taking action!

rylovesty23 · March 2013

Just curious, what are you beautiful people planning on doing in order to drop these pounds and keep them off?

rushikareddy · March 2013

I don't really have cheat days lol! If I really can't get out of a lunch/ dinner meeting , that becomes my cheat day! I make sure my diet is very clean and healthy! It's a low carb and a high protein diet! And I work out five times a week! My trainer has started me on HIIT cardio workouts and they are AMAZING! Help me drop the pounds ridiculously every week lol! It's very very intense when combined with strength training!

what about the rest of the group?

jordanalexis90 · March 2013

I am sticking to my diet and actually enjoying it. I am eating foods with a lot of protein and aiming for 80-100 grams of protein a day which I have to say has given me more energy than ever! I used to hit this slump every day where I really felt like I needed a nap and now that is nonexistent. I also work out 5 days a week and normally do about 45 minutes of cardio with some strength training. I would like to get more into strength training for some added toning! My cardio consists normally of 30 minutes on the elliptical and a good mile long fast paced walk on the treadmill. Sometimes I will do a interval cardio routine which consists of 15 minutes on the elliptical, the treadmill, and a stationary bike.

KariRoseDoll · March 2013

For me, I have just been consistent with logging what I eat to be aware of how much I'm taking in daily. I can't say I really exercise consistently, which is what I'm trying to work on. I do exercise 1-5 times weekly -- which is a large variation, I know -- but it's mainly due to school. When I do exercise at home, I'm usually a fitness video junkie. I don't really have a gym available to me, so I do things like 30 Day Shred with my weights. I also do workouts from the Dallas Cowboy's Cheerleaders (future mom-in-law introduced me to them, and the boot camp one is great)! I just ordered two more, ballet conditioning and bellydance. I wanted some variation to my stuff, and I love both areas so I figured it would be a good fit. I also use a lot of the free workouts on Youtube. Another one of my favorite places to go for exercise, provided the weather permits it, is my local park. I haven't been there for a while, but it has this great track with a whole bunch of conditioning exercises. So you start with a warm-up, run down the track, do an exercise, and then run until you reach the next. That's probably one of my favorite things to do, because it gets conditioning in with my cardio, and I have beautiful scenery to look at while I'm doing it.

Gracie430 · March 2013

I am sticking to 1200 calories a day. Trying to get more protein for that energy that Jordanalexis is talking about. Who can't use more energy!! I am also going to aim for 4 to 5 workouts a week at my local gym. I plan to walk a 3.5 mph mile (going to start working up gradually to 2 miles) while adding and subtracting an incline from moderately steep to very steep; then I will try to spend 20 minutes on the circuit/weight machines. Am considering the 30 Day Shred. I've seen a lot of people on MFP who seem to use it or have used it. Anybody here tried it?

quellybelly · March 2013

@Gracie - I'm almost done the 30 Day Shred. When I stuck with it consistently, I saw results! In general, I notice the most difference in my core and legs.

I just started level 3 of the 30 Day Shred, and hope to finish it by the end of next week. Starting the next Sunday or Monday, I'm going to jump right into Insanity! I'm doing my best to stick to 1300 calories a day. This plus the 30 Day Shred has helped me slim down my core area, tone up my legs, increase my strength and endurance, and helped me drop 10 pounds! Hoping that kicking it up a couple notches with Insanity (and also sticking with it on a more daily basis!) as well as the motivation from this group will be enough to knock the rest of the weight off

thisisiamj · March 2013

I so kickboxing about 3x a week and some other form of cardio (steps, elliptical, or running) 2x a week along w/ strength training. I'm pretty consistent w/ my workouts, it's my eating that needs to be under control~ it's hard to go out on the weekends and stay within calorie goal! For now, I'm trying to do TDEE-20% which puts me around 1600.

Good luck girls! We can do this!

cathawkes · March 2013

I just did Day 1 of Level 1 30 Day Shred - this is going to be a tough 30 days! Anyone else starting it out?

parnyparn · March 2013

im doing turbo fire just started my 5th week

Gracie430 · March 2013

Thanks quellybelly. I really am going to see if I can find the program for 30 day shred. I suppose you can get it at Best Buy or Wal-Mart?

quellybelly · March 2013

Your welcome Gracie

the vids are available online and on youtube, so being a poor student that's what I went for haha. Not sure where to buy them or how much they cost. Good luck!

Amyy1982 · March 2013

I'm pretty much sticking to my diet, maybe just increase my protein and a little less carb and just keep moving LOL

Gracie430 · March 2013

Your welcome Gracie the vids are available online and on youtube, so being a poor student that's what I went for haha. Not sure where to buy them or how much they cost. Good luck!

Great Idea!! I didn't know that. I will check it out before buying anything then. Thanks again!! See!!! It pays to have friends!:happy:

zoomerrs · March 2013

Logging my food intake is my most important tool when losing weight, it's hard to argue with yourself when it all there in black and white. Unfortunately I have to also give up alchol as I find even when I count it into my daily intake it stalls my weight loss completely. Fortunately I'm not a big drinker to start with, so it should be okay til I reach my goal. I really need to start exercising more consistently. I really get bored on my treadmill, but love walking outside and now that winter is finally coming to an end I can get outside more. I live in Northern Ontario, so walking in snowstorms is not my idea of fun!

claudia2390 · March 2013

I'm doing Slimming World, and also I have a membership to EasyGym which is great! I try to go about 3 or 4 times a week. Also I tried intermittent fasting for the first time today, managed 695 calories, which is amazing for me! Don't feel hungry at all

so I'm going to try to do that twice a week and then eat normally (and healthily!) the other 5 days

AmyMgetsfit · March 2013

I don't give myself cheat days, there is nothing I am craving at the moment, so I don't need them. Before, all of the unhealthy food would make me sick a few times a week. Now, it has been weeks since I have made myself sick eating. I am a happy camper with my new way of eating and don't want to go back to the old way. So far, so good. We don't eat out much anymore, I make our own food, so that is helping as well.

I do agree that logging my food intake is a big part of my success so far. I have never logged before. I am not much of a carb eater, so I lowered my carbs and fat, and eat more lean protein. We eat a lot of fish and chicken. I am now eating chicken tacos instead of beef. I am also working out 6 days a week.

malcontent · March 2013

I am getting back to being more active, since I got inconsistent with my workouts ( I blame a looong month of studying, blah). I'm doing a new-to-me Jillian Michaels DVD, Body Revolution, I'm on level 2 and it's just getting hard and very sweaty. Love it just as much I love all her dvds

Other than that I'm anxious to start running again, we keep having snow and rain ... Spring can't come soon enough!

As for my eats, I'm experimenting with 1400 cals, to see if I do better with a higher calorie intake, since I wasn't loosing any fat with less ... I wouldn't say I am overweight, but I have quite some flab I wanna get rid off and I figured I'd have to workout more, get more muscles and maybe that would help, since I think I am eating pretty well already. These "vanity pounds" are a b**ch!

So I'm looking forward to see how we all do it together

Doresoontobehealthy · March 2013

This time I'm making a daily effort to log in my food and put everything down. Everyday I do that my committment to losing the weight becomes stronger. I want to start exercising again. But I'm convinced this website and the people here make all the difference.

zoomerrs · March 2013

At heart I'm a lazy person, but once I start exercising I get more motivated. I think I need to find more recreational sports type activities as I really don't feel like I'm exercising when I'm playing a sport. Can't wait for the snow to go, so I can get out on the tennis courts and try out my new racquet. Think I'm also going to try Jillian Michaels 7 day detox drink in place of my regular water I drink.