NEED WEIGHT LOSS ENCOURAGEMENT :-(

I have began a pretty popular diet...I joined weight watchers! The points system is awesome! It's so easy to keep track of the foods I eat also. I've been doing it for about three weeks and haven't lost any weight...I was down 2 lbs one day but then the very next day it was back up again. Makes no sense!!!!! I have had a salad with little cheese and fat free dressing everyday for lunch. I've been eating turkey wraps, all veggies and little fruits for snacks, very little bread, steamed veggies, etc., and zero junk food! I assume I should be losing at least 2 lbs per week...but nothing. It's so discouraging and disappointing. I have completely turned my diet around! We are so busy with 3 kids so we ate quick meals a lot ( frozen pizza, fast food, processed foods, etc)....but our refrigerator is stocked with all new healthy goods now. Also watching our portions. Weight watchers allows you to exceed your points with "free weekly points"...but I have never gone past my daily points...NEVER! I know when we add exercise then that will help. But I thought maybe a few lbs would come off by changing my diet. ----------- What am I doing wrong? Can anyone give me some tips and some success stories of how you lost weight? I could use all the advice and encouragement in the world!

Thanks!!!!!

Water is key and I mean really. You have to drink it all day. Start walking to ease your way into a routine. I began walking three miles a day since Monday and I refuse to give up.. You can do it I know you can. Walk ten minutes than begin to increase it with the change and diet increase of water and walking it will help. I have a friend who did weight watchers and she did not begin to see results months into it. I think is was about four. I wish you the best of luck I hope this helps.. 

Changing your diet will show after a while, but really exercise is going to take you over the top to help with that! Hang in there, it sounds like you really are doing awesome with changing your diet!! Add in exercise and you will be doing amazing! Plus, once you get into a routine, you will actually learn to love the gym :)

Ditto what the other ladies said, water and exercise!

I'd suggest checking out the 30 Day Shred DVD from Jillian Michaels. No, it's not a miracle program, you work your ass off...but I've only been doing it for 2 weeks and I've lost 5 inches off of my body! Eat healthy, put down the junk, and you should be eating 5-6 times a day.

The DVD is around $10 at Walmart and Target, and all you need is a mat (if you have hard floors) and dumbbells. It's SO worth it! I usually can't stand at home workouts, but I love Jillian! 

If you go and google "30 Day Shred results" you'll be amazed. Seriously, best $10 you'll EVER spend! 

I'm sending you a PM now :)

I think your body needs a bit of time to understand what is happening. also, as one of the laides wrote. water water water. and if you want sth to really put some fire under your digestion systems behind. green tea

I've just recently started a weight loss mission and I've been very successful which in my case is more difficult as you age. there are lots of fads out there, don't get caught up in them.  what I have found always works and nutritionists agree is something along this line...

my breakfast is 3/4 cup of egg-beaters and some fresh fruit or the sugar free dole pears or peaches in water; I have this at about 8:30.

my mid-morning snack at about 10:15ish is fat-free yogurt with about a cup of fresh fruit, my favorite is cantaloup and strawberries.

my lunch is tuna (the whole can)--I've found that it is really good if instead of mayo you use about 1/2 tsp of light olive oil, lemon juice, mrs. dash seasoning and diced roasted red peppers.  I don't use bread, I use something called Wasa Crackers, 3 of them (they're big) and I spread the tuna onto the crackers.  If I don't have tuna, I have cottage cheese with the crackers and roasted red peppers. either way my lunch contains protein.

my afternoon snack is usually about a dozen baby carrot sticks with fat free ranch dressing.

my dinner is either a tuna steak, flounder fillet or boneless skinless chicken breast with 1/3 cup of brown rice and about 1 1/2 cups of fresh vegetables like broccoli, or brussel sprouts..whatever veggie you prefer.

my night time snack is usually another fat free yogurt with a few chunks of fresh fruit. I eat 6 times per day, my night time snack never contains a bread/carb. other things I eat are grilled turkey burgers with sauteed peppers and onions, apples, hunts diced tomato cooked with chopped zuchini and summer squash and many more things I'd be glad to share with you.  I don't do "points" its a chore and I won't tell myself I'm on a diet...I tell myself I'm giving myself a lifestyle change. 

Lots of water, tea instead of coffee, and cardio--walking.  I have faithfully lost at least two pounds per week.  I know this post is lengthy but I've really had lots of success with this. You have to fuel your metabolism, if you skip meals because you've exceed your points with weight watchers, your body will store fat as a survival mechanism so try to avoid skipping any meals, that does the complete opposite of helping you lose weight. hope some of this helps! don't give up you can do this!!

Ditto the number one thing every body said....WATER!!!!!! Also you have to switch up your food. That will trick your body! More fruits and veggies because those are zero points (I'm currently on WW as well) also, they always suggest to eat all of your points. That is what makes this program so successful. Talk to your leader and ask for extra help. It takes time, but you will see the lbs start to slip away if you stay consistent. Just like Iike if you watch the Biggest Loser, the first week they lose tons of weight, second week hardly any at all. Your body will adjust and lbs will just start losing. Stick with it and don't get discouraged! This is why diets fail is because people get discouraged! You can do it! :)

I'm here to offer some encouragement!! Stick to it. It sounds like you are doing awesome in changing your diet/lifestyle. And yes, WW has had a lot of success, so stick with the program. Again, adding exercise will help a lot. Way to go, you will see the results soon enough!! Find what works for YOU :)

What might be the cause is that your body panics. You don't give him all the fat and sugar anymore, so your body thinks it's wintertime and the food is limited. (Those mechanisms from thousand years ago are still intact.) So the body stores every single calorie you give him to be prepared for bad times.

If you continue to eat healthy and stick to your points, you body will learn that food keeps coming, just a little less. It will adjust and you will, again you WILL see a result. Don't be frustrated! You'll get there.