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Honestly, the more I stick to it, the less I'm worrying about how I look & what I weigh, and the more I pay attention to how far I can run without stopping, how much I can carry, and how long it takes me to run out of breath carrying my toddler :)

If you just had a baby 2 months ago, your body is still working hormones out of your system and holding on to calories. If you breastfeed, you'll burn extra calories, and make sure you're eating enough. If your deficit is too large you could be entering starvation mode, especially since breastfeeding burns hundreds of…

Awesome!! That's so cool!

I've been doing the 30 day shred by Jillian Michaels. It's about 30 minutes of circuit training, complete with warm up and cool down. It's very challenging but I find it very effective!

i would definitely say shift focus! focus on being healthy, eating well, being proud of all the things your body can do, seeing how far you can push yourself, and doing workouts you enjoy. focus on building muscle mass if you need physical progress! but what i've found is when i focus on weight loss, it doesn't come…

2% milk eggs bacon!

sassy! :D

Or switch to diet coke, because 1. it'll distract you from your coke craving and 2. it doesn't taste like coke so you won't drink it all anyway!

Stop buying coke!!! I have the same problem with milk: If i pour a glass with dinner, I know I'm drinking it all. So I tell myself, if I want milk enough to get up in the middle of my meal and pour some, then I'll get a glass. Do the same thing with coke! If you want a coke SO BAD that you're willing to get in your car and…

Haha, you are beautiful! I love subway and I don't trust labels on food. I don't have the money to buy all organic and that bull, so I just don't I eat as healthily as I can on that budget and people who turn up their noses at people like me make me very angry >:|

This is just a tad sexist and rude. OP, be yourself! You go for it! although I would say if she doesn't seem to come off as romantic as you are, I'd let her go. She won't appreciate you and you'll be disappointed. Best of luck xoxo

WHOA, MAMA!! Great job! You look so healthy and happy :D

alright guys! thanks, that gives me a few things to check out :)

Feeling this as well.

Oh and I don't always log veggies I eat if they're on a salad or not cooked in oil. I usually boil or steam my veggies without butter or anything!

I only log exercise if I intended it as exercise. For example, i'm on my feet for 5 hours most shifts at my job, but I don't log this time, because it's just what I would be doing anyway. I only log workouts. If I went to the zoo or something and had to walk uphill for twenty minutes, I might log that as well, but never in…

YAY! You can definitely see the difference and you're not TOO far off from where I started so if I could lose 15 in 50, that would be awesome. such inspiration! keep it up!

This sounds like it could lead to an ED, i would not reccommend.

People are going to jump on here and say "buy fruits and veggies, it's the same price!" but most of these people don't know what it's like to be p00r like DIRT poor and you are thinking "nope, not the same." might be the same price, but it'll last you 3 days as opposed to a week, amirite? I'm 22 and I don't have quite as…

Don't feel guilty, because it'll just discourage you! I would suggest trying to keep a sated appetite at all times, keep healthy snacks around that FEEL like bad ones (yogurt, cheese, pineapple) and if you feel the need to binge, binge on celery, broccoli, or homemade popcorn. i have a serious bingeing problem myself and i…

Right now I do jumping jacks, leg ups, bicep curls, squats and stretches before and after. I use chunky soup cans as weights right now, i can't find my baby weights :[ And LO is 25 pounds so maybe one day i'll work my way up! :P My bedroom offers VERY little space between the dressers, bed, hope chest, and two night stands…

Once summer comes, baby and I will be taking walks ALL the time! For right now there's a good 8 inches of snow on the ground and the high for Tuesday is -11, so unfortunately the park is not an option lol!

Okay I feel better knowing that it's not just me because I totally thought it was :P I guess I'll probably just do my workouts at night or early when he's holed up in his room until he goes back to school and otherwise just hope the baby naps when my husband is at school :P he's just about to turn one so he's not exactly…

We do have a planet fitness around here which I would love to do, but money's not the only issue. I'm home with the baby about 30 hours a week, work about 25 hours a week, and the 30 hours I spend with the baby is when my husband goes to school and there's nobody else to watch him. I don't even have a car to get there if…

Awesome! Thanks for the encouragement :D I just did my first workout, and I'm trying to get the hang of tracking my food. Here we go! Nothing to lose, right? :)

also, where do i get one of those nifty counters for my signature?!