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You totally look so much younger! Great job!

Awesome, thanks so much everyone for the help!! I really do appreciate it. For now I am just going to do some lifting today and then later look into those programs mentioned above. :D

I am definitely starting to see results from the class (ie. weight loss, stomach becoming more toned, becoming stronger) but I've only been doing it for 4-6 weeks now at 3 days a week. I honestly don't know how much progress I should see by now. I do see some, but don't know if I'd see MORE from doing something else. :)…

Okay sounds good, yeah that sounds like an accurate description of my class. I am going to look into the heavy lifting programs now and do them like you said and see what happens. I am thinking I will like the results though. Should I be doing any other just plain cardio mixed in with what you said above or just strictly…

Thanks for the wonderful help so far everyone. I appreciate it. I'll see if I can find a picture of what I'm going for. It is hard because I am not comfortable posting a picture of myself, but I think it would be helpful to see where I am at currently too.

You are probably right which is why I am wondering if I should do mroe heavy lifting on the days of my class or do it on my off days. So for example, we will do walking jump squats with weights 5-8 lbs doing skull crushers. Or we'll do knees and punching with 8 lb weights. We do each of these things at least 32 times and…

Also, is it actually true that concentrating more on lifting heavy rather than a ton of cardio will help me to achieve my goal of slimming down and toning or is that false and I should be doing a ton more cardio to slim down and loose BF?

I would really like to keep doing my class. What if I did my heavy lifting and my class on the same day (I kinda do that anyways, I go in before class and do strength then we do a combo of strength and cardio in class) would that cause burn out or now? I don't want to burn out and I don't want to regress because I'm…

She does every muscle in class, but normally only concentrates hard on one area (for example, yesterday it was legs and butt. We did arms, but only because she does every area regardless...for example, we'll do squats with arm press...but with really light 3-5 lb weights). So even if we do that, should I take a break from…

Also I'm asking this before I exercise today because I want to do whatever would be the most beneficial toward my goal. I've been looking through th thread about women lifting heavy and the success stories in there are GREAT!! Really motivating me. Regardless I am going to start lifting heavy, but I didn't know how much…

Awesome, thanks everyone for the tips. I'll keep doing what I'm doing. I've also read that when you are nursing, you store fat in your thighs for milk production. I don't know if this is true or not...kinda hope it isn't because then I can loose it without effecting milk production.

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Awesome thanks for the tips. I'll look up that protein powder. And that isn't the answer I wanted to hear BUT I guess I'm glad to know I am doing what I need to be doing. Just have to keep it up and be consistent. Thanks!

Typically I do about 1500. I am 5.3 and normally range between 110-114. When I was riding every day I was easily 110. After having kids I would range from 115-120. I am 3 months post-partum and trying to get back down, but want to concentrate mainly on toning. I do cross training 3 days a week with HIIT workouts. On my off…

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So will these help me to loose the fat or just build the muscle which in turn will help me lose the fat?

I have figured out caloric intake and before adding in exercise calories it is 1500 with breastfeeding (midwife approved). My question is if my cross fit class is enough cardio throughout the week or if I should be doing zumba as well. I realize that weight loss comes from caloric deficit. :) And no it isn't a personal…

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Cool so set my goals then log the BF and just make sure to eat those back? What is a good calorie intake for weight loss? I have never counted calories before. I have just done a lot of cardio (used to be a horse trainer before moving to the city so I "worked out" a lot and never had to worry about counting calories).

So basically as long as I am eating at a deficit, I should lose weight then. I am breastfeeding. How do I find out how much of a calorie deficit I can do without impacting my milk production? I am totally fine with cutting calories, just want to make sure I don't cause my milk production to go down so I need to find a safe…

@ElliottTN, Thank you for your concern, actually I have discussed this with my midwife and she says to do whatever I am comfortable with since I was really active and in great shape before pregnancy, so I am not starting anything new. I have told her all that I was wanting to continue doing and what my goal is and I have…

I'm anxious to hear what everyone has to say....so I'm posting this only to bump this back up. ;P

I don't think anyone saw my question about is it okay to work the same muscle group every day or should I only work them every other day? I do better if I can work them every single day, but I was told that this won't be as effective? Thoughts?

I am actually just trying to slim them down. We eat a very clean diet/life style anyways, so diet isn't an issue. My BFP is 16% at the moment. I wouldn't mind some toning, I just don't want them to turn into flubber when I sit down anymore. :P This is silly, but an example is they look skinny and good when I am standing,…

Thanks guys! This helps a ton. I did a lot of the exercises yesterday and feel it in my outter thighs and butt a ton (not so much inner thighs, but that is okay). Another question is, is it true that I should only concentrate on one type of muscle group a day (like legs one day, then upper body, then legs the opposite day.…

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I did a lot of the exercises mentioned, didn't really feel it a ton in my inner thighs. Are these good for inner thighs or should I do something else for those? And yeah I do a lot of other strength exercises. I do a ton of upper body and core. :) Just at a bit of a lost when it comes to lower. :) Especially inner thighs…

I do not have resistance bands (we do want to get some just don't have them right now) but we do have dumbells (they are adjustable weight ones so they can get pretty heavy). How do I use those when I am doing donkey kicks and the laying leg lift things (where you lay on your side and lift your legs). I can totally add…

Okay awesome, thanks for the tips. Yeah I don't have a pull up bar, but while I was at the park I did 3 sets of 4 (that is all I could accomplish right now without a break). And squats are easy (so are lunges...any way to make inner thigh workouts extra hard...that is the area I really want to work on), so I will do those…