Success Series #1 – Dissapointed in your results?

Reassess your goals; renew your commitment

Experts say a healthy weight loss plan should average 1 to 3 pounds a week. If you’ve lost 5-8 pounds after 8 weeks.. don’t be dissapointed! Within 8 weeks, you can expect to have lost anywhere from 8-24 pounds. Losing weight more quickly than that means losing muscle tissue along with fat, which could slow your metabolism adn make it harder to maintain your weight loss further on down the road.

If you haven’t started seeing the progress that you thought you’d like to see, there may be a few reasons. If you’ve significantly increased the amount of exercise you’re doing, you may be losing fat but gaining muscle (muscle does weigh more than fat – that is NOT a myth). There’s nothing wrong with that. Because you’re sure-fire way ot look firmer adn svelter is to tone and gain a bit more muscle, you’re doing good.. because you’re trading fat for muscle. Because of this, you may not see the results on the scale that you’d like – - one sure sign of this is that you may be going down in INCHES. Check your waist size!

The most important thing now is not to get discouraged! Make a pact with yourself to use a little extra time and effort in the coming month to reach your goal and make sure the number is realistic!