I AM DISCOURAGED!

You should open your diary so people can check it out...

It's hard to tell without being able to see your diary. But what does your sodium levels look like? What kind of exercising are you doing? Do you eat back at least some of your exercise calories to ensure you are netting at least 1200 a day?

Keep it up, sometimes you loose inches off places of your body but don't loose weight because of muscle gain, water retetion can be aprt of it when you start working out... Just keep going and belive in yourself!!

Keep doing what you're doing. If you were not a regular exerciser before you're likely seeing water weight. Take some time and read the forums and you'll find a wealth of information (and similar situations!). Make sure you are eating ENOUGH and have a realistic weight loss goal and over time it'll come together. Don't give up.

Keep at it for a bit longer. Sometimes if you start a workout routine and your body isn't used to it, it can cause the scale to go up (note: not a weight gain). It's probably just your body holding onto water. Drink plenty of water and just keep going, you will see a loss. When I first started, it took me about 3 weeks of eating right and exercising to see a loss. The scale went up a couple pounds, but by the middle of the 4th week, I had a 3lb loss. It can get very discouraging, you just need to keep going and know that you are doing the right thing. Keep your head up

I have been using this website for three weeks now. I have watched what I eat, only going over twice on calories and I have exercised at least 4 times a week. I thought I would at least see one pound lost. I have only seen weight gain, not a lot of weight just a few pounds but I am very discouraged. I want to lose weight and when I look at the success stories it gives me motivation but also makes me sad because I have yet to see any progress.

What should I do?

I think you should take measurements of your body and look at those results, there is no way that if you are eating right and exercising that you do not see a single result... I have seen it in the past, me gaining weight but my body getting tighter.

My Advice: get yourself a tape measure and look in the mirror not through the scale.

Hang in there! Sometimes it takes some time for the scale to move. Keep logging your food, stay in your calorie allowance and keep exercising. Weigh your food to ensure you are logging the proper amount of food, use a heart rate monitor to know the correct amount of calories you are burning. Before I purchased my Polar Heart Rate Monitor, for years I thought I was burning more calories than I actually was. Don't forget to drink at least two liters of water a day to ensure you are not retaining any fluid-It is a pain in the beginning, but after day 3 or so, your body adjusts and you are not running to the washroom every ten minutes.
Good luck!

Keep in mind that muscle weighs more than fat. I've been working out off and on for many years. Every time I start back up with a diet/workout regimen I notice an increase of wieght early on with an increase of lean muscle and less fat. Remember, its not all about BMI and weight alone, its about lean muscle and fat %. Keep eating healthy and working out and you'll get to where you want to be!!

Maybe you are using false nutrition numbers? some of them are way off!

I took a look at you food diary and I see you are still taking in a lot of empty calories! Looks like you need a lot more fruits and veggies. Take out pop and the sugary breakfast stuff, PB & J's .

Also what kind of exercise are you doing to be able to take in 1700 calories?? That might be to much. I am doing Turbo Fire and I only take in 1600 a day. Everyone is different but usually unless you are doing a vigorous cardio you don't need that many calories.

Looks like most days you skip breakfast, this is really not a good idea. On those days, by lunch you are turning to low quality, low nutrient content meals to make up for it. I see quite a bit of sugar and simple carbs in your diet, and your sodium load must be quite high as well. Try to slowly change over to higher nutrient density , high volume, low fat foods. Have some breakfast EVERY day that include a good quality protein, some fiber and some fruit ( some steel-cut oats with blueberries and almond butter, scrambled eggs and and English muffin with peanut-butter etc.). To keep from turning to less desirable choices at other meals, try to eat a small meal every few hours ( a handful of almonds, some Greek yogurt, a piece of fruit etc.). You are already on the right track by logging and watching your calories, a few tweaks can help you jump-start your journey, good luck!

Don't give up, just alter your meals & workouts a bit. Your food diary reflects missed meals, breakfast logged 2 out of the last 5 days, eat breakfast. Along with the missed logged/eaten meals you have meals greater than 500+ calories -- I don't know that our bodies can put to use that much at one time, so what it doesn't need/use it stores it away. DRINK MORE WATER! and lastly, when you begin to prepare something you're going to eat -- look at it and ask: what components of this meal/food will feed & fuel my body?