That is an awesome suggestion!!

I've been doing pretty well. I am on Day 14 of the 30DS, and it's kickin' my behind. I am not noticing much weight loss (I think I am eating too few calories), but I am noticing lots of inches lost. I bumped up my calories to my BMR to see if that helps any.

I am continuing to do my 1 or 2 Mile Walk Away The Pounds videos on week days, and my regular Ab routine 3 days/week. I am trying to only do the 30DS on weekends, and nothing else. Every 10 days of the 30DS, I've been taking one day off from everything.

I am liking the results from the 30DS so much, that I am tempted to do it a second time with increasing my weights - but I will probably take a couple of weeks off in between.

My eating has been going really well - I am doing the best I can to make cleaner food choices. I am not perfect - but if I have the option - I try. I have completely given up soda (except in the occasional "mixed drink") - this was a HUGE accomplishment for me. The last few months, before I joined MFP - I soley drank soda every single day - and lots of it. Partially because I really detest water. Once I discovered how refreshing water is with ice and a lemon wedge squeezed in - I was hooked. I even add other fruits for a treat (I just freeze fresh fruit in my freezer) - Strawberries and Rhubarb are one of my favorite. I never eat the fruit when I am done - but it flavors my water perfectly. And I don't use any sweetener in it at all. Love it, and I drink water all day long now.

My next "goal" is that I have been eating way too many frozen meals for lunch - and they are packed with sodium and preservatives. I would like to try to freeze some meals, so that I have them on hand. Last week, I made individual frozen pizzas (different varieties) - I purchased the Flat Out Tortillas, and threw some toppings on... Most of them were veggie pizzas. But I did make a taco pizza and a bbq chicken pizza too - they are delicious - I know exactly what is in them - and they are low in calories. I also purchased a bag of frozen ravioli, I hope to do the same thing with that. It is also much cheaper to do it this way.

Sorry - Long winded, as usual!

D~

I'm doing pretty well. I hit 30 lbs lost this week which has been a huge motivator. I am still not working out because of this respiratory illness that will not go away and makes it just about impossible to (a 20 min workout becomes an hour due to coughing and catching my breathe).

5 more lbs and I will finally hit my first real goal... to be under 200lbs. Then I am aiming for 180, then 160ish, and then toning. Getting under 200 will be a HUGE help and motivator for me because I have not seen those numbers in years.

wow great job!!!!!!!!!!!

Have lost 5 lbs. so far. Its a start and I am glad, but have no motivation to exercise. SOmedays it takes all my energy to just get through the day with being a mom of 3. I'll keep on chuggin', one day at a time!!

I fell off for a bit while I had family in town. Due to having them around it was about impossible to get my workouts in and I had a lot less control over what and where I ate. I did the best I could, but it wasn't all that good. So, I maintained for a couple of week. This week I was able to get back to my workouts and my eating (though I did splurge today some). Hopefully I will be able to get back into the swing of things!

So I really haven't been on hear alot in the last month but have started getting my butt back in gear. I don't want to make excuses for myself, but being sick (cough that just wouldn't go away) and it being so hot out really have played a part of me not wanting to exercise. I have erciseed again for the last three days and I must admite it feels good to be on my feet again. I have still been watching what I eat (though not as well I was before) but eating a chicken sandwich instead of a burger has still helped. Except for a week that I didn't loose anything, I have continued to loose about a pound a week. I really need to stop being such a slave to the scale. I don't know, maybe I should weigh in tomorrow and than not weigh in until the end of next month. Just went to the store and got groceries for the family including fish and broccoli for me. I keep reminding myself that just because I may have slipped a little in the last month doesn't mean I can't get back to it. 17lbs in a little over 2 1/2 months is good. :-)

Hope everyone is doing good. Keep it up!!! I know you can do it.