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My protein is always good. If nothing else, I try to hit my protein every day. I'm usually 10g or so over on fat. It's always my carbs that suffer when I go over on fat.

Greek yogurt, blueberries, steel cut oats, chia seeds and cinnamon. It's a good replacement dessert, and it's got pretty good protein :)

I use MusclePharm Combat Protein Powder. It doesn't get "gritty" like some of the other stuff I've tried, and the taste is really good, especially the vanilla.

Don't look at other people for your goal weight. Everyone carries their weight differently and has different muscle mass. My good friend and I are both 5'4, and we looked totally different at 145lbs. Stop at whatever weight you feel comfortable with :)

I'm starting Insanity Max 30 tomorrow, too. Feel free to add me! :)

Hi ladies!! I know it's been FOREVER since I posted. Well, I finally have an update; I'm now 7 weeks pregnant =) Obviously this means that my weight loss journey is over for now, so I won't be around MFP for awhile. I'm trying to keep as active as I can and walking about 5 miles per week... which works better some weeks…

Hey Vini! We'll actually be in DC from July 2nd-9th/12th depending on when they schedule my retrieval surgery. Our anniversary is July 6th, so the hubster wants to take me out that night, but other than that I'm flexible... well... as flexible as I can be with unscheduled doctors appointments. Once I show up the first…

Woo, new thread! I haven't been doing TF much this summer. The lady downstairs is still there, and her work schedule is wackier than ever. Instead I've started jogging. I'm at a 11:30 mile right now, which is awesome considering about a month ago I was doing a 12:30 minute mile. I went to the beach this weekend and got a…

Hi ladies!! Stel- I'm glad to see you back at it again! To see the weight go back on is frustrating, but keep at it. After taking my Anatomy and Physiology classes, I don't think i could ever stop working out entirely. It literally makes your entire body work better. Even if I never lost any more weight I would keep at it…

Have fun on your trip!! =) Thanks for the compliment,I was pretty happy about my progress pic too... but hopefully I'll be changing shape again soon! I just got my dates confirmed for our IVF cycle. Hopefully 2 months from today I will be happily pregnant! Since I can't work out once I begin to take my fertility drugs, I'm…

You should be smiling in that picture! You look amazing!

Melzy's gone?! I had no idea :( That kind of bums me out. I think your kids sound really funny. You should be proud that you're setting such a good example! That's part of the reason that I got so out of shape when I was younger... nobody in my family did ANYTHING to be physically active. Thinking back on it now, and…

Hey Vini, I LOVE your new saying! I also dropped another lb.... I think, haha. I waited until the loss showed up on the scale for a full 5 days in row before I logged it... and then this morning, I stepped on the scale, and BOOM! It says I have gained 3 lbs back. Lovely. I hope it's just my upcoming TOM. Ever since I went…

Hey ladies! I've been hitting the gym lately, since my lovely neighbor still hasn't left her apartment. The hubby also took me jogging on the 5.3 mile trail at a local park... and I saw a 3 foot long snake in the middle of the freaking trail. Freaked me out. I think I'm just going to use the weights at the gym, and maybe…

Mustard, mayo and most seafood- especially shellfish. They give me the heebie jeebies.

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been posting. It's been another busy week here. School stuff, Army stuff, everything just seemed to demand my attention this week! Luckily it's almost all been sorted out. I haven't been doing TF AT ALL because the lady downstairs is now home 24/7. I don't know if she's on vacation or lost her job…

Hey ladies, Sorry I've been absent for a few days. The same day my hubby was told that he was getting deployment orders, he was also told that he was accepted into the Army training school that he really wanted to get into... which would void his deployment orders... maybe. Unfortunately, we haven't actually received any…

Hey guys, I know I haven't posted in a couple of days, but things are still pretty hectic here. We just found out that my hubby is getting deployment orders for Afghanistan. As far as we know, he leaves in September. I'll check in again in a couple of days once things quiet down.

It's awesome that people are starting to notice your changes, Preshus! That must be a huge motivator to keep going! =) I did HIIT 30 today, and it kicked my butt. I got tired of just doing the CLX workouts, so I figured I would change it up a bit.

Well, I did Burn Circuit 1 yesterday, and went on a 5.3 mile hike with the hubby today. Phew!

Just a quick update: The hubby comes home today! Yay! Also, I went back to my doctor yesterday, and found out that after further testing, I do indeed have hypothyroidism. They've stuck me on a pill that I have to take once per day FOREVER. At 28, I now have 2 prescriptions that I have to take indefinitely. I feel like my…

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one around here who manages to punch, bonk or poke myself during my workouts!! Yesterday was my rest day, and I felt fine. However, this morning I was reeeally sore. My scale also says that I magically gained 3 lbs overnight. I swear I'm getting ready to throw that thing away. I let it mess…

Well... I guess I'm in the market for a new middle-weight band. Mid-way through Burn Circuit 3, my middle weight band SNAPPED and almost hit me in the face! Holy cow! I guess maybe I was stretching it too much for the weight it was? I think I'll go buy a 15 lb band and see if they're comparable. I have a 25 lb band that's…

Welcome aboard, Beata! I agree with Vini. It really depends on what you want to do more. Since TF has some weight training in the program, maybe you should start with TF and see how you like it before purchasing CLX. I'm doing the CLX program now, and I am sorely missing the Fire workouts from TF. I'm going to start…

Since I can remember, I've always got a red face when I do any type of exercise. Even before I break a sweat, my face is red as a beet. It used to make me really self-conscious when I was younger, since my gym teacher used to like to point it out and make fun of me for it. It got to the point where I would purposefully try…

Happy (Early) St Patty's Day! Today I was about 30 seconds away from starting Fire 60... had the dvd just starting up... and the lady downstairs came home early!! Blaaah! So instead of just moping around, I decided to go to the gym instead. I jogged my fastest mile yet (11 mins... I know that's still pretty slow, but I've…

Week 2 of CLX today for me! (Yup, my schedule is messed up, and I'm not starting on Mondays anymore. Argh!) I did Burn Circuit 1 again, and still had a bit of trouble with the posterior fly moves with the bands. They just don't want to bend that way it seems. I switched to my 5lb free weights, and they worked much better,…

Heya guys! Glad to see you still kicking butt, Presh! I would honestly prefer to lose inches rather than lbs, so I'd focus on that as far as progress goes, if I was you =) Melzy, the harder bands worked MUCH better. The sumo squats were actually getting really hard to do by the 10th rep. Once again, my butt is sooo sore.…

Tonight I am going to do Burn Circuit 3. I'm going to see how I do with the heavier band that I bought the other day. I had a pair of 5 lb free weights that I did the Burn Intervals with yesterday.... hoo those 5 lbs can start to feel pretty darn heavy after awhile. Oddly, i think my biceps do look a bit bigger than they…

So I didn't get to go to the gym tonight. I was just about to head to bed since I have to get up at 6am tomorrow.... and behold! The downstairs neighbor left for work at 10:50pm just as I popped on my jammies. After struggling with the thought of going to bed or working out, the smart side won and I did Burn Intervals and…