I've been stalled since the end of February and this morning I finally lost another pound!!

I was stuck at 260 and really wanted to be in the 250s but my body wasn't having any of it. I increased my exercise, water intake and protein and that seemed to do the trick! I officially weighed in at 259.0 this morning. Yeah!!

I'm going to Las Vegas in about 5 1/2 weeks and I'd really like to lose another 15-18 pounds by then so I'm going to focus on increasing my exercise slowly over the next month or so. My goal for April 7 is to be 250 but I'm going to try to surpass that.

At the gym I'm currently doing a 10 minute warm-up on the bike, 20 minutes on the elliptical (an increase from 15), and 30 minutes on the treadmill (an increase from 20). I will increase my time on the elliptical and treadmill next week by about 5 minutes. Hopefully, this will help boost my weight loss. I also do walking or dancing exercise videos at home if I don't make it to the gym. I had to take a look at what I was eating also and realized that I was eating a bit too many carbs. My dr. doesn't have a prescribed amount of carbs that I should eat but he does emphasize eating protein first, then any veggies (which I really can't have yet), then unprocessed carbs. I am going to be cutting back a bit on carbs and see if that will help.

Take care,

I am so glad you broke your stall. I have found cutting the carbs does help when you are in a stall. Your workout plan is great! That should get those pounds dropping! Have fun when you go to Vegas.

I've been stalled since the end of February and this morning I finally lost another pound!!

I was stuck at 260 and really wanted to be in the 250s but my body wasn't having any of it. I increased my exercise, Water intake and Protein and that seemed to do the trick! I officially weighed in at 259.0 this morning. Yeah!!

YAY!!! Way to go, Genepha! That's awesome. Very happy for you.

I'm having my surgery on 3/21/11. Wish me luck!!!

Take care,

Amy

Thanks Becca and Amy!

I lost another pound today so I'm hoping my stall is officially over. I'm going to be very pleased if I have a sustainable 1-2 pound loss per week. I'm going to go walk on the beach today for a different type of exercise. Have a great day!!

Yea Genepha!!!! I remember my how horrible it felt when I was trapped in my 3 week long stall, I thought "jeez not even surgery can me". However, I remember even more clearly when the stall finally broke and I was back on the downward slope, what a relief!!! Congratulations on your loss, best wishes for continued success

Thats great! Stalls suck, but getting over them feels fantastic!

GOOD FOR YOU GENEPHA! KEEP IT UP!

GREAAAAT!

Thanks everybody!!

You gals sure are motivating!

That is great!! It feels soooo good to see the numbers on the scale move DOWN!!

Congrats on saying good-bye to the 260s! It seems like I always stall when I am close to breaking into a lower bracket. It seemed like I would lose great then I'd hit a pound above the number I wanted to get below and stay there for a week or two. the first one was getting below 500. I stayed a couple pounds above forever. But when I went below it was by several pounds. This last one was getting below 450. I was at 458 then 453 then 451 then, all of a sudden I hit 443 then 440. 300s here I come. Hopefully breaking that magic number will keep you motivated and show you that you can do it.

So after all my pep talks about not having a stall, I HAD ONE! But, I have been working out like a crazy person and I think I gained muscle. I also think that I was really dehydrated which made my body hold onto water. I finally dropped a half a pound in the last ten days. NO BUENO! But, i think that I was still losing inches. I decided I am going to take my body fat and measurments, that way when I am in the middle of a stall I can still be encouraged if my body fat goes down and I am losing inches. Glad to hear you are on the way down Genepha. Missed you! I haven't been on in forever!