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I'm 5'4" too, I've taken off 19 pounds and am working on more

I'm 5'4" and 130 lbs., I walk daily, lift weights 4 days a week and run 3-4 times a week

Lunges; traveling lunges, traveling lunges with dumbbells or a barbell rack on shoulders, stationary lunges same leg or alternating leg with and without dumbbells, stationary lunges from higher starting point to lower end point, backward lunges. Work on form before adding weights and repetition.

I've read about fecal transplant research with mice--maybe you can Google these--if mice are given feces from a fat mice they gain weight, if given feces from thin mice will lose weight. There was a recent large scale study in India that showed that most Lactobacillus strains do not colonize in the intestines except for L…

I'm a plank girl. High plank, low plank, side plank with and without hip pulses or leg raises, plank with alternating knee to opposite elbow, TRX plank to pike, TRX suicide crunches (there's your pushup!), TRX side plank abdominal crunches, TRX high plank oblique crunches. Good for you on the pushups!

I think you hit the nail on the head in that mindset is the most important part of weight loss and maintenance. Setting up realistic expectations, goals, systems of measurement and how to manage disappointment and discouragement. Nutrition is the most of the challenge. This was hard for me with time, energy and stress…

I can't afford to work with one but my exercise friend has one and he advised intermittent fasting. He told her to eat all of her food in an 8-10 hour window every day and fast the rest of the time. She looks really good.

I bought mine from the website ten years ago. It's been used a lot but I bought a cover for it too and keep the rollers clean and the chain oiled. It looks new and works perfect. Great investment. I watch TV shows and row, works better than music for me

It's a myth that just keeps on going and going. There are so many of them out there, right? We should list all the myths we all hear about exercise and nutrition, that would be a long blog thread

I keep sauce and dressing recipes in Pinterest for taste purposes so I can stick to basic vegetables with beans or whole grains but make a the same basic dish taste completely different with sauce or dressing. This way I don't get bored eating whole unprocessed foods. Like another reader mentioned, YouTube is awesome for…

I keep 'fast food' options around. I shop Trader Joe's and buy canned black beans and chickpeas, fresh brussel sprouts and broccoli, a tub of fresh Tabouleh, tub of fresh Balela, frozen Channa Masala and a couple of other frozen Indian dinners, boxed Punjab eggplant and fresh Basil Pesto. You have to rinse the beans off…

Rice bowl: 1.5 cups wild rice and .5 cup brown Basmati rice, 4 tablespoons Brewer's Yeast Flakes, 2 tablespoons chia seeds, 1 tablespoon Furikake seasoning mixed well, added 1 tablespoon miso and 4 roasted seaweed sheets. 564 calories

My go-to breakfast is 1 cup of wild rice, 1 cup of brown Basmati rice, 4 tablespoons of large Brewer's Yeast Flakes, 2 tablespoons of Chia seeds and Furikake sesame seaweed seasoning (get it on Amazon in 6 packs). My favorite lunch is a 1/2 portion of Trader Joe's Tabouleh, 1/2 portion of Trader Joe's Balela and a half can…

My go-to breakfast is 1 cup of wild rice, 1 cup of brown Basmati rice, 4 tablespoons of large Brewer's Yeast Flakes, 2 tablespoons of Chia seeds and Furikake seasoning (get it on Amazon in 6 packs). It has a ton of protein, fiber, less processed carbs than refined flour options so it will spike blood sugar more slowly and…

I'm 56 and had my uterus and ovaries removed at 48 due to Stage 4 Endometriosis and the extensive scarring it caused on these organs. I'm 5'5" and weigh 139 pounds. I've lost 26 pounds in the last three years. Since surgery, I use bioidentical estrogen gel for nighttime hot flashes. In my opinion, the daytime flashes were…