When did the pounds start coming off?

I was the same way! I did Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred religiously, kept to a strict 1200 cal diet and only lost 4lbs! However, its been 5 weeks now, and I am starting to see the scale go down! Takes time, you are building muscle don't forget, and soon it will start to burn the fat! Keep it up and results will happen, promise

Trust me you are not!! Patience is key! You would have seen the scale budge had you not been working out, however, the exercise will help with keeping the weight off!

I think it's all trial and error - and what works for me may not work for you!

Week 1 I lost weight but if I had just drank 8 glasses of water and done nothing else I would have lost the 4 pounds because it was water retention.

Week 2 I lost one pound and was happy to see the scale move down.

Weeks 3 & 4 my weight went up despite exercising 30 minutes a day and staying in the 1400 calorie range - frustrating.

I looked at my food diary and saw that I had increased my dairy (chobani greek yogurt & 1% milk) & fiber (kashi go lean ceral) - and added a lot of whole grain pasta. All within the daily alloted calorie range.

I increased my calories to 1500, increased my exercise time to 45 minutes of cardio and eliminated dairy and wheat products (basically removed the gluten & casein proteins) and I had two weeks of 2 pound losses.

I will continue to tweak my food/exercise to find the right combination that puts me in the zone, that would be my suggestion. If what you are doing isn't working - change it until you find what works best for you. Good luck!!

dg

Really discouraging but I'm trying to stick at it as I know I won't lose weight by giving up.

Thanks for this reminder today! I'm having a hard time and I just want to give up.

Approximately a week into the process. I really ramped up the excercise. I try a combo of cardio and weight training 4 days a week.

I increased my calories to 1500, increased my exercise time to 45 minutes of cardio and eliminated dairy and wheat products (basically removed the gluten & casein proteins) and I had two weeks of 2 pound losses.







I know girl...I feel you!!! I am there with you. My weight is doing the samething. I have been on this for 4 weeks and only lost 5 lbs. The worst thing is...this morning I have gained 2 of those 5lbs back. I work out everyday and burn anywhere from 300-800 calories per day. I have tried to change my daily intake from 1200 to 1350. I can't win for losing. I am trying not to give up because I know others have lost a tremedous amount of weight. I am extremely honest about my intake each day. I am not sure what to do. I am pretty sad about this right now. People tell me to hang in there and that is what I am trying to do! So, I am going to tell you to do the same.

<<The fact that muscle weighs a good bit more than fat is the reason you are not losing weight like you think you should.>>

This is not true. Muscle does not weigh more than fat. A pound is a pound.

A pound of muscle is less dense than fat and takes up less space - that's where the tape measure comes in and you notice you are losing inches instead of pounds and your clothes fit better.

I went to every weight loss program out there and lots of untrained people told me this too. They also told me a lot of other things that made me fatter through the years like only eating 1200 calories to lose weight. It's not enough calories. All that did was shut down my metabolism.

This whole thread makes me feel so much better. I am doing everything to the T, and havent seen any change on the scales.... It has only been a month though, and I need to stay focused and determined, and get my metabolism up!