My clothes are slightly looser, but it's nothing drastic. I don't think I'll have to go out and replace my whole wardrobe or anything. I HAVE noticed that I am developing more muscle from all the time I've spent in the gym. The other day I flexed my arm and there was actually a hint of a bicep and I was like WOAH WHAT. :P Also if I squint (admittedly very hard) I can almost imagine that I have abs. haha.