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I use them for some lower body stuff in addition to my lifting. Lunges, side steps, leg lifts, bridges, clams, pull downs. Stuff like that. You can’t target a specific area for fat loss, you need a calorie deficit and will eventually need to build muscle. Unless you’re eating a calorie surplus and really lifting…

First, make sure you're logging your food and eating less than you burn. In addition to those you've mentioned, fitnessblender.com has some excellent videos in a variety of workouts and time frames and fitness levels. I also like yogawithadriene.com and doyougawithme.com for yoga videos. BeFit on YouTube has some decent…

Talk to your doctor or a pregnancy nutritionist/dietician.

For a gym routine, I'd check out Strong Curves. Neghar Fonooni and Jen Sinkler (Lift Weights Faster) have some good stuff as well, including higher rep, circuit style workouts.

You gotta do what you gotta do. Look for ones lower in sodium, and go from there. Bagged salad with some lunch meat is another option, as is maybe doing some oatmeal or a non frozen meal for breakfast.

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Fitnessblender.com is excellent. There's also some good stuff on the BeFit channel on YouTube. If you like yoga, yogawithadriene.com, and her YouTube channel, are great as well.

4 pounds in a month is pretty good if you only have 15 to lose. The less weight you have to lose, the slower it goes, for many.

What do you mean by "healthy"? You can't go wrong with veggies and a protein source. Do you eat eggs? Eggs scrambled with hashbrowns, salsa and cheese. Beans and rice Bean tacos Quinoa and veggies

I don't know about DVDs, but Rodney Yee is a pretty well known name in yoga. If you can do websites/youtube, yogawithadrienne.com and doyogawithme.com are both good.

I'd use circuit training.

You can't target fat loss with exercise. Your body decides where to lose fat from and when in the process, often the midsection is the last to go. Eat in a deficit to cause fat loss, do cardio you like, I'd start with walking or a fun beginner class. Add some beginner yoga or body weight exercises that include core to…

Log your strength under cardio in the generic category, not under strength. For the treadmill, you'll have to pick the speed under Treadmill, then put in the time.

Salads with your favorite veggies an a lower cal protein like chicken or shrimp. Wraps Sandwiches with a lower calorie bread Soup Dinner leftovers Egg scrambles or poached/fried eggs with sausage, potatoes, veggies, etc.

I'm assuming by toned, you mean "can see the muscle under the fat". So, first, you have to reduce your overall fat, which comes with a calorie deficit, which is primarily diet based. You can't pick where the fat comes from and when, and no exercise is going to make fat come off faster. But, you can also strength train to…

You can log strength training under cardio, there's generic entries. As for cardio, it depends on what you do, what are you searching for?

I only log drinks with calories. I log my coffee, only because I'm logging my creamer at the same time. Other than the occasional treat drink, I don't drink my calories, I like to save them for food I can chew.

Chili Eggs scrambled with the beans, avocado, tomato, etc. Ham and beans Burritos Add to a salad

Keep up the BW squats for now. Add lunges, bridges and hip thrusts. I second getting Strong Curves as well. There's a body weight only workout, plus equipment workouts for when you have gym/equipment access.

Everyone is different. You can't compare your loss to anyone else's. If you want faster loss, depending on how many calories you're eating now, you could create a larger deficit and see what happens.

An egg white, avocado and bacon or turkey/chicken sausage scramble? But it's eggs. Maybe substitute black beans. Unless you're putting protein in your smoothie, I'd definitely stick with a lower carb, higher protein/fat option. My go to for protein are Greek yogurt, cheese, eggs/egg whites, all the meat, shrimp and beans.…

Your body picks where fat comes off, so arm exercises alone aren't necessarily going to get you seeing changes in your arms. You definitely need to eat in a deficit. Bodybuilding.com and muscleandstrength.com have many plans to look at. I also really like Strong Curves, and there's New Rules of Lifting. Those will have you…

I shopped at Goodwill before hitting my goal when I needed a new size. I've never had anything altered, but if you can find a good tailor, it might be worth it to see how much it costs and see if it works.

If you really, truly haven't made any dietary or activity changes, and can double check that with accurate logging, and you haven't started any new meds, then you may want to visit the doctor for blood work. But, unless you've been dilly gently,logging, and know you were in a deficit or at maintenance, the answer is likely…

Unfortunately, your body picks where the fat comes off from and when. Eat at a deficit. Do some cardio you like. Make sure to incorporate strength/resistance training as well, full body, to hand on to hang on to muscle as you lose weight.

Fitnessblender.com has some great workouts. You might also look at You Are Your Own Gym.

Search at bodybuilding.com and/or muscleandstrength.com. I believe both have features where you can search b equipment and type of workout. You could just do Stronglifts with dumbbells, though, couldn't you?

This is what I would do. If you're just using Panera as a guideline, and it's not actually Panera, I'd log a serving and a half of generic deli meat, tomatoes, mayo, etc., and give it at guess. Logging 1/4 sandwich isn't super accurate because that still has the cheese and bread in it.

I'd drop the calories a bit and see if that works. I don't think I'd lose on 1800-1900, im 5'4", 145, so you can probably eat more than me, but I would lower just a bit, not all the way to 1200, and diligently log everything for 3-4 weeks and see if that makes a difference.

Two pounds in three weeks is good. Give it some time for your body to adjust and start losing. Weigh/measure everything you eat and track it, and stay in a moderate deficit. You don't need exercise to lose, but it does help, and it's good for you, so throw some in when you can.