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Hi all!

Checking in at 191.0 today! Down 3 lbs exactly from last week. Did a lot of cardio, which I think explains the larger than normal loss. Still keeping my total calories in check. Water intake has been a little low -- 8 to 10 cups instead of the 12 to 16 I'd like to get, so since yesterday I've been challenging myself to be more consistent with my water.

Started Power90 today -- and I really like it! Did the strength circuit; tomorrow is cardio and abs. The abs are gonna be a KILLER though -- ten reps of ten different ab moves -- that's 100 crunches! I think I'm going to have to start at 2 or 4 reps of each and try and then try and increase reps from there.

Very strange, but I am up almost a pound. Doesn't make much sense because I worked out tremendously hard last week, and thought I did well on the eating. I'll have to examine my meals and makes some changes. Something isn't working, because as much as I worked out, I would have thought that I would have lost several pounds last week. Ugh. So frustrating sometimes. Oh well. Getting focused for this week, hope to see some bigger numbers in the right direction next week!

Very strange, but I am up almost a pound. Doesn't make much sense because I worked out tremendously hard last week, and thought I did well on the eating. I'll have to examine my meals and makes some changes. Something isn't working, because as much as I worked out, I would have thought that I would have lost several pounds last week. Ugh. So frustrating sometimes. Oh well. Getting focused for this week, hope to see some bigger numbers in the right direction next week!

Makes perfect sense to me -- if you worked out "tremendously hard," then your muscles are retaining water. When you either stop working out so hard, or when your body gets used to working out so hard, your muscles will release the water. This happened to me when I was overtraining -- I backed off some on the exercise (I was putting in a good 15 hours a week and backed off to 6-7) and my weight dropped nearly immediately.
Keep up what you're doing! :flowerforyou:

I would completely agree -- it sounds like you are retaining water from all of the exercise that you put it. Remember to drink enough water to keep your body hydrated and flushed out (at LEAST 8 cups per day). Also, you might consider giving yourself a rest day from exercise -- especially if you are doing any kind of strength training, the body needs a little time to recoup. I bet you'd see a nice drop if you took it a little easy for a day.

Also -- keep in mind that body weight does naturally fluctuate -- sometimes up or down as much as 5 lbs. If you weigh yourself every day, you might see what looks like a gain, when it is actually just a fluctuation (which can be caused by fluid retention, waste retention, food in your belly from your last meal, etc.)

Chin up! Remember that the scale can be deceptive -- judge your journey by the fit of your clothes, and by how well you feel.

Don't know if we are all still weighing in or not since no once posted yesterday. Just in we are, I am down two pounds since last week! So everyone's advice was golden, and made me succeed, Thanks!

Me too!!!!!