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Sounds like you've got a great motivation to get started! Do you walk currently? If you are still walking, I would say just do that and add some skipping into your walks, maybe just a couple skips at a time and work up to more skips each day. I would think some leg strengthening exercises would help as well. Maybe you…

Move to Arizona? LOL this happened to me recently and I was totally unprepared/unthinking about it since it never rains here. I always wear prescription sunglasses while running, my vision is horrible and the last time I had contacts they were murder on my eyes, though it has been 8 years or so and they probably have…

I've been doing this the whole time I've been on MFP and I'm about 8lbs from my goal now!! I eat anywhere from 1200-2500 calories a day depending on how active I am and whether I'm doing fun things like going out to eat or to the movies where I might want to chow a little extra. Don't follow any specific plan, just try to…

Chicken burrito with fajita veggies, rice, green corn salsa, guacamole and lettuce. I open mine up and eat 1/3-1/2 of the tortilla (and usually about 2/3 of the filling). YUMMO!!

In to read tonight :)

It's a 3/week program and tons of fun! However, I was a little annoyed that it stated the workouts are "around 30 minutes" - the shortest so far has been about 35 minutes and later on it's more like 45-55 minutes per workout, so I had to adjust things a bit since I do mine before work.

Getting ready for a marathon cleaning session over here, where I put on my tennis shoes, blast the music, and dance around the house trying to clean and organize as much as I can, as fast as I can, followed by deep cleaning and shampooing the car by hand. I wasn't capable of doing housework at the same speed/intensity a…

Practice every trick and technique you learn on both sides as much as you can. Also practice direction changes, I love reversing directions so this kind of forces me to try things on both sides, even though I am definitely better overall going to the right, I found there are a few moves I actually do better in the reverse…

Sounds nice to me, I am always screwing up my fitness plans when it starts to get hot out and I really want to stay on track this year!

You can totally do it and you will feel amazing I bet very soon! I quit smoking about a year ago and then starting trying to lose weight a few months after my quit. Exercise is a great craving killer! I agree with those who posted, be good to yourself and don't diet TOO restrictively yet and be patient with the weight…

I'm 5'3" and been bouncing around the 150 mark for almost 2 months now. My calories are set at 1540 a day plus exercise calories, I am usually a little under during the week and a little over on the weekends. But I don't know if it's coming of really slowly or I'm in a plateau, maybe I will get some good news on weigh in…

I'm on earndit, I wish they had some rewards that I were interested in, but I donate my points to charity so that's been nice, since it basically requires me to do hardly anything more than I do already. :) This is me: http://earndit.com/human/cvp16bzu

I'm a hooper and I LOVE it! I got a weighted hoop when I started out but quickly changed my mind and bought a 38" dance-style hula hoop from Etsy, it is different than the hoops marketing for "fitness" but I like it a lot better, it allows me to do a lot of different types of moves and really dance around with the hoop…

If you are interested in pilates, I can't rave enough about Ellen Barrett's workouts - they are relatively gentle, can be modified and she is a great, encouraging and clear instructor. What I love most about them is she does a lot of "functional fitness" type moves designed to improve strength and balance for day to day…

I must try this. My evil friends in college taught me to dip my pizza in ranch dressing....so it's no wonder I'm on MFP!! Hahahah

This is a great one for when you are time crunched! http://www.menshealth.com.sg/fitness/smartest-dumbbell-routine-ever

I just cheer them on and they cheer me on, plus it makes it more fun to log in and say hello to friends before I log my calories, keeps me hooked on logging which keeps me sticking to my plan. :)

Oh my gosh...really?? I didn't know that but I am celebrating - I had been planning a cheat/binge/refeed/diet break day...whatever you want to call it but I have stalled for the last month and feel like I need a break so I all week I've been planning today as my feasting day! Having a chocolate covered strawberry right now…

I love to exercise actually but it is all too easy for me to get off track! When I started trying to get fit again last year, a lot of workouts hurt and were uncomfortable, so I did a lot of "mini" workouts - 10 minutes or so twice a day, once when I got up to wake me up and once when I got home to help me relax. I feel…

Lately the song "Hot Dog" by LMFAO seems to pop up all the time on my playlist when I am running and it is AWESOME! It's about burning off a ton of calories in the dance club & going for a hot dog after, PERFECT for running! :)

Yeah YUM yum!! Anyone have any ideas of things to dip the leaves in besides my go-to dips of butter or mayo? :D

What a crazy schedule! That said, as many say on here you don't necessarily NEED to workout to lose weight. Walking at lunch is an awesome solution, and if you can throw a few bursts of faster walking or jogging in there that should be enough cardio. Maybe just a short strength training routine added in a couple nights a…

What? I have asthma and use an inhaler, never thought the red face could be related? I am sitting here with a lobster face at my desk after going for a walk on my lunch hour...not so pretty look but at least they crank the a/c here so I should be cooled off soon!

Bike, run around the neighborhood parks, hula hoop dance in my back yard, lift my adjustable dumbells or resistance bands + pushups/planks/etc,, free YouTube vids - it is fun for me and easy to fit in my schedule. Honestly the only reason I have even looked into gyms in my area is for the sauna & spa! :)

Don't even worry about it Marilyn, you are doing a wonderful thing for yourself and I think it is much easier to lose 15 lbs than to quit smoking! Your metabolism can slow down a little after you quit, food tastes better as your senses return and some do eat more to satisfy the hand-to-mouth thing. I am sure you will be…

I just taught myself to eat candy and things really slowwwwwwwly, to the point that friends make fun of me. I make myself a cup of tea to go with my treat, get a small portion of around 100 calories, like a fun size candy bar or M&Ms and make it last as long as possible. This works great for me and I don't feel deprived…

Jeez some of these replies are wacky already.... :noway: Your plan sounds great, maybe throw in a few things you haven't tried from time to time, I love to do the different workouts on YouTube to try different stuff - kickboxing, interval training, dance routines, etc. just to mix it up and have fun. :)

I couldn't do c25k at first, so I just did my own intervals for a few weeks to work up to it, I think I started with 15 seconds of jogging and a minute or 2 of recovery, then I went to 20 seconds of jogging intervals the next week and so on for awhile. I am doing c25k now at last but I am doing it really slowly and…

Wow there are some great suggestions in this thread! I go through periods of depression, it runs in my family, but have not wanted to do medication. It got really bad last year when my mom died. What helped the most was forcing myself to take a daily walk outside, I viewed this as my "medicine" - sunlight and movement and…

My alarm is across the room from me so I have to get out of bed to shut it off. Right next to my bed I put all my workout clothes, shoes and headphones if I'm running, sometimes I even sleep in my sports bra and the tee shirt I plan to wear. I put my shoes on while I'm in the bathroom and hit the road for my run barely…