well on my way to a real stall

Well. My low-carb diet had got off to great start, as I lost upwards of
20lbs in about the first seven weeks. For almost two weeks now, though,
I've been stuck at 216. And unlike some folks claiming to see the inches
melt off, while the scale doesn't budge, I haven't noticed much measurement
change in that time either.

I'm starting to think about what to change if this mini-stall continues for
another couple of weeks. I don't know that I can fit in more exercise, but
that's an obvious place to start. At the moment I am doing weights and
cardio twice weekly at the gym and once weekly at home. I think I am going
to have to try to fit in at least a short cardio workout at home on the
off-days as well, if only to burn more calories. I work long hours but I
think I just have to squeeze it in. (Maybe less time on USENET, haha.) I
*love* weight training - I wish I could do more of that instead of more
cardio - but I'm not sure that weight training every day is such a good
idea.

The other piece of the puzzle, of course, is food. My BMR is about 1750
Calories and I have been averaging about that much each day. I am looking
carefully at my FitDay records and planning to cut out about 100 Calories
each day. That's not too much - it shouldn't be too painful to do - and
maybe that plus a little additional cardio will nip this stall in the bud.
I've got a long ways to go - on the order of another 50 lbs - so I can
afford to be patient. But patience doesn't come naturally to me. I want to
*do* something.

carla

This is the most rational post I've read in a long time.

--
JC

Eat less, exercise more.

--
"carla" wrote in message
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Well. My low-carb diet had got off to great start, as I lost upwards of
20lbs in about the first seven weeks. For almost two weeks now, though,
I've been stuck at 216. And unlike some folks claiming to see the inches
melt off, while the scale doesn't budge, I haven't noticed much
measurement
change in that time either.

I'm starting to think about what to change if this mini-stall continues
for
another couple of weeks. I don't know that I can fit in more exercise,
but
that's an obvious place to start. At the moment I am doing weights and
cardio twice weekly at the gym and once weekly at home. I think I am
going
to have to try to fit in at least a short cardio workout at home on the
off-days as well, if only to burn more calories. I work long hours but I
think I just have to squeeze it in. (Maybe less time on USENET, haha.)
I
*love* weight training - I wish I could do more of that instead of more
cardio - but I'm not sure that weight training every day is such a good
idea.

The other piece of the puzzle, of course, is food. My BMR is about 1750
Calories and I have been averaging about that much each day. I am looking
carefully at my FitDay records and planning to cut out about 100 Calories
each day. That's not too much - it shouldn't be too painful to do - and
maybe that plus a little additional cardio will nip this stall in the bud.
I've got a long ways to go - on the order of another 50 lbs - so I can
afford to be patient. But patience doesn't come naturally to me. I want
to
*do* something.

carla

carla wrote:

Well. My low-carb diet had got off to great start, as I lost upwards of
20lbs in about the first seven weeks. For almost two weeks now, though,
I've been stuck at 216. And unlike some folks claiming to see the inches
melt off, while the scale doesn't budge, I haven't noticed much measurement
change in that time either.

I'm starting to think about what to change if this mini-stall continues for
another couple of weeks. I don't know that I can fit in more exercise, but
that's an obvious place to start. At the moment I am doing weights and
cardio twice weekly at the gym and once weekly at home. I think I am going
to have to try to fit in at least a short cardio workout at home on the
off-days as well, if only to burn more calories. I work long hours but I
think I just have to squeeze it in. (Maybe less time on USENET, haha.) I
*love* weight training - I wish I could do more of that instead of more
cardio - but I'm not sure that weight training every day is such a good
idea.

The other piece of the puzzle, of course, is food. My BMR is about 1750
Calories and I have been averaging about that much each day. I am looking
carefully at my FitDay records and planning to cut out about 100 Calories
each day. That's not too much - it shouldn't be too painful to do - and
maybe that plus a little additional cardio will nip this stall in the bud.
I've got a long ways to go - on the order of another 50 lbs - so I can
afford to be patient. But patience doesn't come naturally to me. I want to
*do* something.

well, it sounds to me like you know exactly what to do. give it another
week or two and if your loss hasn't resumed, do it!

Hey Carla,

We can teeter totter! same time on Low carb, I'm at 214, and also stalled.
Seems like we are battling the exercise vs. work routines. and wonder how
long to sit at this computer reading these posts! lol-- my measurements are
a little bigger this morning arrrr, but after a big bowl of salted pork
rinds, not surprised.

hang in there- lets see who steps down first. I'm realistically aiming for
the 200 mark by May
Diane
"carla" wrote in message
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Well. My low-carb diet had got off to great start, as I lost upwards of
20lbs in about the first seven weeks. For almost two weeks now, though,
I've been stuck at 216. And unlike some folks claiming to see the inches
melt off, while the scale doesn't budge, I haven't noticed much
measurement
change in that time either.

I'm starting to think about what to change if this mini-stall continues
for
another couple of weeks. I don't know that I can fit in more exercise,
but
that's an obvious place to start. At the moment I am doing weights and
cardio twice weekly at the gym and once weekly at home. I think I am
going
to have to try to fit in at least a short cardio workout at home on the
off-days as well, if only to burn more calories. I work long hours but I
think I just have to squeeze it in. (Maybe less time on USENET, haha.)
I
*love* weight training - I wish I could do more of that instead of more
cardio - but I'm not sure that weight training every day is such a good
idea.

The other piece of the puzzle, of course, is food. My BMR is about 1750
Calories and I have been averaging about that much each day. I am looking
carefully at my FitDay records and planning to cut out about 100 Calories
each day. That's not too much - it shouldn't be too painful to do - and
maybe that plus a little additional cardio will nip this stall in the bud.
I've got a long ways to go - on the order of another 50 lbs - so I can
afford to be patient. But patience doesn't come naturally to me. I want
to
*do* something.

carla

"Luna" wrote in message
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In article ,

Sounds like a good plan. I don't know what your typical menu is, but the
easiest way I've found to cut down on calories is to replace one meal a
day
with a large salad with some lean protein in it like grilled chicken or
shrimp. I usually use ranch dressing, but you can vary it with different
dressings and different salad veggies to keep it from being boring.

Great suggestion, Luna. As it happens, this is already what I eat for lunch
most days. My office cafeteria serves pretty good hot entrees and soups but
they are almost never low carb friendly. I like hot lunches when it is cold
outside, but I rarely have them this year unless they are serving "slab o'
meat" which I can just add to a salad. Otherwise, I hit the salad bar and
put eggs, chicken, tuna, or a little hummus as the protein component.

I don't care for ranch dressing (or most other kinds of dressing) but a
tablespoon each of olive oil and vinegar does the job for me.

At dinner at the cafeteria, life is a little more touch & go. Dinner is
usually a slab o' meat, but sometimes it's pork, which I can't eat, or some
breaded thing, which I don't want to fight with to peel the breading off.
Fortunately they have prepackaged Greek and Caesar salads available for
those rough evenings.

carla

"Diane Mancino" wrote in message
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Hey Carla,

We can teeter totter! same time on Low carb, I'm at 214, and also stalled.
Seems like we are battling the exercise vs. work routines. and wonder how
long to sit at this computer reading these posts! lol-- my measurements
are
a little bigger this morning arrrr, but after a big bowl of salted pork
rinds, not surprised.

hang in there- lets see who steps down first. I'm realistically aiming for
the 200 mark by May


Diane, the teeter totter comment made me laugh, thanks!

And thanks to everyone for supportive comments. The scale budged downward a
pound yesterday, and it stuck this morning, so I'm hoping that the
time-honored strategy of breaking a stall by complaining about it on ASDLC
has worked for me. :-)

carla

"JC Der Koenig" wrote in message
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This is the most rational post I've read in a long time.


Well, thanks - I do think I allow myself a little "fat ****" thinking from
time to time, so it's nice to know I kept it out of the post. For me,
things work best when I am systematic about them (diet things and other
things) so coming up with a plan and committing it to writing may be the
best way to fight off thinking like the fat **** I am. :-)

carla

Glad you saw a loss! I may have but recalibrated my scale and really messed
up my records, and my head-of course The balance scale records heavier now
which isn't fun,but those weights don't change.I'll deal with it and take it
out on the treadmill

I had a teeter totter phobia way back to the school yard days-I was the
heaviest one in the class and it was the one way the classmates could know
you weighed more than they did. I'd leave my hubby flying high right now,
lol And probably surprised since I will never let him see me weigh
myself-who am I kidding.

sounds like a new conversation-weight liars and myths

Diane


"carla" wrote in message
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"Diane Mancino" wrote in message
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Hey Carla,

We can teeter totter! same time on Low carb, I'm at 214, and also
stalled.
Seems like we are battling the exercise vs. work routines. and wonder
how
long to sit at this computer reading these posts! lol-- my measurements
are
a little bigger this morning arrrr, but after a big bowl of salted pork
rinds, not surprised.

hang in there- lets see who steps down first. I'm realistically aiming
for
the 200 mark by May


Diane, the teeter totter comment made me laugh, thanks!

And thanks to everyone for supportive comments. The scale budged downward
a
pound yesterday, and it stuck this morning, so I'm hoping that the
time-honored strategy of breaking a stall by complaining about it on ASDLC
has worked for me. :-)

carla