Hi Marisol
Listen~don't even fret a moment about not losing weight! You already have the ONLY thing you really need: the desire!
Weight Watchers is cool, but don't get hung up on "exact" calories/points each day, it will only defeat you in the long run. I keep a food journal to document EVERY piece of food I put in my mouth, and I have tried every calorie combination from 1400 cal/day, to staggering calories up and down 1500-1800 cal/day (which by the way really did seem to "trick" my metabolism), and I found that by tracking my food and calories, when I looked back at my most successful weeks (amount of weight /inches lost), I lost more pounds and/or inches on the weeks I went over my planned caloric intake! My most successful losses came the weeks I actually ate approx. 1800-1900 cal/day! That taught me that not only is it true, "you have to eat to lose weight!", but that I had to turn a deaf ear to all the propaganda that says, "eating 1200-1500 cal/day is what I needed to lose weight!" Girl, I was starving! You do not get to be 375lbs and not LOVE food!
I still love food, but through this forum I have learned how to love food that will love me back, so now I eat when my body dictates. Some days it only wants 1400 calories (usually Sunday, my yoga/stretch day), but others it may call for 1900 calories EASY! Especially during my S&H rotation! But the point is (despite my babbling
), do not get hung up on numbers (scale) and how fast they do or don't fall. I know it's hard not to, but just concentrate on your workouts, and as your strength increases, your stamina (during cardio) increases and you're just feeling so doggone good, that's when you know it's working for you, and the numbers will eventually cooperate! It really is all about how you feel, and remember, it takes a while after you have a baby for your body to adjust. I believe it was Cathe who said to another poster, "it takes 9 months up, and 9 months down!" So relax, stop focusing on the numbers, and if you can force yourself to do this, DO NOT WEIGH YOURSELF FOR 30 DAYS! Put your eyes back in your head Marisol, that's right, 30 days! Keep working out, if you can manage 5 days of cardio and at least work each body part 2x/week with either PS Series or CTX, in 30 days you will see your numbers have fallen. At 200 lbs, 5 days of cardio turns us into a fat burning machine! I recently hit a plateau, so for the next 6 weeks I am going to do 6 days of cardio and see where it lands me, but at 200lbs, I may still be fat, but d--m if I'm not the fittest fat person in Fayetteville PA! Thanks to Cathe, I have more energy and stamina then my 17 year old daughter and most of her teenage friends! Now that's something the scale doesn't measure!
So enjoy your babies, and eat healthfully, and remember, points are cool as long as you aren't going hungry and depriving yourself, and keep working out, and stay away from the scale for 30 days, and I'll look for your post on April 6 (it's a Sat) saying, "Donna, you were right, I stayed away from the scale and when I weighed in today I lost - #'s"
If I can be any help, let me know
Donna
