Been good in my first week but not much change -why?

Congrats on your excellent week and great weigh-in. You know what they say - a loss is a loss - so good job! I know you probably wanted more but some weeks that happens. It won't hurt anything to stick with it so go with it. I, personally would continue because who knows, maybe it will take a week for your body to catch up?

1.5lb loss in a week is fine.....!! You need to think more long term and lose at a healthy rate. If you continue at this rate that will be 6lb every 4 weeks which is a good loss.

HI Sarah!

You are actually doing it perfectly! You don't want to lose more than 2 lbs. per week. so 1.5 is perfect. to healthfully loose the weight that has been put on you need to do it slowly and steadily. You didn't gain your weight in a month and you aren't going to lose it permenantly in a month either. If you loose it too fast it can cause damage to your liver and kidneys and your hair can fall out. so just keep at it, keep being good and eating right. Remember that eating the right calories is more imprtant than the quantity of calories. Eat your fruits and veggies raw as much as possible, eat whole grains, and even better is to grind them yourself. Make your changes slowly so that they stick. Don't do anything so drastic that you aren't sure you can stick with it.

You are doing great! Just keep it up and don't get discouraged. It will take time to make the changes you want to make. But you can do it! Keep it up and Good luck!

Angie

1.5 lbs in a week is great! Remember, you may be adding muscle. And also remember you need to drink a MINIMUM of 8 glasses of water a day...you cannot metabolize fat without water (you may already be doing this..).

If you are exercising more, you could be losing not only fat, but inches also..... keep at it

Great job. Realize this 1.5 pounds a week is a great loss. Losing more than 2 pounds a week usually means losing lots of muscle which will slow down your metabolism in the long run. Keep on doing what you are doing and realize the weight did not come in a matter of days, and it won't come off quick either. Don't let those weight loss shows like Biggest Loser be a measure of success in weight loss. They are on severely restricted diets, will dehydrate themselves during the last chance workout to get even more weight off, and from what I have read a week there is sometimes not an actual week so the contestants can pull the big numbers. 1-2 pounds a week is a healthy goal. If people were to ask me for suggestions on what they should set their goal at, I would suggest 1 pound a week unless they have more that 50 pounds to lose.

I agree with what everybody else says. You are trying to loose about the same as what I lost. It took me seven months and I never lost more than two pounds in a week, and sometimes even one or less. Just keep at it, even if your scale doesn't show a loss one week, the next week it could be much better. If you blow it one day, just start again. By Christmas you will be so happy you stuck with it, even if you aren't quite to your goal yet!