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Are you counting your breastfeeding calories too? Are you getting enough sleep? Are you truly weighing out your food? it seems to me like you're not fueling your body enough for the calories burned.

So awesome!!!!!! I cannot wait to be at goal and say F U too! :bigsmile:

HOLY SMOKES!!!!! What an amazing transformation!

That's an awesome NSV!!!! Wait until you have to have it sized down! That happened to me 2 years ago, I lost 50 # and had to have my ring resized down from an 11 to an 8.25!

Kudos to you! The first step is realizing that you're ready to make the change. You CAN do this! Feel free to friend me!

I am measuring and I have lost inches (re-took measurements on the 1st and I've lost inches since then)

I am logging, just not on here. I can start logging again. I have had success before with 1680 calories a day until I hit that plateau. I've decreased and increased to no avail. I do start with a piece of fruit and add in a some protein in mid-day snack.

Forgot mid day and afternoon snacks usually consist of a protein and another fruit or a veggie. My snack of choice has been 1/4 a cup of raw almonds and peach or cut up veggie sticks (celery, bell pepper, edamame).

I am so afraid that if I increase it'll make things worse. Guess it can't be any worse than what I'm doing now (which obviously isn't working...)

Worth a shot at this point. I'm game for anything that will help me get past this.

I have and 30 day shred is kinda like that in a way. I recently increased my water and noticed that I am going to the bathroom a lot more over the past few days, but it's still not transferring back to the scale. I know with weights it builds muscle and muscle weighs more; but I was kinda hoping that after 16 days of a…

Like I said in my original post, drinking has never made a dent in my loss before because I usually don't drink very much (1x a week) and my calorie burn is pretty significant when I am doing/teaching Zumba (900+ calories in an hour). 30 day Shred is a bit like Circuit training. It's a mix of cardio, weights and ab work. I…

I am a Zumba fanatic. I dropped it for 30 days, I've got 14 more days to go to see if that helps.

I thought about increasing weights too, might just add that in. I haven't been doing my Zumba for the past 16 days, just doing the 30 day shred for now. I worried that maybe I was burning too many calories and not enough fuel.

I haven't been logging it on here, but I can tell you exactly what I eat in a day. Breakfast is usually a piece of fruit (lately it's been Peaches) Mid-morning snack - 1/4 a cup of raw almonds and a piece of fruit or veggie Lunch is a home made grilled chicken salad with balsamic vinaigrette Mid-day snack - 1/4 a cup of…

Thanks so much for the motiviation...

Thanks y'all!!!! Now if I could just push past this stupid 5.5 month plateau I'd be a very happy camper! :)

I am actually considering joining their online program. I've been struggling for 4.5 months with a 10-14 # weight increase/plateau and I cannot seem to budge past it. Feel free to friend me, I'm looking for others who use WW and have been successful. The last time I tried it, it didn't do too well so I don't have high…

Y'all are doing amazing!!!!! Keep doing what your doing, we'll all be there soon!

Awesome job! I can totally see a difference!!!!

Amazing!!!! I try to exercise daily because my motto is if I don't then I won't.

I try to allow myself a cheat day about 1 x a month. I'm thinking today just might be that day. I personally think it helps keep me in check. I think you're on the right path with getting back into the swing of things today for sure. Wow, 12 people dinner party? I don't even think I've got that many close friends to have…

I <3 mowing the yard! I have to fight the hubby for that so I need to up my game and do it when he's at work! Ha ha!

Awesome!!!! Almost done with the first week!!! Do you weigh weekly, daily?

Today is looking good, but yesterday you had a lot of sodium intake. Did you increase your water at all to counter the salt? Today you might be just a bit swollen from water retention. I think you're definitely on the right track, just monitor that sodium; I'm guilty on that too.

I wish I had the magical answer to your question :( You'll have to do what is best for you and you only. I will probably do the same thing when I get to my goal though and see just how far I can go. @cassan - Theres an obstacle run that I want to do in September that looks like fun! I won't be ready quite yet though.

47 - I wanna see you swimming in that water! Ha ha ha ha! Seriously though, I've been pretty bad lately about water intake I'm making more of an effort to get it in now. Neo - Awesome job!!!! Doom - Drinking water really helps fill me up. I also bought 2 bunches of sweet red grapes from the store and popping a few of those…

Well you can't see it very well, I'll try to take a better picture tomorrow.

Awesome!!! I'll post mine in a sec. :)

Awesome y'all! I ended up taking my boys to a splash pad earlier today and got in a little bit of walking. I didn't wear my fitbit or my HRM, so I'm not going to add it in.