Frustrated!

SO easy to get frustrated. That said...Definitely too soon. It'll take time! I had similar experiences. First few weeks was like, "THIS SUCKS!" Then things started happening. The scale isn't really the best way to determine your success but at 10 days, it's way too early. If you're on in calories and working out, keep your head down and stay consistent. Things WILL happen.

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When I dropped my calories too low in hopes of losing weight, I actually gained six pounds. All water weight, but still frustrating. Be careful.

I know you said your sticking to your calories but are you weighing every single thing you eat in grams not using cups and spoons , there are no free foods especially when you first start , this seems to be where a lot of people fall down in the beginning they think they know portion sizes or don't have to weigh foods , it makes a huge difference .
Are you drinking enough water again it makes a huge difference to weight loss .

It takes time! It depends on what sort of diet you're following, and how much excess weight you have to lose in the first place. If you are 40 kilos overweight, and as an example suddenly start following a low carb/Ketosis based diet, you might lose as much as 14 pounds in the first week due to water weight loss. If you're already in the `healthy' range of weight for your height, the scales might not move at all for a month. If you've only just starting exercising for the first time in months, your body and muscles might be swelling. Lots of factors to consider, the bottom line is, work out your metabolic rate stats first, create a realistic deficit through diet (first), then exercise (second), stay consistent and you will get there

Don't give up - my first week I lost 3 lbs, then nothing the second or third week at all. Then the weight started really dropping off. It was because I had not exercised for a long time and my muscles were swelling, just like alexpn wrote above. If you stick with your plan, the weight will come off.

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Hi, I gain a pound or so when I intensify my training. I've exercised more for around ten days, and my weight is just back to the one I had 10 days ago.

Apprearently it is due to little tears which occur in your muscle fibers when you intensify your training. The muscles swell up a little and retain fluid.

This being said, make sure you train well. Enough in time and with good intensity. Dont overdo, though.

Good luck !

It's far, far too soon.

Calories are king for weight loss despite what a few others say. You cannot lose weight if you eat too many calories. Measure your intake correctly using a digital food scale and choose accurate food database entries when you log.

Stop eating under your calorie goal; your deficit is already built in. Eat the number mfp gives you. Eating above that number does not equal weight gain, either, unless you eat over your maintenance which is usually 250-1000 calories above.

Use a food scale

ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »

Calories are NOT the only part of losing "weight". I always get shot down when I say this but water also shows up on the scale. If you have any thing in your diet that is causing you to hold water such as excess sodium the scale will weigh the water the same as it weighs the fat, muscle, skeleton and internal organs. So just do some detective work to see if this could be part of it.

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Water weight isn't associated with calories. They're two different things. Calories affect the fat loss or gain rate. Water weight can be caused by excess sodium (as you said), hormonal changes (especially TOM/Menopause for women), excess carbs, a start or increase o physical activities. Water weight is no big deal.

The way calories work:
Eat the same amount of calories your body needs to maintain its current weight: Weight maintains
Eat more calories than your body needs to maintain its current weight: Weight gain
Eat less calories than your body needs to maintain its current weight: Weight loss.

Basic human physiology. Proven science.

It is always a good idea to use a tape measure to measure your progress, too.

OP...under no circumstaces eat below 1200.

lyndawhite2010 wrote: »

I know that MFP gave me 1,840 calories a day to start. Which was way too many. I lowered it to 1,640 and as long as I stay between that and 1,000 calories, I see consistent losses. Please don't give up!

@lyndawhite2010 Eat the calories MFP gives you, not under. You're not meant to eat under, and 1000 is FAR too little!!!! It's not too many if you chose 2lbs per week on sedentary. Remember, mfp calories are the calories without exercise, so every time you exercise, you add on about half of those calories to consume back.

cerise_noir wrote: »

It's far, far too soon.

Calories are king for weight loss despite what a few others say. You cannot lose weight if you eat too many calories. Measure your intake correctly using a digital food scale and choose accurate food database entries when you log.

Stop eating under your calorie goal; your deficit is already built in. Eat the number mfp gives you. Eating above that number does not equal weight gain, either, unless you eat over your maintenance which is usually 250-1000 calories above.

Use a food scale

ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »

Calories are NOT the only part of losing "weight". I always get shot down when I say this but water also shows up on the scale. If you have any thing in your diet that is causing you to hold water such as excess sodium the scale will weigh the water the same as it weighs the fat, muscle, skeleton and internal organs. So just do some detective work to see if this could be part of it.

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Water weight isn't associated with calories. They're two different things. Calories affect the fat loss or gain rate. Water weight can be caused by excess sodium (as you said), hormonal changes (especially TOM/Menopause for women), excess carbs, a start or increase o physical activities. Water weight is no big deal.

The way calories work:
Eat the same amount of calories your body needs to maintain its current weight: Weight maintains
Eat more calories than your body needs to maintain its current weight: Weight gain
Eat less calories than your body needs to maintain its current weight: Weight loss.

Basic human physiology. Proven science.

It is always a good idea to use a tape measure to measure your progress, too.

OP...under no circumstaces eat below 1200.

lyndawhite2010 wrote: »

I know that MFP gave me 1,840 calories a day to start. Which was way too many. I lowered it to 1,640 and as long as I stay between that and 1,000 calories, I see consistent losses. Please don't give up!

@lyndawhite2010 Eat the calories MFP gives you, not under. You're not meant to eat under, and 1000 is FAR too little!!!! It's not too many if you chose 2lbs per week on sedentary. Remember, mfp calories are the calories without exercise, so every time you exercise, you add on about half of those calories to consume back.

My point IS that water weight matters on the scale. I know how calories work. I did NOT say water weight isn't associated with calories. I said to check the sodium to see if that could be a little high. Water weight does matter because that is what keeps us bloated.