After 8 weeks of this I've gained 4 lbs and this morning when I put on my dress my arms wouldn't fit. My middle is maybe a little smaller but my stubborn love handles remain.
What will it take to freaking lose this? Or is this a losing battle at my age.
me (WW/BS): 48 him: (BS/WH)52 4 kiddos in mid 20's
“Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.”
That being said, 4 lbs is not very much. Is this a sustained weight gain or possibly a fluctuation? As for your shirt being tighter, if it wasn’t the dryer’s fault, well buff arms aren’t necessarily a bad thing Either way, bootcamp 5x a week is great, especially for quality time with your DD. Hang in there!
Love handles are handled at the meal plate, not the gym. Although you are eating a healthy diet, research MUFA’s – (fat burning foods) to help with that. Some right off the top of my head are nuts, dairy products (particularly Greek yogurt), eggs, peanut butter and whole grains (quinoa, brown rice and whole grain cereals). As you’ve mentioned your one cocktail an evening indulgence, keep in mind you’re consuming all empty calories with each one you drink and alcohol plays havoc on a women’s mid-section.
It also wouldn’t hurt for you to measure yourself. You’d be amazed at a difference consistent working out will do for your overall measurements. I measure myself about every three months and in the course of just over a year, I’ve lost over 30 inches on various body parts. Your arms are more than likely bigger because your muscles there are bigger, particularly if you do a lot of upper body conditioning moves.
Whatever you do, don’t give up! You may want to talk to your instructors to see what specific techniques you can use to target the areas from which you’d like to see better results.
ETA: Also - drink TONS of water during the day and make sure you are drinking a lot during your workouts. It's a natural diuretic.
AJ’s MOM
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Hang in there!
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Also, don't cut out all the carbs, move some of them to the evening meal. The no carb/low carb diets are about putting your body into starvation mode, which is bad. Consuming carbs as a majority of your diet is also bad, but like everything there is a happy medium.
This is a fun article that talks about the Broscience of No Carbs At Night:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/carbs-at-night-fat-loss-killer-or-imaginary-boogeyman.html
Control Group So what's the explanation for the nighttime carb group losing more body fat and being more satiated than the control group (maybe we should call them the "bro" group)? The researchers postulated that more favorable shifts in hormones may be the difference. The baseline insulin values in the experimental group eating the majority of carbs at night were significantly lower than those eating carbs during the day.7 So much for carbs at night decreasing insulin sensitivity, right? Additionally, the experimental group had much higher levels of adiponectin, a hormone associated with increased insulin sensitivity and fat burning. They also trended toward slightly higher leptin levels. Furthermore, the nighttime carb munchers had lower levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol and higher levels of HDL (good) cholesterol. Overall, the people eating the majority of their carbs at night lost more bodyfat and had better markers of health by the end of the study than those who ate more of their carbs during the day. So What's The Verdict? I am not ready to say that we should all be eating the majority of our carbs at night. I would like to see this study repeated but with a bolus amount of carbs eaten at one meal in the morning to properly compare it to the single high carb meal at night, whereas the previous study compared a bolus night time carb meal vs. several feedings of carbs throughout the day. It may very well be that the beneficial effects of the diet in this study was more associated with limiting carb dosing (and insulin secretion) to a single bolus rather than spreading them throughout the day. However, I think what can be said with relative certainly is the notion that consuming carbohydrates at night will lead to more fat gain, or impair fat loss compared to consuming them at other times of the day, is false. Write it down: "Don't eat carbs at night, bro" has officially been busted as broscience!
Overall, the people eating the majority of their carbs at night lost more bodyfat and had better markers of health by the end of the study than those who ate more of their carbs during the day.
So What's The Verdict?
I am not ready to say that we should all be eating the majority of our carbs at night. I would like to see this study repeated but with a bolus amount of carbs eaten at one meal in the morning to properly compare it to the single high carb meal at night, whereas the previous study compared a bolus night time carb meal vs. several feedings of carbs throughout the day. It may very well be that the beneficial effects of the diet in this study was more associated with limiting carb dosing (and insulin secretion) to a single bolus rather than spreading them throughout the day.
However, I think what can be said with relative certainly is the notion that consuming carbohydrates at night will lead to more fat gain, or impair fat loss compared to consuming them at other times of the day, is false. Write it down: "Don't eat carbs at night, bro" has officially been busted as broscience!
Your body will go into preservation mode if you're not eating enough – while you are building muscle it will store the fat and hang onto it like a bratty kid who won't share a toy.
I too do high intensity classes - Body Attack primarily - three times a week. I supplement when my schedule allows with good old cardio and resistance and core training. As I got into the classes it became harder and harder for me to lose the weight. Why? Because I wasn't eating enough - particularly the "good" carbs. Now on workout days I eat a really big lunch - loaded with many fat burners, protein and good carbs. I also eat steel cut oats for breakfast and snack at least 4 times a day, usually fruit, veggies and almonds. I eat almonds incessantly and have a package in my car to grab when I feel like I need something.
Your schedule is very athletic which means you have to eat like one to support what your body is giving out in terms of energy. Think about what Michael Phelps ate during the Olympics - 12,000 calories A DAY! Obviously I'm not saying that, but you can't starve yourself with such a high energy-burning regimen such as you're on.
