Why

cbrookesykes
cbrookesykes Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have been eating a reduced calorie diet for 2 weeks now. Why have I not dropped any weight? That alone should be doing something, right?

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  • rmgnow
    rmgnow Posts: 375 Member
    And what are your stats?
  • Heather4448
    Heather4448 Posts: 908 Member
    Are you weighing and measuring all of your food? All of your liquids?
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Have you started a new workout routine? TOM, if you are a woman?

    More information would help us give better answers, we're just guessing here.
  • mallory_2014
    mallory_2014 Posts: 173 Member
    It is possible you are eating more than you think you are. Have you been eating high sodium foods? Lots of prepackaged foods? Start a new workout routine? Are you using measuring cups for all liquids and a food scale for anything other than liquids? Are you actually logging everything (that bit of cream in coffee, oil used in a pan, butter, etc)?
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    Do you log every single thing you eat?

    If so, are you sure what you are logging is 100% accurate? (or as close to it as possible)

    Are you weighing yourself at the same time of day, on the same scale, in the same location, wearing the same clothing, etc? (I weigh myself FIRST THING in the morning after I get up, after I go to the bathroom, before eating or drinking anything, and usually either in my underwear or underwear and a t-shirt)
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    OP posted Jan 14 and has not returned to see Jan 15 replies. Save your thumbs.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    OP: Did you tell the app your stats? Are you sure you're eating the amount of calories allotted. Are you weighing yourself at the same time each time? And, finally, when you say you haven't "dropped any weight", do you mean the scale has not gone down *at all* (and you're not ovulating or premenstrual if you're a woman).

    It's such a short amount of time, MANY things could mask a 1-2LB weight loss. Heck, even a sushi dinner.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    Its only been 2 weeks. If you are weighing your food using a food scale, your logging efforts are on point every day you are in a calorie deficit regardless of fluctuations due to water weight.

    Give it more time.
  • aeloine
    aeloine Posts: 2,163 Member
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  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,242 Member
    How many weigh ins in a row showing no change in weight?
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    It tool longer than 2 weeks for me to show a loss.
  • fiddletime
    fiddletime Posts: 1,868 Member
    Stick with it. If no weight loss after a month then you are in maintenance (yay!) but will either need to cut some calories or tighten up how you’re weighing foods and determining calories. I saw a video on here that someone posted about weighing versus using a measuring cup. Lots of room for error with dry foods and a cup. I switched to measuring, and in grams, after that. I’m at 1200 Cal plus exercise (lots of room for error with exercise calories too so I eat back half). I have very little wiggle room so a few grams here and there can stop my weight loss, especially of calorie dense foods.

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