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Clearly, I am not Leigh  , but speaking from personal experience it gets harder for me to lose weight as I approach my goal. Just for me, it requires me to be even stricter (and it sounds like you're doing that) as well as changing my workouts. Even something as simple as adding on a mile walk with the dog a few days a week can be enough to get me losing again.
I'm sure you will get great advice here as to whether a break is in order.
You've done a great job on those first 18 lbs! Congratulations!
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Thanks. You are right. I have had to be even stricter with the food than I was when I started. As for activity, I think I am less sedentary than most, since I don't have a desk job, but I could easily add a walk with the kids a few times a week. I will definitely give that a try.
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And how is your activity other than your workouts, esp since you've started NR and been so sore?
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It depends
. This is where the GWF would come in handy, but if I'm going to spend money on anything right now it's going to be FLTS (if I decide I need it). My days vary with activity. Sometimes, I'm largely in the house playing with the kids, though on those days I try to do a lot of cleaning and be inefficient with my trips upstairs. It's hard to say if the soreness is making me do less of that than I had been. Other days, I am outside, walking around, doing errands, pushing a shopping cart or a stroller. Some days, I spend what seems like a good amount of time toting a 28 pound 2yo around. For example, last week I took the kids to the botanical gardens and when we got there, I realized I'd forgotten the stroller. That meant I had to carry the diaper bag and a big beach bag with towels, lunch, water bottles and change of clothes the whole time we were there. Then, when it was time to come home, the 2yo was exhausted, so I had to carry her out as well. It was a good amount of walking and I feel sure I burned plenty of NEAT calories. The good thing about that kind of activity with the kids is that I don't really feel I have the option of slacking because I'm sore.