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Hey Guys! How are we doing? Everyone hanging in? Should we add to the list for Monday? The leg cross overs sounded good! I have limited computer access, so please forgive me if I'm not checking in as regularly. Keep up the great work! :flowerforyou:

Thank you to all who have answered - I figured last week when I GAINED that it was period, and now I am back to where I started. :flowerforyou: It is just frustrating. Glad to see that others have experience similar things. I will start eating my BMR calories - everyday! :flowerforyou:

Thanks - and you've lost really well, so it must work, right? I will do! :flowerforyou: The scale has to move eventually though, right? I mean I can't lose a lot of inches and stay at this weight! :smile:

Misty - 4.5 " off your belly is AMAZING!!!! That is what is keeping me going. Yes, I am going under on my calories sometimes, and I'm set for 2 lbs a week. A couple of days for example, I burned 1000+ cals in exercise, and never ate more than 1600 cals. It just didn't seem right, but I may be wrong! Let's have a great…

Thanks for your reply HavingItAll! It's just so frustrating. My instinct is to put away the scale and keep working away, using the tape measure to gauge my progress. I got on a pair of jeans that have just been too tight up until now, and after only 2 weeks of this, I thought that was great. But hen the scale basically…

How's everyone doing!?! Thanks VaniMani and others for keeping this up - I hope we're all feeling great in a couple of weeks! Have a GREAT day everyone! My abs are KILLING!!! Modification for side planks: Do them on the second or third stair - place your hand on the stair instead of on the floor. :flowerforyou:

Hi Friends, I am off for vacation as of tomorrow, and things are crazy here getting everyting ready. I will have very limited access to a computer, so I hope you will keep up with this! Could someone run with it and keep the thread alive? I'll check in in a few weeks when I get back, and I hope everyone has GREAT results!…

Welcome to all the new people!!! :flowerforyou: Congrats to all of those who have done it already! It kicked my butt today! Whew! I'm really sore right under my rib cage - never felt that before - but I feel GOOD!!! :smile: Have a GREAT day everyone!

Good work WantToBeMore!!!! This is going really well. Level 1 is almost feeling too easy now - I can't believe how quickly the adaptation occurs! Have a great day ladies! :flowerforyou:

Fitgal and pavang - welcome! Welcome to everyone new!!! How are we doing today? Done with it? :flowerforyou:

You got it girl - you will imrpove as you go - great job! :flowerforyou:

Awesome work!!! Amazing!!! 50 reverses right off the bat!!! WOW!!! Someone recommended doing it twice, but I am just out of energy... :flowerforyou:

Make herbal iced tea! You can add lemon, lime, honey, or stevia to it.... Take any herbal tea bag (e.g. raspberry, peach, lemon zinger, etc) and drop in a glass. Fill the glass with two inches of boiling water and steep for a few minutes. Removed the tea bag, fill the gladd to the brim with ice, and fill the rest with cold…

You don't stink! This is a baseline, so you can see how you improve! This is great! Congrats on doing what you did! :flowerforyou:

Thanks again! I will look further into HIT- I do some interval training, but no specific program. :flowerforyou:

Welcome Jax! Hey, my youngest "baby" is 26 months old - I have no excuse either!!! :tongue: A reverse crunch - look it up on You Tube for a good example (Jillian Michaels videos would show you), but you lay down on the floor on your back, then raise your legs straight into the air - well, slight bend in relaxed knee - and…

Welcome new ladies!!! You've inspired me to do the whole round again tonight in front of the tv! I have to finish the Bachelorette! :smile:

Hahahaha! :laugh: :tongue:

You are smokin hot girl! To heck with dieting! You're perfect right now! But seriously, good for you for wanting to improve even more! Good luck! Oh.... a parade.... :smile:

Great - good to have you join the challenge! Hahaha - plank pose with my belly exposed would not be pretty!!!! After two kids I'm okay if I'm standing up, but on all fours... yikes! The Golden Girls used to joke about their b**bs being under their arm pits when they were in bed, and I didn't "get it" until adulthood!…

Hahahaha! I do find this with my vitamins - if I take them, I just "feel" better!!! Hmmmm..... :wink: She does have a great figure - but may I ask WHAT she is doing in that picture???? Is that a telephone pole???:smile: Do tell us....

I checked out your profile - you are pretty slim girl! (and quite pretty!) You are most likely a good candidate for this, as you are pretty close to your goal! Good luck and if you try something, let us know how it goes! :flowerforyou:

I've read that all these "Supplements" count for the last 2% or so, if you think of diet as 70%, and exercise as 28% of the equation.... I personally don't use them, or believe too strongly in them, but she said it really worked! It could have had a placebo effect, but, regardless, she did well! :flowerforyou:

Not a "fat burner", but a friend of mine has AMAZING success with CLA - it's amazing, but quite expensive (about $50 for a two week supply). Do a little research online and see what you think. You use it in conjunction with diet and exercise - and she's done fairly heavy weight trainging with it. Even my naturopathic…

Awesome Lynnie and Dixon!!!! Dixon - that is A LOT of ab work! Do the rest tonight! :flowerforyou:

Hahahaha - I like the part about lighting yourself on fire!!! This is a great post - a great reminder to those of us who are working out with weight to lose - those excess pounds work FOR YOU!! It's like carrying extra weights in your hands during a workout! :smile:

Oh - you WILL get great abs! Ab work plus body fat loss, and you will be rockin!!! Oh dear lord my tummy was a MESS - cellulite, stretch marks, rolls.... it's still not back to where it was before kids, but I've lost most of my baby weight, and am using MFP to lose my last 17. Let me know how it goes for you! :flowerforyou:

I'm baffled by the feet thing.... hmmm.... Oh - ball all the way!!! While the floor stabalizes you, on the ball, all your small core muscles have to do it for you!!! I had a ball, and my son popped it, so that was that! :flowerforyou:

Hahaha - I say wait until you are up to the full amount in the girls - is it 20 or 25? I migh then move to the miliarty style for as many as you can do, and then go onto the rest back in girl position. That is great progress though! :flowerforyou:

Yay! We will do GREAT! My stomach is coming along - I had two babies back to back, so in the past year, it's come a long way! Welcome everyone! I think we should do it once everyday - or more than once!! - (as Jillian Michaels says, unless you are lifting heavy, you can do it everyday!), but if they are really sore, take a…