Karmynzahringer Member

I have had 4 children as well and went from 140 to 220 with my first child (she was cesarean) I did do v-bac with my other 3, but my stomach never has recovered from that first child. My oldest is 14 now, and my youngest 6, and my stomach is still bleh... BUT I have been doing 30 day shred by Jillian Michaels and in 15…

I am on level 2 of the 30ds and I still can not go all the way down with a pushup, even in the girly position, but I make myself go down as far as I can, some days its lower than others, and slowly but surely I am getting closer and closer to the floor, but still can not do one regular, but I can feel that it is hard, and…

I add ACV into a cup of hot green tea with a couple drops of honey, its delicious!

My sons Grandfather bawled at the theater watching Shrek Happily Never After!!

We bake a whole chicken seasoned with garlic and pepper and a tad of salt, stuffed with 4-5 stalks of chopped celery, and put the asparagus in bottom of the pan and let it cook with the chicken. Even the kids will eat it that way! Turns out really yummy and flavorful!

Me too! Although I have been trying to eat clean, and all those extra ingredients and chemicals in it make me feel guilty, so I am slowly trying to wean myself off of it!

I had pancakes with syrup this morning and only hit a little over 300 calories, the trick for me is just moderation. The mix only was 50 calories each, and then adding the milk and egg raised it a little but I think I did alright. Of course they were small pancakes so that kinda sucked but I still got to have some!

I HATE most of level 2! I am terrible at the plank things, and it seems like almost all of level 2 is based around them. In level one, I have to agree with the side lunges with anterior raise. Those sucked. Favorite stuff so far is the abdominals just because I can catch my breath during that time! Kinda worried if level 3…

Very inspiring! Brought tears to my eyes! You and your family have something to be proud of!!!

Oh and for something to help you sleep, try taking Melatonin about an hour before bedtime. It is a natural sleep aid, and really helps!

Welcome to MFP!! I agree with the others! What I would do is just take your measurements. Waist (2 inches above the belly button) hips, arms at widest point, thighs, neck, calves etc and write them down. Then once a week or every two weeks take them again. Losing inches is far better than losing pounds in my opinion! As…

I agree with the above posters. I do not make anything for my family that I can not eat and stay at my calorie goal. My kids complained at first, but are learning to love lots of the really healthy foods. Do they get ice cream or sweets once in awhile? Of course, but it's not served as dessert, it's given to them on…

Its been 14 years since my cesarean, but I do still rarely and randomly have pain there, and I still have NO feeling along the scar line. It is purely numb. I can massage it and massage it and still no feeling. I guess that just comes with it.

Avacado!! :)

Agreed! I would rather chance embarrassment at no panty lines, than to have the embarrassment of picking wedgies in front of people at the gym. The shorts I wear have extra fabric in that area and one can only guess it is there for a reason. Besides, I wipe down the machines when I get off AND when I get on one, just in…

You are brave ^^ There is no way I want a string up my butt chafing me while I try to concentrate on reps! To answer the OP, no, I just wear a cotton/spandex blend of shorts (similar to compression) that are snug, and can put my sweats, or other shorts over them. They are SOOO comfy!

I would say neither. I know this is not what you wanted to hear, but I would like you to hear me out. Do you want a short term solution or a long term solution? I have done every diet and diet pill in the book, and I always gained it back. I finally realized that I could not take this route, I needed to make the lifestyle…

If you want honesty, I will have to tell you that they will not always be purple or pink, but they will always be there to some degree. My daughter is 14 and I have stretch marks over literally 50% of my skin. My legs even have them down to mid calf on the backside, and almost to my knees on the front side. My arms, chest,…

Just had to add again to this topic. To those of you who think it is strange especially. My daughters father and I divorced many years ago, but my daughter has suffered NO negative effects, partly because we do make the extra effort to get along. What does that include? Well this may seem "creepy" or "awkward" to others,…

Just a thought, but everyone keeps saying it would be awkward or weird, and how this guy is out of her life for a reason. What I don't understand is how those of you saying it can think its so creepy for him to cook in her kitchen, (he is out of her life for a reason yada yada) but perfectly okay to take her children and…

I wonder if my thyroid is messed up sometimes. All 4 of my pregnancies my doctors wanted to test it and do xrays, and then have had it tested twice since my last child, per doctors request because it is "abnormally shaped" but the tests always come back it is functioning. Is it possible for it to function correctly part of…

Look into wild yam. I was looking at supplements to help me keep my top portion while losing weight, and discovered it. It is supposed to be highly helpful with female health in general, but mainly with menstration, menopause, pms etc. There is a capsule form and a creme. Apparently you rub the cream on your stomach area.…

I had my and emergency gallbladder removal, it was so full of stones that it was expelling them into other parts of my body, and I lost about 60lbs in 6 months because of it. My poop didn't float, in fact it was generally diarreah. I have never heard that, not saying it's not true, but it's definitely not true in all cases.

Thats actually not the highest dose, my doctor had me taking 37.5 the first month, although I started with half a pill the first week then moved up to one pill, and after the first month I only lost 5 lbs, so she moved me up to 56.25 per day. I know that she stressed that while on it I needed to work on making a lifestyle…

They are a good starting point for someone who doesn't know where to begin or isn't comfortable with the weight room in their gym, like me. I lost 10 inches in 10 days so far on 30 day shred and have toned up quite a bit already. I don't know if it would be as good for a male or not though.

Your hugging the pole.

Im not sure I was in any kind of group to be honest. Went to a really small school, there were the jocks/sports kids and there were the farmkids, I was just the new girl who moved from the bigger town nearby. I was friends with people from both groups, and did do track, but not softball/basketball like the other girls. In…

You own a cat.

I cant live without my whisk or my rubber spatula! My eggs just don't get as airy and fluffy without the whisk and it drives me nuts to beat them with a fork! I also can't stand trying to scrape a bowl without a rubber spatula, too much gets left behind!

I am the opposite, especially at a restaurant! I hate eating the stuff I don't like as much first, because I will already be full by the time I get to the good stuff and I either a)dont eat it or b)overeat and eat it anyway because it tastes so good. If I eat the best tasting first, and I don't end up finishing the other…