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Woohoo! Lots of congrats on this! Lately, whenever I pick up a hand weight (whether 8,10, whatever) I marvel over the fact of how much extra weight that many of us carry and how just 10 extra lbs slows us down. So when I read or hear someone losing weight and are able to exercise more, etc, I'm excited and pleased!
I have added Crossfit to my workout regime.....I am NOT losing weight, but I'm seeing muscles developing in places I've never had before....I'm stronger, too, so I am way excited by this body change!
I wish I was winning something.
Guys - I feel a wee bit low about all this. I am eating one slice of toast for breakfast with scrambled egg NO butter. OK maybe 2 many coffees but I am working on that.
I have a break at about 11.30 am for coffee and a bun ( Have to keep DH happy! - But its my only treat and he has made them lower in fat and put more fruit in them!) or I am really good and just eat an apple or banana. For Dinner in the evening I have a normal T - meat two veg type of thing and I try hard not to use too much fat in cooking etc. If the others have roast potato I invariably boil a couple for me type of thing! I choose low fat foods such as salad Without dressing and Fish. I seldom have desert and if I do it is yogurt and fruit or if I am bad a bit of honey/ or syrup. But I never have anything after that maybe just coffee later in the evening.
I feel more toned and have been doing abit of working out! So I am doing some excersizes. My clothes feel losser and they are not pulled tight across my skin now. But then I went to see the scales and guess what THEY ARE THE SAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW ON EARHT CAN THIS BE AFTER ALL MY HARD WORK!!!!!!! I am gutted!!!!
Oesdog - I never want to post my weight again!!!
Don't feel bad Oesdog, you may want to modify your food a little more.
How much water vs coffee (hopefully it's black) do you drink? Water helps the body process and move food along in your system. You should have about 72 oz or more a day...
It also looks like you are still eating quite a few carbs. For breakfast, eat your eggs, fruit, yogurt, but skip the toast. Trade the bun for a banana or apple. and at dinner, switch that potato for steamed cauliflour or another veggie. (one sm boiled potato is 131 cals vs 1/2 cauliflower at 14 cals) If you eat 5 small portions a day instead of 3 "normal" meals, your body is never in hunger mode (it likes to store everything if it's hungry), so you won't eat as much and it's easier to make better choices. If you want to treat yourself, do it once a week.
If your cloths are fitting better, and you picked up on activity, you may be swapping fat for muscle (which also helps to burn fat) and muscle weighs more than fat. Just keep eating healthy and cut out the coffee! You can do it!
