Thanks, Kriz! You're right - I need to follow my own advice! It's definitely much better to lose than to gain or to be making no progress at all. Those small losses will eventually start to add up. I used to weigh myself once a week as well, but as I got more into my weight loss journey I found myself obsessing over the scale! It'll be difficult but it's probably better for me to get back to weighing only once a week.
Alright. I am "officially" annoyed at my current "progress". *grumble, grumble*
I am back at 204 pounds, and I refuse to change my tracker! .
Now seeing as I am not a fan of fibbing to people, epecially here on 3FC, that means I better get back to 201.6 ASAP!
I deserve a swift kick to the rear and a smack to the back of the head.
Any volunteers?
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Are any of you gals taking measurements? I keep hearing that's a great way to track progress when the scale is not "Cooperative" , but I haven't gotten around to it myself.
Are any of you gals taking measurements? I keep hearing that's a great way to track progress when the scale is not "Cooperative" , but I haven't gotten around to it myself.
I just started. Here are my current ones:
Bust: 46"
Under Bust: 36-37"
Waist: 40-41"
Hips: 46"
I'm really hoping my waist gets smaller soon!!! I'm not going to bother with my arm/thigh since I never am able to do them consistently!
I figure that if I had started out doing all these things to track my progress from the start, that I would have gone crazy, . But I thought that it'd be interesting to know now.
Are any of you gals taking measurements? I keep hearing that's a great way to track progress when the scale is not "Cooperative" , but I haven't gotten around to it myself.
Yes, inches is all that keeps me motivated when the scale is slow. It lets you know that your gaining muscle and burning fat even if the scale doesn't show it. I've only lost 15 pounds but when I compared my inches last week to my inches back in May:
kate, im starting my p90x and I was wondering do I do lean first?
I don't think you HAVE to do lean first, the lean is just the one that is more cardio-y and I like it better. You can do regular, though, if you wanted...
I did a month of the regular and I've done 3 weeks of lean, and I like the lean order better!
I love watching my measurements change too, although I only get them taken once a month. I'm not very good at it, so I just let the lady at my gym take them for me
Things are going pretty well for me I think. I haven't seen many people with my style plan, but I'm on a cycle type plan, where I 'diet' for a month, then maintain for 2 weeks, rinse repeat. I drop my calories again starting today, and am happy to report that I went the whole 2 weeks eating 'normally', but using the things I've learned like how to listen to my body as to not overeat and eating balanced, healthy meals, and the scaled stayed within a pound or 2 (well within my normal water fluctuations) of my 216 the whole time
For me, I like having scheduled the brain shift every month, where I'm still conscious of what I eat, but in a different way. It helps me from getting board or overwhelmed with how much I want to lose. It feels like good practice for later on too. I think I've made most of my progress overcoming my problems with overeating during the maintenance part of the cycle. Still, I'm happy to drop my calories and can't wait to see the scale start going lower again
Hi ladies!
I'm new here sorry for just jumping in
I've been taking a cardio circut sculpt class at the gym. Its week 4 and I don't seem to be losing anything although that may be because my family can't seem to keep the sweets out of the house lol I attempted p90x a few months ago and couldnt even finish one video. Does it get better after the first week?
I haven't seen much of a change in my measurements, but then again I've only lost 10 pounds. I did think that I would have seen at least a small change by now though! I'm 38" around the waist and 44" around the hips and it's been that way since I was at 216. I'm not too focused on measurements for now though - I'm too obsessed with the scale! I probably won't be as obsessed with it after I've gotten out of the 200s. It's weird, but I look forward more to hitting the 190s than I do to reaching my ultimate goal.
Princess, welcome! As far as exercise goes, it definitely gets better after the first week. I used to laugh at the thought of me exercising on a regular basis and I now do it nearly everyday and love it! There will definitely be some things you'll find too difficult to do when starting out, but when you're not really used to exercise that's to be expected. A couple weeks ago I bought a Biggest Loser workout DVD and jumped right into the high intensity cardio workout. I quickly found out that I was not ready for that and quit right in the middle of it! So I started doing the low intensity cardio instead (which is still a great workout) and I can now get through the high intensity. You just need to find something that is better suited for where you are right now and keep up with doing it regularly; then you'll feel it getting easier and easier and you can move on to the more intense workouts!
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, but I haven't gotten around to it myself.
crap. 
although that may be because my family can't seem to keep the sweets out of the house lol I attempted p90x a few months ago and couldnt even finish one video. 
So I started doing the low intensity cardio instead (which is still a great workout) and I can now get through the high intensity. You just need to find something that is better suited for where you are right now and keep up with doing it regularly; then you'll feel it getting easier and easier and you can move on to the more intense workouts!
