getting frusterated

If you werent exercising before and youre just starting out, your gaining muscle (weighs more than fat). If you keep it up, it will boost your metabolism and youll begin to lose. Stick with it.

u do realize that your calorie intake is in the starvation mode territory everyday for at least the past week i looked back (and maybe longer if i continued to go back)... if u r stalling ur weight loss, or gaining, it could be because of muscle, but it also could be because you need to eat in order to lose, its about eating healthy and doing something u can do for the rest of ur life, not cutting back as much as possible to eat the least..

starvation mode is considered anything less than 1200net calories a day, and i saw multiple days where you had 700+calories left to eat (meaning you only ate 500calories those days..)

**starvation mode means your body holds onto everything it eats and even if u eat healthy food it can not come out of starvation mode until you give it enough calories to survive. I have 3friends that were doing this---not eating enough net cal's and were all stalled not knowing y.. i told them to eat more and they started losing alot of weight quickly. im not saying im right and your wrong, but it is very likely in your sitatution.

I looked at your pictures... you look great!! If I was where you are then I would have obtained my goal I think!!! As a matter of fact, when your pictures came up of the ab shots on your profile... Jillian Michaels was on the ad next to it and you guys looked very similar!!! At least in my perception.... :0) Keep up the good work!!

Keep at it! Working out has sooo many wonderful benefits for you body regardless of a thinner shape! While you are resting, muscle burns more calories than fat does. More muscle = burning more calories without even trying! It benefits your brain, your heart, your everything. It might be frustrating for now but stick with it- I promise you'll like how you look AND feel more if you do! Good luck

u do realize that your calorie intake is in the starvation mode territory everyday for at least the past week i looked back (and maybe longer if i continued to go back)... if u r stalling ur weight loss, or gaining, it could be because of muscle, but it also could be because you need to eat in order to lose, its about eating healthy and doing something u can do for the rest of ur life, not cutting back as much as possible to eat the least..

starvation mode is considered anything less than 1200net calories a day, and i saw multiple days where you had 700+calories left to eat (meaning you only ate 500calories those days..)

Who was she referring to?? I looked back on your diary and it was usually 740 and up consumed calories....

the majority of her days were less than the recommended 1200.

and i still think you are burning more than your HRM estimates doing the shred. you might benifit from increasing your calories to 1200-1400. I know it's hard to wrap your mind around eating more to lose weight, but it does work for a lot of ppl. I stalled out for a while when i was only eating b/w 1100-1200 doing the JM workouts. When I went up to 1400-1500 i lost 2 pounds the first week!

also, some of your food choices aren't the best. you might want to try to eat more 'whole' foods and less packaged and processed foods. you will find that you will be able to eat more and still be within your calories.

hth

there might be a correlation b/w eating more calories of the wrong food and gaining versus eating more calories of the right foods and losing. it's such a balance and it's often difficult to find what works for you. but you know that you are doing the right thing with the workouts, and making better food choices will help. start by making small changes at a time and see what works. you are doing awesome!