[quote]RBlue wrote:
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
Then, just for kicks, got my first ever wide-grip pullup.
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AWESOME!!! Try to contain your excitement though, Alisa…geez. 
nice work on the diet and pullup.
thanks!
To be honest, 5 pounds a week was too good to be true. Back up to 142.
Probably just water retention. Have you tried the measuring tape? I ditched my scale and measure my hip area once a week to see if I’m on track. So far so good.
2 up/ 2 down, you know how that goes. the important thing is that you ARE definitely moving in a downward trend and are right on track to hit your goal… and killing some nice workouts. yeeeah for the pull up!!
off day (gotta take 'em sometimes.)
foodposting:
breakfast: egg white omelet with veggies and cheese, cottage cheese with blueberries
snack: peanuts
lunch: salad, ground beef
dinner: broccoli, hardboiled egg, salmon with dill sauce, green beans, mozzarella stick
1487 kcal, p/f/c 167.3/66.9/26.4
My brief tenure at FA tells me that cheese is Teh Bad for fat loss. I like it though – and if I cut out cheese, I’d essentially be cutting out fat, and I really don’t think I can do that. When I’m not eating enough my body says “Bedtime!” and I just sleep all the time. Which is bad for productivity. So I kind of have a lower limit.
I guess the moral of the story is don’t weigh yourself every day; but really I have trouble believing this is even going to be possible. I’ve never, ever been able to lose weight. And it would be so damn depressing if I spent these next weeks spinning my wheels. I just don’t know how I’m ever going to get anywhere.
I’m going to quit having “little tastes” of bad food. See if that helps.
Tonight is a back-to-back circuit and HIIT thing.
Ahh, Alisa. Focus on your marvy strength gains instead. Eat healthy and ditch the scale. Or only use it once a week. Even at my low weight, I still have quite a bit of saddlebaggage. Never seems to go away. I must have hollow bones.
Ugh. The sad reality of being a woman. Our bodies want to be, no scratch that…fight to be, a little on the squishy side. It doesn’t matter which side we belong to…the skinny fat supermodel side or the cut, tight fitness/figure side, each shows us images of virtually unobtainable/unmaintanable bodies.
I too struggle with this shit and it seems that the closer I get, the more frustrated I get with it all because it always seems just out of reach. Perhaps my standards are too high for myself. I dunno, but I understand your quest Alisa. I also think that kpsnap is truly onto something here.
On a more positive note…DAMN girl you strrrong!
Believe me, I feel your pain!
FWIW, I think you look just fine…
if you took the focus off the scale, and put it on how you LOOK and how your cloths fit, then you’d be set! your already lean, I’d say…what about using inches lost instead?
And I know alllll about those blt’s(bite licks and tastes) of bad food…it can add up, QUICK!
These ladies are giving some great advice! First, you’re right, don’t weigh yourself every day! It just leads to obsession, and that ain’t ever good! And focusing on your strength, measurements, and how clothes fit is a WAY better way to gauge fat loss than the scale.
Stay positive, you’re on the right track!
(And in any case, you already look great, you’re already quite lean - don’t be so hard on yourself!)
Thanks for the encouragement.
Foodposting:
breakfast: egg white omelet with veggies and cheese, oatmeal, apple
lunch: salad, broccoli, curry and paneer, turkey burger, bit of salmon
dinner: stir fried vegetables and beef, two hardboiled eggs, spoon of peanut butter
and just this, no cheating.
1467 kcal, p/f/c 138.2/64.0/47.0
WG pullup! Yeah!
Keep on keepin’ on with the good food and kick-ass circuit workouts! Give this some time to work – a few weeks is not long enough.
4x
{
lunges, 6 each leg @115
RDL’s, 12@155
good mornings, 12@85
front squat, 6@95
press, 6@65,
row, 6@95,
bench, 12@65
}
HIIT: 8 30-s sprints, 60 s rest in between
great work on the pull up.
scale numbers vs body composition is all mental.
for wrestling I stepped on a scale several times a day, for like ten years
It can really crush the psyche a bit.
Awesome with the WG pullup! So jelly.
I hear ya on the saddle baggage - I actually think we have super similar body types, so I understand the pain in the ass of trying to lean down the bottom half while the top half is lean enough (you have more boobies though, so just pipe down you).
Good girl on the no cheating - the bane of my existence. I’m sure with the HIIT and circuits you’ll be wittling down. From what I remember reading some FA articles, that’s the way to go if you want your thighs to decrease in size - but be careful, I think it also might get rid of some muscle…could be a myth tho.
Anyways, your dedication is always inspiring!
Thanks guys!
kmc, I can’t imagine going through wrestling hell.
Masch: I’d probably lose muscle if I did this forever and ever. But it’s just for a short while.
3 miles.
foodposting:
breakfast: egg white omelet with veggies and cheese, oatmeal
lunch: salad, two hardboiled eggs, burger w/ cheese
dinner: stir fried chicken and vegetables, green beans, onion soup
1449 kcal, p/f/c 104.5/69.1/41.8
have a cold; feel very puny.
damn, Alisa…i hope that cold doesn’t get serious. i’m suffering from one now myself. you might want to go against your wishes for low cals right now and feed the body if you need it to recover…