FINALLY! After 6 week plateau, 6/10 of a pound loss!

shorerider

6 weeks of nothing but you guys kept me hanging in there with your great stories and jokes and tips and encouragement! Yesterday, I realized I hadn't measured in over a month and discovered that although I had plateaued for 6 weeks!! :grumble: that I had lost 1/2" on my waist and a 1/2" on my hips and 1/2" on my thighs!

Then, this morning, I jump on the scale again, expecting to see no joy but I've lost 6/10 of a pound!

Now, I just hope it keeps steady loss. I'm SICK of plateaus

shorerider

6 weeks of nothing but you guys kept me hanging in there with your great stories and jokes and tips and encouragement! Yesterday, I realized I hadn't measured in over a month and discovered that although I had plateaued for 6 weeks!! :grumble: that I had lost 1/2" on my waist and a 1/2" on my hips and 1/2" on my thighs!

Then, this morning, I jump on the scale again, expecting to see no joy but I've lost 6/10 of a pound!

Now, I just hope it keeps steady loss. I'm SICK of plateaus

dewpearl

Way to go!!!

dewpearl

P.S. You gave someone the advice to go bicycling other day. Donno about her, but I did and loved it! So thanks! :flowerforyou:

arewethereyet

BrenNew

That's soooooo great! Congratulations! :flowerforyou:

AmberElaine84

Good for you!:flowerforyou:

Losing_It

Good for you, Shore!:drinker:

3babybeans

Awesome! Such a good feeling. :flowerforyou:

GettingThin08

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: AWESOME KEEP IT UP:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

kerrilucko

Good job, that's great ! I completely feel your pain... I think I'm entering that stage where weight loss is really hard... it's a cycle for me- for 3 weeks I see no change, then the next week bang I lose 2-3 lbs, then 3 more weeks at no change.... etc. Hopefully my moment is coming too! :drinker:

dewpearl

Hopefully my moment is coming too! :drinker:

Hang on, in there! It's amazing to browse through your pics and see the progress. I'm so impressed!

I'm worse, going up, going down. It's just incredible when you have set a goal to be so disappointed with the weight you're at, which a couple of months back seemed like a dream. Don't you agree?

Anyway, we'll get to "0 to lose", yeah! :drinker:

Nonibug

Way to go!!:flowerforyou:
I am sooo happy for you!!
~Roni

shorerider

songbyrdsweet

Haha, I told you!! This is just a waiting game hehe. It will come off. :flowerforyou: Awesome job!

Mufasa0331

thats awesome!!! I have been yo-yoing the same 1.5 pound the past 2 weeks i gain it i lose it but i upped my exericse and am determined to ditch it and carry on! but in the mean time I have lost 1.5" off my thighs and 1" off my waist whoo hooo

Keep it up!!

shorerider

Haha, I told you!! This is just a waiting game hehe. It will come off. :flowerforyou: Awesome job!

Yep. Shout-out to SBS on that one! I'm really hoping it keeps dropping. Oh, and I went back to weight training, too, at the gym. Interestingly enough, I've discovered that it causes my BG levels to raise, whereas cardio drops it. I was very disappointed after my 50 minute spin class followed by 20 minutes lifting to see my BG at 175 :sick: :mad: An hour on my bike would have dropped to 80 or lower usually. I did some checking on a diabetes forum, and SBS probably already knows the answer, it's all related to our friend glycogen.

This is what I came up with--alot of you scientific type talk but I was able to follow most of it. Also explained why I had a low tonight, I think.

SBS--does all of the below sound right? Because from it, it seems that I need to do weights BEFORE cardio or I'll have to cut back on my breakfast, which I really hate to do. I LOVE my cereal in the mornings! But it seems that if I do weights FIRST, then cardio, my BG levels should drop as expected, right?

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When exercise becomes anaerobic, glucose burns without the benefit of oxygen. And up to 17 times more of it is required. Because such large amunts of glucose are not available from the bloodstream and via the insulin transport mechanism, it is taken directly from the glycogen stored in the muscle. Insulin is not needed for this. Insulin is used for the glucose to get into muscle cells so that it can be stored as glycogen. But it is not needed when glycogen derived glucose is burned in the muscle.

The hormone Glucagon is required for glycogen to be turned into glucose, and it is secreted into the bloodstream when adrenalin levels go up. Glucose made in this way from muscle glycogen can not get into the bloodstream and is burned by the muscle in which it was stored. But Glycogen stored in the liver is converted to glucose at the same time (because of the glucagon surging through the veins), and this glucose goes directly into the bloodstream. This is why anaerobic exercise causes blood glucose to go up.

Insulin requirements don't really come into it. Having said that, if insulin levels are low blood glucose is likely to rise sharply after anaerobic exercise. Lots of glucose is produced by the liver via gluconeogenesis so that glycogen stores can be rebuilt. And insulin is required for this.

As far as the pattern of energy usage is concerned, glucose is the primary source during the first 15-20 minutes of aerobic exercise. Initially, 70% of energy comes from carbohydrates. But it turns around after 20 minutes, after which fat becomes the primary source of energy. After you have been exercising for a while, 70% of the energy used comes from fat. But if the exercise becomes anaerobic, glycogen reserves (which are essentially glucose) will be drawn on. And the muscles will use as much glucose as they need.

songbyrdsweet

The only thing that I've seen differently is the very end, but that's not a constant anyway. It may take more time for fat to be used primarily--closer to an hour, not 20 minutes. Everything else is right though. Doing weights first would work result in a lower BG when followed by cardio, and IMO is just a better idea. I have always done weights first to prevent injury due to fatigue.

shorerider

The only thing that I've seen differently is the very end, but that's not a constant anyway. It may take more time for fat to be used primarily--closer to an hour, not 20 minutes. Everything else is right though. Doing weights first would work result in a lower BG when followed by cardio, and IMO is just a better idea. I have always done weights first to prevent injury due to fatigue.

See, I've always heard "cardio to warm up then weights" but after I saw just how my BG went up, I figured something was out of whack with that--at least for me. Thanks again! gym again this morning, and weights first it is and see how that works because I really really really didn't want to give up my Cinnamon Streusal mini-wheats!!!

shorerider

Ok-so did weights first today then 45 minutes of circuit training cardio and my BG level was 98 afterwards! So I think that's the key for me.

Also, reference how quick the body goes from burning carbs to burning fat for energy, do you think being a diabetic would impact that and if so, how quickly? Since I got that info from a diabetic site, I'm wondering if it's referencing specifically the diabetic body? Would us "D" people turn to converting fat for fuel faster for some reason?

songbyrdsweet

Ok-so did weights first today then 45 minutes of circuit training cardio and my BG level was 98 afterwards! So I think that's the key for me.

Also, reference how quick the body goes from burning carbs to burning fat for energy, do you think being a diabetic would impact that and if so, how quickly? Since I got that info from a diabetic site, I'm wondering if it's referencing specifically the diabetic body? Would us "D" people turn to converting fat for fuel faster for some reason?

There's a big difference between a 'warmup' and actual cardio. A warmup would be 5 minutes of aerobic work and another 5-10 minutes of dynamic stretching. It's very different from 20-60 minutes of moderate intensity cardio, much less taxing.

Being a diabetic can effect what you use for energy, but only in certain circumstances. If you had uncontrolled insulin-dependent diabetes, you'd be using primarily fatty acids in the form of ketones, but only because the insulin wouldn't be able to send glucose into the cells. In that case, you wouldn't want to exercise anyway, because you'd be very sick! A person with controlled diabetes would function pretty much the same as anyone else.

shorerider

There's a big difference between a 'warmup' and actual cardio. A warmup would be 5 minutes of aerobic work and another 5-10 minutes of dynamic stretching. It's very different from 20-60 minutes of moderate intensity cardio, much less taxing.

Being a diabetic can effect what you use for energy, but only in certain circumstances. If you had uncontrolled insulin-dependent diabetes, you'd be using primarily fatty acids in the form of ketones, but only because the insulin wouldn't be able to send glucose into the cells. In that case, you wouldn't want to exercise anyway, because you'd be very sick! A person with controlled diabetes would function pretty much the same as anyone else.

Darn--was hoping the diabetes would mean I'd convert to fat for energy faster than a normal person. :grumble: Oh well. Thanks again!

FatDancer

I am so happy for you Shore!

menjivas

Congratulations!! I finally broke my plateau on Friday. I lost 6/10 of a pound as well!

shorerider

Thanks again, all! I lost another 4/10 of a pound since yesterday, so 1 whole pound gone! I'm really going to be careful now and make sure I mix things up (at least until I can break the bike out again come spring!) and try to keep the weight loss going.

cupcake568

Thanks for giving me hope! I've been in the same boat for nearly 2 months - I have decided it is my body getting used to my new school schedule. I joined a gym and started spinning and doing weight training so I am expecting great things in the next couple of weeks! (My plateau is at 202..I REALLY want to get under that 200 mark!)

:flowerforyou:

shorerider

(My plateau is at 202..I REALLY want to get under that 200 mark!)

:flowerforyou:

You and me both--let me tell you, when I go under 200, you'll hear the shouting! I haven't been under 200 since I was 18! And that was a LONG time ago!