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WOWZA!! Good Work! :)

OUUOUUUUUHHh!!!!! You look AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My all-time favorite cottage cheese snack is a fresh fruit medley of Strawberries, blackberries, grapes, blueberries, & Raspberries. 1/2cup cottage cheese with 1-2cups of fruit is perfect!!!!!! Espeically if you let the fruit sit for a day and all the juices mix! :) give it a try! (Has to be fresh fruit though none of that…

Nice post! Im going through stuff like this in my personal life and its frustrating! I too see my life as an open book and its disrespectful for other people to lie and tell 1/2 truths when you're always truthful with them. Keep your head up! :)

I have a heart rate monitor that tracks my caloires burned and i find they are usually off from what the estimates are in the MFP Exercise library. Every person is built different and will burn calories different. If you want accurate numbers i would suggest getting a heart rate monitor! :) good luck.

The amount of water you drink should be your 1/2 body weight in ounces of water. Example: 150lb person should be drinking 75 ounces of water a day.. the 8x8 isn't an accurate rule. Good Luck!

It shouldn't be just about moving the scale. Muscle weight more than fat so if you're seeing results in inches this is GOOD! :) I wouldn't be too concerned with the value on the scale. Its just a number. if you feel better and can see results you should go based on that! I would suggest you take measurements once a week to…

WOW!! You look great!!! Congratulations and good luck with your continued success! :) keep up the great work

When you work out your body GAINS MUSCLE which weighs more than fat. don't judge your progress by the scale alone. YOu need to measure yourself (bust, arms, hips, thighs etc) and re-measure on a monthly basis to see if you have any progress. Don't give up!!!!

I am doing the 30 Day Shred and i find it isn't too bad on the knees. There are however a lot of lunges and squats but if you do the modified versions it should be much easier on your knee. Jillians mentions a lot in 30DS that the range of motion and amount of weight is how to make the movements more intense if your knees…

GREAT POST!!! :) and CONGRATS on your tranformation! Nothing better than seeing someone motivated to change their lives for hte better! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!

Motivation should come from you wanting to accomplish something. Not necessarily the amount of weight someone else wants to lose. I say this becuase its taken me about 2 years to realize i was trying to find motivation in all the wrong places!! :) Good luck!

PS. Don't rush through the movments. If you watch them the movments are SLOW and CONTROLLED. thats the key to JM's workouts! :)

The MOST Important thing is form. Get the form down FIRST with NO weights THEN add the weights. Im doing 30 Day Shred as well! It'll definitely take some time to build the muscles necessary to advance to the next level but thats okay. Thats why you do 10 days on level 1. Take your time and for the love of Pete get the form…

Holy Cow I completely forgot about this.... If its not to late i'd like to join in.. If it is i'll just keep track on my own! 09/01: 160 09/05: 160 09/12: 09/19: 09/26: 09/30:

I would like to join this 5lb+ in September. It says we need to weigh in and post our weight on the given days. Is that just a response to this blog or just a post on our homepage?!

Thanks for all the input! My weekdays are typically MUCH healther than my weekends. Problem is Fridays I work 20 hours between two jobs. I eat as healthy as I can on the weekends. Sometimes Im running around so much it's very difficult to eat at all. Scagneti - The 700 calroies in tostidos was a very HIGH estimate of what…

I just eat what I want for each meal.. I track the calories for breakfast lunch and snacks before dinner. If im pushing my limit I add in a work out to get hte calories back for dinner! I've found that it's much easier to stick to being healthy when I allow myself to eat the things I Like in moderation! My typically days i…

Couch 2 5k Challenge - Week 1 Day 1: COMPLETE!!! I found it quite a stress relief to run yesterday! I did not struggle at all and I ended up running more than I walked. I know the instructions were to alternate walking 90s jogging 60s but toward the end I felt comfortable enough to run a little longer. Total Miles: 2 After…

PS.. I agree with everyone on the good bra.. I suggest Victoria Secret IPEX.. This helps with the bouncing effect! :) Saves your tatas from YEARS of stretching.. Did you know that for every mile you walk/jog your tatas bounce 4miles... The IPEX is supposed to keep the girls in place to prevent that! :)

Good SHOES!!!!!!!! I've found that this is KEY to a good run.. If you go to a true running store they will usually fit you for a pair of running shoes. In South Bend, IN there is a store called Metro Run and Walk and they put me in about 6 different pair of shoes and watched me run in each pair to see how my feet, ankles,…

Okay.. I figure if I'm going to give updates I should probably do it in my original post... So.. C25k W1D1 was a bust.. Due to my work schedule I was not able to make it to the gym before Zumba. I did however rock the house and shake my bootay for 60 intense minutes getting my heart rate prettty high! No excuse though...…

Wow... Guess its one of those days... Yes... MONDAY 12/20 NOT Wednesday 12/29.,.. If my head weren't attached to my body I wouldn't have one today! Thanks for the catch in the date! lol

What is "bump"???

Dageeus - Net is the Calories consumed MINUS calories burned. If you eat 1000 colories and burn 500 your NET is 500!! :) hope this helps.

You're body needs the extra calories.. My FAVORITE example of WHY you need it eat is a coal train.. If you don't continually feed a coal train the coal it needs to keep going its eventually going to stop going.. You're body is no different. when you exercise you burn the "coal" if you don't put more "coal" in you're going…

Theres got to be some St Patty's Day 5ks out there right?!?! Thats my goal... My Race to the green beer 5k! lol OHHHH I Just got a fundraiser idea! lol

Does anyone know if there is such an app for DROID. I don't have an iphone just thought about this! lol

Lina - You're explanation of the deliciousness of these banana/nutella wontons is fantastic! I love your enthusiasm! My favorite recipe description! I especially love that you call EVERYONE out on licking the spoon.. Who doesn't!! :)

Good Luck and your before and after pics are amazing.. You look FABULOUS!!! :) Keep it up!! Let me know how you do with wk 4. I'd like to know what my body is in for! haha