You eat less and you lose weight. Simple as that. Don't overthink it. Make good decisions everyday. If you make a poor decision, pick yourself up and continue on.
I agree with not stressing and give your body time to adjust!
For instance, the scale this morning was up 2 lbs. Honestly, it doesn't bother me. I'd prefer for it not to be up but I exercised yesterday, been perfectly on plan for 2 weeks with regular exercise. The scale being up is a blip. If I was still up 2-3 weeks from now, maybe I'd look at what was 'wrong' but as I see it, I'm doing everything right, the scale will follow.
Thanks Johnp and Nettie for your posts! John, I was encouraged by your post, so I decided to try weights by myself today. I read the instructions on each machine, and looked at the diagrams before adding weight and trying it. It was fine. I saw some people watching a few times, but I just ignored it. I think I was the heaviest person there lifting weights, and that is why they were looking. Anyway, it was great to do it by myself! I was doing weights with the help of my boyfriend, and now I feel more independent.
Good luck MzJuicyD! I hope you have success with weights too.
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I hated weighing weekly because of those weigh ins. That may have been a high weight blip. Maybe you didn't see that the day before you were actually down a pound. If you weigh daily you can track your daily variations and soon those natural fluctuations won't bother you.
100% agree. I was 127 lb yesterday and today in the morning 130 lb. If Monday would be the only day I weight myself I would think I gained 2 lb in week, but the truth is I lost 2 lb last week and yesterday had salty fish at 8 pm and 1 beer, which resulted in my body retain water and since I don’t eat carbs is the evening (only for breakfast) my body reacted on beer carbs as well, storing extra water.
Then IMHO, the weight training can WAIT! The name of this game is staying in the running.
I have to see pounds decreasing on the scale weekly, which is what keeps me going. I have decided to do cardio, calorie counting until I reach the goal. As soon as I see 124lb I will have 20 min cardio( instead of 1 hour I do now) and 40 min weight training.
Don't replace cardio with weight training. Do the same amount of cardio you were doing before (actually should increase it some as you get in better shape and can handle it), and add 1-2 days of weight training in per week on top.
