Scale number will move only when good & ready

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  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    @kim55555 I really believe you have this all figured out, I'm glad you are being sensible with the time frame in regards to goal weight :smile:


  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    edited November 2015
    yeah thanks and also less chance of burnout/injuries too as im trying not to be as manic in everything I do now :smile:
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    @kim55555 ahh the old burn out! been there....! you have a great overall attitude Kim :smile:
  • SuperCRAS
    SuperCRAS Posts: 10 Member
    Peeps, this has been the best post ever! I'm 11 days on MFP and 17 days in the gym and have seen zero pounds lost, went up a couple then back down and no movement since. I was ready to throw in the towel when I read this post. My husband kept telling me that my weight is redistributing and to stop weighing every day (I' a bit obsessive). I do think things are fitting loser, not much, but a little and I feel stronger, which is good. My friend that I'm doing MFP with is equally discouraged because the number hasn't moved.

    I've decided not to trash my progress and to push forward! Thanks to all who've posted!
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    edited November 2015
    That's awesome. I'm so glad this thread had encouraged you to continue!

    I've read that after around 4-6 weeks of starting a new weights/exercise program you will start to see the results so keep it up. You need to give your body time to get used to the trauma of this new routine. Also it's going to be a slower process for someone exercising intensely compared to those women on MFP eating 1200 calories and just doing some cardio or who lightly exercise. They lose faster because they lose muscle. They think they are so successful as they are losing so much scale weight at a decent pace but how much of that scale weight is fat!? Body fat % is the important number to go by.
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    Its been 2 months. I'll take my progress shots on the weekend.

    I have holidays from November 16 and I'm going to get my body fat % tested with a dexa scan. Every 2 months I'll have a dexa scan taken along with fresh photos. :smile: I'm excited!
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    I'm excited for you Kim :smiley:
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited November 2015
    @kim55555 had to share my joy....132.4lbs this morning!! WOOOT!! LOWEST EVER to date!! and of course just before I head on holidays so I'll be back to square one in a few weeks - I always gain 2lbs on hols...and it takes me 2 months losing them!! doh!!

    average cals around 1900 for past week.
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    That's cool! Good one. Thats about the same amount I've been averaging too.

    Good idea to get your weight on the lower side before holidays as then you don't have to worry too much during it & the aftermath :smile:
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    Oh I forgot to add ill also get my resting metabolic rate test. Hoping it will be at least 1500.
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    Kim55555 wrote: »
    So there is a pattern I've been noticing. Every 4 - 5 weeks the scale ends up moving to a new lower weight. I've been fluctuating between 60.3 - 61.7 since December 4 & lately I'm in the lower range a lot more (being low to high 60's) So in a few weeks time I'm predicting a new low weight of 59. something. & then I will fluctuate between 59. something & low 61's and the cycle/pattern continues.
    .

    Re reading this from December 2014 for a reminder for myself. Just like above --- A signal of what was/is to come.

    For the past week I've been spending all my time in the low to mid 63's (63.0 - 63.7) So my range has changed now. Before then it was between the 63.0 -64.4 range.

    Its currently day 2 of my period so I should see a drop on the scale in around a couple of weeks time. Scale will be in the 62's again and I will have a new range of 62 - 63 :smile:
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    I lost another 400 grams (nearly half a kg) Im down to 62.6 kg now! :smiley:

    I ate 1896 gross weekly average calories last week.

    I had a feeling the scale was about to move but thought it would be another week or two as that how the pattern usually goes.

    I've actually thought it has been a slow process for me this time aroubd but judging by my progress photos I took yesterday and all the clothes I can fit into again it has actually been pretty fast!! It only appears to be slow going because *the scale is slow going* lol. It's been far from it. I'd say I'm nearly half way there now!!

    It will be interesting to see what the scale does now that I dropped my calories down 1-200. I think I found my cutting sweet spot at around 1900 calories.

    I'm off to go buy some clothes. Not too many though as they will be too big for me in a few weeks time. :wink:
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    edited November 2015
    Yey MFP allows you to upload photos from your iPhone photo album :smile: I've finally gotten around to posting my 57 kg photo
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    edited November 2015
    The first photo was me at my leanest 57 kg taken in March 2015

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    Here is my progress photo after 2 months that I took in early November 2015
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    edited November 2015
    My scale is moving at a faster pace now. I'm down to 61.9 kg now :smile: Thats a 600 gram (just over 1/2 kg) loss from 5 days ago. I averaged 1792 gross calories over the past 6 days.

    I decided I'd see how I'd go on a larger defecit. I'm aiming for 1800 calories now. It has been a struggle though as after dinner I have an uncomfortable hunger. I'm not starving just hungry as my body has been used to eating at a 0-10 % defecit. It needs to get used to eating less I guess and I'm hoping this uncomfortable feeling will go away soon. I'm going to keep eating 1800 for another 4 weeks to see how I go. I'm eating at around 15-20% defecit.

    Eating less has not in any way interfered with my training. I still have heaps of energy and I'm performing well.

    The key that has stopped me from after dinner snacking has been to change my tablet time from first thing in the morning on an empty stomach to taking it just before I fall asleep. This means it has to be taken on an empty tummy. I need to stop eating a few hours before bedtime and my tablet. It's working a treat ;)


    400 more grams to lose and I'm at the half way mark. :smile:

  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    Oooops.

    It's actually 61.6 kg now :smiley:
  • pippypuppy
    pippypuppy Posts: 67 Member
    Well done Kim, amazing pics. Thanks for the inspiration :)
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    Thanks!
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited November 2015
    @Kim55555 so good to see your progress pics :smiley: you are so soooo slim already, your bf% must be very low. I honestly think you don't need to lose any more, where would it come off lol

    Excellent job chickie :smiley:

    I'm just back from hols, I might weigh in tomorrow but probably won't get a true reading til end of week - 2 weeks of cruise food which means excess sodium ....mind you I don't see or feel myself any heavier. I usually spot a few lbs gain in my clothes right away.

    Catch up soon

    Ruth
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    Thanks! :smile: body fat % currently is 32.6 % I wrote about it in my metabolic reset thread hmmm but maybe I'll go copy and paste my findings here too.

    Its good to hear from you. I missed ya! :smiley: I just finished my holiday too. I had a week off. I'm just about to leave to get ready for work and looking forward to my early morning walk to work. I'm actually keen to go back to work, lovely group of people I now work with.

    Oh you missed a very entertaining 1200 calorie thread when you were on holiday that I woulda messaged you about to check it out if you were around. It lasted something like 15 pages Lol it was so funny but then it got closed down. One of the most entertaining threads of the year lol :smiley:



  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    @Kim55555 aww shucks! I hate missing out on a good thread boohoo. ...

    You really can't have as high a bf as that? I'd have guessed around 20% ...you're much slimmer than me. .mind you I carry most of my excess fat on my belly (bah humbug )
  • briannadunn
    briannadunn Posts: 841 Member
    I have to eat real low (net 1200 to 1300) to lose weight because of my bodies way of losing weight. I have also found if I eat real clean, I don't have to eat real low like my doctor recommends.
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    Hi yeah, the fat is mostly around the middle. I'm starting to look more streamlined in the upper half. I caught my reflection wearing a singlet top in one of the works Windows when I rested my bag on the ledge & noticed a big change. Another few months and I'll have leaned out through the torso and waist. I'm starting to get my cockiness back, feeling like my old self hehe
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    edited November 2015
    briannadunn wrote: »
    I have also found if I eat real clean, I don't have to eat real low like my doctor recommends.

    @briannadunn

    Hi. Yeah I agree, I see what your getting at. I relate to that. I went to Mets this metabolic physiology company and the exercise physiologist listed the foods to focus on such as the lean meats, protein & healthy fats and he reckoned with my activity level they I can lose eating as much as 2100 calories. (And it's true, a slower loss though) so I upped my protein and healthy fats and lowered my carbs down some.

    If you are getting close to goal weight with less body fat stores and you happen to eat a small surplus of protein (or any kind of energy for that matter) the body will partition the energy to build and repair muscles if you lift heavy on that day rather than if you did no exercise or heavy lifting that day (it would go straight to your fat stores)

    Christmas Day I plan to do a heavy lifting session after eating some yummy lamb chops at the family barbecue. One of my gyms jets are open every day of the year Yey. I'm going to put my surplus to good use Chrissie day.

    Have you read Tim Venuto's book Burn the fat feed the muscle ? Excellent book. I highly recommend it.
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    I lost another 1/2 kg! I'm down to 61.1 :smile: I thought my scale wouldn't go down again until a week or so after my next period is due. It's due in a few days time. It got up to my high end of 62.5 stayed there a few days before registering 61.1 today. Wow amazing I couldn't believe it. Not my usual pattern of losing.

    Rather than losing only once a month now like I have been doing I have been losing at a decent pace every week now since I lowered my calories down to 1800. Last week I lost just under 1 kg and this week I lost half a kg. I have 4 more kg to lose :smile:

    I seem to have gotten used to eating at 1800 so as long as my hunger and performance isn't effected I'll keep eating 1800 and see what number the scale ends at. Seeing I'm losing at the rate I am maybe I can go lower than 57 kg. I have never tried to go lower than 57 before.
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    edited January 2016
    @ChristineE63

    Here's the topic I was talkin about. There's a couple of photos of me. :smiley:

    I'll have to come back later and post an update. I have to head off to work soon and haven't got the time right now
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    Ok so I've had a bit of weight creep. Some stressful and upsetting stuff in the last few months and most recently a rib injury.

    I have the emotional eating under control, it has been the overeating that has done the damage. Snacks after dinner.

    Back in January I got to 59.0 and my weight is currently 62 kg. Goal is to get down to 57 kg. I am aiming for a 15 % - 20 % defecit to begin with. I am wanting to lose 1/2 kg per week to start off with.

    I am going to re-read this thread for inspiration and reminders of what has helped me in the past. :smile:
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    I bruised my ribs pretty severely last subday and haven't exercised since then. I'm going to go for a longer walk today and see how I go. I might break into a bit of a jog see how my ribs cope. I've been completely sedentary the past 6 days and have eaten way over tdee so I'm really not surprised I put more weight on.
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    Kim55555 wrote: »
    Rather than losing only once a month now like I have been doing I have been losing at a decent pace every week now since I lowered my calories down to 1800. Last week I lost just under 1 kg and this week I lost half a kg. I have 4 more kg to lose :smile:

    I seem to have gotten used to eating at 1800 so as long as my hunger and performance isn't effected I'll keep eating 1800 and see what number the scale ends at. Seeing I'm losing at the rate I am maybe I can go lower than 57 kg. I have never tried to go lower than 57 before.

    Ok well 1800 looks like the magic number :smile: I'll give 1800 a go
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Kim, be careful, jogging is not a good idea yet, give yourself a few weeks before you do this, you could really hurt yourself x
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