Weigh-in | Week 7
Is this thing on?
Starting weight| 352 lbs
Current weight| 319.8 lbs
Week 7 change| 0 lbs
Total loss| 32.2 lbs
Lucky week 7 right? Not so much. I moved the scale around to three different surfaces—no luck. Strangely though, I was only frustrated for about a minute—then I went off to the gym and hit some weights and ran on the treadmill. I wasn’t running on the treadmill at 350+ lbs.
I feel like it’s too early for a plateau. I tend to be pretty meticulous on logging everything—and usually undershoot the workout burn estimates. There could be other reasons for no loss—but for now, I’m not too worried about it.
- I basically copied off of last week’s plan hoping to replicate last week’s results. I did miss a Tuesday workout and yesterday was pretty low in calories though I honestly wasn’t hungry.
- It’s been a little bit of a stressful week—there is a link between stress hormone “cortisol” sabotaging weight loss efforts.
- Clothes are fitting more loosely and I’m noticing more muscle definition in my shoulders, arms and legs.
- I’ve jogged on the treadmill twice this week. I feel like I’m heart healthy enough to do it, but my body is still carrying a lot of excess weight. So I’m easing in.
Who’s ready for Spring?
I am definitely ready for spring. Congrats on hanging in and not letting the scale derail you. What you input is so much more important than the output. (Which I keep reminding myself about this week.
Thanks Adelyn. I’ve given up plenty of other times—I don’t have as much discipline as I’m making it seem—-but this time is different.
I’ll be stupidly honest here – when I slowed down in my weight loss when I was 300+ pounds still, I stopped exercising. Yes, I realize that could have backfired, but I did. I stopped exercising and focused solely on my calories in vs out. And that was because I didn’t want muscle gain to derail my motivation when I saw the numbers go down on the scale. When I got below 200 I added it back in, because I had enough fat on me to see the fruits of my exercise labor (muscle definition.) Moral of the story is: don’t get too discouraged. It definitely could be those muscles!
Stupid honesty is always welcome here. Interesting approach—I like the rebelliousness of it. Thanks for the encouragement.
Which muscles? THESE? (flexes,shirt rips) not quite.
I’m glad you were frustrated only for a minute and went to the gym
if you continue your plan the scales will have to budge…they won’t have a choice 
Yeah it’s weird I had a 2 pound loss earlier last month and it discouraged me more than today’s weigh-in. I’m weird.
Hi Chris! Well, I would ignore cortisol (!!!) because information (which I personally think is mostly hype) like that just tends to give people excuses. Stick loyally to the process. Some weeks, a body just tends to hold water more than others. Now you know what I feel like when I lose 0.25 pounds after I tried really hard all week!
Marion doesn’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. I like it. Good thoughts as always.
Hi! Funny, I’ve gone 6 days myself in my week 7, with zero change as well. I guess that butterfly sneezing in Wisconsin is affecting both of us the same way.