Finally, after 6 months & 37 lbs, I'm ready to share!
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Great job! I love your attitude. Thanks for sharing your story. I can relate quite a bit.0
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You are so inspiring! Thank you for sharing, you look amazing0
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You look amazing!0
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Fantastic story and amazing results. Your arms are incredible! So is the rest of you, but your lean, toned arms really leap out!0
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thank you so much for sharing your journey! you look amazing. we started at similar points and i know this is really just the beginning of my journey. you are an inspiration i can relate to-congrats and don't stop going!! :drinker:0
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As a 5'2 woman starting at 170 your story is very inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing. You look amazing!!!!0
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WOW -- you look AWESOME --- thanks for sharing your story, truly an inspiration !!
I sent you a friend request, I need all the support I can get to lose my next 20 pounds !!
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You look fantastic! I've been wondering about the 30 Day Shred, but I do TurboFire which is probably just intense, if not more. Jillian is wonderful, she certainly can get anyone to work out and lose weight! :-)
Keep it up! You look fab!0 -
Congrats!.. You look fantastic!..WTG!0
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Thank you so much for sharing. This made me feel motivated to hang in there until I can get to my end goal.0
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You're awesome, and your story is a great inspiration! Thanks for listing it.0
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You look fantastic! I've been wondering about the 30 Day Shred, but I do TurboFire which is probably just intense, if not more. Jillian is wonderful, she certainly can get anyone to work out and lose weight! :-)
Keep it up! You look fab!
Thank you! Yes, I owe half my body to Jillian Michaels. I've seen others here do TurboFire, P90X, Chalean Extreme, NROLFW (which I hope to do next), Insanity... I think they all have a great common goal: to get you moving and fired up about getting in shape! :bigsmile:0 -
you look absolutely stunning! congratulations on your hard work paying off and for accomplishing your goals! i'm sure you feel like you can do anything now0
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Great story, you look awesome!0
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Great job and beautiul pictures! A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!0
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Wow Congrats!!1 You look incredible. I'm so glad you decided to share. I have a similar situation ( mother of 4 - youngest is 1) and in Jan 2011 I weighted 150lbs ( @ 5 ft) I saw a picture of myself, and was disgusted and decided to change. ( by eating healthy and walking) I currently weigh 133 and still have a way to go . I just got the 30 day shred and was not sure if it would truely work or not. But after seeing your pics and reading your story I truely believe it will. You just gave me that little "spark " I needed to get motivated to use it!! Thanks so much0
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Wow you look great! Your arms look amazing!0
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Congrats! You look fantastic!0
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I love love love that you ran around your basement like a hamster-now that's dedication! You look incredible!0
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Great job!! Thanks for sharing your story, it was very motivational!0
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that's awesome good job!0
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gorgeous!0
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Thanks for sharing your story! you look great!0
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^5's0
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Hi
I was feeling bad for in six months I only lost 20Lb .... I am an older person, you look great and very young.
I do my best with exercise . I just can not stay on track with the exercise, My knees are not in good shape.
Each week I start water exercise and will do it a couple of weeks and then I stop. If you do not mind sharing
how did you lose your lbs.????? keep up the good work.!!!!!!!!!!!!!0 -
You look great and your attitude is phenomenal. I just started walking/jogging today and I'm excited to keep it up (even though my body hurts everywhere right now).
Thanks for sharing your story!0 -
Wow Congrats!!1 You look incredible. I'm so glad you decided to share. I have a similar situation ( mother of 4 - youngest is 1) and in Jan 2011 I weighted 150lbs ( @ 5 ft) I saw a picture of myself, and was disgusted and decided to change. ( by eating healthy and walking) I currently weigh 133 and still have a way to go . I just got the 30 day shred and was not sure if it would truely work or not. But after seeing your pics and reading your story I truely believe it will. You just gave me that little "spark " I needed to get motivated to use it!! Thanks so much0
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you are gorgeous, I love that grey dress!
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Hi
I was feeling bad for in six months I only lost 20Lb .... I am an older person, you look great and very young.
I do my best with exercise . I just can not stay on track with the exercise, My knees are not in good shape.
Each week I start water exercise and will do it a couple of weeks and then I stop. If you do not mind sharing
how did you lose your lbs.????? keep up the good work.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how13, good for you for doing water exercise. I can't swim, but I wish I could do that. I heard that a water workout is awesome!
Re: exercise, for the first 3-4 months I literally stuck to the same routine: kids gone to bed, put on my shoes and go to my basement to do the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. After that, I'd put on earbuds, strap on my iPod Touch, and jog/run laps in my basement. Because I'd get dizzy if I were running in a circle all the time, and to maximize a small space, I would run in place and raise my knees very high (like marching at a very fast pace) but inch forward slowly. I'd follow the wall until it hit a corner, pivot, then run along the next wall. It really did remind me of a hamster in a wheel, looking like I was going nowhere. I could burn another 300 calories doing this for 30 minutes. Finally, I'd end my workout with sets of crunches on the floor. When the weather got better, I started doing some outdoor running, but since I had the kids with me and out of habit, I'd let them play on a school playground while I ran the perimeter of the parking lot. I also switched from the 30 Day Shred to Ripped in 30 (another Jillian DVD).
Because you say that you have bad knees, the impact of running and at a high cadence would probably not feel great. I don't know your situation, if you can walk on a track or in your neighborhood, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with walking as long as you get a sweat from it. If you have gym access, they say that ellipticals are the machine of choice. My treadmill had broken, which is why I resorted to the hamster runs.
Exercise was only 50% of the equation, however. I had to seriously change how I ate. Even now I'm not perfect at the eating part, I've got weaknesses (dark chocolate covered acai berries. Oy!), but you can lose pounds by altering your diet as well. Remember, you did lost 20 pounds and that is a great accomplishment in of itself. :happy: Feel free to message me if you want to chitchat more!0 -
you are gorgeous, I love that grey dress!
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Thank you! I wish I could keep it; it was borrowed, and it gave me tremendous confidence. I had zero belief that I could fit into it when I tried it on. I'm glad I didn't chicken out. Now I'm on a mission to find more dresses like that. Who knew how good one could feel if your clothes actually FIT? My friends keep telling me to retire all my black, baggy t-shirts. :laugh:0
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