A bit discouraged

Yes, Paper, try to eat more. When you are doing lots of exercises at
least eat to the minimum for your weight!!! I think you should be eating
quite a bit more than that, but that is just me.

Connie

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Cheers,

Connie Walsh

241.5/218.5/155
10% 241.5/218.5/217.5
25 lbs lost 241.5/218.5/216.5

Paper wrote:
I've been sticking faithfully to the plan and religiously journalling
every morsel that goes into my mouth. I've also been working out with
a trainer and doing some pretty heavy exercise. I understand that
while working out I will build muscle (how quickly does that happen?),
but I'm sort of expecting to see better results on the scale. I lost
.4 this week, which I'm not complaining about...BUT GEEZE!!! The good
news is that my clothes feel looser, and I know my fitness level is
better. I think part of the problem could be that I don't always eat
enough every day, so this week I will make sure that I use up all my
points and see if that helps.

Paper
250.6/224.8/150
Improvement - not Perfection

It's my understanding that building muscle is incredibly difficult. We can shape
and tone our muscles, but adding muscle weight is a very lengthy and difficult
process. I highly doubt that anyone will see an increase in muscle weight in less
than many months time. What you may be seeing though, is water retention. When
you work those muscles, they will retain water to help them heal (I think Lesanne
and Ray are extremely good at explaining this). I know I have been exercising
much more in the past month and like you I don't seem to eat enough either, yet my
weight doesn't change significantly. My shape is changing and my clothes are
getting looser. It's hard to not focus on the number the scale throws out at us,
but give it some time and I'm sure you will start seeing some great losses again.

Joyce
WW starting weight: 228.8 - 2/5/02
current weight: 133.3
Lifetime: 4/4/03

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 05:32:23 -0400, Paper wrote:

I've been sticking faithfully to the plan and religiously journalling
every morsel that goes into my mouth. I've also been working out with
a trainer and doing some pretty heavy exercise. I understand that
while working out I will build muscle (how quickly does that happen?),
but I'm sort of expecting to see better results on the scale. I lost
.4 this week, which I'm not complaining about...BUT GEEZE!!! The good
news is that my clothes feel looser, and I know my fitness level is
better. I think part of the problem could be that I don't always eat
enough every day, so this week I will make sure that I use up all my
points and see if that helps.

Paper
250.6/224.8/150
Improvement - not Perfection