I constantly remind myself that the "vanity effects" may be slowing down but the health benefits are still adding up. Also, that eventually there will be a day when there is a drastic difference in the numbers but that giving up now means that difference will be in the wrong direction. I hope your day improves!

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I am where you are at at the moment. The scales haven't budged for 3 weeks now. But do not worry!! It is likely your body is changing composition. I am assuming you are exercising so are developing muscle mass. The same weight of muscle will occupy less physical mass than the same weight of fat, however, the scales will not reflect this. You could take some measurements of your waist, hips, bum, bust etc. and then do it again in a months time as this will reflect where your body composition is changing. So here it is likely you are physically smaller, but have the same weight. Look at yourself in the mirror and if you feel you are slimming up, then chances are you have!

Also, you need to consider where you are at with your period as you can put on 5-10lb in body water on the run up to that wonderful week. It comes off again when everything is done, so perhaps wait until you are mid cycle before you weigh yourself again. I have personally put on about 4lb pre period and then mid cycle dropped 2lb lower than what I was before all that water weight appeared.

Make sure you are getting enough sleep as this is when your body repairs itself. Also, if you are going through a stressful time, your body releases a whole concoction of nasties that put you in fight or flight which increases hunger to replenish energy and will store more of your intake (as fat) to deal with the 'threat'. Go to bed a bit early with a cup of fruity tea and have a read, or a nice hot bath with your fav essential oil to soothe away the stress works a treat!

One more thing to consider is where you are at with your diet. When you first start, it seems to fall off, particularly on a low carb diet, however, once it has reached the point where it is fat burning, things start to slow up. This does not mean you are doing anything wrong, is just that progress doesn't seem so spectacular. What worked at the beginning might not be as effective now you are leaner and meaner. Take a look at your macros and have a tinker with your ratios as your body might need a different combo now your composition is different.

Above all, if you feel good within yourself, then you have already reached a goal that so many people do not reach. Maintaining that feeling is so important!

Good luck, and do not give up!!

Victoria

I take a good, long hard look at how I've been eating. If I'm sure that I've been sticking to my plan (or at least close enough to it that I should still be losing, if maybe at a slower rate), I just keep going. I yo-yo'd in about a 3 lb range for most of the last half of July and first half of August, but now I'm 10 lbs down from my mid-July weight, and down 20 lbs since June 1. I'd never really had 'whoosh'ing before, but it does happen and it's creepy when it does. I was just retaining a ton of water (in my case, I went over on carbs while traveling in mid-July, and combined with new birth control and hot weather that was all she wrote). The bloat even masked any lost inches, it was crazy.

Remember why you started.

Don't stop believing...hold on to that feeling!

I think everyone on this forum has felt that way at some point in their journey. Just hang in there for the long run, it is a marathon and not a sprint.

1. Eat nothing but Twinkies for 2 days; "if" that doesn't do the trick,

2. Add Doritos for the next 5 days; then

3. Ruminate on how much you'd give to be back where you'd been just a week earlier!