Feeling Discouraged

Jakirabani
Jakirabani Posts: 2 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
I am feeling pretty bummed as I've just finished my first week of my 1200 calorie a day diet which included me working out 6 days this week (45 minutes of cardio plus weights). I did not cheat with my meals and counted every calorie and I only lost 1.4 pounds and was expecting to lose much more this first week and then see these kind of results as I progressed. Has anyone else experienced this and if so did the weight loss pick up?

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  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    That's a great loss, nothing to be discouraged about. This is not a quick process.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    edited June 2015
    1.4 pounds is fantastic! Weight loss isn't linear...I actually gained a pound each of my first two weeks of losing weight...so you can never expect to lose the same amount every week. Most of the initial week loss is water weight anyway, which is probably cancelled out by retention if you just began exercising. Just make sure you're logging everything accurately.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    edited June 2015
    1.4 pounds in the first week is actually quite a bit. Weight loss is not linear, and your exercise routine is probably leading to some retained water.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    lol only???

    thats great.

  • jonnybhoy
    jonnybhoy Posts: 84 Member
    Don't go by weight alone take measurements
  • Jakirabani
    Jakirabani Posts: 2 Member
    Thanks so much for the encouragement! I think I was just was hoping for some quick initial results to keep me motivated but I'm definitely going to stick with it :) !
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    1.4 pounds is a really good loss. I do have to wonder why it is that at 80 pounds over weight and 6 hours of added exercise a week you are only eating 1200 calories. I would be pretty miserable trying to do that. In fact I was miserable trying to do it my first week of calorie counting before I found MFP and started following a more reasonable deficit.
  • BeginnersBootcamp
    BeginnersBootcamp Posts: 90 Member
    If youre looking for a quick fix you wont find it here. BUT you will find help and support for a healthy weightloss lifestyle that you can maintain easily and happily for life. It wont be 10lbs instantly or anything crazy, but thats never the healthy way :)
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Only? I'd be thrilled. Don't discount your great efforts and excellent results. Patience my dear!
  • PeachyPlum
    PeachyPlum Posts: 1,243 Member
    1.4 pounds along with a new exercise routine?

    Most people actually gain a little temporary water weight at first when increasing exercise. If you saw a scale decrease, you're definitely doing something right!
  • hooltwl1957
    hooltwl1957 Posts: 31 Member
    I didn't take a week of overeating to get where u are. Try to remember 1-2 lbs a week is what u should consider to be good. I know it's hard but in a year that adds up to close to 100 lbs!
  • Spreyton22K
    Spreyton22K Posts: 323 Member
    That is a significant loss and as others have said weight loss is not linear and if you take too much stock in predicted weights or are looking for the "quick fix" then in all honesty you are doing yourself a disservice.

    Weight loss that is better taken slow - Slow will give your skin the best chance to acclimatize and lessen sagging. Slow also gives you the chance to really get some knowledge about nutrition, portion control, check out all the exercise options, the benefits of lifting weights, get inspired by the Success stories and maybe find like-minded on-line friends that have had lasting success themselves to give you support and maybe give you some pointers.

    Truly you will be more likely to adhere to a well thought out plan - one where you give your body the time and space to lose the extra weight in a reasonable time frame (remember you didn't put it on quickly and taking it off takes even longer).

    Try to be at peace with maybe a longer time-frame than you first hoped for and foster the qualities of patience and persistence - these are far more lasting and useful in my opinion than the much loved "Motivation", also a realistic time-frame saves you from running yourself ragged with too steep a calorie deficit, too strenuous exercise and too high expectations.

    All the best.

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