do i need to be worried im not loosing any more weight?

**nikkimacawgirl** · 09-10-2009, 01:31 PM

its week 2, and i have only taken off like a little over a pound. last week i ended at 234.4 or something. and now im right at 233 this week. tommorow is the end of the second week. and 1.4 of a pound has come off and thats it?? i didnt eat anything bad. the worst i did this week was 4 glasses of orange juice that i put sugar in when my blood sugar dropped. im so bummed out. i havent been full force excersizing but i have cleaned my house andmoved around andd stuff. i wonder if i need to change my dosage back to the full pill, i guess i will just have to try to deal with the depression it causes, cuz man i need to loose weight.

**pigpen065** · 09-10-2009, 03:06 PM

We have all reached plateaus in our weight loss....you have to stay strong with it even though that I know it is difficult.

The only way I know to get over the plateau is to change your habits. This keeps your body guessing and working harder. Zig zagging is the best approach....change the amount of calories you take in each day. For example, if you have 1500 calories today, have 1900 tomarrow, and 1200 the next day. Keep changing it every day. Also, if you are doing the same type of exercise the same every day, change that. For example, if you walk 2 blocks every evening at 6 pm, walk 3 blocks at 7 am. The next day walk 4 blocks at 2 pm.

By always changing our activities and diet, it makes our bodies work harder for us because they don't know what to expect so they don't get "bored". And I know that you say you are moving around more, and that is really good, but you have to do things that get your heart rate up and keep it up for a specific amount of time to get the full benefits of exercise. I mean it is great that you are doing more, but sometimes that just isn't enough.

And remember, we didn't gain this weight overnight, so we can't expect to lose it that fast, either. So don't give up!! You will get there if you keep it up!

**nikkimacawgirl** · 09-10-2009, 06:58 PM

thanks, i havent even been on this 2 weeks fully yet, i just cant get over its slowing down already. i got back on the scale and it showed another pound gone. so i havent even lost 3lbs this week.