Just joined MFP yesterday. I like this concept of weigh ins. I have started watching my weight and doing light exercises in the gym since 10th of this month. Planning to lose atleast 2kgs in a month. Let us hope that I have some positive results by 10th of June.
:-)

Great initiative Aditi

Hi everyone! i am from kolkata. This is a good idea-nice to see people from India. I have split my goals into three parts:

WEIGHT GOAL: By the end of the month, i would like to lose 3-4lbs to hit 9stone, ie 126lbs. I currently weigh 130lbs.
FOOD GOAL: Stick to the paleo way of eating, 90% of the time with occasional non-paleo food such as soy milk or regular milk.
WORKOUT GOAL: 4 sessions of lifting a week (legs, upper body, abs, legs) with 3-4 cardio sessions a week (not on leg days).

Hi Kali, welcome aboard.
Nice to have someone from my hometown. :-)

3/23: 83.4 kgs (Now left with last 5Kgs and that is gonna be tough)
3/30: 82.6 kgs
4/06: 82.2 kgs
4/13: 81.9 kgs (focusing more on weight training and protein rich food)
4/20: 81.3 kgs (but body fat % reduction is not encouraging)
4/27: 81.2 kgs (skipped exercise this week... Feels nice to be just lazy at times)
4/30: 80.8 kgs (behind my target of 80kg... happy with the progress though
5/04: 80.8 kgs
5/11: 80.6 kgs
5/18: 80.6 kgs (double checked if my scale is okay and it is ... Now I understand what it means to hit 'plateau'
5/25:
5/31:

Chet, I have been reading a lot of articles about breaking the plateau. Turns out it is part of the weight loss process. Keeping my motivation inspite of not seeing results is the biggest challenge.

Focusing on weights (with dumbbells at home. No gym), very slow but sure progress.And HIIT as well.

Not easy

Chet, I have been reading a lot of articles about breaking the plateau. Turns out it is part of the weight loss process. Keeping my motivation inspite of not seeing results is the biggest challenge.

Focusing on weights (with dumbbells at home. No gym), very slow but sure progress.And HIIT as well.

Not easy

So it could be that you're maintaining/building lean mass hence why the scales are not moving. Yes its good to stay motivated and keep going despite what the scales say - that's good. Keep up the good work.

@Arvind - I too went through the same train of emotions when I hit my plateau. Never mind the number on the scale for the time being. I understand that you have read a lot about plateau and hence I will save some time in not repeating the gyaan. However, let me share how I came out of it as I've been there, experienced that.

Vary the pattern, timing, schedule, reps. Mix and match. Give it at least 2-3 weeks. It worked for me. (By the way, I realized that I was eating 3-4 times katchori/week, some snack after 10 PM/watching cricket etc. You can check for pattern there.)

Don't give up your workouts. Keep doing them. Good luck, mate.

@Comrade - Yeah, keep up your heart rate for a good 45 mins. Watch out what you eat. Don't kill urself in the process.

Thanks Chet & Advi for your support... I do keep a check on my intake. Have also intensified my workout with p90x and completed 4 sessions of first week. planning to continue with it. little disappointing factor is that the body fat% also hangs around the same range for the last 3-4weeks.

3/23: 83.4 kgs (Now left with last 5Kgs and that is gonna be tough)
3/30: 82.6 kgs
4/06: 82.2 kgs
4/13: 81.9 kgs (focusing more on weight training and protein rich food)
4/20: 81.3 kgs (but body fat % reduction is not encouraging)
4/27: 81.2 kgs (skipped exercise this week... Feels nice to be just lazy at times)
4/30: 80.8 kgs (behind my target of 80kg... happy with the progress though
5/04: 80.8 kgs
5/11: 80.6 kgs
5/18: 80.6 kgs (double checked if my scale is okay and it is )
5/25: 80.8 kgs (plateau.. plateau... plateau... oops uphill !!!)
5/31:

Nice. Congrats Aditi.

whoohoo.. somebody broke the plateau!!

Good work, Arvind!

Yay arvichan - you've stepped down from the plateau.

Guess you are our Desi team's Biggest Loser Champ :P

WTG Chet!

Yes indeed, I hit the magic number of 80kg today (1-jun-13)... Haven't been on this weight probably in the last 10 years. Let us see how it goes this month.

Good job guys! I do find I have periods of weight loss followed by periods of stability and I'm not doing anything drastically different for either. Just goes to show we just got to keep going and let our body take it's natural course.

Hey Avi... We are pretty much on same weight now. My peak weight was 93.5.

What is your height by the way? I am 5'9" and 75kg target will put me on middle of bmi range.

My bf% is 23 at the moment and I wish to achieve about 15%...