Does anyone want to measure their progress in Inches?

I'd like to start a group where we measure out progress in inches lost.

Here are some suggested measurement spots:

bicep

bust

high waist (above navel, below ribs)

waist right at the navel

hips/butt (around the widest part)

thighs

calf

Also may want to include Height and weight:

If anyone wants to add or suggest other places feel free.

A suggested date or time frame I'd suggest would be every 2 weeks or  on the 1st and fifteenth of the month.  Let me know if anyone thinks this is something they'd be interested in.

I have really been slacking in my Calorie counting, not seeing much of any inch loss has gotten a me a bit discouraged. Now I'm wishing I would have just lost my 10 lbs and then started the NROLFW. I'm going to try and hang in here one more month but if I don't see any physical progress I'm going hop back on the cardio wagon for a lil while.

My only problem is I don't want to lose the strength I have already gained. So I think I might continue with which ever stage I'm at and just add hours of cardio and create a 500-1000 calorie deficit in order to shed the lbs and not lose my strength. I hope that will work.

amayou... I hate to see you abandon the program!  I am wondering if one can do stage 7 and then go back to whatever stage they were at before?  I wouldn't see why not.

...or lift 2X per week and do cardio the 3rd?  Just trying to think of alternatives.

I'm not going to leave the program more like putting a pause on it, lol. because I can't go on like this seeing noe progress. The advice I would offer is lose the weight first before starting this program, that way a lil weight gain or no weight gain won't be so hard to take.

YOGAGIRL I agree with you on doing NROFL 2 days and cardio 3 days seems like a good alternative. The book said that doing 2 days was fine anyway right? I'm having a hard time fitting in the time for 3 workouts a week in stage 3 'cause they've gotten so long! I think I might just move to 2 days a week and add in the cardio as well, just to be feeling better about things and hopefully drop a few pounds. I think I did decide I'm going to go back and do the program again when I finish (hopefully being about 10 pounds less) so I'll just keep moving through it slowly for now.

amayou, I'd hate to see you give up also on the program.  Honestly though, weight loss/fat loss all boils down to maintaining a calorie deficit, so if you're not keeping that up no program is going to help with getting off the 10 pounds.

The thing is when you lose weight, unless you're doing some sort of resistance training, you're also going to lose muscle along with the fat.  That's why it's pretty important to keep going with lifting weights. 

I know that the book is sort of anti-cardio, but personally, I always did keep up a daily running appointment with my treadmill (and still do) just so I could burn some calories and get that 500 cal deficit without feeling deprived by cutting back on eating.  Basically, I ate to my maintenance level of calories and then exercised off whatever my deficit was going to be that day.  I do kind of feel lucky though, in that I actually enjoy running and get a pretty good endorphin boost from it, yeah call me an endorphin junkie.  So I think that a strategy of adding some additional cardio, keeping up with the NROLFW program and being dedicated to that calorie deficit should get you to the weight loss results and the smaller measurements you're hoping for.

I kept to my deficits religously even on the weekends though my percentages weren't  exact I didn't go over my calories (Seriously I even add the 1 hershey kiss I ate). I've lost these 10-20 lbs several times before I just wish I would have done it the cardio way before starting this program so I wouldn't be so annoyed right now with my lack of progress. Again I'm not leaving the program just yet but I may put it on pause if I'm not happy by the end of this month, my morale is far more important to me.

How many cals are you eating?  Are you maybe over-estimating calories burned during exercise?  Did you try eating 1 day at maintenance just to kick start your metabolism? 

I was eating at a deficit from the begining only 1700, (accidentally) at first which is only (approximately)300 less than what I should have been eating according to the book and the calculations. I did try to increase my calories about 2 weeks into it but I was still coming up around 1700 most of the time.

I entered your stats in my profile to see what cc says.  I put in lightly active - wasn't sure if you had a desk job or what... That is what mine is set at too.  Your maintenance cals say 1800, so if you are eating 1700  that is not much of a deficit.  Could you try 1500 for a couple weeks?

It's a big difference in what NROLFW says as well, I was going by that instead of CC's calculator.

This is what NROLWF says mystats I took a screenshot of it.

Yeah - I think my NROLFW calories are higher too, but I never could bring myself to eat that much!  lol  Anyway - I don't count anymore, but I probably eat around what CC says is maintenance (1500-1600) and I have stayed the same.  I just looked back and when I was losing weight and logging, I was eating 1300 and I am only 5'2.5". 

I don't know why they recommend so many calories in the book.  The workouts ARE awesome though.

Well I did my last Stage 1 exercise on Monday so it's all cardio for my "week off" until next monday when I start Stage 2.

We have about a week till our mid month measure-in, I'm hoping to see some improvement, I've decreased my calories and I'm increasing my cardio and praying lol. Maybe knowing that I'm weighing in on Sunday or Monday will help me to stay on track this weekend even with my percentages, calories are usually not a problem.

You are going to be ahead of me in no time! I have kind of been on pause again 'cause I'm home sick from work today, and have been for the last couple days. It's so annoying that this keeps happening! I guess that's what I get for working with a bunch of kids!! :) Anyway, I have been super low on my calories (about 1300-1400) because that's the only way I can see to shake the weight at all, and lifting 3 days a week was making me so thick! I still haven't been able to start the cardio, and so I'm going to just finish out stage 2 with 2 workouts a week rather than 3 but hopefully I can get a bunch of cardio in before out measure-in! Great job hanging in there amayou!!!

Thanks yamaha, I' have wanted to quit so many times already but I'm going to try to stick this program out.  I'm thinking about having a run tonight after class and then jogging again in the morning. I'm guessing if my BMR is about 1700 and I'm eating 1200-1400 calories a day I can burn about 500 additional calories and atleast lose a pound this week, though I might not be able to tell till next week since TOTM is coming :-(

I measured again today, but only my midsection:

high waist: 28.25

Belly: 32.5

Hips 36.5

This is a modest decrease in waist and hips, and the belly is about the same - I'd just eaten breakfast before I measured.

I can attribute this to a mostly better diet - although far from consistent or "clean." And I've been making sure I get to the gym at least three days a week for weights and HIIT.

My goal is to get my high waist to 27", my belly to 30", and my hips to 34.5 by June. I think this is doable in that time frame....

Okay, it's been almost a month since i posted my last measurements.

Height: 5'4"

Weight: 159

Neck: 14.25

Bust: 37.75

Ribcage: 33.5

High waist (smallest part): 33

Bellybutton waist: 36

Hips: 40

Thigh: 23

Calf: 14.5/14.5

Bicep: 11.5

Forearm: 10/9.5

For calf and forearm the first measurement is my right side, the second is my left (bicep and thighs are the same).

Biggest difference was for my waist -- just at the belly-button.  Lost a whole inch there.  My pants fit better though, not as tight as they were. 

I'm currently on Stage 4 about half-way through.  I should finish this stage next week and then  I'm planning on taking a week or so break.  I'm definitely stronger and my legs/arms/stomach/tush all feel firmer even if they aren't a whole lot smaller. 

Still no change in thigh measurement - 21 inches.  And I'm only 5 feet tall. Uggh.  I'm so discouraged.  I've been at it since Sept. 15.  They just won't give up their fat!!!! 

February 28, 2009

Height: 5' 3 and a bit (but not quite 5'4)

Weight: 148 (down 2.5 pounds this month)

Bust: 39 (no change)

Chest: 32.75 (down 1/4" this month)

Arm: 10.5 (no change)

High waist: 30.75 (down 1/4" this month)

Butt/hips: 36.5 (down 3/4" this month)

Thigh: 20.5 (down 1/2" this month)

A pretty good month.  I'm most excited at the 1/4" off my chest (i.e. bra strap) as that measurement hadn't changed since the start of November.