Thinking out loud

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So here I am pretty much 5 weeks into my challenge and I've had

my first " whoosh " as I have heard it called here on the board.

Where you wait and wait and finally the scale goes down.

Now I'm at that place again where the scale is sticking at

the same weight and I'm just contemplating what is really

going on.

The first few weeks I suppose my body is adjusting to the

food and new routine and swapping muscle for fat. I am

remembering that I heard somewhere that a pound of fat is

approximately the size of a softball whereas a pound of

muscle is approximately the size of a baseball. Soooo

if this is happening to my body, I'm losing inches, but

not pounds.

Eventually, around week 4 it seems I hear a lot of people say,

they notice a difference and some scale weight. I guess

this is where the power of the muscle starts firing up

the metabolism and makes the scale weight drop.

Also, my squirly little electronic bf monitor says I

am losing bodyfat.

So, now here I am at that point and the scale is stuck

again. I'm trying to remind myself that I'm probably going

to hover here for a week or so before theres another

real drop in scale weight and not get discouraged.

" Just keep doing the next right thing.

There is no TRY. There is only DO!

Be persistent and consistent.

Quitting is not an option! "

This is my mantra

Whats going on is that I am loosing bodyfat and building

muscle, then the scale is going to drop. patience patience

patience.

" Just keep doing the next right thing.

There is no TRY. There is only DO!

Be persistent and consistent.

Quitting is not an option! "

Deanna

(Yes, I know that the scale is a bad

indicator of progress, but it is ONE

that I have used everyday along with

how my clothes fit, a tape measure,

and bodyfat measurement)

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