Jamie_V

I'd say you'll never know until you try. Different things work for different people, and if these videos get your heart pumping and you body sweating, and you enjoy it enough to stick with it, you'll probably see success! Alternatively, if you're the competitive sort, you may also enjoy video games for the Wii or XBox like…

I second the melatonin suggestion--about 2 hours before you want to be asleep. Also, I highly recommend the sleep hypnosis downloads by Erick Brown. I was very skeptical at first, but I'm telling you, I have been using it off and on for 6 months, and I still can't tell you how it ends because I'm asleep by 15-20 minutes…

Ok, I hit some key that either wiped out the list I was creating, or I'm going to end up repeating part of it in a redundant post, so my apologies if this duplicated! Pittbull: Hey Baby (Drop it to the floor) Enrique Iglesias: Tonight I'm Lovin' You Usher: More Cascada: Every Time We Touch, Evacuate The Dancefloor Ace of…

O.M.G. That was MEAN!! But hilarous, all the same! :-)

Ok, yep, that is SUPER creepy. Ewwwww. However, I am also of the mind that going to the police seems a bit over the top after one e-mail. I would e-mail him back ONCE...and only to let him know that he made you very uncomfortable with his remarks and that you do not want him to contact you anymore. Also, have your…

BTW....I did a 2-hour Zumba For The Cure a few weeks ago, and made it a little over 1000 calories, but I was starting to poop out and slow down near the end. :-)

According to my heart rate monitor, my 45 minute class burns about 400 calories, give or take 20 calories. Doing the math based on that, an hour would be about 530 calories, and a 75-minute class (which would totally ROCK, but ours doesn't go that long!) would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 670 calories, again give or…

I tried the 100% stevia and couldn't stand the taste--yuk! While I recognize that Truvia is not 100% stevia, it's still more natural than Splenda and it tastes very good in my coffee and tea. I am sorely tempted to go back to Splenda because it tastes just as good and it's much cheaper, but I am trying hard to go a more…

Cauliflower, roasted with a little olive oil and sea salt Broccoli, carrots, and asparagus are also excellent prepared this way. Sweet potatoes with just a little butter and brown sugar

I agree, even though I wear a HRM, I don't like to eat my exercise calories. In fact, I don't even like to eat all of my "allowed" calories, I prefer to be under by at least 100 in case I underestimated anything, especially since I eat out more than I should. :ohwell: I find that MFP and even the machines are always…

I don't disagree with you, anything that requires you to be on a 500 calorie a day diet cannot possibly be good for you. However, just to be clear, it is not illegal for a doctor to prescribe something to treat a condition other than what it is intended for, physicians are permitted to prescribe "off-label". Pharmaceutical…

Well, I can tell you that I personally have to be done working out (weights and/or cardio) no less than about 2 hours before bed or I cannot sleep at all, and the further away from bedime I can exercise, the better. However, I also find that if I go all day without doing anything very active, I also have trouble sleeping.…

Dotti's Weight Loss Zone has the most comprehensive listing of restaurants that I have ever seen! Dotti has put together a list that contains everything that's been made publicly available, so while some restaurants only list calories, for example, you will find others that show calories, fat, fiber, carbs, etc. The…

When I was 8, I tried a "bread and water" diet--not quite sure how I came up with that. After that didn't work, I moved on to trying not to eat sweets, then trying not to eat at all.....turns out I'm not good at deliberate starvation, LOL. Then came the teen years and the Dexatrim, mini thins, and various other pills, all…

Baby carrots with hummus--gives you crunch and protein. Apples with peanut butter or almond butter (nut butters are high-calorie, so use sparingly, but great for the sweet tooth!) Raspberries with just a teeny drizzle of chocolate syrup, or with Laughing Cow cheese wedge (raspberries have TONS of fiber) String cheese, goes…

I suppose they all do have calories......but I figure I didn't get fat by overeating supplements, so I'm probably not gonna get skinny by figuring them all into my calories. :bigsmile:

I really struggle with sugar cravings--do you find that mullberry powder helps? Does it come in a capsule, or how do you take it?

Women's formula multivitamin w/iron Vitamin D3 Fish Oil Cinnamon + Chromium Picolinate

Oooohh, I love the Laughing Cow cheeses! I also love a bowl of red raspberries with just a *teeny* drizzle of chocolate syrup. Oh, and if you can find them in your grocer's freezer section (not all groceries carry them), Deep Chocolate Vitamuffins are the BOMB! They have just 100 calories, 9 grams of fiber, and 2 grams of…

Hey, now, don't be too hard on yourself. Since when did cutting out some of the "bad" calories become such a terrible thing? One step at a time, hon, be patient with yourself. One good choice at a time. :wink:

I take a good-quality multivitamin, calcium + Vitamin D, a fish oil capsule, and a cinnamon capsule that contains chromium picolinate (since both of those have shown in some *limited* studies to help with appetite and stabilization of blood sugar). I agree with the previous post that it's best to get all of the nutrients…

Zumba is so much fun, and is a great workout!! However, to your point, I have found that it depends on your instructor, and sometimes it depends on how well-established the class is in your area. If you go into a large class and most of the people there are regulars that have been there for months and know all the…

Wow, that is so great, congratulations!