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I would suggest eating nutritious low calorie food that you can eat in abundance and feel full. You could eat a lot of cauliflower and broccoli for example, enough to fill you up and not have to worry about calories. Lean chicken and fish and fresh veggies might work I'm to your advantage in that you can eat a large amount…

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I feel exactly the same way, Andrea. I prefer free weights over machines. I just do my thing at home where I am less conscipious and don't have to wait for a machine to be available. I started with a few dumbbells and resistance bands after I read a book called " Thinner, Leaner, Stronger" by Michael Matthews. He has a…

Fitnessblender has a great variety of workouts many of which require no equipment. They cater to all fintess levels and you can pick and choose your criteria for your workout including length of time and calorie burn. You can start as slow as you want and progress to insane levels of activity. They are on YouTube and are…

I am also a female in my 6th week of Body Beast. I have dumbbells from 5# thru 20# and a stability ball and resistance bands in place of the chin up bar. All this works great for me. I follow the "limited equipment guy" on the dvds. Personally I love the program. Because we are female, we don't have to worry about getting…

Very last option listed on the main page is technical support/help so they should get you up and running soon.

Sure does... which is a bummer because that was DEFINITELY my kind of humor. Everybody knows humor is super important. You're awesome. Please fix your account and let's be friends!

My ex-husband did the same thing when our daughter was 16. He'd always been obese and one day she broke down and told him how she wanted him to see her graduate high school, college and walk her down the aisle someday. She was so afraid he wouldn't be around for any of those things. By the end of her request they were both…

Great job! Thanks for sharing. You should be very excited and it is encouraging to others to hear about your success. Looking forward to seeing your before and after pics. Stay the course...you'll be there before you know it. :smile:

Greatest response I've seen to ANY topic on here. Thanks for making my day!

Very inspiring! Congrats. :smile:

The following is just my opinion, based on my experiences. I'm not pretending to be any kind of expert. If you are eating too few calories you may stall out as well. Just nit pick on every single thing you put in your mouth and record it accurately. That means weighing and counting. Avoid processed food and fast food. Eat…

I love to sleep and no matter how much I get I always want more. But I want to achieve my goal more than I want sleep so I set my alarm for 4:30 every morning. When the alarm goes off, the battle starts - "Ugh, do I have to? Yes! Get up! If you don't do it now, it won't get done at all." And that is enough. The reality is…

My hubby is supportive but he does his own thing. I cook separate meals for him as he doesn't like my "health food crap" and he never exercises. However he is fully on board with me eating and working out because he knows it makes me feel better physically and about myself as well. Plus I have more energy overall when I am…

I've done Paleo and but had to modify recently due to being able to lift. Paleo is very restrictive but if you take the basics and tweak it to work for your lifestyle it's doable. You have to stick to the idea that processed foods are out. No fast food, nothing that comes in a box in the freezer aisle at the market. You…

Cardio Ignite. Tastes good and gives you a ton of energy. I drink it at 4:30 am before my 5 am workout. I love it. I bought mine at Vitamin Shoppe but if you google it, you can probably find other retailers. I like most Vega Sport products but their pre-workout drink makes me gag. I tried both flavors in the little one…

Martial Fusion DVD's. I have the 3 pack which has Cardio Burn, Cardio Power and Cardio Dance. Excellent home kickboxing cardio workouts, if that is what you are looking for. Every bit as good as classes I have taken at the gym. I ordered my from Amazon. I rotate through them doing about 4 workouts a week (except during…

Thanks, Keeta. That is encouraging! Congrats to you, by the way. I'm far more interested in inches reduced than pounds on a scale. I'm curious, did you do all the supplements as well or just add in calories to accomodate the extra activity?

Thank you, my friend. :)

For the past 5 weeks working out at home: Mon Abs & Glutes (morning) and Kickboxing/Cardio (evening) Tues Chest & Triceps Wed Kickboxing/Cardio (morning) Thurs Back & Biceps Fri Kickboxing/Cardio (morning) Sat Legs (morning) and Kickboxing/Cardio (evening) Sun Shoulders Going forward: I am going to start Body Beast next…

Thanks Wkwebby! Appreciate your feedback. Sounds like a good plan.

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I hadn't considered that building muscle in a deficit could be the challenge but that makes sense. Some days I feel like I have my act together and other days I feel like I don't have a clue how to do this. While I am in excellent health, my age is working against me. I'm 9 years your senior. Yeah, MFP has me at 1500…

StaciMarie, First, thank you for the great advice and for your quesitons. I do weigh, measure and count my food. I really am a little weird about making sure I am accurate on what I eat and how much, etc. I am 5'6" and weight 126. I have a desk job so my activity level is low during the day. I have a fitbit flex that is…

Have you tried almond milk or coconut milk? They are delicious and lower in sugar. But again, don't worry about that apple. I suggest you look through the forums here on MFP where the sugar from fruit question has come up over and over again. Eat the fruit and don't worry. It's not the same kind of sugar that is harmful…

You'll hear it from everyone on here, sugar from fruit is okay and going over is fine. Other kinds of sugar not so much but as long as you know that your intake on natural sugar is the reason you are going over that's fine. You can go into settings and remove sugars from your viewer if you don't want to see them. I get the…

I started on 8/24/14. Felt great within a week and have lost 11 pounds so far. I love it but admit I have to modify here and there because I can't do the die hard paleo. I just get as close as I can and follow the main tenents of the plan. Here's a site where you can get great information and really good recipes.…

I understand your frustration. I've hit a plateau and it's driving me crazy. Again, patience is the key as they say. I wanted to mention that our stories are very similar. I started Paleo about 2 months ago and immediately noticed how much better I felt. Like you, I ate a LOT of carbs. I also ate a ton of processed food,…