Welcome to the new ladies! We are glad to have you.
Kell: It is very common to eat more than your usual amount of calories and have a good amount of weight loss after that. After about a week or two your body starts to get used to your calorie deficit or exercise routine. Then your metabolism starts to adjust to your new routine. That is why a lot of people experience plataues. A couple of very common things that people do to bust through a plataue is to either carb cycle or calorie cycle. And just like it sounds you are alternating the amount of either calories or carbs you have on any given day. That way your body does not know whether it is going to get 1,000 calories for the day or 1,500 calories. Another key is to eat small meals about every 3 hours.
Check-In: I haven't been around in a day or so because it has been chaos at my house. My 6 year old has an ear infection due to swimmers ear. Thursday and Friday night she couldn't sleep because she was in so much pain. It was a rough couple of nights. I saw what 4am looks like, twice. And last night my son fell on his hand/arm and really messed it up. He is now is a cast and sling. So we had the pleasure of spending the night in urgent care. But at least we got home at 1:30am last night. Both are doing much better now, thank goodness. I seriously need some rest tonight.
So onto diet and exercise... I had a chili cheese dog the other day. Bad Shannon, bad Shannon (smacks hand). Ok, I've punished myself. It actually didn't taste as good as I remembered them tasting. Oh my gosh I think I'm really starting to like veggies (scared). I really love the way I feel after eating a salad as oppossed to some super fatty fried food. I started carb cycling today. WooHoo! Today is my no carb day. I never thought I would be able to go a day without a carb, but I found it very easy to do. I have been keeping up on my exercise. The Firm really kicks my butt! It's great. I measured myself and I've lost another inch around my waist and an inch around my hips. I will post my 4th week weight loss tomorrow after I weigh in at the clinic. I really worked my arse off this past week and I'm hoping I've dropped 5 pounds.
Ok ladies keep up the great work and let's keep hearing from you.
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