bikipatra wrote:Charity wrote:hulagirlfromhawaii wrote:Ooooh that Mojo helped alot Sojo!
Thank you my friend!
I got to sleep in today.. Something that I haven't done in 3 weeks! Wow that was great! I wasn't able to get all my meals in yesterday. Stepped on the scale and I'm 2 pounds heavier! What the
! Maybe it's water weight, I don't know. But I'm still plugging away.
So, you have been pretty compliant but those last 5 or so lbs aren't coming off? What's up with that? I find that is the case for several ladies. What is the answer? Cardio? But then what? Do we do the extra cardio forever to maintain? Hummmm.....
That really depends on what "pretty" compliant means. A little non compliance is catching. We're pretty honest around here and when you are close to goal and you know one little off plan snack isn't going to send you back into size 22's it doesn't seem like that big a deal. But in reality whether you are 80 pounds from goal or 8, you are still kicking yourself out of ketosis and the fat burning stage. That's not the way to reach goal. I am not saying everyone is doing that but some have admitted it and so will I. I plan to make cardio a part of my maintenance plan just like it is a part of my plan now, in fact more so, because I will be able to eat more calories and hopefuly have those damned bras that will stop this chest from bouncing.
Yes, Biki is exactly right. My compliancy has been on the straight and narrow for about about a week and a half with not cheating at all. Back in July I had a very big backslide and went totally off track. So I have lost and gained about 7-10 pounds over ticker since July. I haven't changed the ticker because I have been hovering near there since my backslide.
Even if I have a little more L&G than I should or one more Soy Crisps as a cheat, I don't lose. I've always had very long stalls since I started. My last one was back in October of last year. I didn't lose anything for a month and a half, so I had to up the cardio a little and go on 6 supplements for a little while until I broke through.
I've also been dealing with a big health issue (which started before MF which is still looming) ,( see my journal about a month ago) but getting better, thus, very slow progress right now.