seeing nothing on the scale :(

Just my opinion, but I don't think your eating enough. 1200 calories should be your absolute minimum. What did MFP set you at when you filled out all your info?

Your diary is not open. And if you arenetting under 1200 cals, you are not eating enough and won't lose weight.

I've only been a member for a week, and I also have not had any loss so far. However, I added the sodium and sugar tracking to my diary, and I believe I've been eating waaaay too much salt. Salt causes our bodies to retain water, and you may be carrying water weight like I think I am. You keep trying hun. Success will be yours!! You WILL get your confidence back!! : )

I find the scales really depress me because it sometimes shows that I gain weight (maybe cause of the higher muscle mass) so I only weigh myself once a week. BUT I do use a tape measure to measure arms, bust, hips, thighs, waist.. and that is where I get inspired when I notice the loss in the circumference of all the important body parts! That's where the motivation to keep going comes from, not my scales. Try it and maybe it will help you to see that your efforts do pay off!

Sometimes you can go weeks without seeing anything and then suddenly there will be a drop. Be patient and hang in there! :flowerforyou:

its been almost 2 weeks since i started taking my eating and exercise seriously.
ive been strict with my caloric intake (always net 1200 or under, except just one day i went over by some) and exercise (i run and do resistance training at least 3-4x a week and burn at least 200-300cal)
i also eat very healthy - you can check out my diary - lots of protein and veggies.
but i have seen no budge on the scale
its really discouraging..i heard it takes some weeks to see it in numbers. is this true? whatre your experiences and how long?

If you are doing things right, your weight loss will start within days. I've done the high-protein thing, too. I remember working out every day for month and not seeing progress. I had the wrong nutritional information.

As soon as i made the switch to whole foods, low fat, vegan, the weight started dropping within days, with minimal exercise. I lost 1-2 pounds a day in that first 2 weeks.

Seek out the right nutritional information, there is a lot of bad info out there. If you are seeing no results, despite all that exercising, i think your diet must need some work.

You can find good nutritional information from:
Dr. Doug Lisle
Dr. Joel Fuhrman
Dr. T.Colin Campbell
Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn
Dr. Douglas Graham
Dr. John Macdougal.

I had set myself up for 1200 calories in January. I did no exercise at all, just my regular job where I do walk, but not excessively. I lost absolutely nothing. I started working out on May 19th, just cardio, but every single day. Kept my calories at 1200 and didn't lose anything.

I was still 196 at 5 ft 3. I know I carry a lot of muslce and in the past have let it bother me. I recently decided if I can get my BFP down, I don't care what my scale says. I met with a trainer on June 6th. She told me to add strengh training 3 days a week, in addition to my cardio on opposite days. She also suggested changing my cardio up, some days doing my usual routine, other days doing intervals. She told me to up my calories to 1500 a day and make better choices.

I did everything she said to do. I eat what I want occasionally, but try to do it in moderation. The other days I do lots of salads, veggies, and grilled meat. I cut the carbs out at dinner time as she suggested too as I tend to eat dinner later at night. I cut back on my carbs in general, but not anything even close to the Adkins recommendation. I try to keep it between 50 and 100 day. All of these changes finally made a difference for me, FINALLY! I lost 5 since last week and clothes are finally fitting better. My love handles are finally starting to recede a touch and so is my belly.

I made a goal of taking a picture every two weeks when I started working out in May. Nope, not ready to show them yet, lol. I have my first before picture and 1 after picture. I am due to take my next one on Sunday and I am actually really excited to do it as the picture almost 2 weeks ago I had to pick apart to find any change. I feel confident that this one will make me very happy!!

In general, I have found that you need to do what is right for you. Keep playing with things till you find out what works. It took me 6 months to figure it out, but I think I finally have success. I know you will too! Keep on trying!

I've been doing 40 minutes on the bike every other night and burning 500 calories (according to the bike, MFP says I burn like 800). The nights I don't do that, I do pilates to tone. Every night I lift free weights for arm toning. I've been really staying under 1200 calories, eating Progresso soups for lunch or a small sandwich, lots of fruits and veggies with dinner. It was very hard at first and I was hungry ALL THE TIME, but eventually that went away. And I do eat things like breaded pork chops or ribs, but I'll eat say half of a pork chop instead of the whole thing, or just one or two ribs instead of three or four. Honestly, I've been doing this for about one and a half months, and only for the past three weeks have the pounds starting falling off me. It took a while to get there, but now I can't stop exercising and I LOVE stepping on the scale and flexing my arm muscles to everyone! So don't give up!