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My mom's school in Southern Arkansas worked with the county extension office to start a school garden. I am a native Arkansan who has moved to a different part of the state where obesity is not as much of a problem and I admit I was a bit shocked to enter her 4th grade class and see that most of her kids were bigger than…

This is a great change, but start slow. Depending what you are now, it can be overwhelming! Look at the recipes you & your family eat now and research ways to make them with less processed ingredients. Be open to making your own food if needed. For example, we love pizza, so I started making our own pizza dough. It has 5…

Congratulations! I breast fed both of my boys and while I think it did help me lose weight over the 7-9 months I did it, my weight loss stalled the last few months of breastfeeding. After I quit, I lost 5-8 pounds in the next two weeks. Maybe some kind of water retention to make milk? I don't know . . . but my experience…

If it hurts to walk around in the tennis shoes or continues to ache at night, I would let him know. It's not a big deal to go back into the boot for a couple of more weeks. It's also fine to get a second opinion. I just broke my toe and went through the easing back into workouts. Letting pain be your guide, if you have on…

Yes, try this. It is really good!

Land's End has a 4 piece set - bikini with swim shirt and skirt that is interchangeable - so as you are moving from activity to activity you can switch it up and it all dries really quickly. It's probably about the same cost though. I have found that it is worth it to splurge on bathing suits. If you take care of them,…

This is great advice. I started buying a bone in turkey breast ($11-15 at my Wal-Mart) each week. We have it for dinner one night, then my husband & I use it for sandwiches for lunches. Yesterday, I found turkeys marked down to .50/lb. I bought three at $5-7 each. That is a lot of meat for a little $!

Amazing! What a great reminder of all the hard work you've done.

I think that it is a good plan to just talk it over with the neighbors in a friendly manner. If you have been friends for two years, your son has gone to church with them in the past and enjoyed it and the boys had not had a chance to see each other that day, the dad may not have thought a thing about inviting and picking…

One other thing, did you start any of your work out routines when you started TDEE? If so that might be why you aren't losing. I started a new weight lifting routine when I started doing TDEE and it caused me to retain a lot of water for a bout 2 weeks Thank you for answering! No, I have been working out for about 2 years,…

AmyRhubarb, did you lose immediately on the TDEE minus 20% plan? I was eating 1400 calories daily and eating back exercise calories and losing 1 pound per week. I ran into the same problem mentioned above and switched to TDEE - 20%, which is 1780 per day. I have not lost since then - it has been 3 weeks. I am waiting one…

5'6", 150 lbs, size 8-10

Awesome job! That is great news.

I ran 1.25 miles straight outside. I have a mental block against running outside. I can run a 5K on the treadmill, but outside terrifies me. It felt great to not have to drive to the gym to exercise! I took my son to an art museum for some one on one time.

Parks and rec is a great place to start. Also, I was running with a group of friends and each of us made a route close to our own home (so we would all have a short drive once a week) and it was nice to change scenery. If you don't find a trail, you might consider driving to another subdivision with low traffic, parking…

Great job!

I have several tricks that help with breakfast - getting two kids and myself fed & out the door can be tricky some mornings. When we are staying home for the day, I will make a huge batch of pancakes or steel cut oats. The oatmeal will keep for 4-5 days in the fridge and is great for my kids - just add a dab of milk,…

I want to be able to do a pull up. I am currently using the assist machine and am able to pull up half my body weight. :smile:

Yes, you will! I am 34 years old and decided at the beginning of last year to be able to do push ups for the first time. It took a few months, but now I can do 20 with proper form at once and throughout a class, I have done 100. My goal for this year is a pull up. We shall see.

1 cup hot water 2 1/4 tsp yeast let sit for 5 minutes add pinch of sugar or tsp honey 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (the recipe will work fine without this, but it does help the dough if you have it) 2 tbsp olive oil 2.5 cups flour (I use whole wheat or white whole wheat, but regular works too) Mix until a dough…

It takes SO much time. I am a physical therapist and I tell my patients that it takes time after surgery all the time, but I am so impatient! I have had two c-sections (2008 and 2010) and feel like my core strength is back to where it was within the last 6 months even though I started back with ab exercises 3 months after…

It took me 8 years. I made small changes in his favorite meals first. I agreed that if he tried a meal I made and didn't like it, I wouldn't fix it again. We now eat 90% clean - he still eats Fiber One bars and I still have Goldfish with the kids, but it's so much better than when we got married!

I have this problem too - my kids love smoothies in the morning and it is so easy, but I get hungry fast. I am going to try berry flavored Kefir (140 calories, 11 grams protein), a banana (105 calories) and some chopped yellow squash as a recipe. It is an easy way for me to add a veggie to all of our breakfasts. If your…

You can do this! I have been married for 8 years and it took 7 years for my husband to embrace the way I cook. I very, very gradually changed what he was used to (using ground turkey instead of beef, baking french fries in the oven, having a meat and two veggies for dinner) and now, he completely embraces "healthier"…

You have lost 4 in two weeks, though! Are you weighing at the same time of day, under the same conditions? I admit that I weigh every day, but I only "count" it on Thursdays. There are tons of reasons for fluctuations. Give yourself time to see the numbers move. Keep going. You can do it!

5'6 (although I may have shrunk to 5'5, I still claim 5'6), Starting weight: 158 Current weight: 152 Allotted 1420 per day. I exercise three days a week, burning 300-600 calories each session and eat all of those back. For six weeks, I have lost 1 pound per week. I have not gone more than 100 calories over on any given…

I am proud that I did 100 burpees yesterday during TRX class and while I can tell I did them today, I am not really all that sore.