Hi Regina
Welcome to 3FC!! Congrats on your accomplishment so far great work... But the work gets more difficult as you get nearer to goal, unfortunately
... But that's ok, that's why we're all here to help each other...
Don't despair in only 6 weeks, honestly it takes much longer than that to get in shape and to stay in shape it's a LIFETIME commitment...... Did it take you only 6 weeks to get in the bad shape you were/are in? Nope... I doubt that...
You say you do 45 mins of cardio... Do you work up a big bad ole sweat, I mean it, SWEAT my dear...Feel like your gonna cough up a lung, seriously .... What I've done to kick up my metabolism is to warm up for 5 mins. then go all out for 1 min. slow down for 1, then go up 1 min, slow down 1 min. and so-on, I do this for a total of 20 mins then cool-down for 5 ... You can either put the incline up or run for the harder portion of the workout... This will burn and rev up your engine much more than doing 45 mins at a leisurely pace watching TV or reading a book... This is called HIIT, High Intensity Interval Training, and is much more effective. Try it, you like it!!
Secondly your weight training... You say your are lifting "light"... Go heavy don't be shy with the weights... If you can afford it get a trainer to show you the ropes, but if you can't don't give up... there are quite a few sites that are very very helpful out there here's one that is great and fun to read too
http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html...
Now if you're like MOST of the women out there who are scared that weights will make you bulk up dont' be, we don't have the testosterone to do that, and once you get the fat off your muscles, wowow
you will look loverly dahlin'...
here is a link to my fav pic of fat vs. muscle...
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/atta...chmentid=17582
Well I hope all my rambling has helped... Hope to hear from you soon... I post mainly at the Ladies Who Lift board but I'm all over the place really...
TTFN