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[quote=Anonymous]My thoughts are that if you're overweight, the scale and counting calories are immensely useful.

If your weight is in the healthy range and you'd like to be healthier, eat healthy and exercise. A month is too short of a time period, and unless you're weighing yourself at the same time wearing the same clothes (or lack thereof) nearly every day, there will be normal, large fluctuations - like up to five pounds for someone in the 150s. You really shouldn't focus on a what a pound or two means.

I'm approaching 50. I want to be strong and have improved mobility. I eat pretty healthy and try to stop eating when I may be full - which means eating less than I used to given my reduced metabolism. I get fat and carbs into my body before exercise and protein and carbs after. I'm eating more carbs than I have in years - I need them to fuel the exercise and not be low energy afterwards. (I was low carb before and couldn't figure out why I was so fatigued.)

I've been exercising 5-7 days a week for 10 weeks. The scale has perhaps budged a few pounds. But the size 6 pants are starting to fit again. In other words, I'm gaining muscle while losing fat. And my cardio health is much improved - I can keep up with my kid and my AppleWatch confirms it.

So, OP, if you do this for six months and you're still not losing, that would be weird. But a month is nothing.
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