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I have a Chris Freytag personal blender - got it for a Christmas present about 5 years ago and love love love it! It makes the best shakes with ice and/or frozen fruit. My friend had a bullet when I was visiting her in AZ and my personal blender worked so much better. Youl blend in the same cup you drink out of of and it…

Message Whimzee - I think she will need to send you a request. We are starting on January 14!

Hey - I'm there with you - I'm a little shorter but I am in the same weight category and wanting to get to around the same weight. I'm a little older - but if you don't mind that - feel free to friend me. I'm pretty active on the boards and I am starting New Rules of Lifting for Women in January, I also do the Insanity…

My other favorite in the mornings is frozen strawberries, with 4 oz of OJ (you can use more if you like, I try to keep the sugars down) and blend with ice with vanilla protein powder - if its not sweet enough add a few drops of stevia - though mine is plenty sweet. If you want a different taste you can add a tablespoon of…

If you like coffee - try this: 1 scoop of chocolate protein powder 1 tablespoon of Instant coffee (instant crystals) 8 oz of skim milk (a little water to mix it where you want it to be) ice and blend - to me it taste better than a starbucks blended coffee

You can get just as good of a workout from brisk walking without the pressure on your knees. Move your arms as if you were skiing - it will really bump your heart rate up. Also, and sorry if I missed this on your OP - but if your not doing i - add some weights - even a small routine with weights can make a big difference.

Yes - go in and set your own calorie goal and set your macros as the above poster suggested to the percentage - I did some research and I think I set mine to 40/30/30 -- you are going to want more protein for sure. Eat things like natural Peanut Butter, nuts, do protein shakes, etc. Its the balance of eating your calories…

Me too - was trying to start earlier but have decided to just start fresh the first of the year. Add me!

I wouldn't worry about going over on protein - as I am sure you have it set to MFP standards which is low, I wouldn't worry about going over on fat and sugar either. I would look at your carbs -- try to keep your carbs lower by eating real food - not processed carbs - if you do this then your sugar and sodium should go…

Try this - delicious! 2 liters of water (about 8 1/2 cups) 1 tsp of freshly grated ginger 1 med cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced 1 med. lemon, thinkly sliced 12 small spearmint leaves

I buy a pasta that has higher fiber in it. My hubby really likes pasta and I like it enough I have a hard time not eating it at all so I do the higher fiber and reduce my servings as a previous poster said before.

Awesome thanks for posting! Can't wait to get over this sickness so I can get started.

Hi! I'm new to the group and getting ready to start the program. Hopefully will get my book today or I'll order it if I can't find it in the store. I've been sick with bronchial crap and have a drs. appt. tomorrow but hoping to be better and start the program on Monday the 10th. I'll read the book - have my plan and…

So I figured my calories from a worksheet I got off of the NROL4W group and my nonworkout days to lose is only 1290 -- so not far from the 1200 that MFP gave me. My active workout calories is 1562 -- which if I count the execise calories and I was doing is where I have bascially been for about a year. So I'm hoping that…

The one thing I will say to anyone upping their calories, at least when I did up mine for a short time and I lost, BUT only when I also changed my macros and kept my macros where they should be - meaning that I had to eat more protein and less processed carbs in order to lose on the higher calories. I found my information…

If you want a simple way to start have someone at the gym show you the circuit weight training area. Usually a gym will have set up and sometimes even numbered a set of machines that are for circuit training. Its usually around 7 or 10 machines and it will work upper and body and rotate. I do like doing free weights but if…

I'm close - I have my goal set to 1200 for the moment but I usually end up with about 1400 to 1500. I'm at 164 but need to lose about 25 pounds. I am trying to do it by exercising and eating healthy. Feel free to friend me.

I commend those people that have that sheer willpower too. I feel like I do pretty good even though my husband doesn't watch what he eats at all, snacks on chips and ice cream all the time, and wants those carb loaded dinners -- but I also find it hard to eat strict when I'm buying and cooking other stuff. I try to cook…

Sorry to hear you are having trouble with your polar ft4 I got mine from bodytronics too and it's been working great - you must have got a lemon :( - I love mine!

Go get a body wrap - I love them - they will shrink your tummy a bit but they also just make you look and feel great.

Hmm - great idea - I was following the zig zag calorie plan for a while trying to basically do the same thing and it got cumbersome too. I just started keeping a weekly total on my notes on my phone. But this is a great idea - thanks for sharing!

Yep - we are some quiet ones in here :). I would love to meet more people and do some runs or charity events -- I'm just not good at organizing them. For your ladies out there -- I have started doing a pole dancing class and they also offer other classes like Zumba, booty bootcamp, etc. It is a lot of fun. It is not far…

I'm only 5'2 but I also need to lose about 20 lbs and having a really hard time doing it. I just joined a challenge to lose by the end of the year and I set a goal of 15 lbs. Which honestly I'd be happy with 10! I'm working out and really active but I just can't seem to get a grip on my eating habits and being consistent.…

Yep been on here about a year and actually have gained a pound. I'm still here and still trying to figure it out but it is frustrating. I know a lot of mine over the last year is not having will power where I should have. But I work out hard and am very active, I would have thought that would have still gotten me some…

I was trying to lose doing the TDEE -percentage and I have not lost. And I've been very good at logging and I've been very active in my exercise. The person who referred me to MFP lost a lot of weight and that was over 2 years ago and she has kept it all off. I asked her the other day what she did for calories and exercise…

Yum lots of great recipies here!

Thanks for the invite! So many stories on here sound so similar to mine. I am a young 48 year old who is happily married to the man of my dreams! My husband is younger than me and keeps on my toes! I have one grown son who I am very proud of, he did 4 years in the Navy (as did I) and now he is living and thriving in the…

I love the Insanity workouts but I couldn't make it thru the while workout either. As the above poster said don't compete with the people on the video compete with yourself. I am not doing the two month challenge I just do the videos every other day and rotate thru them. When I first started and couldn't do the push ups I…

Yes definitely. U thinking can be done - we just have to try harder. I'm getting ready to go back to doing the Jay Robb Fat Burning Diet. I lost good on it last time and its a healthy clean eating plan sustainable for life. I slowly started increasing the bad things back in my diet over the last few years and still only…

"Not sure if serious, but 25 grams of protein in a day isn't too much or even enough. I have 25 grams before I even wake up in the morning. My protein goal is like 195 grams. " ^^This! If you go by MFP calculations its almost always too low on protein. I set mine manually to a percentage - 40% which makes mine 122 grams.