How is it possible?

Your body goes into a sort of shock when you start eating less and working out. When I started, I gave myself a month for my body to adjust. The other thing to consider that if your muscles haven't been challenged before, they are now. The will start to soak up the nutrients it needs which in turn makes them bigger. Keep up you workouts and make sure you are eating well to fuel your body. It will go down. Good Luck!!

Thanks everyone for the kind words...I will give it a week or two and see what happens.

This week, bread will be cut out of my diet and we'll see what happens. It will be like torture! I love bread! I am a carb junkie!

Eating carbs causes lots of water retention. I would avoid them as much as possible if you want to have an easier time managing hunger and losing weight during your journeys.

Plus sometimes when you're burning fat your body doesn't want to release water immediately anyways. Then one day you'll see a big weight loss. Its never linear but always with ups-and-downs, but i assure you its mostly water weight fluctuations. Unless you eat 2 pizzas in one day, you aren't gaining fat that quickly even when cheating.

Hello fellow bread junkie! Sadly, I've had to restrict them from my diet, BUT, you can get La Tortilla Factory smart and delicious low carb high fiber tortillas for 50 calories (both corn and wheat) for a taste of it. Also Flat Outs. They still are bread products, but they're a lot better and taste quite good. It still has to be a bit of a limited thing for me but they are much better.

Hang in there! You are doing good.

In addition to what others said, watch your sodium and water intake. You could just be retaining water. Once I started watching sodium intake, my weight more consistently went down (though there were some fluctuations still). Before that it would constantly jump up and down. Also, a lot of low calorie packaged foods have a lot of salt, so does soup and soy souce is basically pure salt.

I also wouldn't cut out anything you love to eat without having a good replacement. There isn't anything wrong eating a good wheat bread. It is good for you. Just limit the amount you eat. If you take away everything you love without finding adequate replacements, you may lose weight while dieting, but it won't last once the diet is done. My vice was ice cream. I now eat yogurt smoothies with spinich and fruit as a replacement. I actually like them better and they are good for me.

PS- Carbs are not the enemy unless you have a medical condition. Carbs are the first place a body looks for energy. So having a diet rich in complex carbs (ones that burn slower) will allow your body to have a lot of energy. There is a point to how many carbs you should eat a day (generally 40-60%). I eat 200g's of carbs a day and I haven't had any trouble losing weight, inches or even body fat and I eat over 3000 calories a day.

I think its pretty obvious that sugars and refined carbs are terrible and should be completely removed except for maybe special occasions (we all gotta live and they do taste good). Complex carbs on the other hand are debatable. We don't need any of them though, so if you can tolerate cutting those out, you're probably better off.

As if weight loss occurs in a nice neat straight line downwards... ha ha! don't let the ups beat you up and I only records the downs even if it takes a long time for the line to head down again!

PS- Carbs are not the enemy unless you have a medical condition. Carbs are the first place a body looks for energy. So having a diet rich in complex carbs (ones that burn slower) will allow your body to have a lot of energy. There is a point to how many carbs you should eat a day (generally 40-60%). I eat 200g's of carbs a day and I haven't had any trouble losing weight, inches or even body fat and I eat over 3000 calories a day.

I think its pretty obvious that sugars and refined carbs are terrible and should be completely removed except for maybe special occasions (we all gotta live and they do taste good). Complex carbs on the other hand are debatable. We don't need any of them though, so if you can tolerate cutting those out, you're probably better off.

You might want to take another look into carbs. Read the second line of the attached link I provided. Heck in fact, I will quote it, "Carbohydrates are one of the main types of nutrients. They are the most important source of energy for your body".

So making a statement that it's debatable if you actually need carbs is ridiculous and uneducated.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/carbohydrates.html

http://www.eatingdisordersonline.com/nutritional/carbs.php

PS- Carbs are not the enemy unless you have a medical condition. Carbs are the first place a body looks for energy. So having a diet rich in complex carbs (ones that burn slower) will allow your body to have a lot of energy. There is a point to how many carbs you should eat a day (generally 40-60%). I eat 200g's of carbs a day and I haven't had any trouble losing weight, inches or even body fat and I eat over 3000 calories a day.

I think its pretty obvious that sugars and refined carbs are terrible and should be completely removed except for maybe special occasions (we all gotta live and they do taste good). Complex carbs on the other hand are debatable. We don't need any of them though, so if you can tolerate cutting those out, you're probably better off.

You might want to take another look into carbs. Read the second line of the attached link I provided. Heck in fact, I will quote it, "Carbohydrates are one of the main types of nutrients. They are the most important source of energy for your body".

So making a statement that it's debatable if you actually need carbs is ridiculous and uneducated.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/carbohydrates.html

http://www.eatingdisordersonline.com/nutritional/carbs.php

Except for carbs are the only source of energy you can live without. You will die without fat and protein. I know this is controversial. There are scientists and MDs with credentials who will swear by both sides of the argument. But look I've read a lot and thought it out. This side makes sense to me, the other side does not.

Carbs sustain me. They are my friend. Eat consistently healthy without trying drastic tweeks is key. Patience is a virtue.

Ive been tracking here at MFP since right after Christmas. My 3rd week tracking I didnt have a loss either. Hang in there, you're doing everything right...it will come off.

I hear you sister! Been going at it 3 weeks and my net loss is zero. I lost 2 pounds the first week and gained it back over the next 2 with eating only 1200 calories and working out 5 days/week. I'm bumping my calories up to 1400 and not eating back ,y workout calories. I hear this will do it - hoping it will.

Hang in there with me - this has got to work. Our bodies can't keep the weight on with limited calories going in and working out - sooner or later we have to lose!!

I have been on a diet and exercise program since January 2 of this year (2012). In the first 2 weeks I lost 4 pounds, the 2nd 2 weeks 2.5 pounds. I have been exercising 5 days/week and only with exercise have I increased the number of calories that I am eating up from 1200/day.

How is it that this past week I have gained 1.5 pounds! This is really discouraging!

Janet
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This is just water weight. Women get more fluctuations than men do, so you need to learn to take it in stride or throw the scale out the window.

Don't sweat it! Just keep working on your plan and you'll continue to lose.

I have been on a diet and exercise program since January 2 of this year (2012). In the first 2 weeks I lost 4 pounds, the 2nd 2 weeks 2.5 pounds. I have been exercising 5 days/week and only with exercise have I increased the number of calories that I am eating up from 1200/day.

How is it that this past week I have gained 1.5 pounds! This is really discouraging!

Janet
:sad:

you have probably gained a good amount of muscle from all the working out you have been doing. I would check your inches to help you keep track even better than weight loss. I have only lost 6lbs but i have lost 12.25 INCHES!!

Your muscle is replacing your fat. Dont give up!! YOU CAN DO THIS

I think its pretty obvious that sugars and refined carbs are terrible and should be completely removed except for maybe special occasions (we all gotta live and they do taste good). Complex carbs on the other hand are debatable. We don't need any of them though, so if you can tolerate cutting those out, you're probably better off.

'Obvious'? No. I have PCOS (which means i need to cut down) still eat two pieces of wholemeal bread a day and two pieces of fruit a day and am still losing steadily. Carbs are NOT bad for you. Unless you want to link to peer reviewed scientific studies (Gary Tubbs doesn't count) on this point you should stop giving out incorrect info.

I think its pretty obvious that sugars and refined carbs are terrible and should be completely removed except for maybe special occasions (we all gotta live and they do taste good). Complex carbs on the other hand are debatable. We don't need any of them though, so if you can tolerate cutting those out, you're probably better off.

'Obvious'? No. I have PCOS (which means i need to cut down) still eat two pieces of wholemeal bread a day and two pieces of fruit a day and am still losing steadily. Carbs are NOT bad for you. Unless you want to link to peer reviewed scientific studies (Gary Tubbs doesn't count) on this point you should stop giving out incorrect info.

Yes everybody knows sugar and refined carbs are bad.

As for whole grains and fruit, I could probably eat those regularly because I'm less insulin resistant than many others. I still restrict them for the simple reason that they aren't necessary and not worth it to me.