Help! Gained...Need a boost!

I've been doing this for about 6 weeks and am only down 3.5 lbs. I was down 4 lbs but logged in today and was up 0.5!
So frustrating!! I am at 1220 calories a day. Is that too little? Should I bump to 1500? Is my metabolism slowing?
I thought by now I'd be down about 6 lbs and I'm sad. Need a boost...

If you're exercising and only consuming 1220 calories a day, it's too little.

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i gained too and i walked 53 miles this week! so i thought i would loose big but no i didn't so what am i saying? ive been doing this for 45 days and only have lost 6 lbs i don't get it and it's discouraging BUT STICK WITH IT something has gotta give.. maybe our bodies are so resistant for being this way for a long time this wall will tumble down one day!

i've adjusted my mental thinking not to expect 5 lb lose a week not even 2 as long as i meet my goals and workout they have told me it will work.

hang in there you can do this

Found that when my body is retaining water weight that the scale does not move, but my clothes are still getting looser. The following week I find that I will have lost 2 to 3 pounds once the water retention leaves my body. Don't let the scale alone be your guide. Use the tape measure as well. Sometimes the tape measure and your clothes getting looser is a better guide. Whatever you do DON"T give up! Stay on track and the body butter will melt. Don't forget, we did not put this weight on in one month, therefore it is not going to come off in a month. You WILL notice a difference from month to month if you stay with it. Stay with us!

Also remember to pay attention to what exercises you are doing. Some exercises (everybody's body is different) after you loose some of the weight you need certain parts of you body will work on changing where you are loosing fat but also gaining muscle which muscle weighs more than fat so you could gain weight. Also you don't want to loose to fast. If you to fast it is harder to keep it off and/ or maintain it. That is why a lot of people who do fad diets gain all of their weight and sometimes more back. My calorie intake is set at 1260 with me doing no exercise. The more I exercise and burn calories the more I eat. I am 31, 5'6", as of yesterday weigh 145.8, have a sedentary job.

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