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Total group loss 2011

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Thanks Mark and well done again on your excellent loss - well on the way to your new target now!:D

Thanks Alan also for the explanation - it does make sense.

I know something has to be happening because I really am exercising to the max!!

I saw the GP yesterday who has tweaked my meds a bit amongst which my metformin dose has doubled - she has also started the fight with the pct over Byetta - sorry folks for drifting subject a bit!🙂
 
Well done everyone :D.

Lucy - I know you were aiming for 2lbs and "only" lost 1lb but I suspect your body is getting used to your new low GI diet so hang on in there I am sure once your sytem sorts itself out the weight will be dropping off you again :D xxx
 
Well, I am a bit miffed. After picking myself up and dusting myself off after the disasterous 4 weeks I have had and being back on track all week I have put on half a pound 😡. I am hoping it is just my body getting used to the healthy eating agan... Oh well if I dont have a good loss next week I really will be upset!!!

Onward and downwards...
 
cazscot said:
Well, I am a bit miffed. After picking myself up and dusting myself off after the disasterous 4 weeks I have had and being back on track all week I have put on half a pound 😡. I am hoping it is just my body getting used to the healthy eating agan... Oh well if I dont have a good loss next week I really will be upset!!!

Onward and downwards...
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Stick with it Carol! You've been a bit restricted activity-wise, I imagine, after hurting your foot. Hope it's mending OK. My scales don't measure in half-pounds, so I wouldn't notice! 🙂
 
cazscot said:
Well, I am a bit miffed. After picking myself up and dusting myself off after the disasterous 4 weeks I have had and being back on track all week I have put on half a pound 😡. I am hoping it is just my body getting used to the healthy eating agan... Oh well if I dont have a good loss next week I really will be upset!!!

Onward and downwards...
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Hi Carol - really appreciate your support - thank you.
I honestly wouldn't worry about 1/2 lb. Just keep at it and you will see the rewards soon and then there will be no stopping you again.🙂
 
WooHoo weighed in this morning and a massive 6lb loss. Thats a massive personal loss of 20lb since the middle of January :D
 
Alison bloomin brilliant well done to you ,congratulations must make you feel so much better too xxx
 
Thank you Steffie and Mark I'm walking on air just now lol Not been this light in a long time :D
 
That's brilliant alison! Well done! :D

That brings the total to (I think):

Total Group Loss: 11 stone 8.5 lbs

...which happens to be exactly what I currently weigh!
 
Northerner said:
Well done Lucy 🙂 I suspect that the reduction in body fat not seeming to correspond to a small weight loss means that you are 'toning up'. Muscle fibre is denser than fat, so the same weight is carried in a smaller area. It's why athletes like rowers can be technically obese on the BMI scale, but without an ounce of fat on them!

All that exercise is paying off! Because you are building and toning muscle, you will actually be burning more fat even at rest, because of the increase in your metabolism 🙂
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Also, there is visceral fat to take account of (i.e. that which surrounds the internal organs). That's why some apparently well proportioned people can still have a higher body fat %'age than normal. Also, I believe that it is quite responsive to a weight loss regime and may be lost faster than subcutaneous fat.

Also ........

WELL DONE EVERYONE!!

Andy 🙂
 
Well done Alison and Vegan Lass - some very good losses there!
Thanks Northerner and Andy for your fat explanations too!
 
veganlass said:
I do note that when I do lose weight I feel colder, not so much blubber..🙂
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I was severely underweight for nearly a year after diagnosis. Even though I was diagnosed in May, I shivered throughout the summer of 2008 and winter was almost intolerable! 😱
 
Well done Alison thats a brilliant weigh loss.

I have just returned from a weekend away with my girlfriends and have put 2 pounds on 😱
 
Thank you Sheilagh. Draw a line hunny its the start of a new week 🙂
 
well done vegan dont be too disheartened she hun xx loving the new avatar
 
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