frustrated on week 2

A four pound loss is huge! Be thrilled about that and just keep going. I find that sometimes my weightloss goes in two week cycles, but I've never lost anything like four pounds in a week.

Just keep going and don't fret.

i weigh regularly to keep myself motivated, and if i notice a big jump up, i know to watch out the next day food wise but i only log once a week for comparison

your body may be used to higher amounts, and it may eb a slight shock to the system

i try and remember that weight doesnt go on with the same amount every week, and it doesnt come off with the same amount every week - stick with it and i know ull see the scale move again - dont get disheartened after jsut 2 weeks - ther are ppl who plateau for 6 weeks and its hard to have the mental attitude to keep going,e ven when it appears its not working for you

quick question - are ur successes based on weight or size? would you rather be 150lbs and a clothes size 12, or 150lbs and a clothes size 10 but with muscle mass

personally, for me, its size but everyone is different

Four pounds in two weeks is AWESOME! You'll probably hear this a lot, but at the risk of sounding like a broken record: it didn't take two weeks to put on the weight, it won't take two weeks to take it off. Slow and steady is long lasting. Patience is a virtue! Trust me, I understand the frustration, but look at this more as an all-encompassing getting healthy for good rather than just numbers going down on the scale. Chin up, and keep at it!

I don't know anyone on MFP who has lost exactly one pound a week (or whatever their aim is). You will get fluctuations from week to week because there are so many variables.

My best advice is to stick at it for 6 months, look at your graph and tell me then that you're bothered about whether you lost exactly the same amount each week... :flowerforyou:


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Also, just looking at your diary; do you track sodium? I notice that you have pre-packaged foods or meals every day, which are generally higher in sodium. Given that we can retain several pounds of water even overnight based on how much sodium we've consumed, it's something worth tracking.

Wouldn't hurt to up the protein, and add more veggies (leafy greens!) either

Toning will make you thinner..I do a cardio and a toning exercise every day..upper one day and lower the next.

I really don't know if this is going to make a difference, but I'm expecting my monthly friend any day now...

Definitely a difference.

We can retain up to 7 pounds of water given time of month, sodium intake, stress levels, sleep patterns, and even weather can affect your water retention - so maybe give it a week before you weigh again and make sure to keep drinking lots of water.

I lost 5lbs my first week and then nothing for 1.5-2 weeks but kept going with the same diet and exercise plan and the weight started going down again. 4lbs in a week is too much to be an actual healthy weight loss, just think of the plateau as your body trying to catch up with your previous loss. Especially if you're not gaining it back but staying there. Keep at it!

The same exact thing happened to me - talk about depressing. I'm working crazy hours right now and the best opportunity for exercise is in the evening. I do at least an hour of cardio on the elliptical (bad knees). I wear a heart monitor and record the calories the monitor says I burned rather than the calories that MFP calculates. It helped a L O T to know that others have had the same experience. Thanks for sharing!

Last week I stayed the same weight all the way from Monday to Sunday but the next day on Monday I went down 2.25 pounds. It is nice to see it go down as the week goes on but it doesn't always happen.

Give yourself a month at least before you start wondering if what you're doing isn't right. This isn't a sprint.