The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[sprgrammy]

Well I am stuck in a rut at 12# lost and have not lost a single ounce this week. I am not looking forward to Roll Call tomorrow. Should I be in a plateau at this stage? Oh well not losing hope just frustrated. I have stayed on plan and not deviated. Well I'm off for another water. See you all tomorrow. Blessings, Carol

[24KaratGold]

Most people seem to lose little or nothing at week 3, as their bodies adjust to what is usually quite a significant loss the first two weeks. For me it was weeks 4 and 5, which each showed a loss of only half a pound. After that, each of the next several weeks showed 3-4 pound losses. Hang in there. I really recommend not weighing every day when this sort of thing is happening, because it can get discouraging. Better to weigh once a week and be discouraged just once than to weigh seven times a week and be discouraged seven times.

Hang in there. I and many others are living proof that this program DOES work.

[Daisey]

i have heard of plateus happening to different people at various points during their weight loss. however, personally for me, i had to throw my scale in the dumpster !!!!! i stayed home on like three different occasions when first starting medifast. i weighed myself like every hour because i wanted to see the progress i was making so i could see evidence of results. well, that plan backfired. the numbers on the scale helped define my mood and self-worth. plus, i want to tell you that throughout constantly weighing myself, my weight would varied a few pounds throughout the day. sometimes had i taken my morning weight as my weight for the day i would have gone nuts. for example, one day i weighed myself first thing in the morning and the scale said #159. later that day the scale said #156.5. again, later that same day it said #158, then it said #157. at the end of that night it said #155.5. so i wouldn't give much stock in what the numbers of a scale say. it does not totally define your weight loss. i know i have to be loosing because i am doing the medifast program and not cheating. therefore, i know i MUST be loosing weight. only thing is, i don't know how much i have lost and besides, it doesn't matter. what matters is that if i stick with it one day at a time, i will do down in pants size..and that will be my evidence of weight loss...not what some scales says.

i also remind myself that i got overweight because i am a food addict. being a food addict, i go for instant gratification. the same with my weight loss, i wanted to see those numbers drops because i needed my instant gratification. however, i am choosing to just hang in there and trust the weight loss process of medifast.

i wouldn't trip over the numbers on the scale because they do not define your weight loss program.

i think you are a wonderful person and i want to thank you for all the wonderful support you have taken the time to offer to me!

[sprgrammy]

Thanks Ladies, I love this place. Blessings, Carol

[martha]

CAROL--

Yes some people do hit a plateau around that time but like 24Kt says --"just hang in there and it will start up again" the body is a strange and mysterious(sp) thing.. It puts on brakes when we think it shouldn't and doesn't when we think it should It knows what it is doing and with you being compliant and all you are okay..You are more than likely losing inches at this time and that's a good thing.. Just keep up the good work and soon you will be melting away the pounds once again..Martha