No weight loss

hi buddie, I am the same... so flustrated. but I read a book that may be the weight of fat reduced, and drinking water make body retain water and gain weight..... I now buy a Keton paper and try to test myself tomorrow

Are you tracking your body measurements as well? Water weight can mask scale loss and we can retain water for lots of reasons: hormones, time of month, ovulation, new/intense exercise especially lifting weights and HIIT, high levels of sodium...

And you never really answered whether you use a food scale to weigh all your solid food. You can easily wipe out your deficit if not, I know I suck at eyeballing portion sizes and would have been lost without my scale as I'm only at .5lb per week deficit.

capaul42 wrote: »

lizcharles2860 wrote: »

capaul42 wrote: »

Are you tracking your body measurements as well? Water weight can mask scale loss and we can retain water for lots of reasons: hormones, time of month, ovulation, new/intense exercise especially lifting weights and HIIT, high levels of sodium...

And you never really answered whether you use a food scale to weigh all your solid food. You can easily wipe out your deficit if not, I know I suck at eyeballing portion sizes and would have been lost without my scale as I'm only at .5lb per week deficit.

Hi Capaul,
I started measuring myself a few days ago after noticing that I've not lost weight.
I don't get monthly cycles, because of contraception.
Ive not really been lifting weights. Mainly been doing cardio dancing I.e. Zumba and low impact exercise, as well as abs exercises.

I've not weighed my foods. As I've been buying packaged foods. So I've followed the calories. Even measured wine lol.
You lose 5lb per week?? Blimey, that's good.

Even packaged items can be off in weight. They are allowed to be off by 20%. That can add up very quickly.

Most packaged foods contain higher levels of sodium.

Even with contraception and no cycles (I'm on depo and don't get them either), we still have hormonal changes at those times. And can retain water. My weight usually goes up 1-2lbs during that time.

It's half a pound not 5lbs. 5lbs is unhealthy unless you're severely overweight and even then it's not sustainable.

I was just about to type this, nearly exactly but my water weight during my cycle, is approximately a 5 pound gain.!

In your previous thread, you mentioned desiring to lose 105 Pounds. Think about it, did it take you just 2 weeks or several, to gain that weight. It took several. Safely most of us're able to lose the weight in approximately, half the time; that it took to put it on. That isn't an awful deal. That's like getting paid twice your salary, for working; half of the time. Imagine if it was meant to take twice as long or longer, than it did; to put it on. Then I'd understand admitting defeat. I also understand that having a medical condition, makes it harder & thus might take longer, to figure our caloric/nutritional obstacles but just know, that nothing trumps consuming less calories; than we burn. Which in the end means that you have the control, to lose the weight. For instance I noticed that you mentioned, that your birth control; causes weight gain. If that were true, then that'd void CICO (calories in/calories out) but it isn't true. Birth control might increase your appetite but you're in control of whether or not, you feed that increased appetite.

I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), sometimes I am bedridden, sometimes I'm housebound & sometimes I've been able to function normally, so my deficit, maintenance and overage calories, literally change daily. While it's a reason for not always knowing what my caloric needs're, it isn't a reason to not try; to figure them out.

Think about your desire to lose weight & think about what happens, if you cease trying. How'll ceasing improve your reason, for desiring to lose the weight? It won't!

If what those of us here're suggesting to you, didn't cause weight loss; there wouldn't be so many success stories here. We're a mixed group of us that began losing weight, while being relatively healthy; besides just being overweight & those of us that began not being healthy, either do to the complications of being overweight and/or from illnesses, that didn't result from being overweight.

lizcharles2860 wrote: »

RoxieDawn wrote: »

But is only almost two weeks... Also eating between 1000 - 1400 calories a day is pretty broad in number.

Without looking at your diary, how many 1000 calories days are there? Under eating can only put added stress on the body, it will compound weight loss and will show on the scale. Try eating your deficit consistently every single day and do that for three to four solid weeks and see where you are at that time.

I usually eat only 1000. I was told that I'm under eating, so I upped it to 1.400 a few days ago.
Feeling depressed and close to tears.

Please get a food scale & weigh everything you consume. After you get a food scale, wait four weeks (28 days). So until you get a food scale, these 2 weeks; don't count because you're most likely consuming hundreds more in calories, than the packaging states. Try to reduce your sodium intake, since that'll cause water retention. Also use a tape measure. Just know that we can't spot reduce, so if you use a tape measure on 1 part of your body; you might not notice a difference. There's a possibility that you might not see a change on the scale but might lose inches, over various parts of your body; which means your losing mass & thus losing weight.

It looks like you have received some good advice, and I would add that you really need to drink more water; don't go below 1200 calories; ditch the packaged food (I'm assuming you mean things like Lean Cuisine, etc.?), you'll feel far more satisfied with 400 calories at each meal of your own cooking than a Lean Cuisine and be getting far more nutrients. Also, I would add some weight lifting into your day. Even if the weight doesn't drop off quickly, you'll be losing inches, and lifting weights makes you (me) , feel energized, strong, and the extra muscle helps keep your metabolism revved. Most importantly, don't give up!

lizcharles2860 wrote: »

Thank you everyone. I know I may be annoying some people about going on and on. Sorry.
It's just so frustrating and upsetting.

I've gone from almost totally sedantry to being very active in a short time. I was expecting to see a result on the scales. Even if I lost half a pound in almost 2 weeks I'd be happy.

I do have kitchen scales.

My issue concerns those that, begin a thread & never return and/or when they're told something, that they don't desire to be told; they go ballistic. So your threads're refreshing!

lizcharles2860 wrote: »

Thank you everyone. I know I may be annoying some people about going on and on. Sorry.
It's just so frustrating and upsetting.

I've gone from almost totally sedantry to being very active in a short time. I was expecting to see a result on the scales. Even if I lost half a pound in almost 2 weeks I'd be happy.

I do have kitchen scales.

Not annoying. You posted a concern, you were honest, and we were able to help! I see this as sucess.

There are some threads where a person posts something exactly like this and we pull at straws. Sometimes they never return to the thread again... LOL

You got this. Come back and tell us how you are doing!

One other thing to remember: Bathroom scales look like they're very accurate, but they're not. Even on a digital scale, you're not going to see the scale numbers read your weight loss like a steady ticking down - because every time you stand on the scale, it's actually measuring your weight within a *range,* and the accuracy range of most bathroom scales is +/- up to a few pounds.