2 Big 2 Fail's Journal, 27 January 2014

whats ur exercise if u dont mind me asking ? Keep the good work, results will come :) 

I have found it helps to find several site numbers and then average them and go based off that point. Additionally, I know that for me each time I start I go up a little before dropping down again due to the increased water intake (I usually go from just a couple cups a day, up to closer to a gallon a day) and a gallon of water weights 8 pounds, so until your body is used to it, you have to excrete a TON and you will see significant weight changes going up and down. 

Your 'theory' is correct... However, it also depends on the % of carbs, protein and fat in your diet as well. The best thing to do is keep your carbs low and your protein high, not forgetting to eat unsaturated fats - because they help the body absorb nutrients (they are in oily fish, nuts and grains). Cutting down on your carbs will help you loose 'belly fat', or another name for it is visceral fat - this is the fat that gathers around your middle and surrounds your vital organs - so it is a very dangerous type of fat. Also carbs are a 'quick fix' for hunger - but your body processes them quickly, you are therefore hungry quickly? If you must eat carbs, eat complex carbs (ie not processed food eg, white bread, rice, etc). Why it's best to eat more protein - it stays in your body longer - therefore staving off hunger, plus the body takes a longer time to process protein, so therefore burns off more calories while it is doing this. Look at the FS pie chart at the bottom of your diet calendar... Ideally, aim for all the carb, protein and fat segments to be roughly the same %. Having a quick look at your diet calendar, I can see you are a 'carb' person... It's worth, monitoring this. Hope that helps (more to this dieting lark, than just keeping within calories... You need to be a bloody scientist LOL) 

Oh ... and protein builds muscle.... If you strength train - that's good, you will need protein to build the muscle. The more muscle you build the better.... As a body that has a high muscle %, burns off more calories, when performing everyday activities. 

My exercise program is 25 sets of medium to heavy weights on 11 stations. 3 leg, 1 back and various upper body and arm lifts. I also add in 66 sets of sit-ups unaided, assisted chin-up and body lifts as well as some track and stepper work. I try to do the set in a set time of 90 minutes so it's fast and intense. I keep to my 4-1/2 hours per week with additional walking when I can get it. I adding in treadmill in place of outside walking while the weather is bad. Overall the routine is getting easier but I stopped losing weight and I'm back to where I was a year and a half ago. This is why I've decided to try to balance my diet with my weight training.