I am so frustrated. The last 3 weeks, I have only lost 1 lb per week... At least I"m losing, but my trend was way more then 1 lb. I weigh myself once a week & record my results. This are my results so far:
week 1 - 231
week 2 - 220 lbs
week 3 - 218
week 4 - 214
week 5 - 210
week 6 - 210
week 7 - 205
week 8 - 204
week 9 - 203

What could be causing it to slow down so much!? I haven't been cheating, more then anyone else. I allow one meal a week that I don't count. I don't get it... What can I do to kick start this process again? I can not keep losing only 1 lb a week, it will take me over a year to get to my goal?

Hey! Sorry you are feeling frustrated!

These are a couple of things you might want to look at.

Also, you haven't said what your plan is--are you a calorie counter? Are you doing Weight Watchers? Tell us more. What do you eat in a day? What kind of exercise are you doing?

A pound a week is good! You'll need to be more patient, I think! Our bodies don't lose weight in a straight line...

Just keep going--there's nothing wrong!

Jay

Would you rather lose 1 lb per week or nothing?

There is nothing wrong with a 1 lb per week loss. You have to realize that sometimes it's going to happen that way. You simply can't count on 2 lb or more per week all the time. You have to learn to not get frustrated as long as you're continuing to lose.

It's taken me 18 months to get this far and I'm still 30 lbs out from my goal. But you know what? That's 70 lbs less than I used to weigh. So it's all good.

Just relax and let it happen

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I count calories. I was eating 500-750 a day but recently, the past week or so, have been making an effort to eat more around 1,200. Though, I do find that hard & some days I'm lucky if I get down 1000. But I'm puting in the effort to up my calories as I was told by everyone here....

try biking

You need to bike for at least 30 mins per session before your body starts to burn off the calories, from the stored fat.

Same for walking.

Sit ups are strength exercises that help you build and strengthen your muscles. When muscle's strengthened, it helps to elevate your metabolism while you're at rest, hence you burn off calories.

And just a side note, at one point, between "official" weigh ins I was down to 201 and when I recently started eating more, it brought me back up to 204.... URGH!

One pound per week is great. I had several weeks where I was perfectly on plan (no cheat meals, no cheating!) and I didn't lose anything - zip, zilch, zippo. Try to tie your motivation into things you can control (drinking water, eating right, exercising) rather than things you can not control (the scale). The scale can make you crazy!

I think your weight loss looks great. Don't get sucked into "biggest loser" numbers - a lb per week is perfectly normal.

Extasee, I think maybe your body is trying to recover from the 500-700 cals a day you put it through.

Stay with your higher calorie level. Your loss may slow or even stop and reverse for a week, but that's OK. Just stick with it... you'll see... it will be better.

Many folks do take over a year to lose as much weight as you've got to lose. It's not a race. Slower is generally better if what you want is to lose fat and keep it off.

Jay

Lets see...your starting weight was 231, your weight now is 203, and you have been going for 9 weeks. 231-203 = 28/9= 3.11 pounds per week! Seriously, that is way better than the average Jane. Hang in there...& keep your calories above 1200. Your hair will start to fall out and skin will look terrible if you go back to 500-750 calories a day. Nothing prettier than a skinny girl with no hair and dry wrinkled skin...

I would also say a pound a week is good. Your body may also be a bit resistant because of your relatively low calorie level.

A pound a week is excellent and nothing to be worried about. There are many weeks I lose less than 1 lb per week, and you just have to look at it as a loss (even if it's small). Some weeks will be better than others. Keep it up!

It sounds like you are expecting weight to just drop off like crazy. The body doesn't work like that and we shouldn't force it to do that either. Weight loss takes time. It takes us time to gain it and it takes us time to lose it. Losing 1lb per week is great. What you were doing before was unrealistic and unhealthy. Be happy with your 1lb and know you'll reach your goal and stay there!!

It's frustrating cause it came off so QUICK the first few weeks. And then it slowed down & then I listened to everyone when they told me to eat more, and now it's basicly slowed to a stop! Do you guys average 1 lb a week or more? How often do you think you don't lose a single pound in a week?

Because you were starving yourself.

Ha. For me, all the time!! But I'm slow at this. It took me 6 years to get this fat so I figure it's going to take a while to get thin again too. I know it's hard to be patient. Oh boy do I know, but if we aren't patience we'll most likely end up sabotaging ourselves and we'll be right back where we started. Since you've mixed up your calories your body needs some time to adjust. You were barely eating anything now it needs to adjust to eating again. Make sense?

Ya I guess it makes sense, which is why I REALLY, REALLY didn't want to up my calorie intake! I knew this was going to happen. At this rate, it will take me over 1 year to lose the weight, that just seems so far away! :-( Oh well, what can you do. I guess like you guys said, 1 lb is better then no pounds!