No way!
I have followed my diet. No cheating. I have gone to the gym 3 times per week, treadmilling 2.5 miles (walk/run/walk) plus weight lifting. I have weighed myself daily on the same scale. I GAINED 3 pounds! What’s up with that? Is it muscle weight gain counter acting fat loss? Or am I getting no where because, if that’s the case, there is a grocery store full of Mint Oreos!
I have been so unbelievably busy though. The kind of busy that leaves me dragging my feet by dinnertime. (”Do you guys mind pizza again tonite?(Monday) Pizza again?(Tuesday) How about pizza again, Y’all!!?(Wednesday)”) But I have often thought at different times during the day, “Oh, yeah, that’s the feeling of calories burning!” This lifestyle is very different from the desk wench job I had. I used to sit for 7 of 8 hours, moving little else than my brain, eyelids and fingertips. So I’m bound to lose a bit of weight just from taking on a busier lifestyle. Right?!!!!
I’m a little urked, Man! And diet sodas taste like crap.
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Speaking of busier lifestyle? I’m going skiing for the first time ever tomorrow. Yep, I live in Colorado and have never gone skiing. I’m taking a ski class twice this week. They guarantee I’ll be doing intermediate slopes by the time these two classes are over. Woo-hoo!
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Lastly, I joined a mother’s group today and had so much fun! There were about 45 other stay-at-home mothers. I paid a $35 membership fee and we meet twice a month. There is licensed childcare for all of the kiddos while the moms meet– have breakfast, drink coffee, laugh, do activities including arts-n-crafts. I met some really neat ladies and we (about 6 of us) even went to lunch afterwards with all of our kids. It was chaotic and yet wonderful because the women all help one another with the kids. I didn’t take Noah to the childcare during the 2.5 hour meeting, I brought him with me. All of the women took turns holding and playing with him. Bella had a blast in the toddler group and didn’t even want anything to do with me when I came to get her. This is going to be really good for us and I wish I would have known about this group after I had Bella and Noah and was on leave from work. I was so lonely and blue, a group of friends would have been really good for me.
That’s it for now. Maybe skiing pics in a few days!?
Posted by: stepherz | 01-16-2007 | 06:01 PM
Posted in: General
I’d totally go with the muscle weighs more than fat thing.
I’m not sure how I can justify making a suggestion, being somewhat of a fatty and not yet having made good on my new years resolution to lose weight and gain fitness, but I will!
Why don’t you try measuring your waist, hips, boobs, legs, etc, and keep a record of how THEY change - that will tell you more than anything else will how successful you are.
That is an excellent idea! Yes, I’ll start tonite! Thanks for the great suggestion, T.O.B.!
You are so brave to try skiing. I tried many moons ago and I am just too much of a chicken. One fall and I just couldn’t make myself go down that hill. I liked the fireplaces and cocktails better! Good luck and good luck with your diet. You may have added some muscle, that does weigh more, and your body could have just hit your first little plato…it will start back off!
My first time skiing didn’t have any instruction with it, so I would run into stuff to stop! I believe with a good teacher you will indeed be doing intermediate stuff in two lessons! Going to the gym this past little while will be well worth it for just skiing the first time. I hope you don’t get as sore as I did that first time. Whew! OUCH!
It’s definitely muscle weight…I always do a combo of measuring and weighing - much more motivating
i would definitely do measurements and rely on how your clothes fit rather than the scale which is often unreliable at best
I wouldn’t sweat the gaining weight thing. I go through this all the time after I haven’t been to the gym in a while. You always end up gaining a few pounds in the beginning because you are still in the process of losing fat while gaining muscle mass.
You shouldn’t look at the scale anyway… they always LIE!