Hi In2009,
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I know. We practically have the same stats. haha, funny. Yes, my scale is in kg so I convert. Nice detective work.
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Having been a mum for 12 years has made me into a detective!!! I'm always finding strange signs of criminal activity in this house that I have to put together to work out what my kids have
really been doing!
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I soooo want to see the 62kg mark, but my weight's been bouncing up & down. So it's actually up from the chart. Frustrating... How's your progress going?
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We will, we will!!! In fact, I have twice so far this week, which is good, but now my TOM is due and I've gone up again into the 63s!!! But I'm hanging on in there, and will stick to my 70g limit. Hopefully, once the TOM gets here, there'll be a nice whoosh on the scales!!!
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I feel a little tired today from not getting much sleep last night, but I had some coffee. My strategy isn't too fancy. Just to limit my carb to approx. 40g/day and workout. I'm not seeing a tremendous progress, but I know I must be patient. I'm thinking of riding out this weekend of what I've been doing and if I don't see much progress, it's time to switch it up a bit.
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On the sleep front: do you take magnesium supplements or Vitamin D3? Both of them are great for helping you sleep, although a small number of people say magnesium keeps them jazzed, and Vit D3 needs to be taken in the morning so it doesn't keep you awake at night, but it gives you better quality of sleep. Where on the planet are you located? Is spring coming up in your part of the world? If so, then you can get your Vit D3 outside in the near future!
On the workout strategy and your progress: if I understand you rightly, are you hoping that working out will help you lose weight? Because, it might not! From what I've read on this forum and elsewhere, workouts can cause you to retain water because your muscles grab water after the strain they've been through (I think the theory goes something like that, I'm not sure, if you googled through the exercise forums on this forum, you'd probably find a more scientific explanation). Secondly, you can gain weight by having bigger muscles, which can make the scale numbers look "wrong" even though the inches (or centimetres) are giving you different information. Are you taking your measurements too, so that you have motivation from the tape measure, even when the scales are not being friendly?
That said, there is no way I would discourage you from working out!!! It is absolutely the best thing for females to do to slow down ageing and remain fit, agile and pain-free into old age. It is good for your balance, co-ordination and so much more! But, as a weight-loss strategy, workouts suck. Cutting the carbs (and, some say, though I'm undecided on the matter, cutting calories too) is the key.
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Ok, gotta prep for my workout now. I CAN DO THIS!!!
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Yes, you can!
Oh, btw, do you drink alcohol? To do the LC thing successfully, you need to starve your body of
all alternative sources of fuel - i.e. a minimum of carbs and no alcohol - so that your liver can work well and convert your stored body fat into fuel easily. If you drink alcohol, then you will mess up this process. Just FYI. If I drink beer (my weakness, rather than chocolate), that sabotages - or at the very least seriously slows down - my weight loss.
amanda