Crossfit Norwest, Raw strength and conditioning and Barefoot Evolution Discussion Forum

[Dan]

PS Give your stupid scales to Rob to look after for you.

[GillianS25]

Hi Dan, I definately have no intention of giving it up, its just a little frustrating when you do all the right things and then you jump on the scales only to find a gain, its just a little disheartening is all.
But otherwise the way I was eating last week definately working and was rewarded with a 2.7kg loss.

[Dan]

I understand that, and an otherwise intelligent woman is making emotional decisions. How about you pause, for just a second and think about what you have achieved. Your muscle gain is huge. Its heavier then fat. Your lifting heavy things and you do it well. This comes at a cost, and that cost is unfortunately more muscle and more strength. Your stupid kmart scales wont differentiate between fat and muscle, between a bit of extra water intake because you smashed yourself on a WOD, or if you need to pee or not. Come on. If you were really this silly you wouldnt be at CrossFit. Just allow the process to work.

By the way, there is much discussion within the CF community about obese people coming in and being smashed. The consensus is fast becoming dont smash them, put them on a weight training program, they build muscle and then guess what, come wod time they are burning more calories because you have more muscle mass working. Think about what that means for the girl that can squat 100kg with ease.........

Throw your scales in the bin. Your new measurements of progress are your clothes and how they fit, and your fran time.

[Dan]

Also, Commando Steve was telling us at the cert I recently attended that he had a client come in who weighed 200+kg. All he made him do was air squats. Imagine the workout, moving 200+kg up and down like that.....

[Christiep]

Hi Gill,

I hope you don't mind me commenting but just wanted to say stick with it!

When I first started crossfit and did the Paleo Challange, It took me a few weeks for my body to adjust to the different way of eating. I found it hard to get my head around eating this way, as every other diet I had tried tells you the opposite, but in the long run it's worth it!

I agree with Dan. DO NOT weigh yourself everyday, I found it definately would mess with my head.
I took my before photo's in a pair of swimming shorts and used those shorts as my guide to my weight loss. The scales were all over the place. I found taking my measurements and the way I felt in my clothes was so much better and more motivating than the number on the scales.

I felt the same about the roll at lunch as I had always eaten a sandwich for lunch. What I found worked for me was to cut up all my salad into a small-medium dice and mix all the ingredients together so that each mouthful had heaps of flavour from all the different ingredients together and was no longer as boring to me.

Just thought I would pass on a few things from what I did in case it helps!
Stick with it and thanks for sharing, I love reading your updates!

[GillianS25]

Thanks Christie

Its just totally different to what I'm used to eating, but I'm definately gonna stick with it, and give my all. I have to admit I really am a sucker for that sandwich, just have to wean myself off it lol.

I don't weight myself everyday, I do it every Saturday in the morning before the WOD, and usually just jump on mid week, just to make sure I'm on the right track, since I saw that it's just messing with my head, so I'll definately start taking measurements as well and just keep plucking away and working hard and eating clean, and staying positive and thank you to all you guys who keep me honest and motivated

[Mark]

Hi Gill,

Bodyweight in female trainees is also a bit of a varying thing due to water balance flipping all over the place.. Dan is right and you are normally smashing me in terms of strength so you have got to be packing a bunch of muscle.

Unless you are measuring body composition then your scales are pretty much useless by themselves and prob should only be used in conjunction with some reliable bodyfat measuring technique (calipers/DEXA,autopsy - just kidding). If you have the book enter the zone or mastering the zone it has a table you can estimate your BF with a few key measurements. height, waist, wrist and something else that I can't remember?

I've only started easy into Paleo style eating too prob still about 60-70% but increasing compliance each week, it's tough and a PIA to organise initially and that includes weekends.

The best things I found to make my job easier were to buy a slow cooker a bunch of roasting cuts,chicken breast etc and although they are not super perfect steamfresh veges so come the weekend or any other time you have no excuses to not have a good meal of protein and veges.

Hope some of those tips help.

[Dan]

Gill,
Get a Bio Impedance body composition analysis done. Anything else is just biggest loser style dumb and will mess with your head.
http://www.google.com.au/#q=bioimpedanc ... 5f2f4fae08

I had one at the start of training at ignite.
Weighed 78.9kg
Fat free mass was 66.3kg
Fat mass was 12.6
16% bodyfat

Yesterday i had it done
weighed 76.1
FFM 65.0 (meaning I might have lost a little muscle)
Fat mass 11.1 Meaning I have lost about the same in fat.
14.5% body fat

Show me a scale that can figure that out for you?

PS my food intake is legendary. The shit works. I dont train that regularly, my sleep is shit at the moment as well, and I work stupid amounts. No excuses.

[Christiep]

Hi Gill,

I think that this is a simular or the same scan that Dan has mention, there is a Naturopath located at Castle Hill in Harrison's Pharmacy,
in the towers, that do a Body Composition and Cellular Health Analysis scan.

There phone number is 9634 2944

I had the scan a few weeks ago, and the naturopath I saw was so helpful. Her name was Amanda.
The cost was $20, They place electrodes on your wrist, hand, feet and ankle to take the measurements.
The report they gave me included Body Composition, Fat Mass, Muscle Mass, Water mass and a few other things, which the naturopath explains in detail.
Just thought I would mention it, incase it could help

[Dan]

Thats exactly the test I received at Ignite.