Somthin' to smile about!

Guess what?! I finally broke that damn plateau!! I've been sitting in the 260's for what feels like forever...and today, BAM!!! 257!!!!!! Now for all of you believers that have been praying for me, I humbly say to you: god didn't do this, dammit, I DID!!!! (I'm kidding, DUH!!! You're all too busy working your butts off to lose your weight to waste time praying!!!) I get a hell of a lot of support from people on the OH boards, and I want to say, thank you for every single word of encouragement. I need it: I still have 80 more pounds to lose. But beween hard work at the gym, sticking to this Adkins thing, and making myself a priority, this weight has to come off!!! Jessica 302/257/175

Hey! Yes, that's good news! So is this further movement from the other day when you posted about how "the scale moved"??? Are you just PUSHING forward or what??!!!! As Jim Morrison would say BREAK ON THROUGH! Tell us about what you're doing! I have a recommendation. I have recently started doing my cardio work with a Polar heart monitor. I have just the most basic model. All it does is give the heart rate readout. It also transmits to many cardio machines that are equipped with Polar technology. I've been using a stepper machine, thinking that I just needed to keep staying on it longer and longer... but NO! I need time at my target heart rate or I'm not getting the real benefit! There is a specific "fat burning" range for cardio conditioning! I've been so out of shape for so long... so far I can reach my THR in about 5 minutes and then maintain it for 15 minutes. Now my goal is specific: To increase the time at my THR, not just time on the machine. It's helping me feel more focused and more accomplished when I get off that stepper!!