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I'm just the opposite. I love cardio but the only weight training workout I have found I like is Body Pump. Added two classes a week last month.

I'll add you. I keep falling off the WFPB but it's my goal to do better this year!

I am considering the same thing. I used to get up early each morning to workout before going to work. Then I joined the gym. I can't go to the gym before work because I have to get my daughter off to school. So by the time I get off work it's often crowded or my daughter as some after-school activity (dance, Girl Scouts,…

I have a hard time with boots, too. Even before I started running 5 years ago. And ankle braclets -- they are never big enough. I have found some boots in regular stores at the mall though -- but yes I try on several pair just to find a pair that will fit. Western stores have a more limited selection if you want something…

My current fave is a peanutbutter, banana and granola wrap. I slice the bananas and sprinke w/lemon juice to prevent browning before putting them into the wrap. Sometimes I have it for breakfast, sometimes lunch. And if it's a day I know I am going to run after work, I bring it for a pre-workout snack.

I lost my first 30 lbs on WW. Then I hit a 7 month plateau -- I quit and it's slowing but surely coming on off. I think my body needed a change and I found that (new ideas, recipes) here.

I am NOT good with diets either! I don't like them and don't stick to them. However, I can do lifestyle change. Moving from flexitarian (which I have always been) to vegetarian was the easiest lifestyle change for me. Much easier even than I thought it would be. Currently I am moving toward veganism -- I eat vegan about…

So sorry for you loss! I'll do a run for Andy!

I actually have a lot more energy when I do workout. I sleep less but sleep better when I workout, too.

BodyPlex $29 per month with 2 yr contract. Childcare is no extra charge there.

I had a hairdresser tell me to get a deep conditoner by Matrix OR if I wanted something less expense to use the Aussie 3-min conditioner. I asked for my daughter and she says the Aussie is great -- and it's less than $3 a bottle.

I find I slow more when running outside, too, but when I look at the programs on my Iphone I realize that it is probably because I am 1) dealing w/the weather issues outside and 2) becuase I run faster outside than I do on the treadmill. Honestly a 10 min mile on the treadmill makes me feel like I'm dying. A 10 min mile…

I love vintage clothing and never find any to fit. When I got on my semi-annual camping trip with my BFF from high school I would like to not look at the pics of us together and think "OMG I am a beached whale!" (She's tiny -- I'd guess a size 3?, blonde, and tan). Because I want to have those 13.1 and 26.2 stickers on my…

I do both. When I run in the mornings before work it's at like 430-500 am so I run inside instead of out on the dark unlit streets (maybe if I lived in town I'd run outside but now out here in the country where I couldn't see a snake in the road! lol). Sometimes I run on the treadmill after work. But my weekends are…

Oxypro Elite - sold at GNC - works. I used it to get over a 6 month plateau. You can only take it for two months and then you have to take a month off.

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I have that same issue. I have changed my workouts, varied the amt of calories I consume, been to the dr and had a complete physical (everything, including thyroid, is good). Doctor and I discussed my workouts and food choices and she couldn't find a reason either. Sadly, she just said "keep trying and eventually you will…

Cadences -- aka jodies -- that the military uses when they run will help. My hubby is retired military and he suggested it to me. I bought a cd of them and put it on my ipod. I find it does help.

I did the C25K -- twice. Once and loved it. Then had to have a D&C so after the recovery I started over w/the C25K. I highly recommend it. I'm what I consider "not athetic" yet I can do it! Go for it!

I do my workouts first thing -- becuase when I try to do them after work I find a million excuses not to. I have heard of people that put the alarm across the room so that they can't use the snooze. I don't do that -- but I do sleep in my workout clothes -- except for the socks and shoes, of course. So when I get up I am…

Is it battery operated? If so, try replacing the battery.

Having the same issue. I've tried everthing -- even went to the dr and had my thyroid checked. Currently at a 4 month plateau. :( Wish I could help. Patty, what is gingeng? Is it a pill form? I know there is ginseng tea but I'm not a tea drinker so that doesn't help me.

I usually have my coffee when I get up as usual. Then I eat peanut butter and banana or something w/some protein. Last week when I ran a 5K, I had an egg sandwich for breakfast. I don't eat a lot and I don't eat too close to starting time becuase it makes me sick to my stomach if it's to close to running time. However, in…

Never thought I'd be a runner either -- honestly never thought I would be good at anything athletic! -- but wanted to burn more calories and knew running would do it so I tried C25K. As of yesterday I have won 1st place in my age bracket twice, 3rd place once, and didn't place twice. One of my 1st place ones was my first…

Go to military.com and you can find workouts there to help you get read for basic training. You can find them by the specific branch.

Couch to 5K is great. Use that. Get new shoes. AND when you finish the Couch to 5K, check out military.com. They have different programs. I have been running 5Ks for a couple of years now and just started a 12 Weeks to !2 Miles program that I printed from military.com.

Yes, you can order your food to be prepared differently.

I have read (not sure if it's true but I have read it in a couple different books) that white starches cause bloating & weight gain in the belly. You might try switching to brown rice, whole wheat pastas and breads and see if that helps.

Make sure you are eating enough protein and two healthy oils a day. If y ou are cutting those too drastically, it will cause hairloss.