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Originally Posted by 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??

Hey Foxy,

Congratulations! This is terrific!

I don’t know about all this tracking and measuring stuff...sounds a little sketchy to me.

I kinda think you might have answered your own question at least partially on the workout/muscle thing. It sounds like you’ve been working out really hard and doing a lot of things with your lower body and yet it gets smaller. We could speculate about your fast vs slow twitch fibers and all of that, but a couple of things stand out to me; you are vegan or at least close to it, so I think it would be hard for you to get the really large amounts of protein that would accompany the extra heavy slower work of gaining much bulk without resorting to isolates. Of course you may be doing HIIT intervals, but still the dietary stuff...hmm, well, I would tend towards experimenting , you have your current thigh measurements, why not go for the workout you want and check the measurements again in two or three months and see how your body is reacting? Then just adjust the workout accordingly.

Are you meeting your goals as to how you want to perform in endurance, strength, and flexibility? I don’t know your end point, but it sounds like you are paying attention and trying things, and that will lead you to your own answers.

Food tolerance is sure an interesting development for me also, so, I hear where you’re coming from. Who knew wheat could be a sleep aid?? Trial and error....at least it’s not boring, lol.

P.S. cashew butter is brilliant stuff