NamibianRose Member

Not only does one burger from McDonald's not fill me up, apparently an entire value meal doesn't! I forgot my lunch one day while I was rushing out the door and decided to indulge with another coworker and have some McD's. Had a Big Mac and medium fries and was still feeling like I could eat more afterwards. WTH? My normal…

I've seen some 30DS results that have knocked me off my feet, and others, that (I hate to admit this) I could barely see a difference, there was even one where I couldn't figure out which was the before and which was the after =X. If I recall correctly, the ones that knocked me off my feet added cardio to their 30DS…

I would recommend some sort of strength training regime, you might not hit your desired pounds loss, but you'll lose inches for sure. Try to lower your carb, as others mentioned, I've heard awesome results with Paleo. I am doing JM 30 Day shred and am seeing results in my body shape but not the scale. Good luck, I…

I have JM's 30 Day Shred. It's tough but I love it. Tried it a couple months back and had to stop after day 7 or so due to hip injury, but started it up again Saturday. It may be all in my mind but I swear I already am starting to see improvement in my body shape LOL. And I remember about when I quite last time, I was…

Finished day 3 last night. Yay! Even though I really, really did not want to do it, I was able to push myself and I felt wonderful afterwards! Actually looking forward to doing day 4 tonight.

1. Wanted so badly to sleep in and tried to come up with good excuses to do so, but got up to make it to the 6am spin class. 2. There are no words to express how much I dreaded and did NOT want to do my 30 day shred work out, but did it anyway. I'm most proud about #1, knew I would do #2 no matter what and no matter how…

I agree with tangible mini-goals. I have come to a point where I try to only worry about today. What I need to do to accomplish my eating/exercise goals for today. If I think about the big picture of how much I need to lose, how much further I need to get with my fitness, I can get overwhelmed and discouraged. If I mess…

First, you're nowhere near ugly, but setting that aside, everyone looks better when they lose weight. Have you ever seen a before and after pic and thought, hmmm...they're not cute they should have stayed fat, I doubt it! I completely understand though, I have said very ugly and nasty things to myself and that's what I…

I started on Saturday but would love to join the group! I tried it a few months ago and had to stop after day 7 or so because my hip started to kill me. I'm a little worried about either getting too worn down doing it every day or injuring myself again somehow, but want to try to do it every day for 30 days and see what…

A lot of people won't talk to someone unless they have a profile picture (for a variety of reasons) and you might be really limiting your pool by doing this. You could be unintentionally by-passing folks who would talk to you. I've talked to guys or have had them contact me who I thought were out of my league, and have had…

This make me think that you don't really want him, you just want him to want you. Evaluate your true motivations for doing this. And if it were me, if I had tried to contact my ex, sent him love letters and flowers and was ignored....if I finally moved on then heard from him. I'd probably be partly annoyed, and partly…

I'm not far enough along my weight loss journey to really relate, but if I don't look "so much better" after getting to my goal, I'll be pretty disappointed LOL.

I don't have it, but looked into it quite a bit. From my understanding, you can choose to do a "kickstart" program the firs week (possibly first two weeks) that recommends doing two workouts a day, doing the workout for that day, plus the cardio workout. So on cardio days, you'd be doing the same cardio DVD twice. After…

I feel encouraged by the other people who say they hate it LOL. That's what I'm left feeling like, some aspects of it just make me feel like...I really dislike this process. But, I think I'm going to do you like you and keep trucking for the time being.

I have no idea, but I had tried online dating in the past, kind of. A friend suggested POF so I signed up, I got bombarded with requests for sex. And I mean, as soon as I set it up and posted a pic, I got all kinds of weird IM's and messages. I tried to deactivate right away but POF has a policy that you have to be signed…

Thanks for all the input everyone! This community rocks. I guess feeling like what I'm experiencing is normal in this venture helps out a lot.

Ditto on the guys who hit on me in public were "weird, homeless, and/or *kitten*"! LOL. For a while I thought, geez, I must be hideous because all the guys who hit on me are YIKES. But then found out this happened to girls all across the spectrum of looks and weight. I guess I didn't think about it as being less pressure.…

Amen to the creep *kitten* comment. There are some really strange, strange folks tromping around online LOL. And I guess that's the other thing I forgot, take out all the creeps and weirdos, and yes I am purely making this judgement from their profiles (or weird freaky pics), but exclude those, and then the guys who only…

I've heard that online dating "can be brutal", but decided to try it. The thing is, I generally have very thick skin. I just think the online dating scene is odd and feels like a meat market LOL. And I feel ill-equipped to deal with the quirks of it all. I know a girl who has been asked for her number, email, dates etc,…

Wow! You've lost 50lbs since January! I know you are looking for motivation, and sorry, I am lacking in that area, but you sure have motivated me!! I'd love to hear people's response to this, as I have always struggled with motivation! I'll go good for a while, then just seem to give up for a while, restart, give up for a…

I can't wait for someone to ask me if I've lost a crap load of weight, and I will proudly answer...h*ll to the YES!

Do you guys do RI30 and 30DS for 30 consecutive days without rest? I was doing 30DS and almost finished my first 10 days when I just got fatigued and injured my hip. I'm trying to start again now that I'm healed and was just curious if most of ya'll out there are taking rest days or not. Thanks! :)