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WOW! You look great! Thanks for sharing your success story!!

You should look on youtube. If you spend enough time browsing you can find TONS of free workout videos. Fitness Blender has a lot of workouts that are great. Chris Freytag''s 10 pound slimdown is good too, it has separate workouts for arms, core, legs and cardio. Good luck!

Fitness Blender has some great low impact and silent workouts that are great. They are both on their website or youtube!

It sounds like you're doing great! Just don't burn yourself out worrying too much. When my sister and I started MFP a year ago we both got easily overwhelmed as we learned about portion sizes and picking the right foods to keep us full longer. It's a learning experience and you'll have your ups and downs. Both of us also…

I send stuff to my husbands work all the time! It's mostly guys and they love the treats. I guess you could explain your situation and ask them to leave it in a different spot where you wont see it if you get coffee. But, I think it's something you're going to have to have self control over. I worked at a small town bank…

I would also start with Jillian. Ripped in 30 is really good but challenging for strength. I agree I'd start with 30 day shred. I think you'd also really like Jackie Warner's 30 day fast start. She's got some good dvd's but the arm workout in that one is really good. I see it's on Amazon today for $7. Good luck!

Congrats on starting! That's the hardest part in my opinion! I started my journey in January and was similar to you. I had a baby 2 years ago and it had been almost 3 years since I did any type of exercise. I say do what you can! Sometimes I found even taking a break halfway through to do something a little easier (I had a…

You could google high iron foods. You didn't mention why you're against an iron supplement... Everyone I know that donates does have to take a multivitamin before donating for iron. This is what I found: Dark, leafy greens (spinach, collards) Dried fruit (prunes, raisins) Iron-enriched cereals and grains (check the labels)…

If you're a beginner this is a good one. I bought it for my sister and I when we started using the kettlebell. The workouts are short but good. http://www.amazon.com/Absolute-Beginners-Kettlebell-With-Bento/dp/B001P5YIQQ/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1379507134&sr=8-7&keywords=kettlebell+dvd This is the 2nd one I bought. The…

I have the BFBM workout dvd and do like it! It's actually free on youtube if you wanted to try it! It's definitely all cardio! I did it Saturday and burned 585 calories in the 51 minutes. I weigh 158 and I'm 5'7. Last month I also did Ripped in 30 and it was good too! The only downside to BFBM is that there's only the one…

Well we are twins. Same birthday, same height. I just weigh a bit less than her so that's all we really have to change. Now I'm curious to try hers again and compare. I do a lot of workout dvds. With my new one (HRM) I get almost the same reading each time I do the same one. With hers I had burned 320 calories in 35…

Every time I have used hers we've reset the settings to my personal stats, so it should have been accurate. Maybe I will try it again and see if there's a difference. I just thought it seemed weird.

I also sweat a lot!!! I had actually read an article that said the more your body gets used to working out it starts to recognize what it needs to prepare for and that you can actually start to sweat more. I guess that's one of the only "positives" to sweating more!

Did you know if you hit the On Star button and then shut the vehicle off it will call 911??? We were out fishing late one night and stopped at the gas station on our way home. We were driving a friends truck and he showed us the button to hear the weather.... well he must have hit the wrong button. When we got back out and…

I've had a few Starbucks Refreshers. The can says "natural energy from green coffee extract". Target has them. They have stevia in them. Not sure what all you're trying to avoid. One can has 60 calories. They do have coffee beans in them??? Sorry I can't help more as far as ingredients go, but might be worth a look.

Congrats on starting your journey! Not sure what type of workouts you'd be interested in but my sister does water aerobics. Lots of walking. I have a 2 year old so we go for a lot of walks. Jillian Michaels has a beginner workout dvd. Youtube also has TONS of videos from 10 minutes to 60+ minutes. Fitness Blender has some…

GROSS! I too, just threw some out that were CHUNKY! They looked rotten. I will have to look at the link you posted!!! EDITED TO ADD: I'm SOOOO glad I found this post. I immediately went to my fridge and looked at the rest of the yogurt I hadn't opened and it's seconds from exploding it's so swollen!!! It is the same code…

You look great!!! Congrats on your accomplishments! Thanks for sharing!

Good luck everyone! I just did my day 4 of week 2 this morning!!!! It's a tough one!

I also think you look great!!! I would wear it!

I didn't read through all the posts but wanted to share that my best friend suffered through this as well. When she and her husband started trying to get pregnant I mentioned that she might want to talk to her doctor about the medications she was on for her migraines. She decided to go off of them and she struggled…

I think I know the burning you're talking about. I used to get it when I was in REALLY bad shape. Have you done any type of exercise recently or is this new to you? I know when I used to get the burning I would cough for the rest of the day like I had crap in my lungs/throat. It did eventually go away. My sister has…

I also love Jackie Warner! Right now I'm doing Ripped in 30. This morning was day 4 of week 1 so have a ways to go. My all time favorite workout dvd that I have bought is 10 days to a better body with Cindy Whitmarsh. I use it all the time and have actually bought an extra copy in case mine doesn't work at some point. My…

WOW! I enjoyed reading your story! Thank you for sharing and congrats on your wonderful accomplishments!!!! You should be proud!

I would love to know this as well! My son turned 2 in May and I struggle the same as you. I was curious if anyone has had luck with any type of ab exercises even though everything I read says it wont spot reduce fat there.

I would love to take the challenge with everyone!

Fitnessblender.com has a lot of great workouts for free online. You can also find them all on youtube. On their website you can search all the videos for the type of video you want. Youtube has some great workout videos including jillian michaels, Jackie warner and ellen barrett. Good luck!

Fitness blender on youtube has some great workout videos. They also have a website and you can browse for what you're looking for specifically. Good luck!!

Hello! I just bought Jackie's 30 day fast start dvd after doing the arm segment on youtube. I'm hooked! What did you have in mind for a workout routine?

I've lost 25 pounds since January with changing my eating habits and working out at home. I'm a stay at home mom so I use nap time as my workout time. There are TONS of free videos on youtube that are great! A lot of jillian michaels and I just found Jackie Warner has some that are 20 minutes long. Her ab one is great!…