Scale number will move only when good & ready

RunRutheeRun wrote: »

What progress Kim! You're doing so great ☺ I reckon I'm at 10% deficit even eating at 2100 so I am gonna stick at that level for a number of weeks. I also aim to reduce my tummy. I'm pleased with the rest of me lol.

I am noticing that I'm leaner and my tummy is reducing so I'm also making progress.

As you already know I'm down a pound which is really exciting for me as formerly I would have cut to 1700 to lose that, the reversing process is working so I'm sticking with it.

@RunRutheeRun
Great to see 2100 working for you and your not going hungry anymore!! Your tummy is leaning out!!! Thats awesome!!!!!!!! Good work!

thanks! @skinny4me2be



Last week I ate 2200 gross average calories (not intentionally) i'll try to stay closer to 2100 from now on as I want to lose some more off my tummy. When I'm lying down on my back the shape of my lower tummy is looking different! so fat is definately melting away!! and the skin just below the bottom lower part of my belly button is feeling tight and taut now whereas before I'd put my finger there and it would feel skushy and fatty. My side obliques are leaning out too. The top roll of fat is slowly but surely getting smaller haha. It feels like it is taking an eternity, but I remind myself of that old saying "Rome wasn't built in a day!" Keep chip chip chipping away and it will go in time" I just keep telling myself to keep being consistent with my defecit and it will go away.

Scale is fluctuating between 59 and 60.3 these last couple of weeks and I'm not surprised either as I'm doing a new activity (footy training) and when your body starts a new activity you have small tears in the muscles and retain water for repair work. Thats what i'm attirbuting it too. I expect to see the scale number go back into the 58's in a few weeks time. Thats how the trend is going! I wouldn't be surprised though if it takes months to get down to 58 kg. I'm looking forward to my Feb 11 measurement and I'll also take a Feb 1st progress photo and that will till the story.

I'm really very excited because last time when i got to my lowest weight of 57.3 kg back in 2012 I stopped and did a metablic reset/bulk. I wish I'd have kept going so I could have seen just how much more of my tummy i could lose. I still had a little fat on my tummy that I could've gotten rid of if I had just kept on going. Never mind, i learnt a lot from it and this time around I wont stop haha. I dunno if i'll be able to achieve 6 pack abs as it all depends on genetics but my goal will be to get as flat a tummy as possible. I'll have to post some new photos up soon hey.

Yey im on holidays now for 2 weeks. I'm moving house. Cant wait to get my own space again. I'm sick of living with my parents. Dad is driving me nuts.

Thanks! Can't wait to have a sleep in tomorrow Cya

hang in there @skinny4m2be you'll be fine. Your making wonderful progress. Scale will catch up to the hard work you are doing.

How many calories are you on now? and for how long have you been on them? Maybe you have added water/glycogen weight!? I think thats what may have happened with me when I increased my calories, my scale weight shot up to the low 60's for a while and now for the past 3 days its been in the mid 59's. That along with new exercise activity.

skinny4me2be wrote: »

@Kim55555 How exciting!! I've heard of these two but I think I would have to go to the University Medical school to have that done, I'm told. I'm not sure. I have my annual check up in April, I'll check then. So super excited for you. Keep us posted on what you find out.

I've been struggling a bit. I've modified my intake up, (since my scale change issue), and my body is taking its time adjusting. I'm trying very hard not to cut calories and sticking with it. But getting frustrated. I continue my work outs which I love, so that keeps me going. (really? Who says they love to work out?? Me!!) Anyhow, I know in the end it will all even out-it just takes time.

Can't wait to hear what you've learned!! Have a great week!!!

skinny4me2be wrote: »

@Kim55555, Well, i think that's my problem. I keep changing my calorie intake based on what my scale is saying...(bad habits are so hard to break). But yesterday I put the brakes on. ha ha!! In addition, I started the Beta workout of T25. My guess is my body is a little confused on both. So I can see why the scale is being grumpy with me! ha ha!

Yesterday I took a range from the Scooby, IIFYM, Fitness Frog and one other website, Heybales spreadsheet, then I also did my actual TDEE from last week. Lots of math involved in figuring this :-) I then figured the high (20% deficit) and the low (15% Deficit) from each site and then my own calculations, and averaged it out to be 1841 per day, not eating back exercise cals. I could stick with a higher amount, but want to give my body a reasonable deficit. My last range of 1850-2000 maybe wasn't right...because who knows if my scale was even working right--who knows if I was really losing or not? So in a sense I'm starting over and I'm going to try this for one week and see how it responds and adjust from there.

Thanks for all your support ladies. I will get to your point some day!!

Glad to see the scale is on the downtrend trend! Yes! I agree! Eat at the calories you set yourself and have faith and patience that the scale will go down! Does your body follow a scale trend?

For me I lose every 4-6 weeks then no scale movement for 4-6 weeks. I've recorded this pattern so I'm not freaking out yet that my scale weight hasn't gotten back down into the 58's. It's only been 3 weeks. Still might not go down for a few more weeks.