You might be eating too little, I'd say try 1500 calories per day. I am around your weight right now and I eat much more than 1200 calories. I walk on my lunches and do the P90X before dinner and I burn at least 500-600 additional calories a day and I'm eating around 1600/day. I just started P90X this week but I know if I were eating 1200 I'd be starving.

You just started last weekend? If so, maybe you need to give it a few weeks?

oooh, no advice, I'm in the same boat. the scale has been bouncing around between 194.5-197 the last couple of weeks. I'm exercising more and been really tracking, weighing and measuring everything I eat. I'm feeling good, I don't want to give up (again).

I lost in the past too, I'm thinking it's just harder the second time around.

There are so many things that can cause our weight to fluctuate. Don't let the scale dictate your success. I know it's frustrating to not be losing but it's not a perfect science. Focus on consistency and you WILL lose eventually.

This isn't even my second time around! Hahaha! It's the zillionth! But I reached a different kind of commitment this time around; usually I diet for about two weeks and give up, same goes for working out. I would usually quit or binge when something like this happens. This time I'm so committed to making it to 132 that those things are out of the question (I'm doing hypnotherapy to help me with those wise, healthy choices and unlike other times that I tried hypnotherapy, this time it's working very well, so much so that I'm impressed with my how well I'm choosing the right foods and how little I miss the garbage). But it's very disappointing nonetheless.


Yeah... I'm gonna measure myself and keep track of that. There HAS to be something changing in me other than my mentality about food!!!

I did my 30 Day Shred after I first posted here and I'm now eating an assorted nut snack with water. We'll see what the scale tells me tomorrow morning.

Some people's body take a little bit longer to adapt to changes.

You sound like you are doing a great job, and should keep it up.

I know how frustrating it is when the results dont come as fast as you would like, but this isnt for this week or for next week - to make weight loss permanent you need to adapt to a new lifestyle.

Dont be discouraged, and also I love measurements. I have had months go by with the scale in one spot where I lost a ton of inches!

Use a piece of ribbon and a ruler. Not as accurate, but it'll work until you can find it!

I agree completely with freespirit. It's terrible when we allow the scale to control our moods. This has been a huge issue with me for years. When the scale is down, I am on top of the world. If it goes up, I tend to get depressed and start feeling like a failure. There were times I'd get on that dumb thing 10+ times a day, I was obsessed! I finally had my roommate hide my scale and only give it back to me a few times a week!

60lbstogo- Definitely continue what you are doing. You are doing a great job, and the scale is either up because of water retention or muscle growth. As others have said, definitely find or get a new measuring tape. Doing so once a month is a much better way to actually see your success and the inches melting away! Keep up the great work

I used to get aggrevated also if the scale wasn't co-operating (doing what I say lol ) . But some wise little chicks told me to STOP letting the scale dictate my success. Also to let the tape measure speak for me and my NSV's. I did and it really, really helps. I STILL get a little aggitated but I haven't thrown it out in the street either
Hang in there, it'll start moving soon
Best wishes -Judy

I believe that you really have to wait a month or longer to tell if your plan is working. If you change your plan every week or two weeks, you'll never get a sense of what works. The time scale for weight loss is longer than that. It just IS.

My experience: I lose in whooshes of 2-3 pounds (occasionally more) followed by up to 3-4 WEEKS of fluctuations of +/- a pound or two. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Also, depending upon exercise, salt, hydration, hormones, and any number of other factors, I can retain up to 3-4 pounds of fluid weight. So I can see my weight jump up 3 pounds from one day to the next if the stars align badly.

Put all that together and I have to wait at least a month, usually two, to see real losses emerge from all that noise. If I mucked around with my plan every time I went a week or two without a net loss, I would NEVER settle into a routine that could become a habit, and never find a plan that worked.

Be patient. Eat what you're eating, move how you are moving, and give it enough time to actually know what's going on.