Week 2 Plateau

You'll be fine! Plateaus happen, and after your body loses immediately it reacts differently. I wouldn't expect the pattern to continue, and if it does, that's fine too. Big goals take lots of time, and your body needs to adjust.

Best of luck to you!

I am in the same boat! Last week I lost 6.6 and this week (my weight in was yesterday) and I lost nothing! I'm still working out great & eating the way I'm supposed to but the scale isn't budging. I'm noticing a difference in my body but not on the scale! I'm hoping it will pass soon as this is going on the 2nd week of no loss.

Here's an article one of my MFP friends posted a link to:
http://www.nutracheck.co.uk/Library/WeightLoss/diet-plateau_1.html

Makes sense, the article that is. i've had my own plateaus - it's demoralising, but it's better than gaining!

Hi.

I lost 1lb the first week, nothing the 2nd or 3rd then I lost 6lbs in the 4th week. I get weighed tomorrow, fingers crossed the scales are kind!

Good luck. x

I'm also on week 2. Last week I lost 5 lbs...this week I did lose 1 lb. on Monday, but the same number has been staring me in the face the rest of the week. But....I'm also PMSing. Hoping that next week will bring another nice drop.

The same thing happened to me. Started and lost 4 lbs in the first weekend. Then it was time for Aunt Flo to visit! I also decided not to eat back my lost calories and do more cardio than weights. It's working!!

The first week of weight loss almost always results in a big drop. It's water weight, don't get used to it! After that you should level off to a normal one pound a week loss. Also, if you are getting your period soon, remember you will likely bloat and it will look like you gained or stagnated (damn hormones!). That will subside, so don't sweat it.

Also, weight loss isn't linear. It is completely normal to lose nothing for a week, one pound the next week, nothing for another week, then drop two pounds. There is zero consistency!

Generally you will lose more the first week because you will lose excess water weight. Depending on how hard you work out, the second week you could be retaining a little extra water around your muscles if you are putting them under stress. This happened to me, and after a few sore days, once my muscles stopped hurting, my weight went back down a few times. Also if you do a little research into it, 1 week that we see on the biggest loser, is actually longer on the actual ranch. They call it a "weekly" weigh in, but I watched and read several articles that say it can be anywhere up to 2 weeks between weigh ins on the ranch, so those numbers they hit can give a false impression, making us think they lost 15-30lbs in the first week, when really it may have been longer, so who knows how far in they actually are on the "second" week aired. Once your body adjusts I would guess it will start coming off more steadily!

I started in January and I havn't hit a plateau yet, I know it's coming though!!

Don't worry too much about it! I hit plateaus every few weeks, and even see gains on some days (Could be due to anything like water retention, time of month, sodium intake, etc.) Just know that your patience and consistency will pay off. In a few days it will "whoosh" off and you'll start losing again. I've lost 47lbs so far, and it is never a consecutive 2 lbs per week, even though it should be. I never go over calorie allotment, and bust my butt working out. I'll have a week where I don't lose a single pound, then the next week I'll lose something crazy like 6, then the next week maybe only a lb..but overall it averages out.

It's sort of wierd how it all works...but believe me, don't be discouraged. Unless you are eating too many calories, eventually your body WILL lose the weight. Take your measurements too. Especially if you work out. I find some weeks that I don't see a budge in the scale, I actually lose inches.

Good luck! Don't give up if the scale gets stuck, you can always modify calories or exercise going forward if things don't start changing, but you just have to have patience, especially if you are already smaller and have a lower amount to lose to begin with.