Disappointed and ready to give up :(

Please don't give up-you are doing this right, and your weight will shift. Are you getting enough to drink? Your body may be hanging onto fluids.

you said it was your 3rd DAY! Please try to see the big picture. You can't look for instant gratification if you're ever going to lose the weight and keep it off. I know it's frustrating but maybe you should just NOT weigh yourself for several weeks and keep doing what you KNOW is right. This way you'll have made some progress and when you see that on the scale several weeks down the line you'll have some momentum.

I second..don't give up! I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to throw in the towel. This is a journey and honestly it sucks sometimes..:laugh: In a year and half I've lost 37 pounds.. my weight loss is sloooowww and I mean very slow. I've became so frustrated many times and wanted to just quit but have stuck it out. I know eventually I will get to where I want to be.

Give it some more time.. feel free to add me if you'd like..we can share our frustrations together!

you said it was your 3rd DAY! Please try to see the big picture. You can't look for instant gratification if you're ever going to lose the weight and keep it off. I know it's frustrating but maybe you should just NOT weigh yourself for several weeks and keep doing what you KNOW is right. This way you'll have made some progress and when you see that on the scale several weeks down the line you'll have some momentum.

Agreed. Very rarely will you ever see results in 3 days. You have to be in this for the long haul or you will easily get fed up and quit.

Keep at it for 2 weeks, then weigh yourself.

Don't despair!!

One to two pounds is a healthy goal. It is probably not advisable to expect more rapid weight loss.

Also, most folks here on MFP, along with my personal trainer, recommend not weighing in more than once per week. I only weigh in with my PT every 3 to 4 weeks. Your body weight will naturally fluctuate by a couple of pounds and weighing too frequently only reinforces scale obsession. A much better focus is on an overall healthy approach to eating and exercising.

Another reason not to despair, as you ramp up your exercise, you will build muscle, which weighs more, but takes up less space, than fat. My PT even told me that in the first six weeks, i may increase bulk a bit. But once you begin replacing fat with muscle, it will start to improve your weight loss as muscle also burns more calories.

I would suggest giving yourself a reasonable time line, perhaps one month, to stay active with your focus on healthy foods and increased exercise. And also, stick with MFP. I find the Community pages here very useful for keeping me motivated and hopefully you will too. But most important for me was recording every bite i put in my mouth and reviewing all of my nutritional statistics daily. I am shocked at how much i have never really known about food and healthy eating. I learn something new every day. And knowledge is power. I am surprised at how little i now even think about things i used to crave daily, just because i now understand what those things mean nutritionally.

And finally, i have read on here repeatedly that you did not put the weight on in 2 or 3 days so you cannot expect it to come off that rapidly!!

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When I started I didnt weigh myself for 3 weeks and I had 4lbs off, not a big loss and I would love it to come off faster but it didnt go on overnight so I can't expect miracles. In 3 days your body hasn't adjusted to the new programme so you will just have to be patient; bann yourself from the scales for two weeks, keep at it and you will get a lovely surprise.

Don't give up. Trust me, I have been there many times.

Wow...only 2 days of tracking and you're already thinking about throwing in the towel?! You're likely eating better and you're being more active than you were just a few days ago - where is the failure in that?! And like another poster asked - exactly how does quitting help you? Sorry for the tough love but in this case, I think it's warranted. Sounds to me like you need to shift your goals to figure out how to make this a long term change to be more healthy and fit, not just a race to a certain weight.

If the scale gives you that much grief than the answer to your post yesterday about how often to weigh would be once a week, if not once a month for you my friend. Obviously daily weighing isn't the way for you to go if the fluctuations that we all see cause so much stress.

Take a deep breath and give it some time...you'll figure it out.

Did you seriously even expect to lose anything in 2 or 3 days? It's probably you're eating from the days before you started that are showing now. Keep at it and reap the reqards later... 7lbs or 8lbs a week will be mostly water anyway.

Don't give up! You didn't put the weight on overnight so you can't expect it to come off overnight. Remember that it takes 4 weeks for you to notice a difference, 8 weeks for your friends and family to notice a difference, and 12 weeks for everyone else. I only weigh once a week...the same day and same time. And I measure once a month.

Good luck and DON'T GIVE UP!!!!! :flowerforyou:

I feel your disappointment. Happens to me all the time. Ditto on the great advice already given. Body weight can fluctuate 5 pounds in either direction on any given day.

And, muscle does NOT weigh more than fat. A pound is a pound, no matter what the form. However, muscle is more dense, wherein fat is more porous.

There is a lot of of support here at MFP. Use it. Don't give up. Do you really want to be a quitter (and not in the good sense)? I think not, otherwise, you would not have posted.

You can do this!

I would wait two weeks before expecting to see any results on the scale. There are so many reasons why you could be retaining water over the first three days....given that a pound is 3500 calories, the only way you could have REALLY gained 2 pounds is if you consumed 7000 calories in excess of what you burned over the last three days. HIGHLY unlikely, don't you think?

I think we all have moments when we want to chuck it all in, especially when we think we should have lost more than we have. keep your chin up and keep up with your food diary and chuck the scales in a cupboard. As people have already said as your muscle mass grows you may find your weight goes up for a while but it does burn far more calories. Find a pair of jeans that are a bit tight and try them on every week I'm sure you'll notice the difference even if the scales don't show it!!

As the queen of instant gratification, I just have to post/reply. Keep in mind this is a journey, it is a process there are no "quick fixes" that are sustainable. Every body is different -- what works for me may not work for you. There will be weeks when you lose a few pounds and feel like you "got it" and there will be weeks when the scale doesn't budge or worse it goes up and you want to quit. Ask yourself, what will quitting accomplish? Will your heart be stronger? Will it result in you being a healthier more fit version of you?

My weight can fluctuate a couple pounds from one day to the next so what I do is I weigh myself daily and then take the average of that weight on my actual weigh in day and that is what I report. I also take my measurements every 2 or 3 weeks -- generally speaking, I am losing more inches than pounds on the scale -- which is a good thing.

I might also recommend you set a goal for yourself. I noticed you are walking. Why not find an event - a 5k to walk or run and follow something like the Couch to 5K program. That way you can focus on your accomplishments of running longer, further, etc. and not focus on the scale so much.

Best of luck to you. I do hope you stick with it.

Take this from my own experience. You need take the scale and lock it away. You are letting 3 digits control your life. Those 3 digits mean NOTHING. Inches and how you feel about yourself are what matter. Take measurements of your waist, hips, chest and go by that for progress and weigh yourself once a week, if needed, but I recommend every two weeks to a month. Those 3 digits have a way to control us emotionally. To give up hope. To go back to our old habits. Tell the scale to take a hike and change your mindset of what living healthy really is. It's not about 3 digits. It's about an overall outlook on life. A happier life, a more active life, a stronger both emotionally and physically you.

If you follow the guidelines instructed on MFP, you will lose inches. The 3 digits will follow. I promise you. I, myself am proof. Do not give up, you can do this!