Thursday, March 6, 2014

Ch Ch Changes

I have hit my first plateau.  For the past 2 months I have hovered at a 30 lb weight loss.  One week I will see a little loss and the next week I am back to where I started.  I am really tired of spinning my wheels so I decided to change it up.

My eating isn't terrible but it could stand to be cleaned up some more so I quit WW. (Don't freak out on me now, there is method to my madness).  I quit WW for a couple of reasons.  I think it is a really good tool for beginners.  It allows you to gain control over your eating and teaches healthy eating habits.  However, now I know what I should be eating and how to listen to my body and the point system really doesn't correlate when everything else is based of off calories and nutritional value.  So I switched over to My Fitness Pal.  I made this switch so I could start tracking calories as well as proteins, carbs, etc. Plus I wanted to put the $18.95 a month I spend on WW towards another monthly subscription.

So I joined a gym.  I mainly joined so I would have access to heavier weights and have a place to run if it was cold and/or rainy (this is Texas, I never know what the weather is going to do).  When I signed up, I also signed up for a few sessions of personal training.  I need someone to show me more exercises I can do on my own.  I already had one session with my PT and can't wait for the next (I have been sick and had to postpone my second session).  

With these modifications I have made I am starting to see some changes in my weight/body and hope they continue.  The bigger picture with these changes is to not only jump start my weight loss again but I want to be more confident in the gym setting and build strength.  I want to feel like a BAMF no matter what size or what weigh I am.   

Have you ever hit a plateau in your fitness?  What did you do to get past it?

Until next time,
Amanda

7 comments:

  1. Joining a gym is a great idea. Just be aware, as I am sure you are, that once you start biulding luscle those scales aren't always gonna move the way you want them to. Sometimes there is no change on the scales, but the measurements have changed. If your clothes are fitting better, if you can lift heavier at the gym, if you can do one more lap, or one more rep, or just go for one more second without collapsing, thats a win. You can do it. You will do it. And you can talk to me about it anytime you like.

    Check my blog http://onegoodth1ngaday.blogspot.co.uk/ i talk about a lot of these issues too.

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  2. (It would be nice if I did spellcheck, or at least read over my stuff before hitting post) Joining a gym is a great idea. Just be aware, as I am sure you are, that once you start building muscle those scales aren't always gonna move the way you want them to. Sometimes there is no change on the scales, but the measurements have changed. If your clothes are fitting better, if you can lift heavier at the gym, if you can do one more lap, or one more rep, or just go for one more second without collapsing, thats a win. You can do it. You will do it. And you can talk to me about it anytime you like.

    Check my blog http://onegoodth1ngaday.blogspot.co.uk/ i talk about a lot of these issues too.

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    1. Thank you Tina, your support means a great deal to me. I will definitely check out your blog.

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  3. I am in the middle of a 7 month plateau! SO. DANG. TIRED. OF. IT! Frustrated doesn't even begin to cover it. Just keep plugging along. One of these days you will break through!

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    1. I guess the good thing about a plateau is we aren't going back up. Your weight loss has inspired me. I admire your determination, keep going we will both get out of our ruts.

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  4. Girl, I swear to you I have gained and lost the same 3 pounds MULTIPLE times over the past month-- I really need to get back to the gym. And I REALLY need to get into the tracking part of weight watchers-- because I do love the meetings and would do so much better if I wrote down EVERYTHING I put in my mouth, I'd be doing so much better!

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    1. Amanda, we will get going in the right direction I am sure. I am hoping that I will reach a really big milestone in a month that I can share with you all. Keep up the good work!

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