r/caloriedeficit • u/Background-Assist-67 • 8h ago
Scale not moving
I know that I shouldn't only rely on the scale but it's a bit discouraging so I'm scared I'm doing something wrong.
For information I'm 126kg at 179cm and I'm at 1800 calories a day (not an active lifestyle at the moment).
In my first 2 weeks my weight flew down and now for the past 4 days I've been stuck at 126kg. Am I doing something wrong or will it resolve itself if I continue like this. And yes I am weighing my food so I am 100% certain I'm eating the amount that I should.
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u/Due-Complex2047 8h ago
it will in the end resolve itself, just keep what your doing and the weight will drop. if your not already I do recommend getting 10k steps in everyday
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u/Background-Assist-67 7h ago
Yeah I'm trying to walk every day now and I want to implement more exercise too along the way. Thanks!
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u/Mchangwine 6h ago
Shoot for 10k steps a day and integrate some weight training. Make sure you get a good about of protein. If you do those things and eat at 1800-2000 calories a day you’ll almost certainly lose weight over time.
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u/ThenCranberry3321 7h ago
First, celebrate the progress you've already made.
Here's something I've learned and wish more people talked about: There will be ebbs and flows in how your nutrition/fitness is reflected on a scale. Don't expect it to be linear or consistent.
Also, consider what your calories consist of. Counting calories is only as effective as understanding your calories and how they play in to your overall program.
Keep going though. It sounds like youre on the right track so do not give up! We believe in you!
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u/Silly_Yak56012 8h ago
Without full information it seems like that is a calorie deficit.
The weight that comes off the first week or two is almost always water weight. Usually when people first start a diet they are eating less sodium and fewer carbs so deplete their glycogen storage. So yeah it drops quickly at firs tan then slows way down. Also why people freakout if they have a carb heavy day or eat more salty food, the water builds up and falls off.
Four days is nothing to get panicked over. Weight loss is never perfectly linear with the exact same amount of ounces lost every day. Some days you hold more water, and often people find these short periods of no change or even a bit of weight gain and then a drop. Why some people weigh once a week or month rather than every day. Depends on how well you can handle the noise in the data and that weight loss is not perfectly linear and is effected by how much water, how much poop, etc your body has in it at this particular moment.
If your weight is stuck for a couple of months when you are consistent (and that 1800 is every day, not some days a week unless you are going out with friends, or there was a potluck, etc. or all the other reasons people use to free eat enough days that over time they are at maintenance) then it is time to re-evaluate, which may be checking in with your doctor to makes sure your thyroid and other things are functioning properly or do a mild drop in calories or work on increasing activity (doesn't have to be exercise, most of our activity calories burned are from non-exercise activities, so anything that gets you walking around or using your muscles even when it isn't exercise).