Join In 5lb. Weight Loss Challenge Starting 01/01/2016 to 01/31/2016

[LovelyEssence]

Hello everyone hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas.... And with New Year's one day away lets get down to business the Holiday's were great, but let work together and support each other in losing weight. So join and lets keep one another posted. 

Start Weight: 200.0- 09/30/15

Current Weight 185.0-12/31/15

Challenge Weight: 182.4- 01/31/16

Mini weight loss by 03/15/16: 174.0 

UGW: 157.0lbs to 160lbs - 05/23/16

[LovelyEssence]

Ok great thanks so much.

[LovelyEssence]

I took you up on the changes and now I'm seeing a change thanks so much. 

[SunsetRunner]

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@LovelyEssence wrote:

I took you up on the changes and now I'm seeing a change thanks so much. 

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Awesome! What changes did you make?  

[LovelyEssence]

Well, I started doing HITT, I warm up for 5 minutes and do 2 minutes @run 6.2, then 2 minute walk for now looking to go higher but heart already feel like its coming out my chest at this speed. I was already eating very healthy mostly veggies, very lean proteins, Chicken, Fish, Very Lean Turkey, etc. and so that was never my issue. I guess I just needed to change the workout routine, I'm also doing Jumping Jack HITT attempting to get to 20 to 30 minutes but this is a tough one, I'm only getting about 15 minutes of this in, but will work my way up.  In the  jumping jack HITT I do a weight 0f 20lb meaning after the jumping jacks, I have to pick up the weight over head jump sit it back down switch sides and repeat. I also realized that I really was not eating enough for the workouts, I do I usually workout and 1 hour sometimes 1.5hours and I was not eating to compensate for the exercise, I also still get alot of other misc. things done around the house throughtout the day. 

Typical day of calories burned: 2500 and eat about 1500 sometimes a lot less. 

[LovelyEssence]

I also still workout 5 days a week 2 with trainer and the remaining three on my own and that's where I'm incorporating the HiTT routine and still weight lifting with this. 

[LovelyEssence]

Oh' and I also switched up my times on working out sometimes early, mid and sometimes at night which I've never done til now. lol its hard but it works. 

[SunsetRunner · Accepted solution]

Excellent!   Never let your body get use to a routine to continue to see improvments.  On days you plan to workout a lot do your body a favor and give it the power food needed.  

On days I plan to run or walk for 2 hours or longer, I always have brown rice the night before.     

[LovelyEssence]

Thanks I will do and will continue to switch it up and try to eat more even though its hard for me to consider eating more, seems like my body responds better when I do. I really appreciate your help its nice having someone that can give you that extra push and encouragement, because being stuck at the same weight for a month when you know your working hard and eating clean, can be very discouraging and unfortunately I'm a visual person most women are lol and although I see changes in my body I was getting pissed not seeing it on the scale. Not only that I have a $500 bet with my daughter that I'll be to my goal weight when she get from Italy and honest to gosh I don't want to have to pay it, heck she get enough already from me. LMAO :smileylol

[LovelyEssence]

Hello everyone sorry I'm 7-days late and 8.5lbs from goal weight unfortunately, but I'm sticking to it, I had a rough patch not changing up my routine I wasn't seeing weight lose for about 8 weeks, but all of a sudden switched up routine and BAM I started losing. So say positive and keep going if your at a rough patch eventually you'll see change.