Needing to lose weight

[pljordan85]

Hello,
I am trying to lose weight. I have been going up and down with weight for years. I recently separated from the military and found out I was pregnant. Let's just say, I went through some troublesome times and gained 80 lbs during pregnancy, I was at 230lbs. Horrible! At daughter's first birthday, I still weighed 180 lbs, and since then I've lost another 10 lbs--a period of about 4 months. I seriously need to lose the rest of the weight. I'm not so much concerned with actual weight as I am with the way body looks. I am so motivated and dedicated to working out. I spend nearly all time working out. I happen to have a home gym, and I'm a stay at home mom, and I attend school online, so I have lots of time to devote to workout.

For a little over a month now, I've stopped eating any and all junk foods. I switched to whole grain products only, soy milk, no cheese, and I only eat turkey and chicken (rarely though). I don't drink anything but water and occasionally Gatorade. After a miscarriage a month ago, I got back into workout and I've been running every day since--20 days to be exact. I literally run every day, hard on treadmill for 20 minutes straight without stopping. Some days I even do strength training along with the running.

Despite efforts to resist looking in the mirror and checking weight to monitor progress, I cant help but sneak onto the scale. ITS NOT MOVING!! I am wondering, is this because I am building muscle too, or am I exercising too much (is that even possible)? I heard that it takes a considerable amount of time to build muscle, so I tend to doubt that this is the reason I am plateauing. The odd thing is that when I look in the mirror, I see changes. stomach, or lack thereof, is damn near flat. Also, I've lost an inch on thighs, arms are more toned, and I even lost a half an inch on neck. Also I can see a change in breasts, they're fuller and perkier, maybe because of the bench presses and push ups?

Anyway, I need some help with this. Am I eating wrong, not eating enough? Oh by the way, I really dont eat much in a day, I've been tracking calorie count, and OMG I really need to eat more. I have a hard time finding healthy meals to make out of what I like, so I tend to eat primarily salads and Michelina's lean gourmet frozen foods. In the morning I eat egg whites, and occasionally turkey bacon with it, and I snack on fruits and veggies all day. Mostly fruits though, but I do eat a lot of veggies.

So yeah, please give me some advice on what to eat, and ease tensions about eating too much or the wrong things, and also workout routine. Thanks

[Boss Man]

Fat loss and muscle gain, it almost looks for sure like that's it.

So just keep doing what you're doing, stagnating on weight loss isn't always a bad thing, if the muscle to Fat ratio actually improves, which from what I read above, it looks almost certainly as if that's what you're getting.

Be proud and kepe remembering that because of your efforts, your child will have a strong, healthy, positive rolemodel to look up to. If you can be that caring towards yourself, there's no question you'll do the same for your child .

Thye are lucky to have a Mother like you, I can feel it.

[teebow]

I also want to lose weight too! I have hormonal imbalance too, so I have been limiting diet to fish, organic fruits and vegetables, whole grain foods and raw food as this site-- http://www.testosterone-for-men.com/Hor ... alance.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; advised. As of now, there is no way I could visit the gym because I work from Monday to Saturdays and Im too tired during Sundays. What else can I do?