I know this is hard work and takes a while but I am so frustrated! I officially started my plan on October 1st. I combine Dr Oz's plan with calorie counting and just recently added exercise. I aim for 1200 calories a day and do 20 minutes of yoga in the morning, walk 20-40 minutes a day and 20 minutes of yoga in the evening. With the PM yoga dvd I have never slept better but I am only down 5 lbs in 2 weeks! I know that's a lot but I lost 4 the first week then I added the exercise and only lost 1 this week! Is it my body getting used to exercise? Do I need to do more? Or just stick it out for a few weeks?
There are a lot of "experts" on here from doing it themselves and I need some advice.

Thank you!

is the yoga working for you like strength training?
if not maybe add strength training. you could start just doing body weight moves.

increasing or making cardio more intense might also help. try to do a variety of kinds of exercise. then you can keep your body guessing.

hey i just noticed we are close to the same ht/wt.
common! we can do this! let's step up the intensity

Are you hearing yourself? Your weight is down, your getting fit, sleeping restful and still complaining. If that is not a road to disaster, I don't know what is. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. Continue to do your exercise and it will all work out in the end. We want everything NOW. We certainly don't think that way when we put the weight on, we want that to go REAL SLOW. Just as you are feeling all the adjustments in your new schedule so is your body. The body does not know what direction you are taking it and it sometimes sits back and makes sure you are not putting it into a starvation mode. It will let go of the weight when it feels secure that you are not going to cut it off from its fuel. I know I am rambling but what I am trying to say is that you are doing the right things and stop complaining and enjoy your new success. I am on the HMR Diet and love it. I am not dropping tones of weight all at once but I am loosing weight and not feeling hungry, along with liking myself. Good luck.

You are on the right track! Keep doing what you are doing for a few weeks before you worry too much... it's normal for the weight loss to stabilize to 1-2 pounds a week after the first week or two.

I get frustrated too when I feel like the scale isn't showing the effort I put in. I usually take a step away from the scale when that happens. Keep doing what you're doing, but weight yourself less often and when you do check the numbers they should be more satisfying.

Take your own advice:

You're doing great and are off to a fine start. But yes, you need to stick it out, not only for a few weeks though - indefinitely.

I would urge you to stop focusing on the scale *so much* and focus instead on the behaviors (which will in turn get the scale moving downward).

Focus on your plan. Getting used to it, finding foods that are healthy to enjoy. Focus on telling yourself no. Focus on finding strategies and tips to get your through all situations - stress, boredom, anger, joy, Tuesday, parties, holidays, etc. Focus on meal planning, packing foods with you. Focus on *correct* food shopping. Focus on ridding your home of the junk and adding in the healthy stuff. Focus on educating yourself on calorie counts. Focus on finding what works for you and what doesn't. Focus on adding exercise and movement into your life.

Just so you know, you could do the same thing food wise and exercise wise 4 weeks in a row and you would most likely get 4 different results. You can't predict what those results will be either. Just stick to your plan, stick to your plan, stick to your plan. Get to know it, get to love it, tweaking here and there as need be. The scale will follow.

Ummm - you are doing amazing and making great progress. Losing a couple lbs a week is quite a bit!

Thanks. I know I'm crazy and need to be "slapped" into sense once in a while. That's why I'm here!

Thanks, I'm going to dust off some old workout videos and continue the PM yoga for sleep (with walking too).

I think everyone gets frustrated when you don't see that number going down as fast as you'd like. I am not sure if you do it already, but I'd highly recommend measuring yourself (bust, waist, thighs, arms, hips) and even if you see a 1 pound loss some weeks you can measure and SEE the difference! One week I lost like 2 1/2 pounds and was kinda bummed until I measured my waist and saw that I lost 2 inches that week!!! I do Pilates (kinda like Yoga I guess) and I notice my legs feel more toned and my core is stronger even if that fat over my abs isn't gone...I think you should gauge your "loss" on measurements and of course how you feel! I think you're doing great!!!! Keep at it! I'm always here for ya!

More hugs!

Thanks Lindsey!


Hope your doing well.

Doing pretty good. I'm going to e-mail you later! I have some homework to do, but I thought I'd post a couple things.

5 lbs in 2 weeks is great. I had 6 lbs in the same period - so not much more . Also, I believe if you've not exercised before and are eating few calories, it may well be that your body is trying to "hold on" to the weight b/c he thinks you're starving him. It takes a bit for him to realize that you're being reasonable .
Also, if you're new at working out, you may be developing muscle weight while losing fat weight, which may be why you're not losing as much as you should. In the long term though, building up muscle is important b/c more muscle = better metabolism = more calories burning.

You're doing great, just stick with it .

Well, unfortunately it takes several months of specific muscle training for a woman to gain muscle, so I don't think this is the case.