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Hi, I know what you mean actually. This year is my first year teaching. I teach part time and I'm also getting a master's degree as well, so it's like the time is always pretty much fleeting. I just made the decision to actively start trying to work out more, and I've vowed to start slow with baby steps. If i can only…

Hi All, Sunday, I was still recooperating from the hard labor of Saturday, but today I got back into the swing of things. I walked three miles and then did Zumba burning 562 calories for today. Also, I'm thinking of adding a bit more variety into my workouts and getting the 30 day shred with Jillian. Any advice or…

@maggie - no, and I'm so glad that it's not every day! My feet are swollen today and pain in my thighs woke me up at 5am this morning! It's only once a week or once every other week. So on those days my calories burned is going to be insane! @armaretta - I'm partial to my Trojans (because I have to be), but the second team…

Hi All! I've been MIA for a few days. Thursday, I had orientation for a job, and I took that as an easy day for working out, only burning 73 calories walking, and Friday was an off day. And today...I probably burned roughly 1200 or more calories today! My new job is working a concession stand at home games for college…

Hi all. I took a day off yesterday, but today I did an hour. (20 minutes on the treadmill and 40 minutes on the elliptical) I burned 745 calories. Tomorrow may be a Zumba day.

Hi All. Everyone is doing so well! Just the sheer fact that we post - loss or no loss, is great! Calories Burned for the week: 2459 This weeks measurements: Waist: 37 Belly button: 40.5 Hips: 44.5 Last week: Waist: 38.5 Belly button: 41 hips: 45 I even lost 1.2 lbs, and consistently for the past two weeks have been losing…

Wow Jrhstarlight! That was a REALLY good burn! Congrats on the NSV amaretta! I hope someday in the distant future to make it to size 4's too! I don't remember ever being a size 4 so that would be a dream come true! Today's burn for me was 325 calories doing elliptical. Oddly, I'm always looking forward to Tuesday…

Congrats Jen on the beginnings of abs! Welcome back Maggie! @jrhstarlight- I'm the complete opposite of you! On the weekends I barely eat all of my calories, but through the week I workout a lot so that I won't go over! Today wasn't an impressive burn. I decided to add in something different and try the kickboxing bootcamp…

I'm going to be a vampire fangtasia waitress (from true blood).

Hi everyone, checking in again. This week has been a rough week for me. I've been invited out to eat 3 times the last two i did okay on my calories, but today i didn't do as well. We went to an ice cream place that also served real food. Not only did I have a chili cheese dog, but also ice cream... :( That was lunch. I end…

There are also Zumba videos on Youtube, if you've wanted to try those. I'll post a few links to some of my favorites. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMjwt7Hl0RM&feature=player_detailpage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOUp_nIUmXU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rri9xSvybqI&feature=related Also…

I have a few more! Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie & Animals - Nickelback.

@Jen - Sometimes my internet does the whole buffering slowness too. Those days, I just load all the videos in different tabs for 30 minutes before I'm ready to workout. By the time I'm done stretching and ready to press play they all run smoothly. @amaretta - congrats on the weightloss and the inches! @skinny - Wow! Even…

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Dinner tonight was great! We had Mexican food and at the restaurant I discovered a tiny box at the top of the menu...it was the "Lite" menu! That made me happy. I didn't go over my calories, but wond up eating a bit more of my exercise calories than I planned so I did another 30 minutes of dancing bringing the days…

I was thinking this same thing as soon as I came from dinner and immediately signed on MFP!

Hell Yeah by Rev Theory gets me pumped and I can push past any tiredness or when I want to be lazy and quit early this song gives me the kick I need.

LOL True! its only a little after 5pm here! When your day is ending I'm smack in the middle of mine lol

Today only 191 calories for 30 mins of dancing, but I'm probably not done! I'm going out to dinner with friends. Working off some of what I ate may be in order, so tonight I'll probably have more to report. Hope everyone is having a great Friday :)

My school has the calorie info posted in the dining hall, but I'm just aware of how much I eat. I do portion control. I generally only eat in the dining hall for breakfast, and since our school doesn't do self serve buffet style, I tell them instead of two or three waffles I only want one. Instead of two sausages give me…

Hi All, I see everyone reporting chilli climates and I'm jealous! Down south it's terribly hot! I was sweating so badly, I thought I had worked out and really all I did was step outside! Yesterday was my off day, but today I worked out on the elliptical for 30 minutes and burned 376 calories.

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Thanks everyone for the support and congrats. It feels really good to have people that understand even the smallest improvements are a victory. Today was elliptical day for me! I did 50 minutes and burned 625 calories for the day. Good luck everyone and keep up the amazing jobs! And Jen have a wonderful time but definitely…

@Jenlwb - I was surprised as well! The entire week's workout consited of running on the elliptical, Zumba (from youtube - at the moment saving up for the dvds) and some crunches with weights, a few squats and some upper body work. That was maybe a three day span of workouts. I even lost 3 more pounds (even with going over…

I have a few NSVs since joinging three weeks ago. The first is a couple of years ago I bought a skirt that was on sale. Not having the time to try it on, I just bought it. When I got home, the skirt didn't fit. This year, my friend saw it in my closet, suggested I try it on and IT FIT! The second NSV i've had, happened…

Hi everyone. I've been M.I.A. for a while because I wasn't feeling well so of course my calories burned for the week came in at only 898. Aside from that here are my measurements for the week: Previous Measurements: Waist: 41 Belly button: 41.5 hips: 47 Measurements today: Waist: 38.5 Belly button 41.5 hips: 45 I hope…

Hi Racquel. Feel free to add me as well. I understand what you're going through. I have three roommates and I'm the only one of the three trying to eat healthier and it's so tempting to get bogged down into eating what they eat, but so far I've been doing this for almost three weeks and I've resisted temptation. It's hard…

Hi everyone, I haven't logged much these past two days because I was feeling under the weather, and was constantly on the go. I think I just needed to take a two day break and do absolutely nothing. It worked. Now I feel better and will be doing some sort of exercise later tonight . Even though I wasn't feeling well, I…

I'm the same way! Today is my off day and I still keep thinking of workouts to do when I know I should at least take one day to rest.

It actually went well! I did maybe ten squats, then I started doing some upper body toning exercises with my "walking weights". I switched exercises every time I turned a page.