Frustrated

First of all great job on the weight loss!! You may not lose EVERY week and that's perfect ok. Start measuring your waist to see the change there. Are you doing cardio? Weights?

You lost 4 pounds because a lot of it is usually water weight..happens to me too especially after a day where I eat tons of carbs. Just stick it out and see your progress. If you don't see any progress after 2 weeks, your either not counting right or need decrease calories

mbortz12 wrote: »

I don't want to go down to 1200 calories because then I felt hungry all the time.. Maybe I should do more cardio.. I try to find some in YouTube do u have any suggestions on any good cardio workouts?

Maybe you should give it more time, instead.

Don't focus so much on it. Make it part of your life. I know it's important to you, but I used to obsess like crazy about it and I never lost anything because I would quit when I don't see results quick enough.

Focus on other things. Make sure you are weighing (food scale for solids, measuring cups for liquids) and logging correctly. If you haven't lost any weight in a few weeks, try lowering your calories. Remember there's no need for it to come off as quickly as possible. This is a lifestyle change not a diet.

I tend to either gain slightly or not lose anything when I begin a new exercise regime. I look for other victories during that transition time instead such as my clothes fitting better or my fitness level improving.

mbortz12 wrote: »

Thanks for the advice liftingtilldeath!

Two weeks (based on liftingtilldeath's statement) really shouldn't be your reference range for making changes. If you're going to base changes off of such a short time frame, you'll probably be doing that quite often. New exercise routines, particularly when you are putting in more effort, can lead to water weight (glycogen for muscle repair). If you weigh yourself daily you will see how your weight fluctuates. This is normal - it's how everyone's body works. There will be weeks you don't "lose," but you should still see the fluctuations. A better frame of reference is 4-6 weeks. This is particularly true for women, some of whom can see upward weight fluctuations due to water retention at the time ovulation AND their cycle. You may want to look into a program that tracks your trend, such as trendweight (which I use), or similar program.

I strongly suggest you read the stickies:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300319/most-helpful-posts-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help-must-reads#latest

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300331/most-helpful-posts-getting-started-must-reads#latest

And particularly this stickie:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

This is a handy chart for new users in particular (created by an MFP user):

I wouldn't change anything yet. Sometimes when you have a big loss one week it may be mostly water, and maybe this week you are losing actual fat but retaining the water so weight no weight change. I would stay where your at and if no loss after three weeks then adjust.

Be patient. Constancy is key. Are you using a digital scale and logging everything?

These two posts have helped me when the scale is acting up:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10196160/scale-stress-syndrome/p1