Help!! still no weight loss-- motivation going down :(

Hi, I joined MFP 6 days ago and I will be recording my weight tomorrow. I weighed earlier in the week and maybe had lost 1/4 pound, which isn't very encouraging to me. However, if I weigh any oftener than once a week, I tend to obsess over it, and weight does tend to fluctuate quite a bit. Weigh once a week in the same clothes at the same time of the day. You will see the scale creeping downward--yay!

Glad to hear that you are seeing inches lost because that is the evidence that shows your body composition is changing. Keep it up! Another thing that sometimes helps is to slip in an extra 10 minutes here or there into the exercise you're already doing. It may help coax your body into cooperating. Worth a try.

Every day is a new opportunity to begin the process again. You are giving yourself the gift of health--a very precious thing! Keep going! keep us up to date on your progress.

I've lost almost nothing in waist size, hip size or even neck size. My thighs are still as big as before & the only thing shrinking is my boobs but somehow I've lost almost all of my weight that I wanted to & will almost never make 1000 cals let alone the minimum limit of 1200. I'm a size 14 down from a 22.

I've slowed right down now, like to almost losing nothing in weight the last few weeks. I guess it gets harder the longer we go on.


Chin up..... it could be you need to mix up the workouts. Change it to something totally new or something you have not done in a while.

You know that old saying " a watched pot never boils"? the same thing applies to the scale. Weighing yourself everyday wont do anything except make you anxious! You have lose 5.5 inches - that is GREAT!!
Also, like some have said, if you are just doing weight training, then it is no wonder - your body is building muscle! This is a GOOD thing. You need to mix some cardio in the mix now, that will help you lean down, and the weight training will strengthen your core and allow your body to work to its fullest.

Most important, track all your days - even cheat days. You need to hold yourself accountable for what you put into your body. If a cheat day is turning into an all out binge, then it is beyond a cheat day, it is something that could be destroying a whole weeks worth of work.

Remember, cheat days are needed sometimes to get the metabolism on its toes, but "cheat" really should be small indulgences - not making up for a weeks worth of treats in one day :-)

Keep your chin up - you are seeing numbers, they are in those 5.5 inches you have lost!

From everything I've read so far on this thread, THIS is the most sensible thing. Strength training and cardio go hand in hand, and a cheat day is necessary every now and then and can actually help your metabolism. You're doing an awesome job so far. Just keep going and you WILL see the results. :-)

i love what you wrote! well said

My first advice, is log your cheats, NO MATTER WHAT! LOL. I have times that I don't choose something healthy as long as I am within my calorie goal. Last month my hubby and I went out to dinner. I decided a few days before that it was going to be a bad day. At the end of a wonderful night out, I logged my calories and almost fell over from shock. My little cheat date turned out to be twice my daily allowance. You can guess all you want, but you could be guessing waaaay off.

Secondly, stop weighing in so much if it is frustrating to you. I weigh daily, but the scale is just a number to me. It lies often. I feel great and I know for a fact I look much better. I am also happier. So the scale can say what it wants, but the inches don't lie!!

You have lost inches babe!! Nobody knows what your scale says but you, unless you talk about it. But everyone can see your inches lost. Be proud of yourself and don't lose hope. You are six pounds lighter than when you started. That is better than losing zero.