3 1/2 weeks and nothing lost, HELP!!!!

Well its been 3 1/2 weeks and I have lost absolutely nothing. I take Phentermine 37.5 once a day to curb appetite (usually last until 2 pm), I walk on a treadmill everyday for 30 minutes. I eat primarily healthy protein foods, no sugar, and lots of water. What am I doing wrong?????

No idea. You could open your diary and/or share some numbers on what you eat and yourself, then people will be able to comment.

First, relax! It's going to be okay. Second, are you eating enough? If you're under eating then that's not going to help you lose weight at all. Have you thought about varying your cardio a few times a week? Are you doing any strength training?

Here's something a very good friend of mine shared with me:

"Mistake #1: You Don't Lift Weights
You’ve no doubt been told that aerobic exercise is the key to losing your gut, but weight training is actually more valuable. Three reasons:

1. Lifting protects your muscle. When people diet without lifting weights, research shows that 75 percent of their weight loss is from fat and 25 percent is muscle. That 25 percent may reduce your scale weight, but it doesn’t do a lot for your reflection in the mirror. However, if you weight train as you diet, your weight loss is more likely to be 100 percent fat. Think of it in terms of liposuction: The whole point is to simply remove unattractive flab, right? That’s exactly what you should demand from your workout.

2. Lifting boosts your metabolism. Your muscles need energy to repair and upgrade your muscle fibers after each resistance-training workout. For instance, a University of Wisconsin study found that when people performed a total-body workout comprised of just three big-muscle exercises, their metabolisms were elevated for 39 hours afterward. What’s more, they also burned a greater percentage of their calories from fat during this time, compared with those who weren’t hitting the weights.

3. Lifting torches calories. It’s considered common knowledge that jogging burns more calories than weight training. Turns out, when scientists at the University of Southern Maine used an advanced method to estimate energy expenditure during exercise, they found that weight training burns as many as 71 percent more calories than originally thought. The researchers calculated that performing just one circuit of eight exercises—which takes about 8 minutes—can expend 159 to 231 calories. That’s about the same as running at a 6-minute mile pace for the same duration. "

I am 3.5 weeks in as well and thought I had lost a couple of pounds, only to weigh in a few days later and showing no weight loss. I am working out 6 days a week - alternating strength training and kickboxing. Eating right and measuring everything.

The folks at the gym tell me that I probably won't notice a difference until around week 7 which is frustrating when you are working your butt off and eating right.

I think what may be happening is if I am losing weight, the scale isn't showing it because I am simultaneously building muscle (which weighs more than fat) and am drinking tons more water - so there is water weight also.

I am waiting to see a difference in my clothes, but nothing so far.
I am just trying to focus on the health benefits at the moment and trusting what everyone I have talked to has said: the change will come.

Try not to lose heart - don't give up- keep going!

Well its been 3 1/2 weeks and I have lost absolutely nothing. I take Phentermine 37.5 once a day to curb appetite (usually last until 2 pm), I walk on a treadmill everyday for 30 minutes. I eat primarily healthy protein foods, no sugar, and lots of water. What am I doing wrong?????

I had this same problem. I am just now starting see the weight come off. I did however see inches coming off. Sometimes its best to stay away from the scale. How are the clothes fitting? Are they loser in spots that they werent before?

Ok to be perfectly honest I went back on your diary to the begining and if you are truely logging everything you are eating you are WAY under what you should be fueling your body with a day. I only found 2 days that you were even remotely close to eating 1200 calories. Im not sure what your height and weight is but below 1200 cal a day with exercise is too low. I am 5ft 3in and 162 lbs I exercise 5 out of 7 days with running and heavy lifting. My calorie intake a day is 1640 and thats doing nothing. I try and eat back most of my exercise calories. I am losing inches and weight. Try and eat more. Add me if you like.

It also looks like a lot of processed and junk food to me. If you are logging everything, some days you eat less than 500 calories. Way too low.
Try cooking proper food and vegetables. Its easy and you'll also save money.

I'm re-posting this, to make sure you see it...and b/c I feel the website is a little messy.

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

Get your BMR, then there is a link that says "Daily Caloric Needs” in blue below that….it will give you the multiplication factors based on activity level. You may have to do a little trial and error though b/c these are just estimates -- so it might take a bit to find out the best calorie limit for yourself.
Good luck.