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I have a 'gym' at my office - treadmill, elliptical, rowing machine, bike and free weights. I will definitely still do weight but at a much lighter weight and will eliminate those that are putting stress on the shoulder. I was just throwing it out there if there was some cool activity that I did not think of! Swimming of…

Love this idea and will look for this daily. All the little things add up. :)

How long have you been doing this? How long has it been since a loss? Do you weigh evey day? What types of foods are you eating? I agree that opening your diary will help. Do you 'eat back' your exercise calories? Do you wear a heart rate monitor or rely on MFP's estimations? Do you acually measure with measuring cups or…

Thanks for the responses. Today I am pre-packing my meals for the work day, snacks included, and that should be a good start. I have to exercise on my own today so will do a tae bo dvd or something like that. If I do NOT report back that I got my exercise in please kick me in tush! MarieB

<#1 fan of that crew right there! :) They bring me many early mornings/late nights at the rink and more joy and fun than you can imagine! Finally I couldn't take it anymore so I decided to try it myself... and I'm hooked. Great workout and great friends. And because I'm in Milwaukee we only have the Admirals IHL, but my…

Great start! You could add stairs too if you have them in your house. Go up and down them 5 times... then 7 ... then 10. Or alternate on one step only for 30 seconds (or 10 times.. whatever). As far as weights go, when you are doing your squats or lunges you can fill old milk jugs with water (or any heavier easy to grasp…

LOVE Turbo Jam! I do it a couple of times a week with a group from my office. The calorie burn depends on your weight, age, fitness level... I wear a heart rate monitor and depending on how aggressively I do the work out I can burn anywhere from 500 - 750 calories for a 45-60 minute video. Sometimes I use arm weights too…

OMG this happened to my husband, (then fiancee)... but at one of our first family Easter dinners together!!! He's at my parent's house for dinner, is sitting on the famiy room chair with his leg crossed on his knee. He notices a lump at his calf and reaches in from the ankle up to feel what the heck it could be. After he…

You should have said "I'll pay for the plus size AND a little extra to buy you some grace and 'saleperson' charm" Oh and don't you work on commission? I'll work with another salesperson now, thank you very much. Wow. (sorry, I own a business and am married to a salesman - that's my bread and butter!)

Butter - in moderation! I think margarine tastes bad and I'd rather use a little of something I truly enjoy the flavor of rather than substitute with something I dislike. When I do substitute, then I'm not satisfied and I'll eat something else to become satisfied - and end up overeating. This way, I use what I want, savor…

7/12 - 937 cals/115 min ice hockey/kickboxing 7/13 - 300 cals/35 min weights 7/14 - 580 cals/60 min treadmill 7/15 - 198 cals/45 min walk with daughter 7/16 - 926 cals/ 32 min kickboxing, 30 min treadmill, 56 min walk Thanks! MarieB

I just found this and I'm going to start! I'm back into the exercising and eating right again after regaining everything I lost. Angry with myself, but moving on and doing it again. 7/12 - 937 cals/115 min ice hockey/kickboxing 7/13 - 300 cals/35 min weights 7/14 - 580 cals/60 min treadmill Thanks! MarieB

I"M BACK!!! I was on vacation and missed two weigh in's so please don't delete me from the sheet. I need the sheet! LOL I've probably gained 800 lbs over vacation so it's going to be ugly next week, but two steps forward and one step back is what it is at this point. As long as it's not two steps back and one forward -…

SW: 150.2 W1: 147.4 W2: 147.0 W3: 147.0 W4: 146.2 Loss this week 0.8. Sloooooowwwwwly losing, which is better than slowly gaining! LOL I will take it and write down every morsel. I find my weekends to be espeicailly difficult in the summer. There is too much socializing going on, which I adore, but it comes with a bunch of…

I'm pretty creative in the kitchen and I love to try new things. I was surprised that I did not think of this myself! But... try using hummus rather than mayo in recipies. You can make tuna or chicken salad with it, you can make a 'taco dip' type salad with it... How could I not have thought of this on my own. DOH!!!

Well, I did a tremendous job exercising this week, but I also did a tremendous job consuming celebration drinks. That is my oath for this week... not a drop of anything but water/coffee/occasional dt mt dew. It is sabotaging my efforts. So the fact that I burned nearly 6000 cals in exercise is negated by the drinks (which…

SW: 150.2 W1: 147.4 W2: 147.0 Loss this week 0.4 Disappointing when I consider the tremendous exercise numbers I recorded, but understandable when I consider the no-holding-back graduation party I had on Sunday. I'll bound back this week! MarieB

I'll be back tomorrow with my weigh in. I am sooo busy today I did not realize the day is nearly gone. I'm not going to be home until late tonight so I'll take care of it then. I exercised this morning already and then have a hockey game tonight. That makes up for the graduation party Sunday! Then I'll come back and read…

I specifically went on an extra long walk yesterday because I KNEW I would go over in calories. My oldest son graduated high school and we were having a celebration in his honor. I wanted to make mojito's (for me and my other mom friends) so instead of driving to the store, I walked. It's 2.2 miles there and the way I took…

My win today? My son broke his controller so instead of driving to the video store... we walked. 2.3 miles one way for a 4.6 mile trip and 719 calories. Yay us! I needed it too because as the last day of school was today we had a fun lunch at the kids school but that also included take out. So by 5:00 I only had 300ish…

Today's win? My daughter had a training camp tonight and I worked until 8:30. We stopped at Qdoba on the way home and I got the naked burrito. I very specifically ate half, covered the rest and brought the rest home for my kids. So instead of a 850 calorie dinner, I had a 425 calorie dinner AND I came in under calories…

:flowerforyou: Inskydiamonds, thanks for the organization and hard work!

SW: 150.2 CW: 147.4 loss this week 2.8 :happy: I will certainly take that!! I like to have a goal and participating in a challenge accomplishes that. Keep up the good work everybody! Marie

10lbs a week? That's a calorie deficit of 35,000 calories... Is this really what you are aiming for or is that a typo? MarieB

I had an up and down weekend. Friday I had a party to go to, I exercised extra to compensate and I came in under calories despite a 1000+ dinner/drinks evening. Then Saturday was a bust because I did not plan! ARGH! But Sunday was ok. I did not get a block of time to exercise because I had a child w/ 2 Lacrosse games at…

INSKYDIAMONDS please put my start weight at 152.2 I burned 1045 cals today. I jumped on the treadmill for a precautionary 35 minutes in case my day got away from me. I have a bday party to go to tonight and I k new I'd have a drink or three! :) But I did get in my afternoon workout in and did 701 cals in kickboxing! YAY,…

So instead of just saying 'I did not do it this morning' instead I jumped on the treadmill and did 35 minutes for 344 cals. Yay me and thank you challenge! MarieB

I have a friends bday party tonight so I'm eating super healthy and light (lots of veggies) so that my evening numbers are not terrible. Also, exercise is a must. I did not do it this morning... actually I still have time for a quick 30 min. I'll check in later to let you know.

Suddenly, change in plans and we are going out to dinner. I will be over in cals, but I've been under by several hundred each day due to high cal burns. I will make wiser choices than in the past to not go over by too much. Fortunately I already exercisesd this morning. :) MarieB

I did the treadmill again this morning. It's nice to squeeze in 30 minutes as a backup. I do have tonight scheduled for exercise, but with 4 kids, a hubby, a business.... sometimes nighttime gets away from me! Today I get to be the chaperone on my daughter's field trip. I had a tiny health scare a couple of weeks ago and…