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?

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.

@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

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?

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?

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

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!

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.

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.

Hi I am doing Slimming World and keeping a check on how many calories I eat. Seem to lose more doing high protein and low carbs though.

I've been at this for a week now, and I just completed day 7 of 30 Day Shred. I plan on finishing these 30 days with that, and then going into another of Jillian Michaels' DVDs - I honestly can't remember the name of it. I also have been jogging 3 miles around my house everyday. I do have 1 day off a week from exercise - my schedule just does not allow it at all!
My calories I was going to aim around 1200-1300, but I've been noticing that I'm more towards 1400-1500, which is fine. I work my butt off and still have a deficit, so I'm happy.
Good luck to everyone - let's kick butt!

I'm focusing on eating healthy foods and staying around 1200-1400 calories a day. I started Brazil Butt Lift last week and have already seen some results, and I'm considering starting C25K in the next week weeks. For now, just making the effort to log everything I put in my body is helping me a lot - it's harder to stray from your diet when you know just how much that cookie/cake/chips/chocolate/whathaveyou will put you over and how much harder you'll have to work to make up for it.

Hey everyone just finished working out and before I pass out lol I wanted to tell you guys I wear my Zaggora Hot pants to work out and boy do they help you get that extra burn and your dripping with sweat I would not buy them out right because they are expensive but watch out for a groupon they are usually $26 and they come around every month or two. Happy work outs