Frustrated to tears!

Need more information on your stats, but 2 lbs in 2 weeks is great! Max is 2lbs per week for healthy loss.

Sweat does not equal weight loss, calorie deficit does. Are you tracking your intake with a food scale?

Did you get overweight in two weeks?

Patience is required and I'm not seeing a problem with losing 1lb a week. Sounds great to me.

if you ask me that is really good. You have to give it time. If the scale is your only motivation you will never last. You have to enjoy your work out plan and be motivated regardless of the ups and downs of the scale. I say this because I have had to say the same things to myself over the last month. I have fallen in love with my new workout plan. I have been doing it for a month. Guess how much I have lost?? .8 don't pass over the dot. I have not even lost a full pound. My loss just started this morning. It is a process, it takes time.

This is a marathon, not a sprint. To be sustainable, please think about this as a lifestyle change FOREVER and not just a short term goal.

• Approaching your weight loss / fitness regimen as lifestyle change ensures that you won't slide backward and gain back your weight while sitting on the couch.
• It's about eating the calories appropriate for your goal weight, not just to lose weight; and, learning about using healthy activity levels to increase your cardio-fitness level rather than to just burn a bunch of calories so that you can eat more.
• It's about knowing that because you are eating sensibly 80% of the time that you can still enjoy high calorie foods occasionally without guilt.

Did you you do gym before, too? Sometimes doing gym and and changing eating habits even cause a weight gain. Don't rely on your weight on only. Try to get your hands on a scale which measures body fat, too. If you can't, simply measuring your (enter your problem zone here) will do the job, too.

Not loosing weight ist not automatically a sign of lack of success.

flouncey49 wrote: »

So I am 198. I need to get to 160. I have neck, back and shoulder issues and am attending physio so cannot do weight exercises right now, just cardio...

I've got good news! You don't need to do cardio or weights for weight loss, just eat in a caloric deficit.

I recommend:
Buy a food scale, weigh honestly and accurately. Eat to the number mfp gives you. 38lbs to lose, 1lb per week and you'll be there in less than a year!

Keep in mind though, weight loss is NOT linear. And when you get close to your goal, you may want to adjust to lose .5 lbs per week. Good luck!

flouncey49 wrote: »

I guess I knew that the long haul of 40 lbs would take dedication and time. I just assumed that jump starting things would get rid of the initial 10lbs quickly...lesson learned. Nothing good is ever fast. Thanks for all your advice and support everyone. It is so appreciated!

Just keep up the work, it's slow but get used to the fact that you will need about 9 months to meet that goal of a 40lb drop if all goes well. It's a mindset and lifestyle change now and you will do it as long as you maintain that long-term attitude and keep working the way you are.

Good luck to you.

flouncey49 wrote: »

I guess I knew that the long haul of 40 lbs would take dedication and time. I just assumed that jump starting things would get rid of the initial 10lbs quickly...lesson learned. Nothing good is ever fast. Thanks for all your advice and support everyone. It is so appreciated!

You're doing great and with 40 pounds, 1 pound a week is what you should be looking for really, also don't worry there's no such thing as jump starts you're not missing out, anyone who loses 10 pounds super quick (edit* with only 40 pound to lose) is just losing a bunch of water weight too which is exaggerating their loss, they're usually the ones who come on here a few weeks later asking why they've hit a plateau because they've stopped losing/started gaining and it's usually because their bodies start retaining the water again after the initial diet shock.

If you are new to exercise or increased intensity you can even gain weight (water weight) due to the muscles storing water to protect them from exercise and aid in recovery. So your 1 lb/week, may be like 1.5-2lbs, but the increase in water is masking the fat loss. once you get used to the routine, your body will shed much of the excess water.

Muscleflex79 wrote: »

rianneonamission wrote: »

So you have been building muscle, whilst still losing weight. Muscle is more dense than fat, so more muscle means more weight. My guess is that you've probably lost something like 3 lbs of fat and gained 1lb of muscle, which evens out at a 2lb weight loss but is actually a bloody brilliant result. Start taking progress pics and measurements to see the actual changes in you, because your scales will not reflect the muscle mass/fat mass change.

Just Google 'fat versus muscle', select images, and you will see what I mean.

Also, please please please take a rest day. You need to take 1-3 rest days a week to allow your muscles to recover from exercise. Otherwise you are at serious risk of injury.

This pic is from Google - it shows how she is heavier when slimmer/more toned.

lol really? you think she has put on significant muscle mass in 2 weeks (let alone while NOT even lifting)?

I have gotten so used to people quoting the myth that "You aren't losing weight because you walked on the treadmill for an hour last week so you really lost a couple pounds of fat that was replaced by muscle", or similar line, that I've just started filtering it out.

It might be possible to do both at the same time but you have to really know what you are doing and that's not really a normal thing. I always got a kick out of personal trainers at the gym trying to convince the middle age women that they gained muscle and lost fat at the exact rate (or even more muscle gain than fat loss) when they were walking on the treadmill, meanwhile there is a 19 year old guy struggle in the weight section behind him who can't gain and he is trying his hardest too.

Note, this is not in anyway talking to the OP, just a general observation about something that tends to really annoy me.

Muscleflex79 wrote: »

Wheelhouse15 wrote: »

Muscleflex79 wrote: »

rianneonamission wrote: »

So you have been building muscle, whilst still losing weight. Muscle is more dense than fat, so more muscle means more weight. My guess is that you've probably lost something like 3 lbs of fat and gained 1lb of muscle, which evens out at a 2lb weight loss but is actually a bloody brilliant result. Start taking progress pics and measurements to see the actual changes in you, because your scales will not reflect the muscle mass/fat mass change.

Just Google 'fat versus muscle', select images, and you will see what I mean.

Also, please please please take a rest day. You need to take 1-3 rest days a week to allow your muscles to recover from exercise. Otherwise you are at serious risk of injury.

This pic is from Google - it shows how she is heavier when slimmer/more toned.

lol really? you think she has put on significant muscle mass in 2 weeks (let alone while NOT even lifting)?

I have gotten so used to people quoting the myth that "You aren't losing weight because you walked on the treadmill for an hour last week so you really lost a couple pounds of fat that was replaced by muscle", or similar line, that I've just started filtering it out.

It might be possible to do both at the same time but you have to really know what you are doing and that's not really a normal thing. I always got a kick out of personal trainers at the gym trying to convince the middle age women that they gained muscle and lost fat at the exact rate (or even more muscle gain than fat loss) when they were walking on the treadmill, meanwhile there is a 19 year old guy struggle in the weight section behind him who can't gain and he is trying his hardest too.

Note, this is not in anyway talking to the OP, just a general observation about something that tends to really annoy me.

it drives me crazy - as a woman who lifts weights I know how hard it is to put on muscle...then others come along and claim to have gained 5-10lbs+ in a month while eating at a deficit and not even lifting.

Yeah, you work hard and it shows! Unfortunately, this goes hand and hand with the other big myth about women looking like Arnold if they touch a DB over 10lbs. It's almost like you don't have to work hard and you'll have gains that actually put a natty man to shame. I wish I could put on 5-10lbs a month!

I'd love to lose a pound a week! *kitten*, I would've been at goal 6 months ago...