pjbarclay55 Member

You are right im relating the two. My other post was saying sugars, i include them together Sugars/Sweetners) shouldn't but i do. Neither one are probably at all related sugar, aspartame and my personal fat loss but because it happened its kept me continuing what i'm doing. Just an interesting read below:…

Hahaha thats not what i'm saying at all. What I'm saying is that for some reason at the time I gave it up I was lucky enough to have my love handles disappear. Would be awesome if they were scientifically related I'd sign up for that study. Its the reason I haven't had any aspartame since. Just like my fat loss is why I…

I gave up sugars, yes sugars there's lots of them. Did it more as an experiment then anything. I felt better lost my love handles which I've never done before (guess that's where that sugar was going, *this is a joke*) but in seriousness my love handles shrunk drastically. I can breathe better always had a stuffy nose.…

Im wheat free. Experimented and went off it felt soooo much better and haven't gone back. No more energy ups and downs. For fun I ate some bread to see what would happen. Felt so sore, tired and bloated. Soreness probably due to muscle being filled with glycogen and the tiredness due to the increased sugar then drastic…

I gained 15lbs in 2 weeks when I started back at the gym. Look up glycogen. Glycogen is what filling up your muscles, and when that happens it includes lots of water. "glycogen is bound to four grams of water.This means that when your liver and muscles are charged up with glycogen you gain four times the weight of that…

If I was you I would just experiment. I personally gave them up no reason just to see what happens to my body and I literally just started loosing my love handles. No other change to my diet. This was the first time in my life they shrank. I don't know why this happened and i don't know if it will do the same for anyone…

I drink more then a gallon a day. I also spend lots of my day in the washroom. Makes no sense to me but it helps keep water weight off. Which makes it nicer looking at the scale.

- Wooshes can happen and when they do its the best mornings ever - Going to the gym will actually make you gain weight, (glycogen, water weight) and it will look like the process has stalled even though your loosing fat. - Doing squats will fill out your jeans again even though your loosing fat, and Deadlifts will make you…

Working for me. I dieted way down a few years ago and lost a ton of muscle in the process. The high fat seems to be keeping the muscle on. This and lots of time at the gym. Lost 44lbs really quickly then went to the gym and am stuck on the scale but have gotten leaner and stronger then I've ever been and I've spent years…

Water is your best friend but when it comes to the scale your worst enemy. I have to think about what I ate for the last 3 days before I think of jumping on the scale if I don't want to be pissed off. However, I check myself out in the mirror as often as possible, only way to see changes sometimes.

I don't know how much of this helps. But I've been there and that feeling as you put it "a overgrown whale" was the one thing that keeps me motivated to continue each day. Focus on it, hate it, have that feeling drive your motivation. My new method after getting back on the wagon has only been about focusing on how I feel.…