Losing Weight is a slow process

Most people are impatient.  They want results now.

This is particularly true when it comes to weight loss.

If you cut down your eating and go to bed hungry every day for a week, you expect to be rewarded by losing 5 pounds!

That is not the case.

Remember that when you first launch on your weight loss program, you have to create a caloric imbalance before the weight starts to come off.

So, for the first week after you begin, and go to bed hungry for 5 days, you very likely won't lose any weight (particularly if you take up weight training - which you should do.)

But after about 5 days, your body reaches the point where it recognizes that it isn't getting as much food as it used to, and it will start burning up the excess fat it has stored.

Then, and only then, will you start to lose weight.

And then... only perhaps a quarter pound a day, so two pounds a week

So do not get impatient. Cut back on your food gradually - more importantly cut back on sugary drinks or eliminate them altogether, start exercising moderately, and after *two* weeks you will begin to see success.