6 days a weeks for over 2 months and only lost 6 lbs!

mojo1115
mojo1115 Posts: 21
in Fitness and Exercise
What am I doing wrong? I have recently started getting in shape seriously for the first time in my adult life. I have been working out 6 days a week for at least an hour a day staying within my calorie counts and I have only lost around 6lbs!

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  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    Without seeing your diary and having so little information I just can't come up with any useful advice. There are so many variables.
  • DestroyTheOpposition
    DestroyTheOpposition Posts: 444 Member
    Make sure you take measurements. Weight loss is only a small part of the progress.
  • MJ7910
    MJ7910 Posts: 1,280 Member
    Use this as a good guide to get started

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/538381-in-place-of-a-road-map
  • timadotcom
    timadotcom Posts: 653 Member
    measure your inches!
  • AmberJslimsAWAY
    AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,339 Member
    I can't stress how important taking pics and measurments is. I didn't lose any weight for 3 weeks, and took a picture, compared it to my before and HOLY CHIT! I'd lost sooooo many inches. Don't worry about the number on the scale as much as the visual changes you see.
  • chrishunny
    chrishunny Posts: 1,855 Member
    Take measurements, as other have said. I also have been struggling with this and have changed from "lose 2lbs a week" to "lose 1.5lbs a week", this week I lost . It seems wrong to eat more but for some people its what works.
  • GladImTall
    GladImTall Posts: 65 Member
    I really needed to see this.. I'm experiencing the same thing (although, I've been working out most of my life in some fashion or another)... I am working my behind off for the last 60 days and have only seen minimal weight loss.. i know the bigger picture is inches and how I feel- but I sure wish that scale would catch on! Thanks for posting- you're not the only one out there with the problem...

    On another note- I am personally more prone to put on muscle before I lose any fat- so I do know I'm becoming more toned/muscular.. so I always have that in the back of my mind.

    Keep it up! We'll see results soon enough!
  • futurerunner
    futurerunner Posts: 169 Member
    With all that exercise you have to be gaining some muscle. Definitely measure or compare pictures...scales are the devil
  • gbelltx
    gbelltx Posts: 142
    Working out and losing weight is a marathon and not a sprint. It’s not about how fast you get out of the blocks but how consistent you are over the long haul. Without seeing your diary and knowing what type of exercises you are doing, makes it hard to provide you with the right information to help you out. There are a bunch of people with tons of knowledge on this site with the right amount of information can probably get you on the right track. You can also go get checked out by your doctor and all the working out helps with your health numbers, blood pressure, heart rate, cholesterol, sugar levels so don’t get yourself down.
  • pudadough
    pudadough Posts: 1,271 Member
    6 pounds is actually a pretty good amount lost for 2 months. If you're in more of the "losing vanity weight" category (like me, really) the process can be reeeeally slow.
  • SuffolkSally
    SuffolkSally Posts: 964 Member
    I really needed to see this.. I'm experiencing the same thing (although, I've been working out most of my life in some fashion or another)... I am working my behind off for the last 60 days and have only seen minimal weight loss.. i know the bigger picture is inches and how I feel- but I sure wish that scale would catch on! Thanks for posting- you're not the only one out there with the problem...

    On another note- I am personally more prone to put on muscle before I lose any fat- so I do know I'm becoming more toned/muscular.. so I always have that in the back of my mind.

    Keep it up! We'll see results soon enough!

    Have you worked through the Helloitsdan "in place of a roadmap?" Because you seem to be way undereating... GladImTall that is, OP diary not open
  • mojo1115
    mojo1115 Posts: 21
    Thanks everyone! I am clinically overweight for the first time in my life and it has me freaked out. I need to take measurements. Got on the scale today and looks like I gained 2 lbs back! I hate the scale. =(
  • chrisb75
    chrisb75 Posts: 395 Member
    Use this as a good guide to get started

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/538381-in-place-of-a-road-map
    This X 100. Make calories your fuel not your enemy.

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