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Thank you! :flowerforyou:

Thanks y'all! :flowerforyou: Still so hard to think of my self as smaller. Spent so many years as a heavy girl. Something I'll have to work on.

Awesome job!!!!! What an amazing transformation you made.

Thank you :bigsmile:

Congratulations!!!!! Speaking as a mother to 5, don't fret about diet/food while being pregnant. You will have food aversions and you'll have cravings. Listen to your body and you should be fine. The baby is going to tell you what you need/what they need. With my girl, I craved milk like crazy; but I couldn't stand beef.…

Thanks guys! I am still in awe of the difference this time around. So, I'm doing Zumba right now (Just got licensed on the 25th to teach) and will probably take a month off from 30 DS and then pick it back up again in March. I'll just alternate one month of and one month on and see what happens for a while.

Thanks guys!!! I did all three levels for 10 days each. This time around I used 5 lb weights. First time I used 3 lb weights and it just didn't seem to do much for me.

I am the mother to five (5) kids, I work full time outside of the home as an office manager and I'm a Realtor. I make the time. My husband and kids know that mommy is not available from 4:00-5:00 M-F and for an hour on Saturdays and Sundays. My husband and our older two help with the younger set (my kids are almost 17,…

Never in a million years would I have ever thought that I'd die if I didn't get my exercise in for the day! Those were foreign words for me. Now I exercise daily for fear that I'll take 2 steps back.

This has happened to me. Muscle weighs more than fat. In the beginning I always gained a few while my body adjusted to the change. Over the course of two weeks it adapted and the lbs started falling off. Also, monitor how much water you intake because if its more than typical you can retain water too.

I work out from home and this time around I've been very successful. Prior to this weight loss success I worked out at a gym and so I was really scared about working out at home. Gym = 48 lbs lost Home = 54 lbs lost. Winner winner chicken dinner! I solely use Zumba and 30 DS.

I use to go to the gym faithfully every day M-F from April until November 2011. I then got pregnant with #5 and had to stop going (tough pregnancy). Since the caboose was born the end of May 2012, I haven't had the time or opportunity to go back. At first I thought there would be no way that I'd lose weight from home, but…

Awesome job! You look so much younger now, which is kinda funny because you seemed younger in your before pictures. I don't know if I'm explaining it well, but you just look different. Kudos!!

Friday I became licensed to teach Zumba in a very large group class. I even posed with the ZES who taught the class which is something I don't normally do because I still don't like the way that I look. I'm now choreographing my playlist so I can teach my first class soon. Waaaaayyyyyyy out of my comfort zone! :wink:

I lost 48 lbs in 2011 from the middle of April until the beginning if October. I then discovered that I was pregnant with our 5th. :blushing: I delivers the caboose on May 25, 2012 and lost 54 lbs between May 25th and September 17th. I've been struggling with a 7pbs plateau gain (gain 7, lose 4, gain 3, lose 4, etc.). I…

Awesome!!! I love 30 DS!!!

I'm not new to MFP, but I did just get licensed yesterday to teach Zumba basic :love: Today I'm planning on putting in the DVD and starting to create my first class. Those of you who teach independently from a gym, how much do you charge and do you carry liability insurance. I'm supper excited and cannot wait to start…

Wow, what a transformation!

Great accomplishment. You should be at goal in no time.

Awesome job!

Thanks guys!!!

Thank you :)

Thanks guys! Jillian Michael's 30 day shred. It's a great stepping stone for bigger and better exercises.

I have Zumba 3 and just got Zumba Core three weeks ago. I'm using Zumba Core in conjunction with 30 day shred, but using Zumba more than the later. I've dropped 5 lbs and 2" in 14 days.

You look amazing! How did you lose so much and have amazing tummy?

I grabbed life by the horns and asked out a man who later became my husband. :blushing: first and only time. Maybe you should make the first move?

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Thanks guys! Yes especially 10 year olds when it comes to being brutally honest.

I'm so right there with you on looking at another chubby girl and realizing your smaller but still feel like a larger person. Great list though!

Awesome! You'll have that 6 pack in no time.