Sisterhood HCP Week 3

Ok so I just read the thread about what Jillian said, a good read if you have a minute. It's under General and titled DId you hear what Jillian said? I watched the show and I must say, as bad as I don't want to hear it, she's right. (to summerize, she said that muscle doesn't weigh more than fat, and the scale doesn't lie, and the idea of losing inches and not pounds is stupid and don't candy coat it) That opened up a can of worms on that thread by the way. I do agree with her to a point. I think that she was addressing the people on the show and the fact is that when you have that much to loose, you lose fat first, and don't gain muscle right away. She was also saying, quit making excuses and stop sugar coating the truth -- you didn't lose any weight, now get over it, work harder and move on.
The inches vs. pounds is a huge can of worms right now I think. Everyone will hit a plateau, for a week, month or whatever, while hitting it, your clothes might fit differently,(which is a huge boost of self-esteem and a kick in the butt to keep going and it makes for great mini-goals as well) due to your body "reconfiguring" so ta speak, but the scale won't budge. I don't think this is a horrible thing, just don't let yourself make excuses and justifications. Be honest with yourself, and keep on with your goals. Eventually this too shall pass. I think Jillian's tough love is justified, those contestants are there for one thing only, to lose massive amounts of weight in a short time. Both trainers later said that 2 pounds a week is absolutely acceptable for someone at home to lose, given "life" gets in the way.
Here's my thought, take as you want or throw it away , let's not get into the excuse game (like Joelle on the show:grumble: ) just because the scale doesn't say what we want it to, doesn't mean we are failures, but no excuses.
I don't know if any of you did the 5 minutes extra cardio last week, but I think here's a new challenge. No Excuses. That may involve that moment when you don't want to go to the gym, or push those last couple of squats or power through that last half-mile -- No Excuses. Or when you really want those couple of chips, or little nibble of chocolate -- No Excuses. Before you work out to that DVD, put a piece of paper above the TV to remind you -- No Excuses. Slap it to the side of your water bottle you take to the gym or wherever -- No Excuses. Put it in the front of your mind all week -- No Excuses.

* PS. please don't take this to sound as if I'm not including myself in this, trust me all those excuses up there are from me! Especially the chips:grumble: Good Luck to all, as Mister Sister puts it, do your best and forget the rest!

Lucky Lep -- I was wondering if you could post what you said on the "Jillian" thread on here ( I would do it, but I didn't want to share if you didn't want to). I think your story will be encouraging Thanks