Perhaps you have been waking up early to fit in your morning walk for the past few weeks. You are feeling great about your effort and anticipate seeing real results this time. You are excited to jump on the scale and see your progress!  You anticipate all your hard work paying off in pounds shed but after seeing the scale you quickly become discouraged seeing that the scale has not budged very much. Do not  despair! Keep in mind that you do loose fat during the first few weeks of working out but that you are also building muscle at the same time. Especially if you are doing any strength training exercises. The lean stuff is more dense and takes us less space than fat so you will probably lose inches before you drop weight. Try measuring your progress instead of weighing yourself. Every week record the circumference of your waist, hips, and chest. Seeing those digits go down will keep you motivated and show you that your hard work does pay off!