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I am starting Insanity tonight! Excited & Nervous :) :)
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My soon-to-be husband knows that the only response I need in regards to weight is "I'm proud of you, always" and a hug or kiss. Tell your husband that this journey will be A LOT easier and happier for you if he is just simply supportive... as everyone else has said - women store and lose weight differently than men -- and…
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Awesome mindset! :)
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For everyone that is anti-Mio because it's not natural and brightly colored -- to that I say blah, blah, blah.... I'm VERY health conscious and I don't advocate stuffing one's face with processed foods (I'm a vegetarian and all about fresh fresh fresh!) but a lot of people struggle to drink as much water as they should and…
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Hmm this person MIGHT be able to but I'm tempted to call bullsh*t on that one... I'd find it highly unlikely. But don't ever let anyone ELSE or what they do or say make YOU give up on your goals!! You are doing this for you, not anyone else.
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I'm 5'7", weigh 155lbs and I wear a small or medium t-shirt (comfortably) and in pants I wear between 4-8 depending on the brand.
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Always willing to give my positive support and share any advice on what has worked for me :)
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Fage greek yogurt all the way!! :) :)
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I like Premier Nutrition Chocolate Protein Shakes (I buy them at Costco... $24 for an 18 pack so not a bad price at all in comparison!) It has 30g of protein, only 1g of sugar, and 160 cals etc. It actually tastes pretty good to me! And one serving is about 11 oz. so pretty filling (in my opinion)
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Such a great feeling! Congrats!! Keep up the hard word :) :)
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By the way - emotional eating is so difficult to overcome because food activates the same things in our brain as addictive drugs do...so essentially a lot of us actually become addicted to foods just as a person might be addicted to meth or heroin but unfortunately we can't really KICK the habit of eating because we need…
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I occasionally am tempted slip back into "bad" habits (for example my STRONG desire to consume an entire jar of Nutella last night -- I didn't ha ha) - I just make myself stop for 10 seconds and try and justify eating what I want to eat -- just taking that small time out is usually enough for me to kick some sense back…
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Cheating has such a negative connotation... I don't think "cheat" days are necessary. You shouldn't deprive yourself so much that you find it necessary to have a cheat day. I have one sweet thing or not 100% healthy thing each day (usually between 100-200 cals) and then I don't find it necessary to have an entire day to…
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I understand but don't like the specific quote very much so I changed it to "Nothing tastes as good as being HEALTHY feels" I don't think anyone should have the goal of being "thin" -- but instead should have the goal of being healthy... but to each their own. For me, being HEALTHY (which yes includes being a hell of a lot…
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My digital food scale is a life-saver!! Haven't gone a single day without using mine for all 3 meals since February :)
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2 years ago... hmmm I was about 92 lbs heavier and MISERABLE each & every day because I was consumed by self-hatred for what I did to my own body. Today, I can look back and realize how far I have come (mainly within the last year alone) and know with confidence that I will never, ever, ever go back to that dark place...…
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I'm 5'7 and I chose 150 because that's what I was from 15-19 and I was very active, athletic and that's when I felt my VERY best... I'm sure I could get under that but even when I was 148lbs people told me I looked "too skinny" and gauntly - which is not the look I'm going for... so we'll see... I'm 23 - my body has…
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I was actually instructed by my Dr./Nutritionist to NOT eat back any of my exercise calories because it's almost impossible for us to get a completely accurate count of what we actually burned and he said it leads to a lot of over-eating and then people wonder why they aren't losing weight. I've never eaten back my…
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I have never, ever eaten back any of my exercise calories (I am at 1,200 cals/day) and have still lost weight perfectly fine and stayed healthy... my body isn't craving more food and my energy levels are good. So I would say... don't force yourself to eat if you really don't want to... your body should be able to let you…
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I have never, ever eaten back any of my exercise calories (I am at 1,200 cals/day) and have still lost weight perfectly fine and stayed healthy... my body isn't craving more food and my energy levels are good. So I would say... don't force yourself to eat if you really don't want to... your body should be able to let you…
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My Fitness Goal/Objective: Burn at least 500-800 cals/day from either walking, jogging, running, swimming etc. Continue to keep my daily sodium consumption to around 1,500-2,000 mg. Lose another 1lb by Friday (I weigh myself every Friday morning at home and usually have lost between 1/2lbs to 2.5lbs). Continue to stay…
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I'm in... I have exactly 10lbs left as of Friday :) Hoping to reach that goal by June 11 (wedding day) but if not, as long as I get there eventually :) :) :)
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We gotta accept what we can't change --- it's a waste to torture ourselves otherwise. I've had them from weight gain & now weight loss and like some other ladies have said - I just accept them as part of what I did to myself (by gaining weight) and as a reminder of how proud I am that I lost the weight... plenty of sexy…
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It's funny... when I started my weight loss journey (115 lbs ago... good Lord...) I used to think "When I am at my goal weight... I will spend an entire day eating pizza and cheesecake!" and I've noticed that over the last year my mindset towards food, nutrition, ETC has changed so drastically... I'm no longer losing…
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Lately my NSV has been... Realizing that I am a good 20 LBS below the weight on my driver's license (which was a HUGE lie to begin with... ha ha ha) Can't wait to get a new one in June and have it show my ACTUAL weight & have a much better picture :) :) :)
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Congrats! I remember when I got back into Onderland in October 2010 and it was the BEST feeling in the world! :)
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I'm on Day 2 of Level 1 (I'm going to do each Level for 10 days) and as of this morning I'm down 0.2lbs ha ha not sure if it's from the Shred or the fact that I eat extremely healthy and do other exercises as well... I am definitely not using the 30 Day Shred as my ONLY source of exercise - I just decided to throw it in to…
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First things first -- stay motivated! Do not give up!! Everyone's body is very different... Here is what is working for me... I eat 1,000 calories/day (I DO NOT eat my exercise calories back) while I'm trying to lose weight. (When I get to the "maintenance" stage I will probably be up to 1,500 calories/day). I'm not just…
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Just remember this is a lifestyle change and a hard process! Everybody's body reacts to losing weight differently so try not to get discouraged when the numbers don't go down as much as you'd like. I've had weeks where I thought I lost a couple pounds and only lost 1/2 a pound and weeks where I thought I'd lost nothing and…
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I am 5'7" and was 276 on June 24, 2010 -- that is the day I hired a Dr that specializes in nutrition and today I am 165lbs. It's been a long, hard 8 months and I still have about 15-20lbs to go (my goal is 150 but I'd like to be between 140-150) but I don't regret a single second of it. Good luck!!!! and let me know if you…
