Weight Loss Fail

brookegrinstead22 wrote: »

I have been on a calorie deficit for a week now and the scale has not changed at all. I am very frustrated because I did so much hard work for nothing to happen…

A week is a drop in the bucket. Losing weight is a very slow process and you're going to have to wrap your brain around the long game. It is not a linear process and there will be weeks with no loss, small loss, bigger loss, gains, etc. It is highly beneficial to look at trends over weeks and months...one week is nothing.

If you also started exercise in conjunction with your diet, you are also very likely to be holding onto water weight. New or increased intensity of exercise will have this effect as it aids in repair of tissues that have been broken down. Water can easily mask fat loss. Water weight also fluctuates, typically more so in women than men due to monthly hormonal changes...but also, the human body is comprised of mostly water...55-65% of your body is water with the average being around 60%...that that will also fluctuate all on it's own. You also have to consider varying degrees of inherent waste in your system. All of these things have weight and show up on a scale...the scale isn't just a measure of fat.

You should also be consistent in your weigh in...generally speaking same day, in the morning after the restroom and before you've consumed anything and with minimal to no clothing...if clothed wear the same clothing. If you're weighing yourself later in the day, you are also weighing anything you've consumed, your clothing, etc.