Concerning Chris O'Connor...

[Chris OConnor]

Workout JournalNo workout Saturday or Sunday. I feel like I have something wrong with my left foot. If the pain persists I'll see my doc and get an xray. Feels like a damn stress fracture. I'll still do 30+ minutes cardio tomorrow, but my foot is aching. Edited by: Chris OConnor  at: 10/11/06 1:12 am

[Chris OConnor]

I'm drinking like a fish. Is this drug supposed to make you so thirsty? I've never drank so much in my life. As of yesterday I've lost only a few pounds. But I am working out with weights so I am gaining muscle and retaining water as quick as I am losing fat. The scale probably won't be my friend for a while. I had to wear a belt with my jeans last night.

[Frank 013]

yea that stuff makes you real thirsty, but drinking water is good when you are trying to losse weight. As you well know.

[Chris OConnor]

I've lost 7lbs as of today. It is hard to know how much is the diet pill and how much can be attributed to my workouts.

[Chris OConnor]

I've now lost 10lbs.

[Chris OConnor]

12lbs and counting.

[Frank 013]

Outstanding!!!

[Chris OConnor]

Yes, but today at the gym I had gained 2lbs back...but then lost 1lb on the treadmill again. LOL I know you aren't supposed to weight yourself every day, but I am too into this to be able to walk past the scale.

[irishrosem]

Chris, I'm going to use you as inspiration to shed the extra pounds I've been carrying around the past couple months. Also, although a lot of the thinking goes against weighing yourself everyday, I've read of those who think it beneficial. I can't give you any citations, but the common argument for daily weigh-ins is that it is good to know the fluctuations of your body. It will also allow you to see any slight changes in weight immediately as they occur. You just always have to account for changes in water intake and retention, and muscle growth. A one pound gain (after sweating off 1lb of water) following dedicated weeks in the gym can, as far as I understand it, easily be attributed to muscle gain.

[Chris OConnor]

I'm weighing myself frequently because I'm dieting and working out hard enough to expect to lose weight every single day. Maybe this is unrealistic. The weight loss does seem to have slowed down a bit. And as you say the muscle I'm putting on weighs more than the fat I'm losing. So I should probably weight myself every few days or maybe once per week instead of daily.I stopped recording all of my workouts here in my Journal thread. I figure nobody really cares about such details. It would be fun to have a group of us discussing our own personal diet plans and workout routines as a group, but I'm not about to try to motivate other people. Right now I'm trying to stick with the program myslf. I have slacked off for years and this process of getting back into the groove isn't so easy.