[foxyshaman]

I just came back from weighing in and I am down four pounds in the last two weeks. I am 6.4 lbs away from my November 18 goal. I gave myself 10 weeks to lose 10 pounds to make it to my new mini goal.

So you can say "I told you so"... no one... c'mon I bet someone is gonna say it but - tracking works. I have tracked for the last two weeks and voila down I went. I also worked my hiney off at the gym the last two weeks. I measured my thighs on the weekend. Now I measured four times in case I had it wrong. But I lost six inches off my thighs since mid August. Squats and Zumba... they really do work.

So, this weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving. We have a big dinner planned. I am fortunate that I don't eat meat and I can't eat bread. My son has asked me to make his favorite peanut butter cookies. I agreed as long as he took the rest of the PB home with him. He agreed, as long as he could take the rest of the cookies too. He is a smart one that boy.

I have a couple of questions for my more seasoned peeps:

When does weight training in women start to create muscles (bulk) as opposed to toning? I am squatting in my five minute segment with 55 lbs. Not much weight, but I am afraid to increase (well really after 5 minutes I cannot always lift more than that off my shoulders and over my head) incase I create bigger muscles and not fat burning.

My second question. I find that when I stop eating certain foods for periods of time and re-introduce them I can no longer tolerate it. Peanut Butter is one. I used to love it. Now if I eat it, even just a Teaspoon I am nauseated. My coffee house was out of soy milk today so I got skim. My body reacted within two sips. Nothing serious, just my body saying Do others experience this as well?

Thoughts?? Ideas??