No Results??? I give up!!

Nice support BigGuy...not so big.

It has taken me 12 months to lose 35 pounds. You need to know that any progress is still progress. The best gain you will receive by eating healthy and working out, is knowing that you are making positive changes in your life.

You need patience and determination, the rest will happen on it's own.

Don't give up. I lost 30lbs in 9 months and now NOTHING in 7 months!!! I still have 20lbs to go and I'm not giving up!!!

I have the same attitude as you right now I have been at it and the scale is just not moving like i want it to, i think im going to hide my scale and only take it out once every two weeks. i know what i am doing is working i have worn some pants i hvent been able to wear without a baggie shirt hiding the muffin top lol i finally took measurements and am waiting to take them again to see those numbers. just stick with it and keep up the work as someone else said 7 months will go by either way!

If you lose more than a pound a week, then you are not losing fat! After 30 days you've lost 4 pounds of fat!! That is awesome! Go pick up a 5 pound weight and see how heavy it feels; that is about how much FAT you have lost. It is unsafe to lose more than a pound or two per week. Also, you are replacing that fat with muscle which not only burns more calories (10 per pound every hour while at rest, and fat only burns 2 an hour at rest), but muscle shapes your body and makes it look sexy! I am 6 months in and have only lost 3 pounds, but that is because I have built so much muscle which weighs more than fat! My body looks awesome compared to what it looked like 6 months ago. Don't focus so much on the scale. Tape measure your stomach, hips, thighs, chest, and arms and see how many inches you lose; I guarantee it will show up there! If you want to lose more weight, simply cut your calories by 100 every week and see if that helps, but make sure you don't go below 1200. Also, take pictures of yourself in your underwear and then do it every month and see how much your body will change. We don't always see the changes because we see our bodies every day. People are constantly telling me I look like I have lost 10-20 pounds, but nope! Only 3 pounds! The scale can be deceiving!! Good luck to you

You dont know what you are doing.

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Listen to him and dont give up. like everyone else said 4 lbs is 1lb a week thats perfect (keep it off) weight loss and people with more to lose generally take it off faster IN THE BEGINNING, then it slows down.

This guy can help though, trust me, broke my plateau listening to his advice

Your doing just fine. I'm 67 years old and I know what being overweight has brought me. I suffer from it a lot of pain! I'm happy to lose 5 pounds a month. Slow is better for your health too.

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Exactly........so tired of people wanting a quick fix.

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I am 52 years old. I went to the gym 5 days a week, worked out with a trainer three days a week, was carefull with what I ate and did not LOSE ANY WEIGHT. Went to the doctors to see if there was a medical reason I wasn't losing weight, and there wasn't. I gave up. I gained 15 pounds in the year since I quit. Now, I am starting over and instead of tryng to lose 40 pounds, I have to lose 55 pounds. Don't give up!!! Slow and steady wins the race. PS, I also gained TWO dress sizes.

Better than gaining. Keep on keepin' on..........

I have been at a plateau for almost a year. I havent given up, keep switching it up and tring new things. Its frustrating believe me. 50 pounds gone in two years. Not one month never 18 pounds in one month, it has been dreadfully slow 1-2 pounds weekly sometimes monthly.

Thanks again for everyone's support.

For those of you that have negative things to say.....I appreciate that too, because it shows that you use all of your anger and negativity to push your way through this, and that is admirable.


Quitting smoking 21 days ago (I guess that does make me a quitter)
combined with the loss of a pregnancy and trying to get into shape....I'd like to see a show of hands for those of you that conquered all of that in FIVE WEEKS.

I did filter through all of the replies, and I got off my complaining *kitten* and did 250 jumping jacks, followed by Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred.

So, thank you all again for your positive support. There is proof that complete strangers CAN help each other.

Have a fabulous DAY!!!

That a girl! :flowerforyou:

Do not give up, a pound a week is not bad at all specially in your first month. I did not really lose anything till I was 2 months in but then it all started happening for me all at once.

Hang in there.

P.S you look great so don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Congrats on the 4 pounds and getting through all the stuff you are going through.

The only reason I lost so much is strictly because I quit drinking around 4 to 6 20 or 24 oz. bottles of Mt, Dew a day. Now that I have lost that I am at a stand still too, but I'm not giving up. I think I even gained a pound or two maybe even three. Paul Crew I think is how he spells his name is acting as my coach and I couldn't ask for better. What Ilike best about him is that he will say something and it will hurt my feelings only because it is the truth. He will keep you on your toes. Try and find him and click on him for a friend request.