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I go on Youtube and use Real Fit tv. It has a great variety of workouts. I also like Fitness Blender on youtube but be prepared to put your own workout music on because they are very monotone and boring to listen to. I would suggest searching youtube first before buying any workout DVDs especially Jillian Michaels. Most of…

I run first thing in the morning. I find that if I put my workout off until after work, it never gets done. I'm too exhausted by the end of the day and have a million and one reasons why I shouldn't go for that run.

I am a mother of 4 teenagers. I always keep prepackaged food in the house and guess what? None of my kids are over weight. Why you ask? Well when they were all toddlers I taught them when meal times, including snack times, were and what an appropriate portion is. I originally did this to get them to stop harping on me to…

I shop around and look for good sales in the local flyers. I buy fruit that is in season and on sale. During the summer I have a garden in my back yard and during the winter I buy frozen veggies. I try to stay away from canned veggies because most of them are very high in sodium. I think what you need to do most of all is…

On Youtube I use Realfit.tv. You can get everything from strength training, HIIT, kickboxing, step aerobics and then some have a mixture. I also agree with fitness blender on Youtube, but it does get a little boring because there is no music and the voice is very monotone. I would suggest playing your music so you don't…

I also do early morning workouts, about 5am. I find that I do approx. 50 min of running in one lump. When I do strength training it is first then I do the 30 min. of running. It gets my heart rate up higher and gets the dreaded weights out of the way first.

I get my workout done first thing because when I get home from work in the evening I'm the same way, don't want to do anything but relax. It is the only thing that works for me. It is ok to veg out in the evening just as long as you count your calories and don't go overboard.

It depends on what works best for you. I do intermittent fasting because I am not hungry in the morning and forcing myself to eat something when I am not hungry makes me sick. I only eat 400- 600 calories during the day and then at dinner I eat about a 1000 calorie meal. This works for me because I am hungry in the late…

Great job! I am so proud of you! Keep up the fabulous work!

I agree that you should look into intermittent fasting. I had this same problem when I tried to switch to 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. I would go WAY over my daily calories, forcing myself to eat when I wasn't hungry which made me sick to my stomach, then when I finally was hungry eating everything in site. Anyway, now that…

Start weight: 152.8 Goal Weight: 130 Lbs to Lose: 22.8 08/01: 152.8 09/05: 148.2 10/03: 143.4 11/07: 12/05: 12/26:<<<GOAL WEIGHT >>>130

I really don't enjoy running, but I LOVE the fact that I have lost almost 30 lbs. in the past 4 months since I have picked it up. So for that fact alone, I guess I do love running in some way. This is why I keep doing it!

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I don't count my calories. I found that counting calories drove me crazy. I DO use my food scale though. I make sure that I don't eat more than a serving size at meals. Some people say that it still is a form of calorie counting and I agree to some extent. The thing is that where this is all a lifestyle change, I needed to…

Are you looking for friends to help keep you accountable? If so, please feel free to add me. I log every day and try to respond to each and every message sent to me.

I get up between 4:30- 5am and workout first thing! I have found that if I don't get my workout in first thing in the morning then I have every excuse in the book not to do it later. I also have found that if I skip a day, I will feel sluggish and un motivated to do anything for the rest of the day. It is almost like a…

I'm always taking applications for new friends. I'm a daily logger!

Sept. 8- 14 Mon: 58 min. running Tue: 55 min. running Wed: 63 min. kettlebell workout and running Thurs: 55 min. running Fri: 53 min. running Sat: 54 min. running 5+ miles to the dirt road and back Sun: 67 min. strength training and running

Start weight: 152.8 Goal Weight: 130 Lbs to Lose: 22.8 08/01: 152.8 09/05: 148.2 10/03: 11/07: 12/05: 12/26:<<<GOAL WEIGHT >>>130

female 34 5' 5 151 lbs.

A big weight, it kind of looks like a bell, with a handle on top meant for swinging. It comes in different sizes like regular weights do, I'm up to 20lbs.

I like to do anything with kettlebells. I despise strength training, except for kettlebells, so doing those workouts kind of sneaks it in.

I used to log it as circuit training until I got my HRM. Then I realized that I really burned 100 less calories then I was logging it as. I know that not everyone can afford a HRM but you might want to think about purchasing one so you don't run into the same problem I had with saying that I burned way more calories then I…

I totally agree with how frustrated OP is with the dress code and how hard it is to find appropriate clothing for girls in the store. I have a 13 year old daughter and unless I want to go to a high priced store, I can't find appropriate clothing for her unless I want to buy it online. We are lucky in my school district…

54 min. of running

I have a polar ft 4 and I LOVE it!

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I would say that if you don't feel like you need a rest day then don't take one. Do some light exercise if you feel like it. What works for me is that I don't take a rest day unless I need one. Some days I have less energy then others but I still feel like I need to workout so I will do something less strenuous or fun. I…

Patriots!!!!

Hi my name is Angie. I am a 34 year mother of 4. I have 3 boys ages 18, 15, and 12 and one daughter age 13. I have been married to the love of my life for 16 years. When I'm not carting my kids to every activity under the sun, I work as a special education ed tech. Just like most people here on MFP, I have struggled with…