Dan,

Have you ever heard of someone INCREASING their waist size from working their abs? I've been LCing for 90 days now. I've stayed at the induction carb intake of 20 grams per day because I'm not losing much weight. I started lifting weights with supervision three times a week for an hour. This is added to an hour of cardio ( heart rate 150 ) three times a week. I rest one day a week.

I know I'm getting stronger. I stared doing leg presses with 150 pounds, 12 reps per set, two sets. Now I'm doing 480 pounds, 12 reps per set, three sets.

My ab workout is two sets of 20 reps on an inclined bench. I put a basketball behind my knees and raise them until my thigh touches my chest. After doing several other exercises, I come back to the abs. This time, I sit on a large rubber ball. I roll on it so that my lower back is cushioned against the ball and do two more sets of 20 crunches.

My waist size has increase an inch. Is this normal, or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,

Mark