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I was about 240lbs when I got back on a bike for the first time. I started off at a little under 1mile a day. I had to get my seat adjusted (I had no idea who to properly sit on a bike, figures. They teach you how to ride, not how to sit!) before I was able to ride without it being a pain in the butt. Or legs. Start off…

If I have to sit in the car panting because I am still exhausted from a badass workout.

My PF is huge and not limited on anything. It has multiple places for squats, dead lifts, whatever you need. An entire wall of free weights...etc. I have seen other PFs and they are pretty small in comparision to mine. I go on average six-five days a week. Start with cardio then move into lifting. Two-three days a week I…

Started here about three or four years ago...on my very first 73 day streak since really getting into it. :)

Kelly from Texas!!!! Welcome, Jessica!!!!!!

Im all about walking on the ceiling. Burns some hardcore calories! Search for the various ones once and they will stay in your frequent workouts. I never have to search because everything I do is already on my main Exercise page.

Add a third egg. I usually use three eggs or two egg whites and a regular egg. Also, asparagus is awesome in eggs.

Spinach is a staple in our diet and I have terrible skin :( But I also am highly sensitive to everything that touches me. Lol When we had busy months at my old job there was no time for breaks so I would keep snacks on hand. Try making bags of low sodium snacks that are also low calorie and keeping them close on hand if it…

I had this same issue and started skipping breakfast. I then discovered I can just eat a later breakfast. I found out if I eat breakfast around 9am-10am instead of 7-8am I am hungry later. Try that maybe?

We went through our closets when we moved and donated all of our old clothes from when we were bigger to a charity as well. It's nice to be able to no longer look at your "fat clothes" and do a good deed! Great job!!

My grandfather loved slimfast. He drank them all the time. With his meals, after his meals, with his beer. He never really lost weight. I have no idea what the "slimfast diet" is but I occasionally enjoy protein shakes (offbrand slimfast!) as breakfast replacement on busy weekends.

Ohhh anything involving cheese. I love cheese. Cheese nips, cheese its, cheese with cheese on top. Favorite classic rock song?

Omg this looks awesome! I am extremely curious as to how cucumber will work as a breading but I am totally trying it!!! I enjoy making southwestern wraps. Corn, beans, a little bit of light chipoltle mayo or fiest ranch, chopped tomatos on a skinny girl tortilla. Mmm.

I am in no way a vegan. I love my chicken, not so much red meat though. I don't think they are trying too hard to make it cool, I think they are just trying to be funny and make cooking fun. Never in my life have I followed a recipe until I bought this book. It spoke to my inner voice. I think in curse words. It read in…

I like putting weird vegetables into recipes and making weird foods. I somehow made a pumpkin pie when I was aiming for a cake once. I think I'll give this a try. :D

I'm not saying all gyms are full of judgement. I honestly think they use that as a target for people who are extremely self conscious and afraid to go to gyms. I have a friend who refused to go to the gym in our building because she didn't want people to see her working out and didn't want to join a real gym because she…

Yep, been there, done that. When I was working for Starbucks and had reached my highest weight I was wearing mens shirts and outgrowing my pants fast. I was at the drive thru window, bending down to get the money out of the drop box at the register, and RIPPPPPP. My pants ripped a good ways from top to bottom on my…

Hey, I lived off of those spinach feta wraps for four years. I discovered that making my own gourmet whipped cream with ristretto shots, mocha and carmel and pouring it in all of my drinks was what was killing my diets. Lol

I was shocked at this too. My love eats a bowl of sugary cereal every morning (29 years old and he refuses to eat anything else for breakfast) and I used to eat it with him. He sits at the table with the milk and the box of cereal and free pours. So when I got my scale I decided to do a test. I asked him to pour his cereal…

Have you ever been into a planet fitness? It's not a bad gym. My local planet fitness is filled with heavy lifters. It's huge and at the right time you can go in and find some massive men and women lifting weights. The difference is they aren't making it a point to show off. They are actually there to work out. It is…

Ohhh I might try that with my cauliflower! I have terrible issues with not buying boullion. I should. Thanks!

I usually have one glass of red wine every night. Sometimes I get crazy and get some Arbor Mist and put some frozen fruit in it....mmm. If it fits your calorie needs, do it to it!!!

Bike riding. Nothing can compare to 10+ miles on a bike when it's the right temperature outside with the right music and right road. :)

I still have no idea what Keto is.

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I can't handle pop music, it doesn't get me going at all. My gym blares pop music so I tune it out with my own playlist. I have an entire playlist labled "Cycling". It's all Mudvayne and Alesana. Sometimes when I'm hitting those inclines I need to be screamed at to make it to the top so the music helps. :smiley: Then my…

Ever so often my right foot has an intense pain that lasts a week or more and causes me to be unable to walk normally or wear high heels. It is an intense pain from the joint/ball of foot that shoots up my leg and down the underside of my foot. There is swelling around the ankle. Using treadmills, running or any type of…

Try to not let that happen, it is a very difficult road. I struggle with food fears to an extreme and getting passed it can be difficult depending on how your personality is lined up. I would like to see some responses and overcoming this issue as well.

I was NOT blessed with a good looking backside or legs, I made them myself. In the past two years all eyes have gone off my chest (What was once a double to almost triple D to a low D or C now) and to my butt and legs. I did it by bike riding and squats. Comparing myself beside girls who do nothing but cardio and squating…

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