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I'm a serial starter too and covid hasn't helped. My moment was monday when I ripped my winter jacket twice in 24hours.

I agree, try Winners (TJ Max/Marshalls). The prices are pretty decent and there is a good variety.

I'm with you guys. I was trying to work out a balance so that I didn't feel deprived, but then what I ended up doing was making excuses everyday for why I needed to "treat myself". Reality check really came when a few days ago I weighed myself and realized I'd gained everything I had lost and then some and yesterday when I…

Congrats! You look amazing!

Spartacus: Blood and Sand (season 1), Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (season 2/ it's a prequel but watch it in this order), Spartacus: Vengeance (season 3) and Spartacus: War of the Damned (season 4). IMO this was the most underrated show on tv. Season 1 is still my favourite. Sad the show is over.

Is it because of the classes? I mainly go to three different ones, mainly for certain classes that fit my schedule. When I visit family there are three locations close to them so I've gone to those on occasion depending on my mood and/or the classes. I'm lucky that I got my membership through work so I can go to any…

I spread myself out between three different gyms, one of them is almost ALWAYS busy year round, so I only go there to take classes. The others aren't as bad, granted I try to limit my trip to the gym to after 9pm or 10pm if I can, as I can't stand to be there during peak periods and I am fortunate enough to work odd hours…

I am in a similar situation as kerikaj77. I want to resume running, I used to run (mostly on the treadmill) last winter in preparation for doing a 5K. I'm hoping to do a 10k in April but I haven't gone running since May :neutral_face: . I also just resumed doing Zumba (my fav instructor came back from Mat leave) about once…

I have this problem as well. It has been really bad since the summer and it doesn't help that I work weird hours. Lately I've been eating mostly greasy junk at night or have been so busy that I've worked through my lunch. I hopped on the scale this morning to give myself a reality check and boy oh boy do stretch jeans help…

I am grateful for my loving family. I am grateful for good friends, who care enough to ask how I am doing.

I love my Saucony shoes with gel. Love it. Super comfortable and great support.

Way to go! Congrats!

Feel free to add me too. We can all help motivate each other.

I'm in need of some motivation too, feel free to add me, and we can help motivate each other.

I just started too. Feel free to add me if you like.

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I burn on avg abt 580-600 calories per 60 min session. A few others I know burn mid to high 600s - and they have HRMs as well. It depends on the intensity of your moves and the routines. In the classes I go to, they normally show us high intensity options as well as low intensity options.

It can vary. I've logged anywhere from low 500s to mid to high 600s. I find that my calorie burn is lower when I am learning a new routine (new instructor/class) compared to when I know most of the moves. I use a heart rate monitor to find out my calorie burn though. I got mine off ebay, it's the Polar FT4 and it was…

Eek! I was waiting for someone to say this. Never group The Republic of Ireland and the UK/Great Britain together!

Generalized, yes, not completely accurate since someone from Argentina is technically an American. Just like someone from Germany is European. Either way, I'm just teasing. It's all semantics. What does it matter where anyone is from anyway.

Americans are anyone living in the Americas - from Canadians and Brazilians to Guatemalans and Argentinians.

What do you put in your oat smoothie?

I was wondering the same thing. Would love to hear reviews.

It is possible. I burn on average 545 or so doing Zumba for 60 mins. The best part is you don't realize it because you're having so much fun:)

LOL! You made my day!

Lent starts Ash Wednesday - the day after Mardi Gras. It starts February 13 this year and runs for 40 days until the thursday before Easter.

Chips. I get those little 100 calorie snack packs so that I don't feel deprived. I've learned that I can still have them, just not a jumbo/big bag and eat it all in one sitting. I cut those cravings by having the smaller packs on hand.

I was doing this last year and was doing pretty well for a while and then fell off the bandwagon. I'm hoping to keep doing well and not fall back to my old ways. Support would be great! Feel free to add me too!

What kind of workouts did you do? Looks like I have the same body type as you - well your starting body type. Most of my weight is in my hips & thighs

I have the FT4. It definitely changed the way I worked out and made me realize when I needed to push harder. I bought mine on ebay. I completely forgot about Sears. It was a great investment.