Hi, all,

I just broke about a 2-3 month plateau. It could have been any number of things, but as I started to get desperate, here's what I did:

Upped my water to at least 100 oz per day ::slosh, slosh::
Made sure I was getting a minimum of 100 gm protein
Eliminated my Carb Sol'ns bars
Eliminated my Carbolite chocolate bars ::weep!::
Eliminated almost all cheese (kept the heavy cream in my coffee, tho)
Eliminated aspartame
Eliminated diet sodas

I was reading a post by Nat yesterday in which she talked about women and weight training and how the scale tends not to move much in the first 6-8 weeks of weight training as the body adds muscle while it loses fat. As muscle growth levels off, then scale movement becomes more apparent. I'm about that far into a CKD (powerlifting) regimen, so that's also quite likely.

I know my metabolism is up because I'm HOT all of the time now, lol! When my husband stands at the other sink in the morning, he says he can feel the heat pouring off of me from a distance of about 2-3 feet. We've joked about roasting marshmallows.

And, in case anyone needs something to look forward to, when the plateau broke, it broke HARD. I lost 3 lbs overnight and another the next day.

Thanks again to the ppl on this board who posted when I needed it, and big hugs to everyone who is stuck and at the end of their rope. Hang in there! :::hug:::

Cheers,

Friday