Stalling 3 weeks in? Confused & need advice

spence9010
spence9010 Posts: 6 Member
in Motivation and Support
Hey guys, first off thanks for taking the time to read and reply.

I'm about 3 weeks into my weight loss journey, and I'm a little bit confused. The first week I lost 4-5 pounds, but weeks 2 and 3 have lost nothing. I'd hardly call it a stall because I'm so early in, but is it common to stall out like this in the first couple weeks? That's what has me confused.

I'm currently eating around 1300-1500 (right around RMR, tested). I eat healthy. I walk a few times a week, jog a couple, and do weights a couple times. (Nothing too intense, trying to ease my way back into exercise since I took a few months off for rest). I've been told I'm eating too little, but also told I'm eating too much! Hmm..

Anyway thanks, I appreciate your advice.

Stats are:
28 yo F, 5'3
SW: 150
CW: 145-146
GW: 115-120

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  • Yivs_87
    Yivs_87 Posts: 246 Member
    Do you measure everything you eat (and by measure I mean with a food scale)? Do you log absolutely everything - drinks, veggies, fruits, tiny snacks, oils, etc?

    Your diary is closed, so it's a bit hard to give advice.

    But keep in mind that having restarted your workouts you might be observing water retention which is absolutely normal when someone starts a new workout regime.

    And considering your stats and your exercises, I'd put you somewhere between light and a moderate level of activity, so you should eat at about 1500-1600.
  • nooboots
    nooboots Posts: 480 Member
    Is today your weigh day? I bet next week you see around 2lbs off. Stick at it and I bet thats what you see

    At your weight and height, plus all the exercise and water I would guess at around half a pound to a pound each week on average, but you wont physically see that each week, you might see it every couple of weeks once its all caught up with itself.
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    edited May 2019
    is the physical exercise new/increased? if so your muscles may be retaining water to repair themselves which will flush out eventually (but currently masking loss).

    but weight loss is not a straight road. it wo'nt be steady losses for most of us each week. some weeks will be stable. you lost A LOT the first week, 5lbs over 3 weeks is actually STILL very good, that's over a pound a week and in line with what you should be looking at as far as rate of loss.

    but as far as other things, are you using a food scale to weigh ALL your food?
    what does MFP give you for a 1 rate of loss (weekly)?
  • spence9010
    spence9010 Posts: 6 Member
    edited May 2019
    Thank you guys for the responses and encouragement.

    I mostly eat "on the go" / prepared foods (fruits, veggies, healthy fats, chicken, eggs, whole grains) with the nutrition labels on the back, since that's more suited to my lifestyle. But when I do cook I do measure and account for oils. Truthfully I have been a little hungry eating at 1300-1500, but I thought it would be counterintuitive to eat more. I will bump up to 1500-1600 and see how that goes.

    I started exercising again when I started the diet 3 weeks ago so yes, relatively new. Even though the scale doesn't show movement this week, I do feel a little tighter, so I think something is happening... I just wonder when the scale will catch up!

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