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[Eane]

Another week has come and gone and even though I'm on my ToM (hate having it if I only have one kid) I still managed to lose more weight. But since I'm on my ToM, I'd reckon I'm actually a smidge smaller than what I'm currently weighing since I gain anywhere from 3-7 lbs with all the gross stuff and water retention and other crap.

This week I only purchased Jenny Breakfasts and Snacks because I have to pay extra for my student loans and it's nearing Christmas time. But, I've still been following the plan, I've just been eating my own food for lunch and dinner. I cut back on my water, which I need to drink more of since I've begun to work out and I need to wash away the ToM stuff that hangs about a few days after it leaves. But I'm getting there. I'll just have to drink my 4 large 16 oz cups of cold water at home since the water at work is usually warm (eew).

But through the substituting since I have to now, I've been looking at what is in foods and sticking with the 1200 calorie diet I was put on. Yes, I've increased my exercising drastically (well for me anyway) and some days I'll eat a little extra protein and carbs but not enough to gain weight, just enough to keep my muscles capable of getting stronger and bigger.

I go to our apartment complex's gym every night (I prefer exercising right before bed) and I'll do anywhere from 12-20 minutes on the treadmill going at a nice clip of 3.2mph at a 6% incline. I do try to go a little faster, but for some reason my right leg feels like it wants to dislocate from my hip so I make sure to stretch a lot first (my chiropractor told me that since I'm losing weight my frame/bones/muscles/etc are shifting to the change and it's one reason why my pelvis was out of whack). Then, while my heart beat is still pumping away like I ran a 30 mile marathon without stopping, I jump right on the weight machines.

The first two weeks I would cardio and then weight train my entire body, take a day off, and then go at it again to give my body some much needed rest as I had muscle soreness the first week (I no longer get sore no matter how intense I workout now). Now I go every night, do my cardio and then alternate between working my upper body one night and my lower body another night. So if I decide 'hey, I think I'll have a doughnut today' it won't totally screw me up (I haven't had any doughnuts, just using as an example).

I think my husband called what I'm doing circular training, between sets I take no longer than a 30 second break and keep on going. My heart rate never goes above 113 because I'm on atenolol and it artificially lowers one's heart rate to help lower my blood pressure. I also take lisinopril. But I asked my doctor before hand and he WANTS me to work out, but not to try to run a 90k marathon or anything.

I weigh myself every morning, and I smile when I see the weight come off. I'm still losing my 1-2 lbs every week and some weeks it's more like 2-3lbs. This week kind of sucks since it was only one pound due to Aunt Flo.

But I've been successful and hoping to gain some muscle. I don't want to look like a female body builder with muscles bulging out, but I do want muscular definition. Which is why as long as I keep losing until I hit goal and maybe lower, I won't feel too bad if the pounds are 1-2 instead of 2-3 because muscle is denser than fat. Muscle does NOT weigh more than fat since 1lb of fat weighs the same as 1lb of muscle, but muscle burns more calories than fat does. Plus, having rock hard girly muscular abs would be sexy.

[chasingherdreams]

Congratulations! I am starting my 10th week tomorrow! My weigh in is tomorrow. I have lost almost 20 (will be over 20 tomorrow!)

Sounds like you are creating muscle, which is great! Muscle weighs more than fat, and you burn more calories, the more muscle you have on your body!

We started at about the same weight, and we have the same goal weight! Wishing you all of the best! I hope to see my 140 at the end of April! Cheers!

[I Called Jenny]

Congrats to you both! Sounds like you're both doing a great job! Keep it up.

I got tired just reading your post.

Phyllis

[chasingherdreams]

I Called Jenny, on 30 November 2011 - 04:51 PM, said:

Congrats to you both! Sounds like you're both doing a great job! Keep it up.

I got tired just reading your post.

Phyllis

Thank you so much Phillis!!