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Few days before mine started I was so hungry and craving junk food...my scale went down weirdly enough. Seems at the time it wants to stay still. I see a little of the weight creeping up but as I'll be done with exams (hooray) and finished with TOM it'll be time to put it in place

Took 5 months to get from 161-->142 but I wasn't so strict all the time which kept me going instead of making me give up on it :) Slow and steady...

Less than a year, I started in February at 161lbs I'm down to 142lbs although I messed up a bit in September from comfort-eating in stressful times. I'm back down and am the healthiest and fittest I've been. I'm in the range of my last pounds :) (hopefully)

Don't use it to track my food as I don't want to be weighing my food but knowing how to eat in moderation and see results - worked so far, never had to weigh my food yet. I use the site to browse the interesting things and ask questions but it's a task.

It's a new challenge for me, I've been exercising for a while so need some new stuff to work with now. If I don't see changes by April, I'll start lifting heavy.

Um anyway... I've decided to go with the 30DS and work through that as I find it a bit of a challenge when I attempted it last night. Thanks for all the relevant replies in the thread.

Sorry, yeah I know you can't spot-reduce but that was is my goal so I'll have to wait for that to happen. I was only doing cardio previously but wanted to try something new so got light dumbbells (got my heavier ones at home - I have 2.2kgs and 4.6kgs here)

Have you noticed any differences at all so far?

Yup! I have 'started' but as I have been busy/under stress with exams, my diet has gone a bit off but should be ok from tomorrow. With the weight training argument, this is my goal: To lose the belly fat To gain slight definition in my body Mainly the belly fat is what I'm concerned with but I thought I'd add weights into…

No no, you misunderstand. The exercises I chose at first were light ones - they were not taxing on my body even though it was new to me. That's what I mean by light. The dumbbells are fine - what I need to do now is amp up my exercises by choosing different ones such as the 30 Day Shred which combines cardio and ST to get…

The weights will be the same I meant the videos that I don't find taxing...I'm not going to overdo hence my reason for doing the 30 Day Shred three times per week

I've decided to do 30 day shred 2-3 times per week as well as mix in lighter weight training from FitnessBlender

You've helped me a lot thanks! Yeah that's what I'll do that's why I started with very light strength toning and building up from there :)

It's definitely not a steep calorie deficit. That's a good idea doing cardio one day then ST the next - but isn't it a bit too much which is why I ask of doing exercising that combine it? If I don't it'll be: Cardio - ST - Cardio - ST... Maybe I'll add low-impact cardio (kickboxing for 10 min) twice per week so its not a…

Thanks for clearing that up

The specific question is: are the things I've mentioned the correct things to do and is there any way to improve my strategy? My definition of toning exclusively is seeing muscle definition. My main goal is losing body fat therefore losing weight. I'd like to combine them to get maximum results.

It's meant to build muscle while the calorie deficit burns fat so when you lose enough, you can a better definition of the body which is done via strength training. That's what I've read on this site.

I've done low-impact strength training 4 times now, starting a routine of 4 days per week next week

I picked up some dumbbells (light ones - 1.1kg & 2.3kg) and they seem to work for me. I haven't seen any difference but I haven't eaten the best either (may be over deficit in the past few days) should be on track from tomorrow. From what I understand as you build muscle and loss fat simultaneously, you'll notice a…

bumping the topic I'm really confused I have people telling me to stop cardio and some saying it burns fat off. Then strength training on top of that. I've got fitness blender videos for both. What exactly shall I do? I have about 7lbs I want to lose... I'll see if the belly fat goes along with it or not My original plan…

I said to someone yesterday that as long as you're in a calorie deficit it doesn't necessarily matter what you eat - but he said it does as losing weight is 90% diet and what you eat regulates your metabolism...

After you've done the shred for a period of time and don't use it but use lighter exercises (lower intensity) do the results of your efforts start to slowly go?

I saw that and thanks for your previous reply

is cardio and strength training combined useful?

That's not really fair I've worked incredibly hard since February to lose the weight I did and am not going to not post what I want to ask which was a genuine question because other people have more to lose. Like I said, my belly is what I'm not happy with completely and needs work on.

Thanks but the belly is what keeps me from wearing slimmer clothes (size 16-size 12 now). i had a bigger belly than that (I think) - my stomach has always been big from what I can remember. I've never been a 'slim' person really. Right now there's massive changes in my arms, thighs especially and legs - they all look great…

This seriously wasn't a joke-question, I think it is big not specifically in the morning but at night, it tends to stick out and is embarassing to wear in skinnier clothes that can fit the rest of my body but my stomach sticks out.

Thanks - do you think a loss of 7lbs (hopefully my last ones to go) will give the results I want? Not spot-reducing but my lower half and arms are already thin and toned...my belly seems to be the only thing left

It's the hardest bit to lose and it has gone down too (was 161lbs first), but when I wear clothes that fit well - my belly is the thing that sticks out and looks horrible.

Unless you ate 10500 calories, it didn't. Return to your normal eating routine today and it will go right down to tomorrow and the next day etc. After Christmas day I was 145 then 144.8 then 143.2 then 142.6 (back to normal) Tip: don't trust the scale as the biggest measurement, how you feel is most important.