Scale won't budge!

[AnonApprsr]

Uh, I'm Anon. I did hit the wrong button and it won't let me give you another rep until I give some to others. I'm so sorry! I will fix it asap, and I will ask HeadSurfer to fix it.

Oh and I heard Soy Milk gives you Pretentiousism. Be careful.

 

[liznindy]

I've lost approximately 14 pounds over the past couple months and it has seemed to be relatively easy (don't know why).

I still eat, but just not as much or as often. I have been walking more (mostly at my part-time job) and the only workout I have done so far is a exercise video with Jillian (Biggest Loser trainer). It is about a 20 min workout doing exercises that we are all familiar with (jumping jacks, crunches, some use of small weights). I have yet to do the whole 20 minutes without resting...She can really kick my butt!!

I'm sleeping less (hot flashes) so maybe I'm burning calories that way??

I have cut out sweets (except for a small bite, now and then), am drinking lots of water (hardly ever drink anything else) and eat Cheerios as a meal (breakfast and sometimes dinner). My new favorite treat is McDonalds parfait (only $1 and 130 calories).


I am wanting to lose 5 more pounds and must tone what is left, so I will increase my work-outs and hope that will do the trick.

 

[DTB]

Very informative site

http://www.westonaprice.org/splash_2.htm

Also snoop around for cholesterol info, it may be the carbs combined with the fats that's the problem!?!

 

[Pamela Biggers]

Caligirl,

Give it some time. Around two months is great to have lost most of it and the 15 others will start going away soon. Your body has lost the majority of the excess and now it needs to adjust.

I lost 45 pounds from November of last year to around June of this year. Mine was mostly baby fat also. The secret is to not give up and just keep at it. I also had months where I didn't lose any pounds. I believe that my body just needed to adjust and it did. I think that loosing the pounds at a slower rate is better. Now I am eating foods I want.......yes even junk food.... and my weight has been stable for months. Loosing weight too quickly is not good as many times this may lead to weight gain later.

I believe loosing the weight slowly and not pushing yourself helps the body to maintain your target weight when you reach it. I lost 5 pounds (not included in the 45) just this month and I wasn't even trying. Now I have to make sure I don't loose anymore as I am now at the low end of the range I should be in. It feels great.

Don't worry. You'll get there.

 

[Vegan702]

I've been down 80lbs for almost 8 months now. Started in Jan and lost 70lbs by April. Over the last few months I have lost another 10lbs or so and maintaining at 210ish. I just changed my whole diet, no beef only chicken/turkey, pork and fish, vegetables, little to no potato's or other carbs, no sweets for the most part and only water/fat free milk and tea/coffee along with slight exercise 3-4x a week which consists of treadmill run, ellipitical, some light weight lifting not much really and sitting in the sauna for 15-30min after each workout. I actually had to slow down as I was losing weight too fast when I was training for the marathon it was incredible but expensive replacing my wardrobe twice in 6 months! I am now to the point where I want to drop another 10lbs and get to 200lbs so I am switching over to interval workout which should do the trick fairly fast. Basically you do your cardio in steps, say you run for 1 minute at 8mph, then rest for 1 min at 4mph, the next 1 min you run at 8mph again and do this over and over again for 30 min. You can find specific interval workouts online but they are supposed to burn the calories faster then just a straight cardio workout and a bonus is a majority of those fat cells lost come from your mid section for some reason. I start my interval training this Sunday, so I will see how it goes over the next 4 weeks. I have to plan accordingly with thanksgiving, hannukah and christmas coming up as I eat like there is no tomorrow over the next 6 weeks or so.

 

[liznindy]

I've been doing a 20 minute workout routine that was in my FreeSpot on my cable TV...by trainer Jillian Michaels (Biggest Loser trainer). It is a workout that mixes cardio with crunches and small weights...no fancy moves...she just keeps you moving the whole time.

I guess I'll have to buy the DVD as it is only on the cable for free for a few more days. www.exercisetv.tv/jillian

 

[Zmcraney]

Here are my $.02 as an avid gym rat
- instead of doing thirty minutes at a medium/light pace on the tradmill, eliptical, etc. do short two to three minute bursts at 70% of what you actually think your maximum is followed by two to three minutes of cool down time at which you'll do a light pace, this increased work will get your heart rate going much more than a tedious pace and therefore will burn more calories FOR LONGER than what you are used too.
- do some weight lifting, nothing crazy just good multi-muscle movements such as the leg press, bench press, lat pulldown, things that work more than one muscle group at a time and help to get your heart rate up, in several studies it has been proven that weight training will actually burn more calories for a longer period of time than a light to medium pace cardio workout
- DONT DO THE CLEANSE UNTIL YOU TALK TO A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL!!!!!! I have seen several reports that show this to be a HORRIBLE idea and leaves you prone to all kinds of diseases since you are essentially "flushing" all the good AND back bacteria from your digestive system
- Try protein shakes, Soy are good, especially if your lactose sensitive
-eat several small meals through out the day instead of three large meals, it helps to keep the metabolism up
-throw away your scale, dont look at it, dont think about it, just keep working until you reach the size you want, the more you look at the scale the more discouraged you'll get. If you absolutely have to do it for your sanity then only weigh once a week, preferably around the same time of day as you previously weighed.