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Originally Posted by CFD
It sounds like you're doing it right. There will be some weeks you will loose more and some less and some not at all but don't get discouraged if you're eating right and exercising you're on track. If you go for an extended period without progress shake it up a little, sometimes you may have to eat MORE. Your body has a way of adapting to what you throw at it. If you are on a calory defecit for a long period your body reacts and goes into the starvation mode so trick it by eating more for a day or two. Also this is why I mentioned earlier we should be concerned with fat loss not weight loss. You have been eating perfectly and exercising hard with weight and jump on the scale and you gained 5 lbs, what the heck you say, well if you built muscle, which in fact does weigh more than fat you will see a weight gain. It won't happen that fast especially if you're a woman. Even for a man building five pounds of muscle doesn't come easy for most unless your genetically gifted or on steroids. I would suggest that if people are serious go to your local GNC or healthfood store and get a body fat caliper. It doesn't have to be fancy Acumeasure is one that comes to mind they are inexpensive. As long as you take measurments the same way each time you can measure your reduction in body fat, this is much better than weight watching because fat reduction and muscle building/tonning is actually what the goals here are.
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I have a battery operated body fat analyzer...it is one of the nicer ones, but still probably not 100% accurate, but it is easier than using calipers. Anyway, here are my results...I started P90X exercises on 26 December but didn't start the nutrition part of it until 2 Jan (I'm 5'6")
26 Dec - Weight 143 / Body fat 24.6%
7 Jan - Weight 140 / Body fat 21.8%
I am SUPER pleased with the body fat results and am SEEING the definition results in my arms already....I actually have biceps!!
Also wanted to share this link to some protein shake recipes that look pretty darned tasty to include Pina Colada, Chocolate Peanut Butter, and Cookies & Cream to name a few. I am sure you can substitute whatever brand protein powser you have for the Isopure
http://www.theisopurecompany.com/recipes.php