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Monday: weights and 30 min moderate cardio Tuesday: run +/- 45 min Wednesday: weights & cardio Thursday: run 45 min Friday: weights & yoga Saturday: long run - pushing max distance (PR is 8.6 miles per GPS) Sunday: recovery day. Light yoga & easy walking only.

Hmmm..... Great idea!!!! Now to figure out a way to fit that into my calories. *Calculating calories for 1 serving of vanilla ice cream and 6 cookies*

Pffft, they are awesome, especially the thin mints. I just find a way to fit them into my calories for the day. Everything in moderation

Agreed, very lucky. My options were eat what was served or be hungry.

Not too long as I never gave up any foods, I just ate less. It takes me about 3 months to get used to my maintenance whenever I decide to go on a break from weight loss to focus more on strength training.

All you have to do to lose weight is eat less. Yes, it is that simple. Just eat at a calorie deficit and you will lose the weight. No special diet or exercise program required.

Pizza cake!

Oh yes, for a real eye opener; save one pair of your pants from your heaviest. Just jam them into that back of your closet. When it comes time to really shock someone (and yourself) take a picture of your new smaller size pants with your biggest ones. Also, I have completed repurchased my entire wardrobe twice over now,…

Nope. Ignore that.

I think mine pushed the rest of the areas out of the way and forced themselves to the front of the fat loss line. In hindsight, losing the boobs did make exercise easier (less painful bounce), which made sticking to my calorie budget easier.

My boobs! They were definitely first to go. Then my stomach and upper body, followed by face and arms. Legs and butt - last place to go.

Um.... I had a tummy-tuck to remove my belly flap, and yes, it was a flap or how I call it a "sad sack of soggy kittens". But, I don't have much other excess skin. What worked for me - time, and losing weight slowly. Most of my excess skin shrank back after about a year of doing a massive recomp after my initial weight…

@hobbitses333 Sometimes the scale lies (water retention, particularly once a month for women), the mirror lies (we can't see our bodies change), but clothing always tells the truth! Snug pants falling off, yep, that's honesty letting you know that you need a smaller size and a belt would also be a good investment to…

Talk to your OB/Gyn. Generally if you are over weight you are advised to lose some fat, you can eat at maintenance and lose a little weight: you are making a person. This way you are getting enough nutrients for a safe pregnancy, but will slowly lose a little bit of excess fat which is also a factor in a healthy pregnancy.

You can't spot reduce fat. I carry my fat on my thighs and butt myself. That's just where my body likes to hold on to it. On the plus side, with thicker thighs and butt, we rarely "muffin top" as clothes fitting on our thighs generally means they are looser on our waist. Lose weight overall and your thigh fat will come off…

Figure 8's and crawling planks.

Tonight's dinner: Whataburger! Yummy

Keep in mind that approximately 70% of Americans are overweight, half of those are obese. This means the average size, is overweight. So being a healthy weight seems very low, but only because it's well below average. I'm 5'7", 42, and just under 160lbs - I've been questioned about wanting to get to 150lbs and even been…

@brenn24179 Agreed! Life is so much nicer with cookies.

Budgeted calories, did my run - dinner was Whataburger!!!! Yes.

OMG yes!!!! I have to sleep with 4 pillows strategically placed now, knees and ankles become and issue sleeping on your side.

Don't worry, as you drop sizes, clothing designers also think you get shorter...aka, sleeves become too short (as well as pants)

Thanks. I'm also 42, so all that crap about losing weight not being possible after a certain is, is just that - crap.

Activity level = how active you are without dedicated workouts. They are two different things. During the school year I'm moderately active as I do a lot of walking around campus with 30lbs of books & laptop. During the summer, I'm definitely sedentary. Even though my workouts stay the same. Exercise gets logged…

Same! Coffee is my pre-everything in the morning, workout or no workout.

Only one. A class mate of mine have a mini "competition" MWF, whomever does the most stairs by class (9AM) gets a free coffee refill after class. It's all in fun, as the refills are 25¢ in the psych office (we're both psych majors).

Nope, not even in a box with a fox.

I am 42 and going back to school full-time, I'm surrounded by children (young enough to be my child = children), and live 1 block away from a middle school. Sometimes I truly understand the guy with the chainsaw vs college/high school kids in cheesy horror movies.

@CSARdiver Also, a stronger core improves posture. Better posture gives the appearance of a flatter/leaner abdomen. I am lucky, I have never been one to store fat on my stomach (well, it's less proportionally). I store fat on my thighs and butt.

Eating less. Just stick to a reasonable (too low is bad for you) calorie deficit, lose fat everywhere. You can't spot reduce fat, genetics dictates where we lose fat from first and last.