Re: Doing a really dorky happy dance!

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after my first week's weigh-in for the BLcontest. I'VE LOST 4 POUNDS!!!

Congratulations Tess!!

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Awesome Tess! Fabulous! Keep up the great work. You are going to feel great here in no time!!!DarcyOn Jan 18, 2008 10:27 AM, Lethe Loupe <

lethe.loupe@...> wrote:

Just got in from the Y, after my first week's weigh-in for the BL

contest. I'VE LOST 4 POUNDS!!! My partner hasn't weighed in yet, so

I don't know how she's done, but I couldn't be happier right now!

Of course, a lot of that is probably water weight since I've been

super-strict about staying below 2400 milligrams of sodium per day,

and been trying to drink a lot of water, so next week I'm sure I'll be

closer to a more sane 1 or 2 lbs... but daaaang! LOL, never expected

this!

Oh, and yesterday, when I put on a pair of heels, it dawned on me that

I'm actually getting those pretty " upside down hearts " calf muscles

and a good line of definition along the sides of my lower calf muscle,

as well.

Just had to crow to those who understand the most!

Tess

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" The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph! "

~Marvin ~

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way to go tess. yes its usually true you lose a good amount of weight at first but after that 1-2lbs a week is a very healthy way to go. gives your body time to adapt to changes and lbs are always everything especially if you resistance train. those lbs may be healthy fat burning muscle. its a good thing to measure with but take it with a grain of salt(no pun). keep working hard and feeling how those jeans fit so well. kassia ldy_solana's domain Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.-Will

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Wow, great job, Tess!!

I'm happy for you and happy that your mom is also

interested in exercising w/ T-Tapp!

Donna

--- Lethe Loupe wrote:

> Just got in from the Y, after my first week's

> weigh-in for the BL

> contest. I'VE LOST 4 POUNDS!!! My partner hasn't

> weighed in yet, so

> I don't know how she's done, but I couldn't be

> happier right now!

>

> Of course, a lot of that is probably water weight

> since I've been

> super-strict about staying below 2400 milligrams of

> sodium per day,

> and been trying to drink a lot of water, so next

> week I'm sure I'll be

> closer to a more sane 1 or 2 lbs... but daaaang!

> LOL, never expected

> this!

>

> Oh, and yesterday, when I put on a pair of heels, it

> dawned on me that

> I'm actually getting those pretty " upside down

> hearts " calf muscles

> and a good line of definition along the sides of my

> lower calf muscle,

> as well.

>

> Just had to crow to those who understand the most!

> Tess

>

> --

> " The difference between try and triumph is just a

> little umph! "

> ~Marvin ~

>

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Thank you all! I knew you'd really understand my excitement, even

better than my nearest and dearest! ;-D

Yep, Kassia, I agree completely with what you say-- that's why I'm so

shocked by my weight loss this week, I honestly didn't expect to have

much of any. I certainly don't expect it to continue. Heck, if it

keeps up at that rate, I'll be worried something is majorly wrong with

my body! LOL

I do suspect it was mostly water loss, as I said. I'm actually

training more to encourage hypertrophy, though I know it's also almost

impossible to do that while keeping a calorie deficit. I'm eating

around 15-1800 cal. a day, 40% protein-40% carbs-30% fat roughly (as

little processed food as possible), and staying under 2400 milligrams

of salt. When I do my weight training, I'm going for weights that I

can lift 6-8 times, in three sets.

My reasoning is that if I make heavy demands on my muscles, my body

will conserve their tissue, rather than hanging onto fat stores and

burning off muscle, as it might well tend to do if I'd gone into the

cardio-heavy program most people do to " lose weight. " I figure

every ounce of muscle I can hang onto or even grow, is that many more

calories I'll burn from now on. Muscle burns 35-50 calories an hour,

24/7, compared to fat's 9 per hour, have I got that right?

As far as cardio, on weight days, I'm trying to do what hits the

muscles I'm working that day-- rowing at a heavy draft for chest/back

days, elliptical for leg days, both steady-state for 30 mins. On

cardio/stretching days, I do Cardio Coach and Step Away the Inches in

addition to whatever flexibility workout I do.

Ab work is done on weight days, and that's *definitely* the weak link

in my body. When I do Captain's Chair leg tucks, for instance, I can

only do two before resting a few seconds. :-P

With the increase in definition and density I'm already seeing after

this first week, I think I'm on the right track, at least, so far!

I'm holding off on taking my measurements-- better proof than the

scale, imo-- for at least another week or two, as they tend to change

slowly for me and I get more discouraged by that than by a fluctuating

number on the scale.

Thank you again for all your cheers & words of encouragement and

wisdom, they really do fuel me to push even harder!

Tess

>

> way to go tess. yes its usually true you lose a good amount of weight at

> first but after that 1-2lbs a week is a very healthy way to go. gives your

> body time to adapt to changes and lbs are always everything especially if

> you resistance train. those lbs may be healthy fat burning muscle. its a

> good thing to measure with but take it with a grain of salt(no pun). keep

> working hard and feeling how those jeans fit so well.

>

> kassia