The SCALE HAVEN'T GONE DOWN IN 2 WEEKS!!!

sandlinal wrote: »

It was when I first started. Okay thank you

When you first start making changes to your eating (particularly if you've cut carbs specifically) you are likely to experience a bigger drop in water weight at the beginning. It's the trend over time that matters not the week-to-week.

How often are you weighing yourself?
Are you doing it at the same time and same 'situation'?

Weight management is messy. The weight you see on the scale is more than just body fat. It's also fluid, waste in your digestive system and other stuff. All that other stuff will fluctuate which can mask a reduction in body fat so the key is to minimise as many of those factors as possible, keeping in mind that it's impossible to remove them entirely.

First way to introduce some consistency is to weight in with the same scale, in the same clothes (or lack thereof), and at the same time/situation. I for example weigh myself first thing in the morning immediately after using the toilet and before I put any clothes on.

How often you weigh yourself can also be revealing. Many people find if they weigh too often they develop an unhealthy obsession with the scale so weighing once a week (or less frequently) works for them but with that you need to bare in mind that so few data points mean you need a longer timescale for weight loss trend to be revealed (we're talking months here, not weeks). An alternative that many, including myself, find better is daily trend weighing. This involves weighing yourself every day and using a weight trending app (libra scale, happy scale, etc). The benefit here is that you're gathering data every day which means you can see the downward trend your weight is taking amongst all the wild (and completely normal) ups and downs.

In any case, patience is a critical part of weight management. Our bodies change at what seems like a glacial pace so rapid changes in how we approach the processes can be a progress killer.

Boy do I know what you mean. I lost weight the first two weeks, then didn't lose anything then gained a pound. I have decided to stop weighing myself once a week and try once a month. I am focusing on my carbs/sugar intake, calories and increasing my exercise regime.
You've got this. The important thing is stick with and focus on being and feeling healthy.
I have to say I am already feeling better and I know it will only get better!
Stay Strong

There are many different factors which could be causing the lack of the scale going down. Water weight, muscle gain, etc. Don't get discouraged! Try to focus on the non scale victories. (:

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