January/February weight loss challenge

[Veronica]

The odd thing is that my heaviest weight was 175 and I wore a 14-16 and now at about 164 I'm a 10. I've been lifting this past month and feel like I've lost size. I don't know how to account for this kind of weight gain? I'm really frustrated right now.

I weigh 148 pounds. That's what I weighed when I got married almost 25 years ago. My wedding dress was a size 14 and my clothes were all size tens then.

Today I wore a pair of size 4 pants to work.

Welcome to vanity sizing!

I gain weight and lose muscle mass if my carb intake goes up, even if my lifting and cardio stays the same. I do much better on a higher protein diet - I aim for about the same number of protein grams as my pounds of lean mass.

Veronica