What am I doing wrong?

Do you know your BMR and your TDEE?

A 2 pound gain could be because of sodium, time of the month, etc.

Take your measurements as well, don't use only the scale to measure progress.

http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

You can't burn out so early in your journey. The extra weight could be your cycle or it could be water retention from eating salty food.

Do you have an established weight in day? If not, get one and only count the weight on that day.

Leslie Sansone is great but your body may need more. You have to push yourself with the exercise. A 15 min. slow paced walk may not be enough. Consider checking out some aerobics videos from your public library to test the waters with more vigorous exercise.

By the way, what are you eating?

I'm sorry I am sort of new here and I don't know what BMR and TDEE is. It that body fat? If it is I do not know because my scale only does weight.

Google these terms for explanations:

BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate

The minimum number of calories you need to support basic functions if you did nothing all day but lie in bed.

TDEE = Total Daily Energy Expenditure

The total number of calories burned through activity.



Here's a link to a body fat calculator. It tends to give me a higher percentage than my Tanita scale.

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/body-fat-calculator/


All of these numbers are estimates, but they do provide a baseline.


Two weeks doesn't seem like very long to me to see results, but it is possible that you are eating more than you think you are. Remember, calorie estimates on food labels can be off by as much as 15 to 20%.

Best of luck.

You can't burn out so early in your journey. The extra weight could be your cycle or it could be water retention from eating salty food.

Do you have an established weight in day? If not, get one and only count the weight on that day.

Leslie Sansone is great but your body may need more. You have to push yourself with the exercise. A 15 min. slow paced walk may not be enough. Consider checking out some aerobics videos from your public library to test the waters with more vigorous exercise.

By the way, what are you eating?

I didn't push the exercise because it sounded as if the OP can't exercise flat out right now. But weight loss -- not general fitness -- usually requires a vigorous cardio workout of at least 45 minutes five to six times a week. Strength training is also recommended.

I read and hear about people that have so much to lose and lost a lot at first because of changes they made.

Well everybody is different. Somebody who always ate a lot of calories but cut for two weeks may lost quite a bit in the first few weeks. But somebody who was not eating a lot of calories and then cut them further may not lose as much. Some people have health issues that make it harder to lose weight.

It is important to understand your numbers. You have to find the optimal range that is going to work for you. This is going to be different from everyone else.

BMR means Basal Metabolic Rate, it is the amount of calories your body needs just to power your organs if you laid in bed all day.
TDEE means Total Daily Energy Expenditure, it is the amount of calories your body needs to fuel all of your daily activities.

You need to be eating more than BMR but less than TDEE.

But as others have said, you do need to be consistent and be patient longer than a few weeks.

Just keep going. Make small changes every day, this does not happen over night. When we try to make all the changes at once, we end up saying screw it and fail.

I started this journey by giving up alcohol, then I gave up regular soda, then I gave up caffeinated soda, then I gave up diet soda all together. Then I gave up white pasta and switched to wheat, same with white potatoes to sweet potoatoes. Now, 4 and a half years later, I am 40 lbs lighter, some where between 13 and 15 body fat percent lower and I FEEL GREAT! I had to learn to live with out these things a little at a time before I could move on to the next one.

This is a life long journey and it begins again every single morning when we wake up.

And I would also like to mention posts like these are EXACTLY the reason I HATE those posts on here and facebook that say, "Lost 11 pounds in one week, message me for details" Simple fact of the matter is, that is just not right.

Your profile name indicates you are a mommy. If one of your children decided to play a sport, and in 2 weeks was not the star of the team, would you want them to give up? Or would you want them to keep trying, practicing until they got better over time?

Also, I wondering if I should do the walk at home DVD every other day and use hand weights/strength training on they days off from the cardio? Or at this point would I be better off doing the 20 minute dvd everyday?

Switching it up is good. I suggest an hour of exercise. So if you do 20 minute dvd, try to get in 40 minutes cardio.

don't weigh yourself, take measurements, it's much more accurate. I hired a personal trainer and was working out with him and using MFP. I started to notice a change in the way my clothing fit so I decided to weigh myself....and I actually gained weight! I was so angry with myself. that evening I complained to my HOT personal trainer, he told me to stop with the scale and just focus on the real results I was seeing and feeling. Hang in there, you will succeed!!!