ElizMurphy69 Member

On January 13th I started for the first time...made it 33 days and my knees couldn't take it! When I started I couldn't even do 1 push up and by day 33 could do 12 :-) So I knew I could do it just had to take a bit more weight off and strengthen up a bit. So I have been doing elliptical, zumba, bike riding, and weights and…

Actually, reading it again...in a strange sort of way it was a compliment while trying to prove a point....LOL :-) Gotta love this place!

Well, I have more fat than you and you post a picture of you with your lack of fat, cute smile, and great hair. You are so insensitive and I can't believe you would do such a thing! :sad: Really???? LMAO! (I could care less either way, just proving a point) I have a cat....but am here to FOCUS ON MY WEIGHT LOSS and not my…

I not only take measurements every 3-4 weeks, but PHOTO JOURNAL your entire weight loss journey!!!! It will keep you motivated and moving. Just the difference in my face alone is ridiculous! Good luck!

I had this problem when I raised my calories....so I started scheduling in a snack at 10 and 2 and eat 23 almonds which is 164 calories or 2 sticks of string cheese which is 120 calories and about 16 grams of protein! Eat those foods you love that you feel like you can't have. I have also been known to sneak in a skinny…

I want to be able to pick where the weight falls off and when...I have lost in my legs, boobs, and butt....and in the process lost some inches off my waist which has forced me to now have a pregnant looking belly and I am far from pregnant. It completely stinks! :-( That being said....I love my legs and butt so just have…

I love the men that workout at a ridiculous rate when they know you are watching them :-)

It is what it is...say Thank You and move on. As we deal with weight loss one way, other people perceive and deal with our weight loss on their own terms. I think back to when my ex-husband got cancer and then had his leg removed and the awkwardness of that "first" conversation when people saw him. I think that a major…

Skinny Cow Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Sandwiches...mmmmm.....150 calories and oh, so freakin' tasty! :-) Also, I really like the 90 calorie Fiber One brownies. AND, I keep a small bottle of diet rite in my fridge to take swig when the mood hits :-)

People who don't need to find someone do, and those of us who are looking, don't....it's a cruel, cruel, world :-)

If I am hungry before bed, I eat. If I have calories left, I eat without a second thought. If I don't have calories left, I eat. HOWEVER, I think about how my day went and ask...did I eat some extra carbs that maybe made me more hungry later in the day or is there another way to plan my day to fit a later evening snack in.…

I let the chips fall where they may (not like potato chips...trying to give them up..LOL). I go by how I feel. If I am hungry, I eat...if I'm not, I don't. If I am hungry I eat them back. If I am not, I don't. If I work out 800 calories worth, I may eat a couple hundred back to get some extra protein and leave the rest.

I started my weight loss journey at 1200 as MFP suggested. After about 4 weeks, I stalled for 2 and got frustrated. I spoke with the trainer/nutritionist at the gym and we decided that I should increase my calories so I did to 1500 and lost 1.6 immediately and a couple since (I just did this about 10 days ago.). I…

My favorite is a protein powder called Lean that I use for breakfast made by Xyngular. I don't use the whole Xyngular weight loss system. But, I do love their shakes which are 10 gms of PRO and only 44 calories. It keeps me full til lunch and I will occasionally double it and use that as my afterworkout shake with 88…

I have given up my VATS of diet pepsi that I was drinking all day. I now keep a small bottle of diet rite in the fridge and when I get that urge I just take a swig out of it and walk away...does me wonders and I don't feel like I am giving any thing up....so instead of my break up letter...I am more like cheating on my…

The most frustrating, yet relieving thing I have learned about dieting is that there is a plethora of ways to lose weight. After not doing organized exercise for years, I was lying awake one night watching an infomercial and bought the Insanity work out! I did the first 30 days easily, second thirty not so easily. What did…

I was at 1200 for about 2 months, but increased my calories to 1500 and lost pounds and inches immediately. I have found I have more energy but as a result I can work out a little harder and for longer so I am still netting low calories. I am not hungry (which is amazing since you would have thought I was going to starve…

I drink when I want to drink. I build it into my calories for the day or make sure I exercise more. I have switched to Miller 64 (64 cals) and also have learned that you can carry a MIO with you and add that to a vodka and water (64 cals) to have any flavor you want. My guilty pleasure is lemon drop martinis (165 cals) :-)…

As a former hurdler in high school and college I dealt with these a lot. This is what I did and seemed to help: - you need a flooring that is slick (for lack of a better work, like linoleum) - a chair to sit on -a wet towel, soaking wet place the chair so you have room to move in front of you, put the soaking wet towel on…

If you get where you can't go....try about 30 ml Milk of Mag with 4 ounces of prune juice and a little dab of sugar, throw it in the microwave and pretty soon (just enough for it to be warm, 20 secs or so) VOILA! you will have results... I was an oncology nurse and served this tasty cocktail known as a "brown cow" for…

My advice....photo journal EVERYTHING!!!! I was so frustrated because I hadn't seen any big changes over the past couple of weeks. So, yesterday, I dug out pictures from last September and about every month since. I put them in a collage and BAM! that's when it hit me and motivated me to get off my *kitten* and move…

I do a protein shake in the morning from Xyngular called Lean. It has 10 gms of protein and only 44 calories. It gives me a great start without consuming a ton of calories early in the day. I also have found the Snickers Marathon bars. I will cut one of these in half for an after work/pre-workout snack and eat the other…

Absolutely!!! Just keep moving! Every single move can be modified! I couldn't do one push up when I started and now I can do 8!!! Just do what you can and you will see results (and you will be able to do it in no time!!!) If you aren't ready for this intense of a work out though, there is nothing wrong with starting with a…

I am on day 31 of Insanity! A couple of things that helped me as I went through my growing pains. * Drink lots of water- dehydration can make you more sore * Drink some type of recovery drink (I usually make a whey protein smoothie with FF milk after I finish my work out) * Your shoes! Make sure that you have good shoes,…

If a guy wouldn't date you when you were heavier, would you ever give him the chance to date you thinner?

Just joined this past weekend. Struggling with the whole calories/exercise thing because somewhere in my mind I felt it would be good to try this INSANITY workout also. I am 5'3, 225ish and hoping to get down to 150. I was always thin but 4 degrees, 3 kids, and 2 divorces later, I am what I am. I am aiming for 1200 goal,…

Great job! :-) Are you doing anything besides diet modification?