Weight not budging! Advice please

A.) It's only been a week and a bit, first weeks loss was water weight.
B.)That is an awful diet, where are your fats and protein coming from?
C.) It's all about calories in vs calories out. You could easily be eating more than your calorie allowance of fruit... If you were eating LESS than your calorie amount for the day you WOULD be losing weight (although weight loss doesn't always show up immediately on the scales, depends on TOM hormones, bowel movements etc).

Usually I would stay stick with the plan and be patient, but not with a fruit only diet. I would advise eating a wide range of food in moderation and weighing / measuring it all and you will see a difference in your weight. Weight loss doesn't have to mean deprivation or complication!

Edited because it changed my capital B and ) to which just looked wrong!

xx1chloe5xx6426 wrote: »

No I don’t weight my portions because all’s I eat is fruit and I don’t eat so much of it that it’s possible I go over my recommended calories and yeah I only eat fruit nothing else @Morgaen73

Fruit can have a lot of calories. You are very likely missing out on vital minerals and nutrition by consuming fruit only.

Your experience is one of many examples out there of a couple of things. First, when you make a dramatic change like completely changing your diet it generally leads to huge results quickly and then tapers off which can be discouraging. One reason for this is that when you clean up your diet and make a change like this, a good portion of that weight lost is usually water weight. You can only lose so much excess water and then your weight stabilizes. A good rule of thumb is 2-3 lbs per week maximum for good, sustainable weight loss assuming you're a healthy adult. There will be weeks, no matter what you do, that the scale will creep back up just as there will be weeks that you miraculously shed 4-5 lbs without any change. Maybe you ate less salt, maybe there was some other subtle change that spurred the loss, it may not be obvious. Either way, as long as the long term trend line is in the right direction, that's all that really matters.

The second issue is related to what you stated in your post. The scale is only one metric to measure your progress. You "feel thinner" and your "stomach looks flatter." Take some time one morning before breakfast to take measurements. measure your waist, your stomach (yes, they are different measurements), your chest, thighs, calves and your weight. After you do that, wait a week or two and do it again. When you compare the two, your weight may not have changed much but if you're doing things right then the others should start to change. Your pants will start to fit better and you will start to feel better about yourself overall. It's the long term goal that you have to keep in mind. Nothing worth doing was ever easy or done overnight. Weight loss and overall fitness gains are no different. The progress you're hoping for will take months which is why I take issue with the trendy diets like a 21 raw vegan only challenge. Once the challenge is over, then what? Start over? Fall back into old habits and lose what progress you've gained?

Something else to consider, I don't know anything about the nutrient targets of the vegan challenge but we didn't survive this long by accident. Our bodies know when we cut back on intake and they react. Your body is an amazing machine and it doesn't have any idea what a "diet" is. All it knows is that your caloric intake has decreased and it's having to change where it gets its fuel. The large caloric load of your meals was a plentiful supply and now you've changed it to something completely different and it can no longer rely on your intake to survive. We survived as long as we have because when this happens our body hits the brakes and starts changing the processes going on inside of us to preserve and store energy. The harder you fight your body with this, the harder it will fight back. It can lead to fatigue, muscle wasting (muscle is an energy hog so your body will burn it before it burns fat to save the fat stores and decrease metabolic demand) and other health issues if you press too hard. This is the reason the 2lbs/week guideline exists. You can reasonably expect your body to adapt to a diet/exercise regiment that leads to a loss of around 2lbs per week without any real risk, assuming you're a healthy adult to begin with. In short, make sure you're feeding your body. An all fruit diet is probably doing wonders for your bowels but are you getting the vitamins, minerals, fats and proteins your body needs?

The key to overall success with diet and exercise is maintaining an active lifestyle and a clean diet. There's a saying, "Abs aren't made in the gym, they're made in the kitchen" and it's absolutely true. Activity is a must for the physical fitness side of things but your long term dietary guidelines are the key to your overall health and weight.

I hope this helps and Good luck with your journey, My Fitness Pal can be a huge asset if you use it regularly.