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[Lionesa]

So, I went in for my 2nd week weigh in and I lost 2.4 lbs which in total is 4 pounds in the last two weeks. I've been doing alot of walking every day for at least a good 2 miles and I've been doing situps (100 a day) since I started. I've followed the diet to the T. I seriously thought I'd be loosing more..faster. Question though for everyone....They have alot of high carb foods (like pasta) for dinner and fruit sometimes 3 times a day. These seem to be the 2 things that keep my weight up. I'm thinking of cutting the pasta dishes out at dinner time and going down to fruit maybe twice a day. I'm hoping this helps. (btw..my hubby has lost 10 lbs..in two weeks..so..I'm kind of bummed). Any input would be appreciated

[SiouxB]

I have found drinking more water will help to flush out the pounds. Focus on that for one week and see if you don't take off more. Really - 4 pounds in 2 weeks is awesome.

[edorice]

Don't cut the pasta dishes, don't cut anything. You can shake things up by eating your dinner for the day at lunchtime. Then eat your lunch (less calories later in the day) at dinnertime. But your program is designed to feed your body every three hours. So you must not CUT anything out. You're doing just fine. Don't compare yourself to a man's weight loss, that will always set you up for disappointment. And keep moving your body, you're doing just fine.

[mhen74]

Well four pounds in two weeks really isn't that bad anyway... and yea men always lose faster

Melanie

[Erica 1980]

First of all, GREAT JOB!

Second of all, the truth:

A 1-2 pound loss per week is what you are supposed to be losing. This is safe weight loss and actually FAT, not water. Don't put too much pressure on yourself-- you aren't on The Biggest Loser

[emerald_green]

I'd ditch the sit ups, personally. They really dont help much. If you want to tone up your middle, try pilates. Sit ups only target a small part of your abs, and do absolutely nothing for burning fat. Pilates doesn't burn much fat either, but it'll reshape your body and help with muscle tone all over your bod and improve your balance.

To burn fat, try adding in some short bursts of speed walking or jogging (aka intervals) when you go for those walks. You'll burn lots more fat, plus you'll strengthen your heart.

Take care,
Angela

[Julias mom]

So, I went in for my 2nd week weigh in and I lost 2.4 lbs which in total is 4 pounds in the last two weeks. I've been doing alot of walking every day for at least a good 2 miles and I've been doing situps (100 a day) since I started. I've followed the diet to the T. I seriously thought I'd be loosing more..faster. Question though for everyone....They have alot of high carb foods (like pasta) for dinner and fruit sometimes 3 times a day. These seem to be the 2 things that keep my weight up. I'm thinking of cutting the pasta dishes out at dinner time and going down to fruit maybe twice a day. I'm hoping this helps. (btw..my hubby has lost 10 lbs..in two weeks..so..I'm kind of bummed). Any input would be appreciated

Its taken me four weeks to lose four pounds. Basically, you are losing twice as fast as I am. Seriously, if you lose 2 lbs a week, you are 20 pounds lighter in 10 weeks. Concentrate on the goal. You are doing great.

[FitIsFun]

So, I went in for my 2nd week weigh in and I lost 2.4 lbs which in total is 4 pounds in the last two weeks. I've been doing alot of walking every day for at least a good 2 miles and I've been doing situps (100 a day) since I started. I've followed the diet to the T. I seriously thought I'd be loosing more..faster. Question though for everyone....They have alot of high carb foods (like pasta) for dinner and fruit sometimes 3 times a day. These seem to be the 2 things that keep my weight up. I'm thinking of cutting the pasta dishes out at dinner time and going down to fruit maybe twice a day. I'm hoping this helps. (btw..my hubby has lost 10 lbs..in two weeks..so..I'm kind of bummed). Any input would be appreciated

2lbs a week is exactly where you want to be, so great job! Any more than that is water weight in the first few weeks which may mean you didn't have as much of that to loose to begin with. Your body is only really capable of burning about 2 or so lbs of fat per week as a woman, which means if your shooting for anything higher than it would be other body tissue, like muscle not fat being burned. Keep it up your on the right track.

As far as your husband is concerned, he looses more weight faster primarily due to testosterone. So chances are your going to want to stick with your rate of weight loss

FitisFun

[claudia12]

I was told by my Jenny Craig counselor that losing more than an AVERAGE of 2 pounds a week can indicate that my body is entering "starvation" mode and actually slow weight loss.

Of course, everyone is different and maybe if someone increases exercise than the weight loss might stay high but just remember thatt each pound lost is 3500 fewer calories burned. That is 500 calories a day burned by eating less or exercising more..or both.

Also, if you think 1-2pounds a week is too slow try this common trick: lift up a pound or two of canned veggies or sticks of butter. That is what you have lost and if you see it maybe it will sink in exactly how much you are losing. Sure beats adding it to your body!

I get impatient too. I want to see 10 pounds fly off in only a week. But I try to take it one day at a time. Sure gets hard sometimes, though!

[I Called Jenny]

Yes, men lose faster. It's how I know God is a man! LOL But look, you didn't gain the weight overnight and if you want to lose it in a healthy manner and learn not only how to TAKE it off but more importantly KEEP it off, don't worry so much about the numbers.

As long as you're exercising, your burning calories and your developing muscle and sometimes when you replace fat with muscle, the scale doesn't move as much but the inches sure will start showing up in the form of looser clothes.

And DO NOT change the diet. It's already been working for DECADES so don't think you can "improve" it. If we were all that smart about nutrition, none of us would need JC in the first place.

As the saying goes, don't fix it if it ain't broke. You're doing fine - better than fine. So stick to the plan the way it's worked for tens of thousands of JC clients and don't "second guess" the program.

If you PREFER to chance out the pasta or high carb dishes for taste, that's fine. But don't make assumptions about how good a dinner/lunch is for you simply because YOU think you're doing too many carbs.

I lost 45 lbs. on mostly carbs because that's what I craved and that's what helped me stay on plan the most.

You're doing fine. Just take it slow and understand that you're body and YOU are learning a TOTALLY NEW way to deal with food for the rest of your life. So you might was well enjoy the food you're eating to get there.