Nitrogen's Journal

Thanks to the inspiration of some of you, and with the advice of my boyfriend, and after reading the article suggest by Joyce <http://primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/weight/0698metabolism.htm>, haha I've decided to actually follow all of this good advice.  I am going to fight back this plateau with a change in my diet plan.

Originally I started eating 1300 calories per day and exercised every few days.  Now I need to step it up by doing more workouts, and by adding weight training.  This will also require me to increase my calorie intake to 1500 calories a day so that my body won't starve and can properly build back muscle.  Increasing my protein intake is a must.

Doing this  I realize that I may no see the scale budge for a few weeks; however, my hope is to still see my measurements change as I lose fat and gain muscle.  I still have 65 days (over two months) to lose 10lbs, so I think this option best suits me.  Also, it will be easier to maintain after my weight loss because of higher muscle mass and a higer metabolism.

Wish me luck!

PS> for those of you who asked to see pictures of my "mini-make over", I've never felt really comfortable putting my face on the internet.  There is always a scare to me that I just never know who is looking at it and what they could find out about me.  Maybe just paranoia, but either way I'm just not comfortable, sorry.  However,  I've been take photos of my weight loss about every 30 days and will hopefully be posting those at the end of my weight loss (with my head cropped off of course lol).

Thank you for your support, YOU GUYS ARE THE BOMB!!