Progress stalled (is this normal?)

[FigureSkater]

I usually cheat dinner on Saturday night. Honetly, though, even my cheat meals usually aren't that bad most of the time...a few weeks ago I was out and wanted to satisfy my pasta in a creamy, fattening sauce craving, so I ordered some chicken pasta dish. By the time I ate my salad and ate most of the chicken off the pasta, I was stuffed!

I keep the cheating to one meal rather than a whole day, otherwise my digestive system freaks out and I feel like shit the next day.

 

[poopmonkey]

This thread also helped me a great deal:

http://www.irontrybe.com/images/members/brickgirl/

Obviously her results are amazing but she also had a good plan.

She started out with no cardio, when she hit a wall she added some cardio. When she hit another wall, she cut her carbs in 1/2, when she hit another wall she added more cardio.

I think she's obviously dieted down before because she had anticipated the walls she'd hit and already knew what solutions she'd use to get past them.

Amazing.

 

[FigureSkater]

Holy abs...

 

[mcr]

Yes I've seen the brickgirl page before.. it's simply amazing and very motivating. She looks great. A lot of it is down to experience as you say... knowing what to cut out and when.

I think I will take a similar approach now - if I don't lose 1-2lbs a week from now on, I will cut some carbs out or do more cardio.

Regarding cheat meals, I think I will do something more often with them as you have all suggested. That 4 hour window idea sounds great... but in 4 hours I could consume the entire menu at dominos and still have time to down a few tubs of Ben & Jerrys. That would be dangerous for me as I could easily take in 2-3 times a day's calories in those 4 hours

 

[brunette]

brickgirl does not even do cardio too!