3 weeks no loss - opinions please

This happened to me too. The Plateau is normal -- so everyone tells me Mine lasted about 7 days. I was SO frustrated. All I had to do was change up my routine -- and like clockwork, over night -- 1.5, then 2 lbs. literally, 24 hours.

I was always doing the same cardio, and eating the same stuff. Healthy, but still my body started to remember.

SO, I started shifting my meals -- biggest meal in the morning, lightest in the evening. With a protein filled lunch, and 2 small snacks. I also was drinking 10-11 glasses of water a day. The final step is to change your workout. Add in some weights, resistance training , even a different type of machine at the gym. It will work WONDERS.

I was so burnt out, and frustrated and getting depressed -- and then I did what everyone suggested -- and voila!

Just keep at it. Plateaus are normal. Ive been here over a year, and if you were add up all my plateaus it would be over half the time ive been here... but if you look at my numbers, 102pounds, and compare that to the number of weeks ive been here, I am right on target for losing two pounds a week like im suppose to.

If you lost 24lbs so far, and youve been here lets say since january 1st, so 3 months, you are exactly on target for the 2lbs a week.

Its not that you are doing anything wrong...u could try this and try that, but alls its going to do is convince you that u need to be doing something else that you normally wouldnt do and that could aide in you wanting to quit, so just keep doing what your doing, dont worry, just keep at it!

My longest straight plateau was 6 weeks... and if i have 6 week plateaus, and im still right on target, you are right in guessing that my body always catches up at some point.

We didn't get here in 3 weeks...it will take some time! I have lost 18 INCHES. The scale doesn't move too much for me either. Measure once a month...stay off the scale...get a heart rate monitor...MFP's exercise calories didn't match what I actually burned so I was eating too many calories....hence if you are serious get a HRM. It's nice to have for several reasons. You know exactly how many cals. you burn, you can track so therefore you can challenge yourself also it tells you when you burn fat etc..etc

Hang in there. Eat a variety of healthy foods. Don't get bored with your diet and exercise. Try new things. I love to challenge myself to gain strength (weight) and stamina while losing so although it's frustrating that the scale doesn't move quickly I know I am on the right track. I know this because I MEASURE.

You may actually get a little heavier as muscle is more dense. At the same time you should get more lean! Did I say to measure??? Lol Good luck!

I am going through the same and am so incredibly frustrated! 3 weeks also and zero loss. I haven't changed anything at all but I guess I need to start changing up my cardio. I have been doing P90X and am on the 3rd week of Phase 2. I was also power walking or doing some light jogging 3-4 days a week in the afternoon but I guess my body got used to that too. I just started C25K a few days ago and maybe that will help but maybe I should do some HIIT training instead of the P90X cardio programs. I have lost 10 pounds in 30 days and was so happy to see my body changing. I have slimmed down all over and my clothes fit bigger but I have a hard time when I don't see the scale budge at all. I joined here just to start calorie counting as well and it looks like I'm not eating enough calories for the amount of cardio I am doing. This is very confusing!

If you are hungry eat back your exercise calories. I tend to eat about half of mine back. Don't stress about it. Just be sure to eat at least 1200 a day.

me too 3 weeks running nothing, zilch, zero, hips gone down though, will just have to be patient and stick with it, even though it makes it twice as tough - I need (expect) a reward from the scales each week. At least you are not alone....
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Thanks, and yes I was just telling my husband that I realized that I've not been drinking as much water as I did in the beginning. I don't know why that is. So today I've already started... down 2 glasses already. I only drink coffee, green tea, and water. Time to amp up the water intake.

I suspect not losing it more common, or almost as common as losing. I started a serious exercise plan in January (I do at least 45mins 4 or 5 times a week) and started to change my unhealthy eating habits in summer of last year, and tracking everything here on MFP the last two months. Now I don't binge and I make sure I have at least 1500ml of water a day. I also made sure I started eating breakfast before the gym and I try to have my main meal at lunchtime (tips from my nurse).

In 3 months I have only lost 5 or 6 pounds. Three of those came of in the last two weeks (2 pounds this week, 1 pound the week before), so progress has been much slower than I thought it would be. I haven't taken my calories really low, I average between 1600 and 2200, but I still thought things might move faster.
I take my measurements every week and have just this week lost 6cm from my bust and from my tummy, yet previously it was a cm off, a cm on, so it looks like I might be one of those people who lose nothing for ages and then experience a nice surprise. I also console myself that I might be building some muscle :-)

One thing I have noticed is that when I took my measurements at a time when I was a good 14 pounds lighter a couple of years ago, they were pretty much the same as they are now. This suggests to me that when I get 14 pounds lighter next time, I will be a leaner me than I was before. Does that make sense?

Don't give up!