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Last check in before vacation. Happy with results I definitely feel beach ready. Hopefully weight gain on trip will not be outrageous.

Dirty 30 is also my favorite. Which reminds me.... Obviously my core is my weakest part. The side plank leg left I can now finally do one but I feel like just holding the side plank is a better modification than the knee down. So I've been doing 15 seconds of each.

Also I now take my meds an hour before any food or coffee. Originally I was told no food for 30 minutes but I've read studies encouraging an hour before coffee or food.

Wow so nice to see so much activity on here! I'm on day 14 of round 2ish (the ish because of holidays) @tamred69 do you have a good endocrinologist? It's taken me 5 years to get my synthroid at the right level. I've had great success with this program. Although I have a beach vacation next week and have been super…

I do the same thing. Friday is my start day because I do yoga Mondays and Thursdays at my gym so it just makes sense to have the recovery days in sync. I tried shakeology but did not like it and really noticed no difference in how I felt so I'm back to my whey protein.

Thanks @germany03 still dealing with hunger some but recently purchased an app to track containers and liking that. Last night I made one of the orange dressings and it was delicious.

30 days till we leave for a beach vacation. So that's helping me stay motivated. I will finish 21 days by Christmas. I know I'll take that weekend off but will probably start back right after that.

Starting week 2 today and I've lost 6 lbs so more than just water weight. I'll be thrilled with a normal 2 lbs a week for the rest of the 21 days.

I feel the same. I'm quite hungry. Right now my plan is to stick close to 1350 for 21 days but then move closer to 1500.

I'm really loving the workouts. Still finding my way with containers and glad I'm double checking with recording here.

I'm only on Day 4 so really cannot comment on success but I'm really liking the workouts. Not eating the exercise calories so I'm hungry most of the time still. Last night I dreamt about bagels ;-)

How many of you use containers? I'm loving the workouts just find the containers more difficult. Seems to take a lot more "thinking" than I expected.

Hi all! Today is day 1 for me. I thought it would give me a boost before the holidays. Beach vacation coming in mid January so I cannot gain over holidays and fit into all my summer clothes. Love my gym so I'll be doing double workouts most days.

Just starting today. Thought it would give me a boost before holidays.

Congratulations! Nothing is worse than those surprise visits. :drinker:

I have issues with my neck and find that the Ab Burner exercises aren't really good for me. I like HipHop Abs or I just follow along with AB Burner and substitue some of the Ab Ripper exercises from the old Power 90.

Interest is there to some degree but dryness and pain caused me to avoid sex like the plague. The premarin creme is helping some with that but not 100%. I told my OB/GYN how come they spend all this money developing drugs to help with erectile dysfunction and they don't have anything to help menopausal women. No wonder old…

Don't be shocked if you do get a period. I've had a few in the last year. Always preceded by typical PMS signs. For me breast pain and tenderness. As for water gain - I love lemon and cucumber water to help with that. Just splurged and bought myself a new pitcher with infuser.

Good News for me - my thyroid was out of wack. Doctor's office called yesterday. Thanks goodness because 15lbs in only a few months is a shocking amount of weight gain for me. I'm hopeful now that my energy level will increase to where I can actually get all my exercise in and continue to function day by day.

Thanks JoJo -

Starting tomorrow - I'll send you a request. I've done it in the past but it has been a few years.

It is so great to see lots of us making the commitment to becoming more healthy in 2012! As Week 1 draws to a close, I'm happy to report I have achieved all of my goals for the week. I don't think I will change any of mine for next week as I really want to focus on making these stick. Tron - I can't wait to hear your…

Alf: My eyes were going crossed trying to find evidence of Sing on this site. I too am a little worried. That is part of the reason I jumped back in here. Glad to hear that String is doing well is she still in the DC area? Okay so here goes....my goals for January: At least 3 days/week running. At least 2 days/week weight…

Hello All! I see there are some of the oldies still on this board. Hi Tron and Alf. I'm finally back to feeling well enough to tackle the weight I gained following chemo. It really does a number on your body for sure. Just a quick hello - I'll be back soon to post my goals for 2012. I can't wait to meet the group of "Cool…

Hi All! Just wanted to drop in and say Hey! Stilling doing well with exercise and up and down with food and hydration. The scale has finally started moving down about 4 lbs. My runs are getting stronger. Big celebration is yesterday I had my medi-port removed. Yeah! Of course, that will interfer with exercise for the next…

Happy Hot Tuesday All! Heat Advisory here in SE Michigan today. It is starting to drive me crazy that we only have two temps lately cold or hot. Where oh where is the warm. Thursday I had to turn the furnace back on and Yesterday it was back to A/C. Go figure. I'm still chugging along with the Sparkpeople 5K your way…

Happy Friday! I've been doing great with exercise this week and really good with eating clean and hydrating. I'm trying not to let the scale get into my head right now. I know enough to understand that the reason that the scale isn't dropping as quickly as I want it because I'm busy trying to convert back into more lean…

Found you all! Love the title as I hope to be slimming this summer. Finally seems like summer hear in Michigan. Nice and warm for my run. Picked up the pace on my 3 mile run today. Feeling stronger with each run. Sing: Glad to hear your trip was a success. Stiring: When I grow up I want to be able to do P90X, not sure…

Happy Tuesday! I'm hoping ALF has finally arrived in FL. We have been having great weather in Michigan the last few days. It sure has made getting my runs in much easier. This week I'm doing 4:1 on my 3 mile runs. My pace is still pretty slow but the runs are just the right amount of push so I'm not too concerned. Happy to…

Happy Tuesday All! I dusted off my garmin for a good 3 mile run yesterday. Felt so good. I switched from the couch to 5K to the sparkpeople 5K your way plan. I guess I had enough endurance left that the couch to 5K was just ho hum after the first few runs. This week I'm doing 3:1 and it felt just right. A little hard but…