Stalls - Page 2

dawnyama · 01-21-2011, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by minimonkey

Okay, so I was doing some reading about stalls on p2 tonight, and happened across some people discussing their experiences -- apparently third week stalls are quite common, and it is also not uncommon to stall for as much as two weeks

The good news, however, is that if you ride it out, apparently you not only get a pretty good loss when the stall breaks, but also tend to resume your earlier rate of loss for the last part of the round. (Most of these people were doing 40 days.)

I feel better hearing that from several sources, though I hope my stall is more like the ones Paula described, and that it only lasts a few days.

Anyhow, thought that might be helpful for those of us who are new to this.

I know this is long past, but when I stall out I do an apple day. Dr S prescribes them for any loss not happening in 5 days and about day #6 of the same weight I realize "why not do an apple day"? I also have the dreaded 3rd week stall happen. But I am also impatient and if I have not seen movement in the scale it gets frustrating. I love apple days--there is no thought whatsoever. Are you thirsty...have an apple. Are you hungry.....have an apple.

I love it!!!! Good luck!!!

lucky_d · 01-21-2011, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by michlady

I wish I could hide the scales for a few days, but I'm addicted to weighing in every morning...which is a far cry from my heaviest days when I avoided the scales at all costs!!

I know what you mean! I was addicted to the scales for several years and it kept me at my lightest for the longest period. Then last year, I decided I was stable enough to skip the weighing. I would just know if I was gaining weight because my clothes would start feeling tight. Well, thanks to the miracle of lycra I managed to gain a whopping 18 POUNDS before figuring out I was getting fat. This was all while working out for an hour a day 5 days a week. I thought no way! I would never gain weight working out that much. But my diet was all over the place, which I now realize. P2 has a way of opening our eyes, no?

Never again will I stop weighing!

minimonkey · 01-21-2011, 01:11 PM

I am ambivalent about daily weighing -- I am an obsessive person in general, and it is so easy to get hung up on a number and not see the bigger picture...

Then again, like you folks, when I don't weigh regularly, I can easily gain weight and deny that it is happening. Much better to nip weight gain in the bud, and not have to take off 20 lbs later!

I think the stall is breaking for me... I am down from a few days ago, and today I held steady at the same weight as yesterday (rather than bouncing back up) so I feel pretty good about that.

If I don't see a continued drop, I will try an apple day, but it will include coffee... I just can't function without it! I'm not really interested in forcing a water-loss, anyhow... but I suspect that the enzymes in apples really do something to jumpstart the scale.

minimonkey · 01-21-2011, 01:14 PM

Lucky -- at least some of that gain HAS to be muscle, if you were working out that much! I can't wait until p3, when I am going to resume my workouts. I do resistance training (bar method, pilates, callanetics, fusion) and they build muscle like crazy. I am blessed to have some meso mixed in with my endo body type, and I build muscle easily... that does cause a scale gain, but the results are so fabulous... at that point, the scale doesn't mean a lot to me. I love being strong and lean.

lucky_d · 01-21-2011, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by minimonkey

Lucky -- at least some of that gain HAS to be muscle, if you were working out that much! I can't wait until p3, when I am going to resume my workouts. I do resistance training (bar method, pilates, callanetics, fusion) and they build muscle like crazy. I am blessed to have some meso mixed in with my endo body type, and I build muscle easily... that does cause a scale gain, but the results are so fabulous... at that point, the scale doesn't mean a lot to me. I love being strong and lean.

Yes, it was undoubtedly partially muscle, but it was also just plain old CHUNK STYLE too! I gained a pants size, then those started getting tight and I said "Enough!". I am also a meso-endo but my endo part doesn't like to give up fat, so I keep getting more muscular without losing the fat = biggie size me! That's why I put the workouts on hold while I was doing this so that hopefully the fat would release. According to my scale which does body fat too, it looks like I've lost about 3% body fat during this time, which is awesome if true. But that part of the scale has always seemed a little squirrelly to me. According to it I had 40% body fat when I started. My trainer measured it and according to him it was 27% which seems a little more realistic. I think the scale is at least reliable enough to tell me it's going in the right direction, but that's about it.

lucky_d · 01-21-2011, 03:52 PM

Also I meant to say Mini, WOOHOO on breaking your stall. You rode it out, girl! Good for you!

minimonkey · 01-21-2011, 04:10 PM

Yeah, the endo part is a toughie, Lucky -- that is why I can't do aerobic type exercise and see any good results. The only thing that works for me is resistance training (very light, repetitive motions) ... and it does work wonders. If I lift heavy, or repetitively work a muscle heavily as in aerobics, I just bulk up.

minimonkey · 02-11-2011, 09:06 AM

Bumping for PiDevil -- and btw, I miss Lucky.. she has disappeared!

01-21-2011, 01:11 PM	#33
minimonkey Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,029 Gallery: minimonkey Stats: 5'0" -- very small frame WOE: Clean eating, whole foods	I am ambivalent about daily weighing -- I am an obsessive person in general, and it is so easy to get hung up on a number and not see the bigger picture... Then again, like you folks, when I don't weigh regularly, I can easily gain weight and deny that it is happening. Much better to nip weight gain in the bud, and not have to take off 20 lbs later! I think the stall is breaking for me... I am down from a few days ago, and today I held steady at the same weight as yesterday (rather than bouncing back up) so I feel pretty good about that. If I don't see a continued drop, I will try an apple day, but it will include coffee... I just can't function without it! I'm not really interested in forcing a water-loss, anyhow... but I suspect that the enzymes in apples really do something to jumpstart the scale. __________________ Rogue p2 cycling: 8/28:128.6 .... 10/7 118.4 ....10/20: 115.8

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01-21-2011, 01:14 PM	#34
minimonkey Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,029 Gallery: minimonkey Stats: 5'0" -- very small frame WOE: Clean eating, whole foods	Lucky -- at least some of that gain HAS to be muscle, if you were working out that much! I can't wait until p3, when I am going to resume my workouts. I do resistance training (bar method, pilates, callanetics, fusion) and they build muscle like crazy. I am blessed to have some meso mixed in with my endo body type, and I build muscle easily... that does cause a scale gain, but the results are so fabulous... at that point, the scale doesn't mean a lot to me. I love being strong and lean.

01-21-2011, 03:52 PM	#36
lucky_d Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 328 Gallery: lucky_d Stats: 203(c.2003)/170(started HCG)/162/145 WOE: HCG homeopathic drops Start Date: January 2011	Also I meant to say Mini, WOOHOO on breaking your stall. You rode it out, girl! Good for you!

01-21-2011, 04:10 PM	#37
minimonkey Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,029 Gallery: minimonkey Stats: 5'0" -- very small frame WOE: Clean eating, whole foods	Yeah, the endo part is a toughie, Lucky -- that is why I can't do aerobic type exercise and see any good results. The only thing that works for me is resistance training (very light, repetitive motions) ... and it does work wonders. If I lift heavy, or repetitively work a muscle heavily as in aerobics, I just bulk up.

02-11-2011, 09:06 AM	#38
minimonkey Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,029 Gallery: minimonkey Stats: 5'0" -- very small frame WOE: Clean eating, whole foods	Bumping for PiDevil -- and btw, I miss Lucky.. she has disappeared!