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Her original post said "When doing 1200, I would burn between 350-600 calories at gym and eat most back with no loss. " That would lead me to believe she's generally eating at least the 1200, but more often somewhere between 1550-1800.

According to your original post, you're eating between 1550-1800 after you eat your exercise calories. Why are you so fearful to up to 1500 when you're all ready eating at that level? It's not like you're going to pack on 20 lbs overnight. Bottom line, you have to find out what works for you. You've all ready stated that…

I'm 5'5" and 4.5mph isn't running for me either. It's a very fast walk, but not a run. I can just walk really friggin' fast. I trained my children as toddlers to walk fast, too... Now they're 20 & 14.5 & they're pretty fast walkers as well. :smile: Just use an HRM and create your own exercise, calling it whatever you like,…

I can see two now, though originally I could only see the last one (you're very lovely, BTW). It's not your fault. It's my work, they have a lot of sites blocked, so sometimes, depending on where a photo is hosted, I can't see them. No worries, I can check it out later at home. You're beautiful. :flowerforyou: ETA: I can…

Honestly, this week I can say that I'm even MORE glad than usual that I'm doing my weird schedule with just 3 workouts per week. lol I don't know that I could've done workout 10 twice this week... I could barely do my little bit of Zumba this morning, I only gave it minimal effort because I still hurt too bad.

I can only see the last picture, sadly.

I think that everyone should read this post & will be putting it on my wall. Very inspiring! Keep at it, you've definitely got your attitude right! :flowerforyou:

My butt hurt last night... In addition to this workout, I've been doing a squat challenge. Yesterday I did 150 squats, plus workout 10. I'm not even sure what I think of the workout, other than that it caused me mad soreness today! lol My hips/butt hurt so bad it hurts to move. My lower quads are also sore, causing walking…

So, even though your heart rate is still UP during warm up, cool down and "rest periods," you don't think that *counts?* To each their own, I suppose... I got a heart rate monitor shortly after I started doing Jillian's workouts last year. I start it when I start (at the warm up) and turn it off a few minutes after I've…

My finacé weighs somewhere around 270 lbs & wears a much larger men's size than the equivalent to the 16/18 in women's you're referring to... He flies all the time & doesn't need to have an extra seat or anything. You'll fit fine. :happy:

I've done 30 Day Shred, Ripped in 30, Kickbox FastFix, 6 Week 6 Pack, and Killer Abs. I also have her Yoga Meltdown DVD and will do one of those workouts from time to time. I'm doing Body Revolution with a revised schedule. I'm in maintenance, not trying to lose any more weight, but maintain the muscle I've gained & not…

Amazing progress! Keep up the outstanding work!

When I had this issue last year, I opted for full fat versions of Greek yogurt, also 4% cottage cheese over 2%... I can't remember what else... But, also, I dropped from working out 6 days per week to 3-4 days per week. That and the slightly more calorie dense foods helped me get to a point where the losses tapered off. I…

The Lean Cuisines that I eat for lunch are generally 600 or less mg of sodium. High? Yes, I suppose so, but they're actually substantially LOWER than a lot of other things I actually COOK. Granted, I'll buy a package of yellow rice because I have no clue how to make it from scratch. The yellow rice is 730mg per 1 cup…

Very sweet!

I know what you mean about the lighting up. I've seen it with my guy too. That's a wonderful feeling. :flowerforyou:

That made me laugh. I love weekends when mine is home and we wake up and just spend time chatting in bed for a while.

That's kinda cute. Whatever works to keep the fires going, right? :bigsmile:

It's in the MFP database as "Smirnoff - Kissed Caramel Vodka."

lol With mine, it's honestly like my name is "Babe." Like it's a given name or something. lol I'm just used to it. It's almost like if he calls me by name... I would probably think I was in trouble.

I call mine by name far more often then he calls me by name. I can't remember the last time he called me "Jenni" or "Jen," it's pretty much always "babe" or "baby," sometimes "hun" or "honey." He gets a lot of "Robert" from me when I'm mildly annoyed. He goes by Rob, but I mostly call him "babe," "honey," or "hun." I wish…

This gave me a giggle. I think it's sweet that he didn't call you something much worse if he was that angry! Kudos! :drinker:

I'm warm-blooded & put off heat. He's cold a lot. When we get into bed, he likes to refer to me as his "little electric blanket." I'm half his size. lol

Yep, mine will even share his Thin Mints with me if I ask. :laugh:

That reminds me of when we went to Cali to visit his family. We were in Old Sacramento, walking around with his parents and some other family members. We were holding hands & he noticed then that his parents were also holding hands. He seemed to think it was because of us, as apparently he doesn't remember his parents…

Up there with the best quotes EVER in my book! That is as it should be!

lol

Very sweet.

That's true. Mine doesn't say that much... But when he gets home after being out on a drill ship for a month, I sure can TELL he missed me! :blushing: Hahaha

Hehehe cute!