Been working out and under my calorie goal for two weeks. No progress.

I workout out 3-4 times a week. I do cardio classes at my gym, and do weights on the other days. I have been under my calorie goal everyday for two weeks.

All I've lost is 1/2 a pound. I know I sound selfish, but why isn't it more?
Medical Info: I have to take a small steroid for a condition I have. I heard it makes you gain weight. I've been taking it for 6 years.

Any tips/suggestions? I'm really worried I'll never be able to lose this weight!

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If you open your diary, you may get some useful advice.

my guess is water retention in muscles if you did micro damaged muscle tissue. Muscle tissue hog water to repair itself.

what do u have your weight loss set at ? 2lb a week? are u eating back your exercise calories?

I never eat my exercise calories. I'm at 1 pound a week. I might hop it up to 2. Maybe then I'll get more progress.

ccortesemusic wrote: »

Any tips/suggestions? I'm really worried I'll never be able to lose this weight!

Unpossible! If you're under calorie goal you lose weight because science. Take a closer look at your calorie intake and make sure you're not missing anything or adding anything incorrectly

There are a few things that can be going on.

The medication may be having an effect but only your doctor could tell you for sure.
Do you have a digital food scale and weigh all of the food that you eat?
Are you confirming the entries in the database with the packages that you have (some entries are wrong in the database)
Patience patience patience

Starting a new routine can shock our bodies and sometimes it may take a couple of weeks to show a difference on the scale. This is due to water retention to repair muscles. Try using a cloth tape and look for changes in your waist as well as the scale. There is an entry area for these measurements in MFP and you can track them just like weight.

If you don't have a food scale, you can purchase one on Amazon for under $20. Find one that is rated high and has the features that you want. You will probably want one that can measure in grams and ounces and that is accurate to 0.1 grams or thereabout.

Good luck

If you've been taking the steroid for 6 years, I'm pretty sure that any weight it is going to cause you to gain you've already gained. Sometimes you won't see results for three weeks, but it could be that you are eating more than you realize.

ruggedshutter wrote: »

There are a few things that can be going on.
The medication may be having an effect but only your doctor could tell you for sure.

Do you have a digital food scale and weigh all of the food that you eat?

Are you confirming the entries in the database with the packages that you have (some entries are wrong in the database)

Patience patience patience

Starting a new routine can shock our bodies and sometimes it may take a couple of weeks to show a difference on the scale. This is due to water retention to repair muscles. Try using a cloth tape and look for changes in your waist as well as the scale. There is an entry area for these measurements in MFP and you can track them just like weight.

If you don't have a food scale, you can purchase one on Amazon for under $20. Find one that is rated high and has the features that you want. You will probably want one that can measure in grams and ounces and that is accurate to 0.1 grams or thereabout.

Good luck

QFT

unless your weighing your food intake and calculating for it all it could be your over eating and not realizing it. and two weeks is nothing, it took time to gain the weight its going to take time to lose it. most people expect quick changes and unfortunatly it all takes time.

Are you logging accurately? I mean, do you weigh everything you eat?

I had the same problem - I thought I was eating under my goal and "logging" things but I wasn't weighing things - I was seriously overestimating. Once I started weighing everything, and I mean everything, the weight started to come off.

It could also be water retention from your exercise. I've just started doing a kettlebell workout after months of nothing and I've gained "3lbs" in 2 days haha.

Get yourself some digital scales and start weighing. It could well be that you're all wrong in your logging.

I am going through same thing. Lost one pound in last 3 weeks and have been working out 4 times a week. I would suggest to make sure you take all your measurements because that's where you might find results before you see them on the scale. Stay strong and keep going!

Get a digital kitchen scale. Weigh all of your food and log it accurately. If you cannot weigh it for some reason, measure it with measuring cups/spoons and log it accurately. If you cannot weigh or measure it for some reason, do a good job of estimating it (google "food portion sizes" for a visual chart) and log it accurately.

Are you weighing and logging all of your food using a food scale? Clearly you are at a deficit, since you have lost some weight, but you might not be at as much of a deficit as you think. Open your diary.

Are you sure you're using the correct entries for everything? Open your diary.

How is your sodium level? Open your diary.

Even when I eat at a deficit I don't lose the same amount of weight each week. I was set to lose 2 lbs each week and I would lose .5 then lose 5 lbs then gain 2 and so on. Weight loss isn't linear. Assuming you're being accurate, it takes about two months of data to determine your avg weight loss.

How much weight do you need to lose? If you are within 10 lbs. of your goal weight, you might lose only .5 a lb a week or so. Typically, those who are more seriously overweight lose more quickly because they have more to lose and the changes to their diet and exercise level are more dramatic.

Many of us don't see a change in two weeks or even up to four weeks. Fat loss is very random and drops off in "chunks" which can be water. The body weight scale is only good as a trend tool over time. You have to be consistent and patient for weeks on end and the results are delayed. You just gotta keep going is all. For real. And like others have said this slows down as you get leaner. Also it's slower for shorter people because one pound of fat is a bigger percentage of overall body weight.

Set your sights on the process rather than the results. The results come later.

If you are a female with a menstrual cycle, your weight will cycle each month due to hormonal influences that affect water retention. You may well have lost weight (i.e., body mass) which is being masked. Give it another couple of weeks.

1. make sure you dont underestimate how much youre eating (weigh/measure everything)
2. make sure you're not overestimating how much you burn in your workout

What's your current weight/how close are you to your goal? If you don't have much to lose 1/2 lb in two weeks is going to be a fairly common occurrence.

Her profile says she wants to lose 124 pounds. My guess is that the problem is not weighing or measuring food accurately.

jemhh wrote: »

Her profile says she wants to lose 124 pounds. My guess is that the problem is not weighing or measuring food accurately.

I guess that counts my advice out too.

Who thinks of actually looking at people's profiles before offering advice??? Sheesh...

-1 gold star for me today.

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