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| FetishJess |
on Mon 30 Aug 10, 2:14 AM to FetishJess's blog.
It's because I haven't lost a single ounce this week and I am fucked off. Stuck to the Slimming World diet to the letter and I have been to 3 gym classes too.
I was really missing sugar. I really wanted it. So, I went and bought a piece of cheesecake (chocolate chunk) from the 24 hour M&S. It was 405 calories and very nice. Was it worth 405 calories? Jury's still out on that one.
| 30 Aug 10, 2:32 AM go_dutch UK(AL), 4 yrs  |
if you do it once, that's fine. just because you mess up once it doesnt matter, as long as it's only once.
all you need to do is make sure this isn't the start of a slippery slope and you'll be fine on a related topic, you say you're going to the gym 3 times a week, are you getting muscle growth? because don't forget that muscle is heavier than fat, and if you're getting more muscle as you get less fat then you may not get a significant weight loss straight away Edinburgh Fringe Munch 15/08/10 | ||
| 30 Aug 10, 4:53 AM Thought_Policeman UK(SO), 2 yrs |
What did these classes consist of and how long have you been at them?
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| 30 Aug 10, 8:09 AM gloveslave 5 yrs |
are you afraid of heights, because andrenaline fuelled fear based exercise is the most effective method of losing weight - climbing and abseilling - and gymnastics is pure form virtuous circle exercise... | ||
| 30 Aug 10, 8:16 AM billsmurf 11 yrs |
As has been said you will create muscle which is heavier than fat however keep a check on your waistline, you should start losing inches also besides the gym try swimming. A half hour steady swim will burn off two hundred calories. What ever happens you hang on in there and both the weight and inches will come off. | ||
| 30 Aug 10, 8:36 AM Badg1Vo UK(B), 6 yrs |
(Jess, good luck with the dieting BTW). "Muscle is heavier than fat" ? ; I think not. I'd wager than 1kg of muscle weighs just the same as 1kg of fat. (OK, for the pedants : 'kg' is 'mass' not weight, but in the same gravitational field, etc.) Muscle is denser than fat: 1kg of muscle will have less volume than 1kg of fat. Muscle is also less 'calorie dense' than fat (1kg of muscle holds less calories than 1kg of fat). So, for a hypothetical weight training example, if a person used 2000 calories to convert fat exclusively into muscle, they could increase in mass but look better for it as their volume decreased (and appearance of being 'toned' increased). Converting that hypothetical example into the real world, e.g. as part of a calorie controlled diet, the transfer isn't "exclusive conversion from fat to muscle", so with the exercise consuming calories, the aim is loss of mass (weight), and better 'tone'. Cheers, Badg1.
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| 30 Aug 10, 10:12 AM ThedaVamp UK, 6 yrs |
An advocate for shitting yourself... Perverted Pederast Puppetmistress Pimp Pandering to the Patriarchy... apparently | ||
| 30 Aug 10, 1:34 PM Masters_Delight UK(WD), 5 yrs |
FJ, everyone needs a naughty treat every now and then so don't beat yourself up over it, unless that's your thing of course. Do you like jelly? Having sugar free jelly with frsh fruit is a nice treat and not to naughty.x
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| 30 Aug 10, 1:58 PM chartreuse UK(BA), 6 yrs  |
Please don't be too despondent, it happens to us all, now and then. We're all allowed a "treat" from time to time, food is only our enemy if we allow it to control us, all the time. We shouldn't always deny ourselves some of the more calorific foods... we just need to be aware how often we do it and to what extent. As others have said, maybe you've swapped the fat-weight for the muscle-weight, exercise is a good way to use up our stores of energy and tone the body, perhaps your shape has changed, do you measure?
Keep going... you'll get there, it's the law of averages. | ||
| 30 Aug 10, 2:35 PM skydancer UK, 4 yrs |
As long as the general weight loss trend is downwards then you are still on track.. at least thats what I keep telling myself...  | ||
| 30 Aug 10, 6:36 PM Badg1Vo UK(B), 6 yrs |
Agreed, and if someone doesn't loose weight but "looks better" .. that is still a week to celebrate However, my point remains that "muscle is heavier than fat" is often quoted but is still incorrect - muscle is denser than fat, not heavier. Cheers, Badg1. |
