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You are beautiful! Keep up the good work!

I just have to say that you were the cutest little kid! And of course, you've done an awesome job getting lean and healthy!

Squats, deadlifts, lunges, single leg deadlifts, and bulgarian split squats are all good exercises that help to get dat booty. Make sure to push yourself by using weights that are heavy (but manageable) for you.

You are truly amazing! Wow! You must feel very proud. :)

What a big difference! You look great!

You could do squats and deadlifts with the dumbbells. You could also do shoulder press, chest press, lunges, dumbbell snatch, weighted sit ups, and horizontal woodchop all with dumbbells. You'll likely out grow your 25lb dumbbells with squats and deadlifts after a bit of time. But, you can make use of them until that point.

Your best bet is to start off with compound lifts like: chest press, shoulder press, one-arm dumbbell rows, squats, deadlifts, and lunges. Make sure you get a good amount of protein and carbs after you lift. Nutrition is essential to building muscle. If you don't give your body what it needs to repair the muscle that you…

Completed workout 1A last night. Wow - my legs are feeling it today! Going from 10 reps to 6 reps was an adjustment too. I started out with weights that were too light on every exercise and had to increase a decent amount with each set. Sometimes during the first set, I would find myself counting up to 10 reps and then…

Hi, Everyone! Am starting stage 3 tonight. Looking forward to it. It sounds like a challenging stage from what I read on the boards. I'm up for it! Best of luck to everyone!

Hi - One more thing to add is that the book states that we should eat more calories on the days that we workout compared to the days that we do not workout. This is in the same section that the author talks about having a protein shake after each workout (which is supposed to account for the additional calories on workout…

I workout at home, so I am limited to using dumbbells too. This wasn't a problem until the end of stage one for me when my lower body strength was noticeably more powerful than my upper body strength. I know that I could squat more than 70 pounds, but it's difficult for me to hold onto more than 35 pound dumbbells in each…

Hi, Everyone. I've been reading the threads in this group for a while now and am finally posting. I finished stage one last week and am up to workout 2B in stage two. Boy, do I get more of a sweat going with stage 2! It's definitely more of a challenge than stage one, that's for sure. But, I'm enjoying it. I'm loving the…

You look great, Chelsea! Keep up the good work and always believe in yourself.

You look amazing. Very inspirational! Best of luck to you and your family.

Truy amazing!

Great! Those automatic responses are some of the toughest things to change in life. It can be done, though - and you are doing it!

You look amazing! Awesome, awesome job. Keep it up!

Everybody is different. I wish that I could say the same as you! It'd be a lot easier in terms of meal planning, that's for sure.

It is hard to know if 1630 is too high without more information. That said - I'm 5'2" and would not lose weight at 1600 a day. I had to reduce my daily intake to 1300 a day on average (with exercise calories already included in that). Some days I go a little higher than 1300, some days I go a little lower. But, that is…

Just repeating what's been said: squats, deadlifts, and lunges. No video is needed.

The meal following your workout is also the best time to get the majority of your daily carbs in. Your body uses them more efficiently from a post-workout meal as opposed to a rested meal time.

Three pounds is not a lot of weight. Your body is already used to that amount. If you want to build muscle, lift heavy weights and do things l like dumbbell curls, lunges with weights, squats with weights, deadlifts, chest presses, one arm dumbbell rows. If you really like Zumba, do it one a week and do other more…

Best of luck! You'll get there - slowly but surely.

Same here!

I can relate! I went through a similar story with my right foot. I still can't run, but I can ride a bike, do the rowing machine, and a few other cardio things. The first time I was able to break a sweat after I injured my foot I felt so good. Such a good feeling!