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Maybe it is just the age of being 3. He is getting better but he still says he doesn't like it there and pouts and whines when I say we are going to the gym. I think the fact that he started preschool a couple of days a week is helping. he is getting better about not being with me for short bursts of time.

Holy cow you are killing it!!!

748 for a great spin class today puts me at 9984 for the month

Hmmm...I threw my scale out. I refuse to step on one unless I am at the docs office! But maybe I could do a waist measurement and try to loose an inch in Sept. Does that sound realistic?

Zumba class for 431 puts me at 9236 calories burned

spin class today for 680 puts me at 8805 for the month

Spin class today for 680 calories burned. I am at 8125 for the month!

I took a class today called CSI - it was a cardio step/strength/interval training and it may have been one of the hardest things I have ever done!!! 715 calories burned! I am now 445 calories beyond the 7k goal!!! Wooohooooo!

Took a Zumba class this morning 431 calories burned leaves me with 270. I will take zumba again as it is a good cardio class and fits my schedule - but I have no coordination and luckily can laugh at myself cause I am pretty sure I was super foolish looking - LOL

For me having a good breakfast with protein is key!

I do have a garden. A HUGE garden! There is nothing like a homegrown tomato!!! I also love having fresh herbs.

I like to make Asian lettuce wraps. I brown a small pkg of ground chicken or turkey with a can of water chestnuts I have drained and chopped up and some onion. Then I add some teriyaki sauce and lots of fresh grated ginger and garlic. I use romaine leaves cause that is what I usually have on hand. I set out lots of fresh…

There is another post on just this subject I add some comments to - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1076714-tofu-shirataki-noodles

My husbands family recently had an event and I knew it would be fried chicken, potato salad, mac salad, yada, yada, fatty, starchy, yada... So I offered to bring sides! I made rosemary roasted carrots. Creole beans and brown rice. A big fruit salad with loads of berries. A cuke and tomato salad with some feta and red…

veggies 1- tomatoes 2- red peppers 3- cukes 4- sugar snap peas 5- onions fruit 1- mango 2- berries 3- peaches 4- cherries 5- oranges

I would never use them as a sub for Italian pasta - use spaghetti squash or even zuke shred into noodles instead. But I LOVE them in Asian style noodle dishes! Make sure you rinse and drain them well before using. I love to make a noodle bowl with these, some chicken stock and miso paste then toss in lots of crisp fresh…

Now that is a fun way to get your calories off!

Do you have one of those soda stream machines? GET ONE! They have a diet grapefruit soda - zero calories. I mix with a shot of gin 72 calories over ice with a salted rim. Viola a 72 calorie salted dog!!!

Cardio/strength interval class this morning for 295 and I am at 701

When I was pregnant with my first I had GD and had to be very careful about eating carbs. My ILs took us to a fancy Italian place for dinner one night and I was panic stricken. I looked online and I called ahead to ask a few questions - explaining to them my concern. I ended up having a salad and antipasti and then a veal…

I LOVE fast food - of all kinds. I have had to just put a stop to it completely. For me it is too much - too much for my waist, my pocket book, and my socio/political sense. Plus I have small kids and really want to be a good roll model to them. I don't want to support an industry that has so many problems from how they…

I am 45. I was never athletic but I was always thin and active. I worked in hospitals so was on my feet 8-12 hours a day. I had babies late in life at 40 and 42. Then I became a stay at home mom and I got flabby and squishy. So now I need to exercise like I never have before. I started C25k a year ago and did a color run…

I really think the lack of support people get from their real life friends is a whole lot more about THEIR issues with guilt and self esteem over their own personal eating and exercise issues. I am not doing this for anyone else except for me (and my little kids - but they are actually pretty damn supportive!) I am making…

Hang in there! Making time for yourself to exercise feels like taking time away from the other things at first. Honestly though after a while it just becomes your routine and your whole family will benefit from it. I felt the same way at first. Now I write a daily to-do list and my planned work out is one of the check off…

Spin class this morning for 680 and a quick yoga tape with the kids late yesterday for 195 leaves me at 1291. So this is off the 7000 goal. I am totally surprised and thrilled with myself! I guess I will just see how well I can do this month to base future goals off of.

I did couch to 5 k and I highly recommend it! I was never a runner before I tried this program. I also wonder if your calves are hurting that much are you hydrated enough? I need a little energy before a morning run so a handful of dried fruit or a Lara Bar are a must for me before I stretch and run and PLENTY of water. Do…

I fit in a yoga flow series this morning before the day gets too crazy. 195 cal. That leaves me with 2166.

Took a nice after dinner walk with the kids and hubs taking off another 122 leaving me with 2361

Long walk around the zoo with the kids for 245 leaves me at 2605

As far as classes go really take the time to try out a number of things your gym offers. I have been really pleasantly surprised at the workouts I get and the fun I have. I am now doing spin, a cardio and strength interval class, and a vinyasa flow yoga class.