Scale not moving ;-}

Sandycoffman1979 wrote: »

Hi, I won't type my whole story and bore you but watch your sugar. The amount it tells me on here I try and stay at half that or at least under. Since I've done that and eat more protien I have started losing weight

Unless for a medical reason, cutting sugar isn't necessary.

OP, what are your stats and are you counting calories?

1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so since you last saw a drop on the scale, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing everything right. Give your body some time to catch up with the changes you're making.

2. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.

3. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.

4. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.

5. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.

6. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.

7. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.

8. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.

9. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.

You said great results but the scales aren't moving. By great results you mean a change in body shape? If so then perhaps you are building some muscle which weighs more than fat....body composition is much more important than your actual weight.

Also as mentioned, if that is you in the profile pic then I wouldn't imagine you have much weight to lose at all!

I've been stuck at a weight that is 15 pounds more than my "goal." The first question I have to ask myself is, "Is my goal realistic?" My answer: Nope. My original goal was getting back to a weight I was at when my metabolism didn't have an off switch. I'd still like to lose some more weight and believe it's more realistic in a 7-10 range, not 15. The second thing I asked myself was, is weight a bad thing when I am seeing positive changes in my body from posture to muscle. The answer again is: Nope. I like the changes and although I've been stuck at a weight I don't want to be at, I am more happy with the changes I've seen so far and I'm less concerned about the dreaded scale. I have that same belly and back fat that many others struggle to drop after melting away everything else. Just keep at it. You will be just fine.