MonicaBenavidez Member

I had the same question to about losing some weight first and then starting to lift. You ladies have inspired me to start now. :)

This. Is. Awesome. Kudos to you- persistence pays off!

Great job- your daughter will be excited to have a fitter dad. :)

You look amazing! You ought to be so proud- great work!

Thanks for sharing! I hate to admit I have a sugar problem, but I know I do. I'll check out the book you recommended.

So inspirational! Great job.

YAY! You look fabulous- good job!

Bravo! Good job. :)

I love Turbo Jam, too! I know this forum is inactive, so feel free to add me as a friend on here if you'd like.

You look AMAZING! Great work, and it's wonderful that you decided to pay it forward and help others (both on and off MFP). Hugs!

You rock! What an inspirational story. You look gorgeous and fit--keep it up and you'll hopefully be off your meds soon. Thanks for sharing your story and pics with all of us.

All you ladies look AMAZING! So inspirational-- I know it takes guts to put yourself out there, but please know how inspiring you are to all of us. :)

Bravo- you look gorgeous! Keep up the good work.

Such beautiful people on MFP! Thanks for sharing your pics and inspiring us all. Hugs!

You look AMAZING! Congrats on your weight loss and I wish you a continued speedy and healthy surgery recovery. :)

You look wonderful, and it's so inspiring to hear about weight loss from such an honest and authentic point of view. So sorry about your mom-- she'd be proud of you, I am sure. Hugs!

I'm a little above that and really struggling to get back on track after a really rough year thus far. I hope to end it on a positive note with some new MFP friends. :)

You look beautiful and radiant- great job!

You look amazing! I can totally see the difference. Good job!

Username: monicabenavidez :)

You look great! Keep it up, girl! :)

You look great! :)

You look amazing! Great work, you ought to be very proud. :)

You look amazing! Great job. :)

You have no idea how helpful this is! The deadlifts are totally killing my back, and that's the part of the DVD where I end up having to quit because of pain. I'm going to ease up on the weights, try to be uber great about my form, and keep pushing play! :)

You are both so awesome! Thanks for the suggestions. My friend has P90X so I'll ask her to borrow that DVD and see how it is. I think I did hurt my neck during Ab Burner because my neck has been funky ever since I did it this weekend. I am a hot mess lately! :-)

Anyone...? Any advice would be appreciated!

This thread is making me nervous! I did perfectly fine the first week of burn, and the second week, but the third week... I got through burn circuit 1 just fine, but I quit burn circuit 2 twice due to back pain. I quit burn circuit 3 because of shoulder pain. I think I'm taking Chalene too literally on the "you'd be…

I'm in! I am so tired of being a slave to the scale. I am going to eat my calories, exercise, drink water and do the best I can. The scale has to move eventually, right? This is gonna be hard! I am going to hide my scale in the garage. :)

I was using 4 lbs. weights and became jealous of Layleigh! Boy is that burn intervals DVD super tough. I skip the sumo burpees though and just march in place.