What the****, three weeks in lost 2 lbs gained 1 back!!!!

Dont give up. Maybe your body is trying to adjust itself some how. You are doing a FANTASTIC job. Just keep at it.

don’t give up. your body is just adapting to the new regime. a lot of people loose in the first week and then have nothing for a week or two so they give up. i bet by next week you'll be losing weight again.

Stick with it and it'll come. 1 lb could just be a good BM ;-p Focus on the inches for now and the scale will start to move in time. A lot of people comment on this issue, so you're not alone. I haven't been hitting my 1 lb per week goal dead on, but I am losing and my clothes fit a lot better, so I keep at it.

Good luck you you! Jen

I am frustrated because I have been exercising at least 1/2 hour or one hour per day and logging food, have lost a few inches but no weight- this is when I usually give up!!!! Any suggestions?

Are you eating the calories that you burn exercising? Did you set your activity level right?

Don't give up!! It IS very frustrating, but it's also very common. If you give up now, you'll be back to where you started, but if you keep at it, before long you'll be amazed at how far you've come.

Chances are, some of what you already lost was water weight - that's usual when you first start. If you've been logging carefully and kept under your calorie goal, then you won't have gained a pound of fat back. Our weight fluctuates throughout the day even, as food goes in and out, and as our hydration level changes. You can easily gain water weight by eating excess sodium (are you tracking that?) or by exercising more (your muscles hang onto water) or because of hormonal fluctuations. Lots of people find they stay the same, or gain, after the first couple of weeks, so you're not alone!

Losing inches in a few weeks is fantastic - I never notice inch loss that quickly, so you should be really pleased with that! And, after all, it's the inch loss that the outside world can see, not what it says on your scale!

Just keep doing what you're doing, maybe track sodium to make sure you're not getting too much of that, and drink lot of fluid. Losing weight can be such a tedious, frustrating process, but it's sticking at it when you most want to give up that makes all the difference in the end. Good luck!

Here is what i would do:

1. First things first. Start weighing yourself every Monday (first thing when you wake up, Preferably no clothes on and in private , That will give you the most accurate weigh in as you stomach will be empty and no clothes on to add on those extra ounces to the scale from clothing. Do not weigh yourself everyday as it will only hinder you. If you keep checking like a crazy girl you will just get fusterated. LOL..


2. Start drinking as much water as you can possible handle up to a Gallon or more a day. Drinking Water makes you feel much fullier during the day. If your not big on the water or the taste like me, I like to use a product called a Xtends by Scivation. This is a intra workout meaning it helps refuel your muscles with ATP and helps you lift and crankout more reps, as well delivers 7000mg of Amino Acids as well as 2.5g of Glutamine to help you recover from muscle soreness. IS this why i am telling you to use it ? No, I am telling you this so you can add something to your water that encourages you to drink more throughout your day that is good for you as well having alot of benefits to your progress. - I REPEAT if you got anything from this section at all, it would be to drink as much water as you can handle !!!!

3. After 2 weeks of Dieting and checking your weight.... If you are not loosing weight, drop your daily calorie intake by 200-250 calories for a week or two. Then re-check your weight. You should be loosing weight, if not, drop another 100 calories. The point is you want to drop your calories SLOWLY(100-150 calories) a week till you start loosing weight again. If you are loosing More than 1-2 lbs of weight per week, then you are most likely loosing muscle. To women this may seem like a good thing but it is not. You want a nice sexy tone body, don't you ?

4. Try to get your carbs in during the day, as the day progresses twords lets say 5pm and after, start eating your chicken or whatever protein source you are using with vegetables.

-Example : Start tapering off your carbs twords the end of the day so they cannot be stored into body fat unless you do cardio at night. If that is the case, I would take in Protein/Carbs- 1 hour prior to my workout, And immediately after my workout.

5. Not sure what you do as far as weight training goes, I would start off by doing a warm up. Thus i mean doing like 10 min. of Cardio followed by your weight training. I would start doing High Reps, and Low Weight if i where you. And when i would lift a weight i would lift to failure, meaning to the point where you could not do anymore even if you wanted to. Dont try going so light where your just repping the weight over 20-25 reps. Try to stay in the range of 12-20 reps to failure, meaning add more weight till you get in that range where you are failing between 12-20 reps. As Far as Cardio Goes, I would go at a speed where you could still hold a conversation with the person next to you but not at a speed where you could not.

- I would do Cardio On a empty Stomach as well or at least 1 hour after I had my Pre-Workout Meal (Protein+Carbs)
Example: 1/2 cup cooked brown rice + 4oz of Chicken (For you) is what i would do.

Hope this helps. I could give you a list of some good Fat Fighting supplements as well to help Aid your cutting phase. It really depends on how you respond to stimulants, etc. And the good news is if you are one of those people who are sensotive to caffeine, etc. There are always non-stimulant forms. Just to name a Few things you could incorperate into your Diet to help in your Fat loss would be : CLA, Omega 3 Fish Oil, 500mg Green Tea(stimulant) , L-Carnatine (liquid Form absorbs better).

Hope this helps. Never give up. Its not easy but the end result will be worth it !!!!!!!!!!!! Good Luck to your progress

If you make your diary public then some of the food mechanics on this site might be able to help you with suggestions on how to lose.

The quality of the fuel matters just as much as the quantity.

Other than that all anyone can do is guess on what the real problem is.

Don't know what your diet is like, but weight is bound to fluctuate. Especially when water is involved, I wouldn't worry about the number on the scale just take measurements and keep up what you're doing.

So you would rather lose scale weight but have your measurements stay the same? I sort of doubt it. You may want to shift your thinking away from the scale and focus on body composition and fitness. Weight is a crude measure.

Losing inches means you are losing fat. That is the real goal anyway. If you lost a few inches that's great. Keep up the good work!