melaniejo527 Member

Spinning class at 5:30 this morning... it sure seemed a lot earlier this morning than it did on Monday, but I made it.

I went to Zumba class for an hour today and my legs feel every minute of the class...

I made it to the gym for a 60 minutes spinning class this morning..

Getting married in August and am looking for other brides to connect with... someone to help with motivation during this amazing, crazy, and sometimes stressful process.

You can add me... I'm 5'3 and need to lose between 50 and 60 pounds or so.

Feel free to add me as well... back on the wagon as of today... have a wedding in 7 months that I need to get serious about!

I make excuses a lot too... I'll do really good for awhile and then I'll use something like being sick or being too busy to let things slide... You'll find lots of great people on here to support you. Feel free to add me and we can do this together!

23. How much water do you usually drink in a day? I usually drink between 120 and 150 oz of water... 24. Have you ever had an eating disorder? I don't know that I would say it was a full blown eating disorder, but I have made myself throw up in the past when I thought I ate/drank too much.

15. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week? I didn't lose any weight this last week but that's because I spent most of the weekend driving all over the state of Iowa and made horrible fast food eating choices most of the weekend...

21. Do you focus more on getting lean and mean or tiny and fragile? Right now I am just focusing on losing pounds, but I would rather be lean and mean than tiny and fragile.

19. Are you losing weight the healthy (<2lbs/week) or the unhealthy (>2lbs/week) way? I am losing the healthy way... there have been some weeks where I lost more than 2 pounds and others where its much less. 20. Who is your biggest weight loss inspiration and why? I have a friend who has lost 150 pounds and kept it off for…

18. Try to use as little salt as possible today or maybe even none! Don’t buy microwave meals and don’t eat foods high in sodium. Yogurt, hardboiled eggs, subway sandwich... so far no microwave and the ham had sodium, but otherwise I think I am doing fairly well so far.

17. Do you have a special event/date you want to lose the weight for? I am getting married in August so I want to look my best for that event... but more importantly I want to lose weight for my life not just an event in my life.

16. Which part of your body do you wish to change the most and why? I hate my stomach.. I seem to carry most of my weight around my spare tire area :(

15. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week? Sunday when I weighed in it said 204.6... today I was at 206... I am hoping that is just water weight and no exercise on Monday... guess I'll be reving up the exercise for the rest of the week.

13. What is your favorite type of strength exercise? During Zumba we do a song or 2 with weights and squats, curls, etc. 14. What is your least favorite type of strength exercise? I dislike most strength exercises... any suggestions?

11. Today you will be cooking for your whole family. Find a healthy recipe online that they will also enjoy and show them how tasty healthy food can be! We just ate leftovers from Thanksgiving yesterday, so I'll do this today. 12. What is your least favorite type of cardio? I hate stair climbing... ugh

10. Do you count calories? If so, what is your daily limit? I am learning to count calories.. I have done WW in the past so I have a decent idea of what I can eat, but I enter my food as I eat on the diary so I know where I am at throughout the day.. I try to stay around 1600 or 1700 calories a day.

9. What is your favorite type of cardio? I would have to say its a toss up between the elliptical or Zumba class... just depending on my mood.

8. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week? Current Weight is 206.2. Lost 1.2 pounds this week. My plan this week is to try not to gain over the Thanksgiving holiday..

7. What is your least favorite healthy food? I really want to like greek yogurt, but I can't get past the texture... I have tried several different kids and can't find one I like.

I lost 50 pounds and then after I quit WW I slowly started to gain it back... 7 years later here I am... I've lost 23 of it again, but I would like to lose more.. I need to realize that I am always going to have to be a calorie counter. Plus I allowed excuses (work, kids, church) to keep me from going to the gym.

Added you.. I have been on here a week... looking for friends as well.. feel free to add

6. What is your favorite unhealthy food? My favorite unhealthy food would definitely be Mexican food... and of course when we go out to eat Mexican the margaritas that go with it.. I have found though the low fat enchiladas I make at home work as a good substitution.

My wedding is 8/3/13 and I would like to lose at least 25 if not 50 or 60 pounds before then...

4. Have a vegan day today. No meat, no eggs, no dairy, no animal products whatsoever. Give it a try! I failed this miserably... coffee with creamer, pizza... bad day... maybe I'll give it a try today. 5. What is your favorite healthy food? Fresh Fruit.... pineapple, watermelon, cantaloupe, apples....

3. Is your UGW in an unhealthy range of BMI? My ideal weight would be 135-140 which would be put in the normal range for BMI.

2. Describe your dream/goal body. My dream/goal body = Confident in my own skin, can wear skinny jeans if I want, don't have a muffin top sticking hanging over my jeans... lean arms, tight abs..

Hi everyone! I am the mom of a 14 year old girl and a 9 year old boy... Between the running for football, baseball, softball games, swim meets, band/chorus, driver's ed, working 2 jobs and trying to keep our home I sometimes feel like I have very little time for me. Right now our YMCA is doing a Battle of the Holiday Bulge…

First Post ever!! 1. Write your current stats: height, current weight, and goal weight. Why are you losing weight? 5'3" CW 207.4 GW not sure 135-140ish I have a few reasons for wanting to lose weight. The current goal is to look sexy in my wedding dress this August. But I also want to be a good role model for my kids and…