Not sure what's going on....

[Pumababi]

Hey all. I'd like to have some opinions on this.

I feel like my weight is coming off really slowly. I'm grateful that it hasn't stopped but I just sincerely feel like it should be coming off more than a pound a week.

I have been exercising, logging in anywhere from 12-16 hours a week. Which broken down, with one rest day a week is 2-3 hours a day. I've been doing bootcamp classes, ab bootcamp class, drill classes with callestetics, mixed cardio:treadmill, bike, elip, stair stepper. I've been lifting.. but light weights.. 5,7lb DBs, and 5-10lb on cables.

I've been drinking a gallon of water every day. Check. Vitamins Check.

My meals have been: Salad with 1c lettuce, chopped celery, 4 cherry tomatoes, 1 heart of palm, curry, tumeric, 1 long slice of avacado, 2tsp olive oil, 2 tsp SF waldens balsamic vin. If available, grilled thin scallopini chicken, or 4oz of grilled salmon. ( i have this after my workout in the AM). This is sort of brunch because, I don't eat before I exercise, I tend to get nauseous.

or Grilled Chicken with pepper, and 2 garlic slices, 2tsp olive oil, and 1c raw red cabbage

If I have a snack in between, I'll have a piece of cheese and a veggie (raw mushrooms, brussel sprout, celery, or pepper).

Dinner is either egg white muffin with 1 tbsp whipped cream cheese; 1-2 tbsp whipped butter, and 1/4c to .5 c of canned pumpkin with cinnamon (this amound varies depending on where my carbs are at, and i do count the carbs in the egg muffin. )

Or Chicken again (i'm switching to chicken lately.. got tired of pork and beef. I guess I'm gunna turn into a chickenone of these days hehe) w/ either 1-2 tbsp butter, or 1tbsp olive oil.
with a veggie... 1c collard greens or turnip greens. And after dinner if I'm hungery.. and i want something sweet or salty. either 5 pork rinds, and 4 almonds, or 1/4c canned pumpkin and 2 tbsps of whipped cream cheese.

My menu hasn't varied really at all over the past three weeks (discounting last weekend when I had to order at a restaurant, wings sauce on the side, they were safe, chicken caesar salad ceasar drsg on side no croutons, and a 10 oz top sirloin steak with a small side salad ranch drsg on side.) Diet Soda is very minimal.

I've had no fraken food, no bars, or anything. I chew a trident piece of gum while I'm in the gym. And I count that as a carb.


I really think that 1 pound a week is slowwwwwwwww for all the activity that I'm doing. Its more than I've ever done! Am I just being impatient? Is my body adjusting? Its not like I'm 10 pounds away from goal. I have 36 to go!


I'd like to note that I've had no cravings of any kind, and my energy is very good, as you can see.

Appreciate your time and thoughts!

::
-Puma

[boonie stomper]

Re: Not sure what's going on....

You are doing a teriffic job! Menu and exercise are all commendable. It is a very healthy rate to lose at 4 pounds per month with exercise, so your body can adjust to fat loss with increased toned muscle mass and not a lot of saggy skin with no muscle under it. A pound of muscle gained takes up less volume than a pound of fat lost but the scale won't show that traded off pound, so your 1 pound is an extra pound of fat.


Also, the less you weigh, the fewer calories your body needs, so as you approach goal weight loss slows. Or perhaps your body's ideal weight is higher than the goal you have set, or perhaps you have been in extended induction for a long time, if so, switching to OWL could be the best thing to do.

[abstractillusions]

Re: Not sure what's going on....

Check out the almonds. I was doing well and then i had 4 almonds for a snack instead of bday cake and ever since then its going up not down (yeah i know thereafter i had 1.5 oz of almonds) but that all should be out of my system by now its been a week.

Other than that maybe all of the exercise you are doing is retaining water etc. Maybe you need to up your water (i think i do on days i exercise).

[knicknack]

Re: Not sure what's going on....

heya puma-

are you measuring yourself? if you're not, I'd start doing that. You're exercising a lot which means you're putting on muscle to some extent. That weighs more than fat. Eventually (assuming that you're not continuing to add more weights and muscle-building exercises to your routine) that'll even itself out. But, in the meantime, you might be getting smaller without losing a ton of weight. That's actually the healthiest way to do it, so you shouldn't worry so much about it. It might take a little longer but ultimately you'll be a smaller 110 pounds than you would have been otherwise, and you won't have a lot of loose skin.

Is 107 pounds a reasonable weight? It may or may not be, I have no idea, but it's something you should ask yourself. If 110 is what you weighed in high school and it's 20 years later, it might not be. :P If 110 is something you've always had to work really hard to stay at, it might not be. If 110 is something you were easily able to maintain in the past, it might be. Hard for us to say over in the peanut gallery, but that's another thing to think about.

[Desertthorn]

Re: Not sure what's going on....

As long as your losing your doing marvelously. Don't get discouraged as the good doctor said we should lose about a pound or two a week.

[imgonnagethin]

Re: Not sure what's going on....

Hi Puma!

You sound like you're doing everything right, and the weight is coming off (albeit at a slower pace than you would like). That is ALL that matters, I think you are doing great and it's possible that one month you'll loose 4 lbs and the next 2lbs and the next 8lbs - you can't force these things!!

Your excercise will probably have an effect too by adding muscle, so how about not weighing for a month and measuring instead? Then at the end of the month compare? Just a thought!

Just keep going and you will get there! Good luck!

Kay

[Pumababi]

Re: Not sure what's going on....

Morning all. Thank you for all of your replies!

I'll be upping my water.
I'll check measurements and let you know.
As far as my weight goal goes, I've maintained that before without any problem. Its the weight I've felt most comfortable, and I just know/feel its my natural balance.

Still contemplating if it's time to switch to OWL or not. Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Thanks for the support, AGAIN. You all are the best!