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  • kikix5
    kikix5 Posts: 187 Member
    I am coming to the end of week three and I have not noticed any weight changes, nor have I lost inches :( I wasn't going to measure until the start of phase two, but I just couldn't help myself. After reading comments about this being a big fat lose program, how does that work for those that my only have a few pounds to lose but want to be more toned? Guess I didn't fully look into the program before buying, just like all the JM workouts, so wanted to try something new
  • gerla_k
    gerla_k Posts: 495 Member
    I am coming to the end of week three and I have not noticed any weight changes, nor have I lost inches :( I wasn't going to measure until the start of phase two, but I just couldn't help myself. After reading comments about this being a big fat lose program, how does that work for those that my only have a few pounds to lose but want to be more toned? Guess I didn't fully look into the program before buying, just like all the JM workouts, so wanted to try something new

    I actually don't see big changes myself, I have to lose about 20 lbs- I'm in week 5 and lost couple of inches and only 2 lbs!!! However, I was just reading an article online and it said that when you do strength training- you lose fat and at the same time you gain muscle. So it said there that muscle weights more and takes less space, that's why you may see your clothes fit better, but you won't see much change on the scale or sometimes no change at all. Also, this trainer said not to trust the number on the scale because that number contains water, food, bowel, and all other organ weight. So his suggestion was to weight yourself only once every two weeks and to actually calculate your body fat %. I am tracking my body fat % and it went down however my scale says I haven't lost any weight. So don't get discouraged, you're doing great :happy:
  • Ceceamanda
    Ceceamanda Posts: 91 Member
    However, I was just reading an article online and it said that when you do strength training- you lose fat and at the same time you gain muscle. So it said there that muscle weights more and takes less space, that's why you may see your clothes fit better, but you won't see much change on the scale or sometimes no change at all.

    Muscle and fat actually weigh the same. When you build muscle you begin to have water retention from the muscles repairing themselves and so forth. There's lots of good posts explaining away this myth on mfp for those who are curious. They all have links and so forth. It may be worth looking into for some.

    But that's typically why you see the gain - from the water retention. Honestly you can weigh the exact same at the end of a program as you did at the beginning but be down sizes and so forth - because you replaced your fat with lean muscle instead - which is why Jillian recommends in most of her things to take the measurements. You'll lose inches faster than pounds when you have a goal of dropping a few pounds on the scale.
  • julsinfinite
    julsinfinite Posts: 18
    What are you doing for your diet portion of it?

    I am an emotional eater and a run a stressful lifestyle which has affected my metabolism in a very basic way. So, her Fat Burning Meal Plan meals have been so important to me. Cooking my own foods and shopping right has changed the way I live.
    I broke my plateau because of the way I eat not because of her workouts alone I 100% believe that because I've never "not worked out"

    I lost 3.5 lbs on the Kickstart and 1.3 pounds the following week. Before this I was on the longest plateau imaginable. This is a lot of weight lost for me because I do not have much to lose.

    If you are interested in following my journey, I have created a blog which I will be posting to daily describing how I prepare the meals and detailing my progress with the entire 90 days of workouts. I do not in any way work for Jillian (huh i wish) I highly recommend following the Fat Burning Meal Plan as closely as possible just because I have experienced it and broke out of my plateau I believe not just because of the workouts but because I changed what goes into my body.

    Here is my blog-
    http://julsinfinite.blogspot.com/

    Hope to see you there! I love encouraging others and hope to inspire you towards your goals as your inspire me.
    juls

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