I know I shouldn't complain. I'm still losing weight (barely this week).
It's just... I can feel my legs and other parts of my body gaining muscle. I luv how I feel and I'm contemplating adding winsor pilates on a daily basis for my stomach/legs and buy some dumbbells for working on my arms-- both as a means to help keep going in weight loss & building strength.
*I'm also eagerly waiting for my order of Mari Winsor's Coreplus Reformer to come in from amazon.* Her product's featured online at fitness magazine so it's easy to google
**what should I start out with for the arms? three or 5 lb dumbbells? or heavier?**
I'm just totally frustrated today. Hear me out, I have been losing inches (that's obvious by 2 reasons: one, my pants get looser each week. Two, I'm getting more compliments from strangers/friends in the last few weeks asking if I've lost a lotta weight (the answer would be an honest yes, if I go waaaay back to the summer it'd be 50 lbs or a bit more).
I've been forced to go on the treadmill in my house the past week due to the ice/snow that's blanketed my city (and seems it'll continue for another week or so, ugh), instead of being able to walk outside.
So I've been doing challenging things... incline, speed changes, etc etc.
I've been careful on counting my calories (2 to 4 servings of veggies at breakfast, lunch, dinner /choices of eggs or chicken or turkey or salmon at each main meal & yes I'm fully aware of portion size since I have a weight scale & calorie book. *I also check the internet when I come across a food item I'm not sure I can find in my calorie book before eating.* I also vary my snacks of nuts, olives, fruit, etc-- no junk food whatsoever).
I drink a LOT water consumption (okay herbal tea in this cold weather, but PLAIN with no sugar/milk/cream, etc), at least 8 glasses daily if not 10 glasses or a little more due to where I work & am on my feet all day.
I got on the scale today and it's only ... a .... dang ... 0.6 lb weight loss for this week. I guess I flipped my lid because its 202.4 lbs and da*n it, I was hoping to get to 199 by New Year's
A part of me just wanted to cry of frustration here when I saw that number on the scale.
Sigh. I luv feeling new muscles and all, but when am I gonna see more of a weight loss than this? why gain muscle if it doesn't do squat (or not a lot) for a chickie after 4 weeks of a slow dripping weight loss on the scale?
This is just a dumb, discouraged, frustrated rant.
Am I completely stupid?
Feels like it's going to take a dang lot longer to get to my target weight goal if this keeps up
.........