About to give up! Started 2 weeks ago and have lost ZERO pou

I second she who is above me, we will need to see your diary to offer any kind of guidance. All her questions are reasonable, but keep at it. It took years for the weight to come on, so it may take a few weeks for it to start showing.

Most important though, measure your inches. I stayed at the same weight on the scale for 3 weeks and I was in tears till I realised that my jeans that had previously cut off my circulation were literally falling off of me.

I find that when I go from sedentary to working out my body holds on to the weight for a little bit and then it starts to drop off. It's like you've shocked your body and it's trying to hold on to all the fuel you're putting in it.

Have you tried to lose weight before or did you exercise a lot before and then stopped and put on the pounds?Also how much do you have to lose?

I started MFP in January and I didn't lose anything for the first 3 weeks. I didn't gain either though, so I knew I was on the right track. After that I joined Jenny Craig. I had lots weight with them before and I loved the Jenny food so I went back. Since going back I've only dropped about a pound a week. I haven't seen the dramatic first few weeks loss like I did last time. I have to admit that was frustrating as hell.

My guy joined with me and dropped like 10lbs his first week, sure it was mostly water weight but still. He had it and I didn't. So we tweaked my diet and I'm focusing on drinking water and getting active.

Last time I did this I was a runner/jogger. I was at the gym all the time on the treadmill. My consultant thinks that is the reason why I'm not seeing dramatic losses. She think it might be more of a struggle to loose for me this time around because of that. so we've been doing measurements. I hardly see movement on the scale but the inches have been dropping off nicely.

Try limiting your sugars. That has made a HUGE difference for me. I started watching what I eat in November and as of today I have reached my first goal of 20 pounds lost. I was drinking coke every day and eating whatever I could find, chocolate, little debbies, chips cookies...whatever. I have now substituted all the bad for good...fruits, nuts, wheat thins...It has made a big difference in weight AND inches. And I just started this week walking with a co-worker during lunch...hoping to lose a total of 50 pounds by the end of the year.

I would just say - do you really account for oil? I.e. you know 1 tbsp of oil is quite a lot and of course (I use garlic puree a lot) even 10g of that is 40 cals and it all adds up....... but honestly - tap measure everything! My mum recently has been doing the same and has not lost anything but when I saw her the other day she looked much more narrower and she said she lost inches but the scales said nothing!

Don't give up. Keep in mind that everyone is different. When I first started doing the whole MFP thing I lost weight then hit a wall. For about two weeks I didn't lose anything, but I didn't gain any weight, either. Stick with it. It could just be that your body needs to get used to the new program. Once it does, with the exercise and health eating combo (I don't like to call it dieting) your body won't be able to help but give you the results you're looking for.

Start collecting friends to motivate you. Add me if you'd like.

Overall it looks okay. Here's what I would say about your diary-try to be more consistent about filling it out completely. Including your water.

Don't give up after two weeks. In fact, most people do not see results that quickly. I didn't. You really need to give your body 4-6 weeks before you start expecting the scale to move. Before then, you should be able to see measurements changing, your body feeling better, and other changes within. The scale is not your only standard by which to measure. Don't give up.

I'm goign to say, eliminate the steak fajita's....way to many calories to be eating everyday. Save that for once a week. And where are your veggies? Seeing very little on that. Try and keep your carbs under 100 a day, increase your protein and veggies. I have a sure fire way for you to lose 15-25 pounds on a 21 day detox diet. If your interested message me and I'll share. It's hard, but I only did it for 7 days and lost 10 pounds. It was a great jump start to my goal weight, and I'm keeping it off and slowly losing more weight.

Do give up, you have to give your body a chance to deal with the changes.

Id suggest weighing your food and reporting everything in grams. I wouldnt be surprised if you are actually eating a couple hundred more calories a day then your are recording.

this is not meant to be be mean but seriously if your thinking about giving up after two weeks you might want to ask yourself how serious you were about dieting in the first place and how you're going to over come a true plateau that can last over a month. take some measurements and stay off the scale for a month then decide if dieting is for you. On a more helpful note you have some meal skipping in your diary, you eat a lot of packaged food so you might start tracking sodium because it can cause water retention, soy products reduce metabolism also double check what you are logging in as I can't imagine your oatmeal chocolate chip cookie with no carbs is correct. You might also find out if your gym has a personal trainer or nutritionist they are very helpful and can customize a plan for you that goes beyond anything any of us can say just interacting with your diary.

It's not easy at all. Stick to it, drink your water and split up your calories into small portions throughout the day

I have noticed that when you add your exercise it increases your daily calories. Which in effect is not going to help loose weight. If you have a set calorie count, the exercise is what will help you loose the weight, but if you are then eating the earned calories, in efffect you will stay the same. So my advise would be not to add the exercise. please correct me if im wrong or if i havent explained myself well.

I thought I had lost 0 weight for a couple of weeks but when I checked I had lost 11 inches, please make sure you measure as well, sometimes we are gaining muscle while we lose fat so the scale will not be moving.