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will definitely consider as well...sounds good.. quick question that I feel fits this thread full of die hard JM fans :) for the videos like RI30 and 6p6wks...do you alternate? or do you literally do...30 days of RI30 before moving on to her other dvds? same for 6p6wks...are you doing that 6 days a week and none of her…

maybe one day...wish I could afford a trainer or something to help guide me

you look great...would kill to be toned like that...hoping what I'm doing gets me there but can't help but feel I'm missing something...any tips???

I hear ya...yea my main goal is to tone also...more than anything...I'd love to not feel anything jiggle or fold over my pants :/ my stomach looks flat but its still squishy and my arms legs and butt need a lot more tone too...i'm skinny fat blah...guess I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and hope for the best...maybe…

what do you do for strength training? I am trying to...at least I think...right now I do zumba 2x a week (mostly cardio there I know but you got to have SOME right?) and the other 5 days I do jillian michaels or kettle bell workout (dvds) anything I should be doing differently??? her dvds are usually 30-45 mins long with…

is this you? I weigh 118 and don't look anything like that!!! :/ I am getting seriously depressed over all this today...at first I started to feel tighter but all of a sudden I'm feeling flabby again and I haven't changed much except 2 days a week i now do zumba instead of a jilllian michaels dvd..i thought this would only…

you look great..nice job.,,that is similar to my goal,..i DEF need toning...i'm 5'4" and 118 lbs but I feel squishy :/ toning is my main goal...feel like I may never get there :(

you have abs like that and all you do are squats and dead lifts? wow...awesome....i want abs :ohwell:

hope this works....but this is more or less what I'm shooting for.,, and by the way she IS a fitness model,,,that to me is the thid in between option,,,

Honestly neither. Is there a third option??? I certainly don't want to be skeletal but that fitness model is a bit more brut looking than I'd like to be.

I am 5'4" and 118lbs (healthy weight for my height starts at 120) I HAVE been down to 110lbs last spring so it IS possible (but I was also nursing at the time and had to cut out dairy entirely...my daughter had an intolerance) so that definitely did it there...my main goal is to be tone so if that means the scale stays the…

I'm with you...I am currently 2lbs below "healthy weight" but still feel squishy :/ so tried to keep losing....i HAVE been about 7 lbs less than I am but I guess its true though if you are at a "healthy weight" then chances are it's tone you want not so much weight loss...you are not alone :)

wow a lot of info but all good..,,and a lot of eggs lol good for you...i don't eat any seafood so tuna is out for me but will definitely try other sources to up my protein and looks like shakes are a really good way to do that,,this sucrose is new to me so i am going to have to digest that a bit,,,so what do you do with…

oh no I know I can't get "pumped up" I meant pump up the calorie intake,,,sorry if that was confusing...i guess I just thought I had to burn fat to uncover the muscle i want to build....feels like fat to me right now but started to wonder if its just toning up i needed to do so that is when i leaned this way....again the…

[/quote] Odd... You must already be at a healthy weight. Maybe you should just change to maintenance calories, and just work on strength training to tone up. [/quote] well truth be told i am 2 lbs below what they say is a "healthy weight" however i was 7lbs lighter this time last year and was much more comfortable with…

a good suggestion but i just tried that and it didn't change my calorie intake at all :/

great info thanks...i defnitely want the lean toned body...trying to incorporate strenght training with jillian michaels dvd's and just started kettle bells...was thinking of just doing free hand weights on the days i do zumba 2x/week right before i leave to do it...read weights before cardio is best....i've heard of that…

Ha wow yea you do. Your breakfast was my full day of allotted calories lol nice job though. ;)

Well that is what mfp put me at. I try to eat back some of my exercise calories too. I dunno.

I didn't say it was difficult. Was just seeking for some suggestions from those that have been doing it and sort of developed a rhythm. Kind of what these message boards are for no???

Good to know. Thank you ;)

That sounds yummy but that's 1/3 of my calories for the day lol

Oooh that does sound good. Where do you get those????

How do you figure out lean body mass??? Good suggestions thanks ;). How do you make protein shakes??? Is that whey powder?? Those would be meal replacements no? Aren't they usually high in calorIes??

awesome job...do you go to a gym for heavy lifting or just do it at home? what size weights are you using? what makes up your high protein diet?

um wow...good for you..this is an issue I am having too...my stomach is fairly flat but still squishy and over hang when I sit..would def like to tone it up...I don't know the first thing about a high protein diet though...could you throw out a few suggestions and what did you do for strength training? sorry if I'm hi…

I have no idea about workout videos, but there are plenty of ways to strength train effectively while taking into consideration your injuries. What specifically do you have? Disc herniation? If so, you might need to not lift too heavy right away. [/quote] I have a bulging disc in my lower back and no curve to my neck along…

so what is your calorie in take/day? yea wish i had a membership and a friend to go with...right now my friend and I just started zumba classes at least so I have that but she has the bowflex so I can't imagine she'd want or need a gym membership..and I hate to go alone...plus with two kids its not entirely easy to get…

The most accurate ways are by getting a dexa scan or bod pod test. Other ways are with scales that calculate your BF%, which aren't terribly accurate, by having someone do skin fold tests with calipers, or with online calculators, which again are just estimates and may or may not be accurate. A lot of people seem to like…