I am so frustrated!

the key is not to weigh yourself everyday, just go with the way you feel, I am sure you feel better after your runs and staying light on your food, if yes then keep doing what you are doing and forget about weight loss, one day after a month or so weigh yourself and look in the mirror and trust me you will see the difference and will be proud of what you would see.
Thanks,

I KNOW this is easier said than done. But something to try:

Set goals that are based on health and fitness. Drinking water to stay hydrated. Eating more fruits/veggies. Increasing your cardio endurance. Goals that make sense for you, things you think you could/should work on. Focus on those things. Let weight loss be a side effect.

Focusing on weight loss is frustrating. And as long as that is your central focus, it is going to be frustrating. Even on the weeks where the scale drops - because it is not going to drop every day. So if you can shift focus and remind yourself that this is about making a healthier, more fit YOU, then it actually gets less frustrating on the weight loss side of things.

If you've only been doing this a week you just need to give it some time, also if the increased exercise is a recent thing you will be retaining water for muscle repair, it's really too soon to tell what might be amiss. However if the 1200 cals is too restrictive and you feel like throwing in the towel so soon I'd definitely adjust your goals if its too restrictive, also are you eating your exercise cals back and are you measuring food with scales and liquids with cups/jugs/spoons?

Edit ah sorry I didn't see the other replies there was only 3 when I wrote this, good luck.

Could be water retention due to tom, too much salt, muscle repair...it often comes off in a whoosh for some reason. Just keep swimming swimming swimming

Honestly love you need to be more patient. Log, weigh once a week and then look back over the data in 3 or 4 weeks and see what you think then.

When i started i was 387lb and under medical care on a 1500 diet exercising 5 days a week. First weeks weigh in i lost bothing. The medical team accused me of cheating, refused to believe i had done as i was meant to....... i did exactly the same routine for another week and i lost 10lb and was accused of starving myself lol

cashidy wrote: »

Oh I see! My water intake has went up and since my meals are preportioned they have more sodium than I would like. Maybe that is why.

I spent weeks studying all the data I had accumulated through MyFitnessPal because I kept to a strict 1,500Kcal/day and yet my weight would slowly increase. I slowly discovered my Sodium chart almost matched my weight chart through the weeks. Sodium wasn't something I paid much attention too until that point. I now try and keep my sodium intake to less than 1,500mg. After a couple of days... I nearly spent a week visiting the toilet every hour for a wee-wee and lost over 5lb in urine

It doesn't matter if your scale shows you decimal places. They're irrelevant. If your goals are set to a pound a week, you're not going to see that happen as a steady ticking down of 1/7 of a pound a day. Weight loss doesn't work like that. Scales arent' actually that accurate or precise.

I hate to break it to you, but even if you do lose your goal pound or two this week? You won't really be sure you're seeing it on the scale for several weeks or even a month. Your weight easily fluctuates across a day by more than the margin of a week's loss. Tiny differences in your digestive speed or water retention can easily register on your scale as a pound or more of weight.

In other words? Chill out, track your intake, and watch for longer term trends.

tlebel wrote: »

you may not be eating enough and your metabolism is slowing down. You need to keep your body burning.

I feel like this would take years not days

cashidy wrote: »

I have been eating 1200 or less calories a day and running. And I haven't budge on my weight! I am still 143.8. I feel so frustrated! I know it is only a week, but I am trying so hard!

And it makes me want to overeat and throw in the towel. How will I ever make my goal when I lose weight so slowly?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

It's been ONE WEEK. You really need to develop some patience.

personally i feel 1200 cal per day is very low. think longer term, your body can not sustain 1200cal a day thus once you reach your goal weight and start to slowly increase the cal you will gain weight (you need to look at your BMI index and rating to see how much caloried your body needs to operate each day). I feel if you were on higher cal like the 1800 you mentioned and seeing results than it may be that your body is in fact storing what you are eating as fat as you do not have adequate intake of protein, carbs,fats. A 600cal decrease is alot, I would look at working back up off 1600-1700cal per day and see how you go, dont forget the make up of that 1700cal is very critical, for instance you could in essence be eating 1700 of fast food each day, or you could be eating 1700cal of chicken, salad, tuna/fish, vegetables ect ect (see the difference) It may be you need to adjust your food types, variety, meal timings ect. Also females that have the 'rod' form of birth control will 9/10 times find it harder to lose weight, I would always recommend the removal of the rod and use of a pill provided that you do not have side effects form the pill form. When looking at weight lose it can take 2-3 weeks for your body to adjust to a new diet/nutritional plan so hang in there, also be aware the 2-3 days before your menstrual cycle and about 3-5 days after you may find is the hardest time to lose weight, this is because your bodies hormones are at peak and water retention is at peak.

if you are under 1200 calories , perhaps you need to up the calories , add 100 calories every 2 days until you see progress , then you will know where your body is comfortable in weight loss