elephantmeg Member

Me! I'll be 40 in July. Started with about 40 to lose, down to 30ish now. It's time to make myself a priority.

just finished day 3 for this week. I'm doing better with those stupid side planks and feel great!

out of 21 meals (plus 3 night shift meals so 24 really) I make/prepare all but 2 or 3. We generally eat at DH's grandma's one night, out once or twice over the weekend. Once is generally fast food so that's all in the database. The ones I have a hard time with are buffets or family style restaurants.

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

these are all such great ideas!

lol. No tent camping here-we each have a camper with stove/oven/fridge. Plus we grill too. Thanks for all the suggestions! here is what I'm thinking so far: Snacks (I have a 3 yo and a 5 yo so snacks are key!) -hard boiled eggs -string cheese -fruit (I generally pick up 2 containers of fruit at costco each week) -I got…

absolutely!

great job! It's def a process not a one shot deal!

despite not loosing any weight I have lost almost 7 inches (3.5 from hips, 2.5 from waist, some from arms and thighs)! I have increased my running speed on the treadmill from 6 to 7.5 I have started running outside and can now run 5 miles (on hills!) with only 2 min of walking I exercised all but 3 days in April!

have you tried the couch to 5K program-it really works!

just finished day 1-so far I love it. The side plank things are crazy hard for me but the rest was OK. I could def feel it though! I think I'm going to need more cardio though-I'm planing on this 3 days a week and running 3 days a week (3-5 miles plus some weights on the days I run at the gym).

I'm starting tonight :) I just finished 30DS and am excited. Took beginning measurements and pics this am-I would really recommend this-I haven't lost any weight with 30DS but lost 6+ inches all together and my body has really changed. I'm hoping for weight loss this time but whatever-as long as I keep shrinking!

well the month is over. I missed a couple days this week with back problems from doing the sit ups (oops!) but otherwise did shred 5-6 days a week this month. Grand total: wt-up :( hips down 3.5 inches waist-down 2.5 inches thighs-down 1/2-3/4 inch I feel much stronger but now I think I'm going to work on wt loss. I'm…

I did this before my first DS. SO worth it. I had a great pregnancy and was at my pre-wt loss wt at delivery (lost 35-40 lbs). I exercised 4 days a week - 45 min of cardio and 20-25 min of weights and watched what I ate. This was long before websites like this (DS just turned 5!) so I made some rules for myself: I ate…

I'm planning on starting May 1st. I'll finish 30DS on Sat-4 more days to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're headed to the beach early July and I'd like to rock that suit! This will be the first family beach trip (my dad's extended family-we get together every other year or so) since DD was 1, so I'd like to get rid of the c-section…

I make sandwiches and freeze them. Arnolds multigrain bread, and 100 cal of meat/meat and cheese (I use nitrate free from costco). I make 32 at a time and freeze them in baggies. Then I just grab one and go-it's thawed by lunch-don't even need a lunchbox! I pair it with a container of raw veggies (I buy the bags of cut up…

wow! wtg!

I'm 3 days into level 3 and I'm sore! I guess mulching the flowerbeds in between days 1 and 2 didn't help! I carried a lot of mulch (a large trailer full) and dumped and spread it all (DH shoveled it into the buckets for me). My shoulders are killing me!

I like it but I did take some classes first and am glad I did!

I couldn't the last time I did shred but I can now. I've been doing extra crunches at work-up to 50 of the double in sets of 10-15 and I think that's helping. I was so amazed I could do some this time! I did 5 or so with Natalie and then the others with Anita! I just started level 3 tonight :)

beautiful! love the dress!

I'm starting level 3 tonight and while I haven't lost any weight (gained a lb actually!) I've lost 2.5 inches from my waist and 2.5 from my hips and almost an inch from each thigh. And I feel like I can do ANYTHING. I guess I'll see how I feel here in 30 min, lol!

finished level 2 yesterday and plan to start level 3 tonight. So far I've lost 2.5 inches off my waist and hips and almost an inch off my thighs---and gained a lb. lol. We'll see if level 3 shreds me!

great job!

I ran 5 miles today in 47 min! I only walked 2.5 minutes of that, the rest was running. When I started running this route a few weeks ago I could only run 3/4 of a mile of it in a row, this time I did 2.5 miles before I walked a minute!

did level 2 again today. Had to kick the kids out to do it. They take up too much room and I can't do the forward/back lunge things. And I'm cussing Jillian through the squats/v raises. BUT I have exercised every day so far this month! No real change in the scale, am on my period right now so hope to see a change soon!

started level 2 today! It went better than I thought it might. I had done shred a couple years ago and remember it totally killing me-I seem stronger this time. I even bought 8 lb weights and used them today on a few exercises! Anyways. New measurements. wt: 135.4 (gain!) hips 38.75 (was 40.5) waist-31 (was 32.5)…

whipped cream/cool whip

how many pieces will the recipe make?

yum-thanks!