losing weight

[cindysphynx]

ZulyBlue wrote:

> Actually, I'm really here because I want to tell
> everyone I know (and even people I don't know, but
> after lurking for 7 months I feel like I know a lot of
> you even if you've never heard of me!) that as of
> yesterday I have lost 60 pounds so far!! So, I was
> wondering, is anyone else out there dieting (or excuse
> me, changing their lifestyle) successfully or trying
> to? 

Katze added:

> I am trying to lose some weight. I want to lose about 25 lbs, but 
>I believe I'm already hitting a plateau. I've started exercising 
>though - 1hr biking M-F, 30 minutes on the weekends, so I'm 
>wondering if building muscle is offsetting the number on the scale. 

Congratulations, ZulyBlue and Katze!  That's awesome news!

Add me to the club.  I'm down 30 pounds over 3 years of generally 
pulling it together and doing some serious and consistent exercise.

Katze, my experience has been that building muscle will keep the 
number on the scale a bit higher than you might like.  But over the 
long haul, if you pay attention to intake, the pounds come off very 
slowly.

In the meantime, you get to be buff, which if kind of fun all by 
itself!

Cindy (wondering where on earth Katze found a comfortable bike seat)