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One word. Plateau. Kind of frustrating. I need to do something to kick start the loss again. No more sweets.
Update 1: SO, in looking at my weight chart, I hit the wall around the time that I came back from London. While in London I just worked and tried to be good. I came back and it was all about reconnecting and celebrating. I see that my caloric intake, on average was well over 1200 and that I started to take in some sweets. I have decided to modify this new behavior because I need to start making headway to 220. So what does that mean...no more sweets. No dinner or food after 7pm. No more breads/sandwiches (I have had some like the McChicken). When I was strict it was working...now I am seeing that my weight loss has slowed substantially.
Additionally, a fellow FS'er and I are committed to doing 60 mins of PLANKing by October 1. I think this will help build my core muscles and hopefully burn fat around the midsection of my body. I don't have a belly per se but I do have the love handles that I want to get rid of. Additionally, I think I am also going to implement the crunches workout that i did two years ago. The crunches work out shrank my waist from 38 to 36. I remember the feeling when I went into Banana Republic and I purchased these size 36 Jeans....it was such a great feeling to wear those. I still have those jeans and I WILL wear them again without cinching.
On the positive side, another goal was reached. I am now an official size 38 pant. :)
Updates to follow.
PLANK Update: I forgot to mention my 2.5 minutes of Planks yesterday...Only 57.5 to go...
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It's a good idea when you are on a plateau to take a good hard look at what you are eating, and see if it is really a plateau or do you need to get back to the basics that were were working for you. I think you have done that. I did it, and now I'm dropping again. I don't think I'll ever be back in the 200s again. Keep visualizing and remembering that thin feeling! Gotta go plank now...
11 Sep 12 by member: Djburney
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Great work reviewing your food plan and then your new goals. This is why I like logging so much - we can look back and see exactly what best worked when things were going better. I hope you are planking a TOTAL of 60 minutes in the next month!!! Wow - I would have to plank 3 - 4 minutes oer day which would mean about tryig 15 times a day since I can barely do 15 seconds at a shot! LOL
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I was on a plateau for 2 months. I realized it was vitamins I was taking. I agree you should change your diet around. I learned if I ate the same things all the time... I didn't lose as much weight. You have to shake things up.
11 Sep 12 by member: Shanelle05
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Oh and about planking. I did it for 45 seconds around a week ago? My back still hurts. Apparently I wasn't ready for 45 seconds yet :) Lesson learned.
11 Sep 12 by member: Shanelle05
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WOW, a lot of responses. Ok, about the planking...my fellow FS'er, who I now consider a great friend, was the one who suggested this to me over our skype call. She said that it could be fun. and yes..its 60 Minutes a month of PLANK.
I just needed to reassess these past 15 days and see what I can do to change it up so I can get back to trending significantly downward as opposed to slightly downward.
For the workout, I think If I strengthen my core then the mid section weight will drop and I will lose as much of the love handles as possible. Also, it helps create a greater caloric deficiency leading to further weight loss.
11 Sep 12 by member: Hildi72
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Planking will shape the muscles while your good eating and cardio with do away with the fat. I wish that something as easy as planking was the solution to my middle, but you have to come at it from different directions.
13 Sep 12 by member: Djburney
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