WORKING OUT, WEIGHT LOSS HAS STOPPED - HELP!

Take a rest day and eat more.

4 spinning classes, plus weights and your only at 1200? That is too low.. Set it at 1400, plus the exercise and see what happens.

Water retention, muscle glycogen and the way your body repairs itself.
This is normal.
Its not about seeing the number drop on the scale but the number drop on the tape measurer.

If you decided to diet down without working out your would lose weight at a steady pace due to fat and lean mass loss so keep working out and understand that the weight loss will slow on and after the days you hit the gym hard.
Make sure you have at least 2 full rest days then weigh in after those days to see the change.

Right first of all. Every single person on this thread please beat her up for not drinking water. I sit next to her all day at work (8.30am to 4.30pm) and all she drinks is a latte first thing and a diet drink at lunch, there's no water. I know you don't want to go to the toilet often but it's bad for you. You put things bluntly when I need help so it's your turn! You're causing yourself damage as well as killing off your diet. You need to drink MORE (and when I say more like 4-5 cups of water a day on top of your other drinks)

Secondly you need to increase your cals, you're burning way too much as it is and you're active daily. When we discussed it the other day you were saying about you doing cleaning and not logging etc, it means you're in starvation mode even if you don't feel like it. You have a child as well, if you're telling me you burn 0 running around after her.. You need to set your MFP values to more active than it currently is (sedentary or whatever) Once you do this for a couple of weeks you'll see a massive difference. Take some measurements so you don't have to weigh and ignore the scales for a couple of weeks and get on these new things, bet you'll soon find yourself losing again. Make sure you still have your treat meal as well (mine was never in calories always outside and I always lost more those weeks I did it)

Oh and what helloitsdan said, your muscles retain water etc when you've worked them, which you've been doing daily so they never get to recover. Weigh on rest days!

You also burn a lot of water off while you're doing it though, look at how red you all are when you come back in. You're just replenishing what you've already sweat out.

Just discussed this with her for everyone elses benefit lol. She's never drank a lot so we need to convince her to eat more. Just upped her cals to 1700 as well, don't know if that's too high we'll see but that's what she gets for her activity level when it's 1lb a week loss rather than 2lb loss.

Hi, everything u just put could have come from me. I'm exactly the same pretty much to the dot!
It frustrates me when i see it says 'in 5 weeks you can weigh....' as my weight never goes down.
I also would appreciate any help

Are you measuring, this happens to me, I won't lose any weight for 3 weeks, but my tape measure will keep going down and then usually around the 4th week I'll drop a few pounds, it's frustrating not to see it on the scale, but I went down a size and never saw the scale move for almost two months besides a few pounds, so I'm obviously getting smaller, so I guess at the end of the day if my sizes keep going down, I really can't say I care if the scale is slow to catch up.

If you don't drink water then your body holds onto what little it has to function, as our bodies are made of water. You need to provide an adequate amount and then your body will flush the excess out. Sounds like you're probably dehydrated, thus retaining a good amount of fluid. Plus exercise causes your muscles to retain even more water. If you don't like plain water then add some MIO or crystal light. Just get some good fluids in you.

I drink a bottle of water per day when I do a spinning class though, so I have on average a late in the morning, sometimes a diet drink mid afternoon and I drink a bottle of water whilst spinning. At home I will drink another diet drink or fresh orange juice then a decaf coffee with sweetner for bed time.

I have never drank very much my entire life, compared to other people I dont drink alot but for me I feel it is enough for the day. :-S

I have no idea what to set my clas at then, I eat 1400 per day on average is that not enough?

You should aim for 4 16.9oz bottles of water a day. I have 5. I wish I had the problem of 2000 calories being too much. I have a lot of trouble staying under 2500.

Seems like you've hit a plateau. If that's the case, increase your workout by intensity and time. Change up your diet. Your body is use to what you've been doing for the longest, so therefore you'll need to "trick" to lose weight. Good luck!! I've hit the plateaus before and it's frustrating but when I changed up the workouts and diet, I was losing weight again!

I find it helpful to always keep a bottle of water at my desk. If I have something else as well, I'll take alternate drinks. For calories, slip in an extra Greek yogurt as a treat- it's a nice combo of calcium, protein and good bacteria.

Sounds like you are not eating enough, with the amount you have to lose you should have a base more than 1200 calories. Here is a guide for setting weekly weight loss goals:
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.

Just a note - if you haven't been drinking a lot of fluids, and you all of a sudden start drinking alot more, your body will probably retain it at first (like a camel) because it's not sure why it all of sudden has so much water to work with, but after a few days, you will start flushing it out. I just want to mention that because I had to convince my friend of the same thing - to drink more water. She wouldn't drink alot of fluids because she didn't want to go to the bathroom all the time. So, when she did finally start to drink water, the second day she complained about bloating and that she gained 5 lbs overnight. I argued with her that her body is just retaining it becuase it's confused, but give it a day or two and she'll lose it... She is so stubborn she went back to her old ways and still complains about not being able to lose weight. Grrr! Anyway - drink the water! You're skin will thank you for it as well...

Your friend is right ... first things first... get rid of all diet pop ... it's bad for you and studys show it will actually stall weight loss. Drinking water has so many health benefits that I can't begin to list... our body is 65% water and when you exercise as much as you do you are totally depleting it of much needed water. It's good for your brain, your skin, your organs ... the list goes on. Don't say you can't... you can. DRINK WATER.

Definitely drink more water. It will help.

Also, maybe take a day or two off from working out. Your body needs a rest. It sounds like (and I could be wrong) that your workout routine is basicly the same thing every week. If that's the case, change it up. When your body gets use to the same thing (same workout, same foods, same calorie intake), you won't notice a change.

Maybe give yourself a day when you go way over your calorie goal to give your body a shock. I'm not talking about binging on junk, but eating good, higher calorie foods.

Just a note - if you haven't been drinking a lot of fluids, and you all of a sudden start drinking alot more, your body will probably retain it at first (like a camel) because it's not sure why it all of sudden has so much water to work with, but after a few days, you will start flushing it out. I just want to mention that because I had to convince my friend of the same thing - to drink more water. She wouldn't drink alot of fluids because she didn't want to go to the bathroom all the time. So, when she did finally start to drink water, the second day she complained about bloating and that she gained 5 lbs overnight. I argued with her that her body is just retaining it becuase it's confused, but give it a day or two and she'll lose it... She is so stubborn she went back to her old ways and still complains about not being able to lose weight. Grrr! Anyway - drink the water! You're skin will thank you for it as well...

I personally have a hard time with my water consumption. I drink alot of unsweetened tea and diet soda, both contain caffeine which dehydrate your body. Once in awhile, I'll do a water only day (or two) and i almost ALWAYS see a drop on the scale a few days after the "flush".