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Weights not budging

sharonballantyne24
sharonballantyne24 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi. I have been doing this for 4 weeks now. I am always under my calories and exercise everday. I have lost 3lbs its so disheartening. My calorie allownace is 1300 i never go over even if i aadd exercise calories burnt HELP

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  • seantnash
    seantnash Posts: 77 Member
    3 pounds in 4 weeks is a perfectly healthy rate of weight loss. It didn't go on overnight so it won't drop off overnight.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    3lb in 4 weeks is great. How is that "not budging"?

    Are you near ovulation or your period?

    Are you logging everything that you eat and drink?

    Are you using a food scale?

    Patience, grasshopper.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    3lbs in 4 weeks is a good rate of loss....?
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    edited May 2017
    Weights not budging
    Yes it is.
    I have lost 3lbs

    Adjust your expectations and think long term.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    sharonballantyne24 wrote: »
    Hi. I have been doing this for 4 weeks now. I am always under my calories and exercise everday. I have lost 3lbs its so disheartening. My calorie allownace is 1300 i never go over even if i aadd exercise calories burnt HELP

    3 lbs in 4 weeks is pretty good. How much do you plan/want to lose?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Last time I checked, three does not equal zero.

    How tall are you and how much do you weigh?
  • MiniMexxxxx
    MiniMexxxxx Posts: 43 Member
    Slow progress is better than no progress. Make sure you drink plenty. It will go!
  • Uandi328
    Uandi328 Posts: 19 Member
    edited May 2017
    I hate to say this but I'll go against the grain a bit. To say 3 pounds in 4 weeks is great loss might be misleading. What if she weighs 300 pounds and set her rate at 1.5 or 2 pounds a week? Yes I know it's unlikely given the 1300 cal allowance. But i know someone who thought a homemade burger with cheese AND bacon had about 300 calories. So yea...logging can vary wildly. 3 pounds might be unusually slow in 4 weeks depending on how tall and how much she weighs. Now it is also possible she is actually 6+ pounds down and this is masked by water retention depending on TOM.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,246 Member
    I've lost 25lbs at 2lbs per month. Not disheartened at all! Quite happy!
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    MiniMexxxxx wrote: »
    Slow progress is better than no progress. Make sure you drink plenty. It will go!
    :drinker:

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