drbean

Thank you for your service to our country! Best of luck on you weight loss journey. I know the military can be difficult with their expectations regarding weight and time frames to lose the weight. I'm sure you will make it! :)

You can do stationary bike but at little to no resistance to get cardio without stressing out your ankle (but stop if it bugs your ankle). Adjust the seat so that you can keep your ankle in as neutral a position as possible ( probably will need the seat just a little higher than normal). You can also do quad and hamstring…

Congrats on being a new mom! You can bond and play with your baby and workout at the same time. (there a lots of books about exercising with your baby as resistance). You can hold the baby and walk up and down the stairs for 5 or 10 minutes, you can do sit ups or crunches with the baby sitting on your tummy. He/she will…

That is so great!!! Congrats! You should be incredibly proud of yourself....Happy New Year.

I, too, had the pooch after 2 c-sections. Lived with it for 20 yrs, believe it or not! Despite dieting, it would not go away. I finally saw a plastic surgeon over the summer....BEST thing I ever did. I had liposuction just on the pooch. It was an office visit with only local anesthesia and a valium (glad I waited, "modern…

congrats on quitting smoking! That's the bigger battle. I think the key to "will power" is to not deprive yourself. I have chocolate everyday...but have found food that isn't going to kill me calorie wise. The 100 calorie packs help give me chocolate but portion control. When I want pizza or something, I make sure that I…