Help?!? I wanna give up!

2.5 weeks and you are ready to give up? You are not giving your body time to even adapt to your new lifestyle. How long do figure it took you to put the weight on that you want to lose? You need to keep doing what you are doing, working out hard, drinking lots of water, and staying within your calorie range. Might also suggest if you want help w/ your diet making your diary public so others can see what you are eating.

First thing, you will not lose each and every week while on this journey. 99.9% of people will see small gains every few weeks, stay the same some weeks etc.

How close are you to TOM? That can cause you to gain a few pounds however it is different for everyone. Is your water intake ok? Sodium intake low? Are you measuring/weighing everything you eat/drink? Getting the proper amount for calories burned through exercise (MFP tends to over estimate calories burned and machines don't give the most accurate number either).

How often do you weigh yourself? Our weights naturally fluctuate during the day and from day to day which is why it's recommended to only weigh once per week tops in order to get an accurate look at what changes are happening.

You need to have rest days in terms of exercise. Your muscles hold onto water to repair themselves. That can cause gains.

Don't freak out and say you wanna give up over every little gain. It will happen. Unless you ate 7000 EXTRA calories above maintance you didn't gain fat weight. RELAX!

well I can't offer any advice since I'm going through the same thing. Yesterday I was so excited to see the scale fall below the 180 mark, finally I was in the 170's.. 179.8 to be exact! until today, I'm back at 180.4. Prior to this, I was at 182 for 3 weeks, despite cutting my calories, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong either.. I won't give up though... I don't have a lot of time for formal exercise, but I do what I can.. I'll pick up some weights and do maybe 10-12 reps of 6 exercises or I'll do maybe 10-15 squats a few times a day.. but yeah, it's frustrating :sad:

I'm in the exact same boat as you we must have started at the same time, our goal is almost the same too. I lost 4 lbs the first week and exercised the he'll outta myself week two I went up 1 1/2 lbs and was ticked off so I tried working out so much doing dancing/ aerobics I hurt my knee so I took a few days off then started walking and took a day off and today I weighed in back at the full 4 lbs lost . It's easy to get discouraged but you have to think of the reasons why you want to lose weight in the first place and keep at it. I'm trying to look at it like any other addiction some people are addicted to drugs or alcohol my body is addicted to being larger than it should be so I refuse to quit. Your quite a bit younger than I am I wish I had taken it more seriously at your age so I wouldn't have to battle so hard now plus now I'm severely insulin resistant which makes it even harder to lose weight but I do t want to become diabetic. If you want to add me I would love to be your friend and we can help encourage each other.

Hey - this might be a bit obvious but where are you in your monthly cycle - I know that you can fluctuate up to as much as 4-5 lbs in water retention during the build up to a period . Just a thought ..................

ohhh so sorry to hear that Your body is probably still recovering - go easy on your self X

Losing weight is very difficult. I wouldn't weigh everyday, cause your weight goes up and down. Also if your exercising it causes muscle which is good (but muscle weighs more than fat). Also go for the long haul. Try not to lose a ridiculous amount of weight in a short time. Better off to go the slow route. You get more calories and more likely to stick with it. None of us put this weight on in a day, and it is not going to come off in a day. Reward yourself when you reach small mile stones on your weight loss. Time flies and before you know it you will have reached your goal. Hang in there you can do this.