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Salads get boring when you make them exactly the same every day. I started to experiment. Now, I can't have a salad without cranberries.

I would make a salad with lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, croutons (because it wouldn't be a salad without croutons), dried cranberries, diced pork, and home made buttermilk ranch dressing (keeps the sodium down) Pork is just like chicken, the same foods tend to compliment it.

dice one up and put it in your salad. Yum! Put some meat into the food processer to shred, add BBQ sauce, throw on a whole wheat sandwich thin......

First, I have to disclose that I am not a trainer. BUT, I don't think you overstepped anything. I think that your trainer was already frustrated with her and was somewhat dumping her on you, which in my opinion was kind of overstepping her boundaries. You were nice enough to comply, which says alot about you, considering…

Quite frankly, you can live your life like a monk in a temple, eating fresh herbs from your garden and never put one chemical in your body, yet still die from Cancer. Or have a massive heart attack. Or have lightening strike you. I don't subscribe to the "eat like crap for your whole life" theory but I also think that life…

For me, it is out of sight, out of mind. If I eat one cookie, I will crave cookies every day for a week. I know that, so I avoid the sweets as to curb the cravings. I noticed on your food diary (sorry for peeking) that you eat BBQ sauce often. BBQ sauce has a lot of sugar in it, which will make you crave sugary snacks. Try…

Wow, they should really do a better job of offering some healthy food options. None of that is lowfat, and it is all calorie dense. I agree with the above poster, I would brown bag it!

How people act around her, is not important. It is how she responds to that new attention. Sometimes, after a big transformation, people change mentally. I have seen a few relationships end due to this problem. Quite honestly, a good solid relationship, will continue to be a good solid relationship. A relationship which is…

I would wear a HRM for the time frame that you are carrying the weight, and then compare it with that same time frame without carrying the weight. Whatever the difference is, I would enter it.

I am doing Insanity, which is Monday through Saturday and rest day on Sunday. When I was not doing a specific program, I would do 3 on, one off. That worked well for me, but you have to find what works best for you. When I was stressed from work, I was doing Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

I have been in your shoes. In my case it was definitely commitment to strict calorie counting and exercise intensity. Have you always been active physically? You may need to step up the intensity. How many days per week are you working out? The way your message read, you seem to do classes at the gym, 2-3 times per week?…

Don't worry about jump rope space, you can do it without the jump rope. Kayr28, thank you. It is good to know that the jump rope can be worked around. Although I do like to jump rope, it requires high ceilings and a large area to do it and I am working in a very small spot at the moment. My garage is a work out center but…

Insanity: Asylum will destroy any faith you ever had in your ability to finish up Insanity. Graduating once through Insanity to take on Asylum is like thinking an hour long leisurely run will prepare you for Olympic marathon running. So, you are suggesting that I do Insanity multiple times before moving on to Asylum? Maybe…

LOL, I am not close to graduating yet! I am just thinking ahead.

I just checked out the Asylum series. It looks really good, but I worry about the jump rope. I don't have a lot of space to use one. Maybe I can do that part outside? Anyway, it is a top contender right now. Thanks!

I like the way you think. :flowerforyou:

OK, nevermind. I just googled it and figured out that it is the Plyometric Cardio Circuit! Thanks anyway!

Eat your normal, healthy dinner. Sometimes going over calories is a good thing for your metabolism. It is also still early, jump on a treadmill or take a walk to burn off some of those calories. Log your food and exercise and move on.....

Ugh. She really creeps me out! Her skimpy attire, her orgasm like moaning and grunting during her workouts...... I agree that she has some really great workouts but I can't get past the sexxing up of her routines. Although, I have caught dh watching them...... (eyeroll)

Why are you avoiding muscle building exercise? Resistance exercise causes your body to burn calories more efficiently far beyond the hour of exercise. Muscle burns more calories than fat does. My body does not lose weight through diet alone. And it doesn't lose weight through exercise alone. I am a resistant loser. I have…

Are you watching your sodium? That will lead to bloating. Try to stay within the recommended guidelines. You would be surprised how much sodium is in diet type foods.

I was a gym rat for years. I was never able to "motivate myself" and needed someone else to force me to kick my butt. Then I had a baby who was very demanding and wouldn't let me out of his sight, hence the 30lb weight gain in 5 years! lol I will tell you this. I owe the jump start to my (so far) success to the 30day…

Hi all. I hope you don't mind my joining your group! I am on my 4th day of Insanity and it is testing my physical limits for sure! I know that I will be picking your brains and complaining, and hopefully at times enjoying the results! Apparently, I am not eating enough so I am going to follow the nutrition plan in the…

Ha ha, sleep. I guess I get about 7.0 hours a night. Probably just shy of what I need, but it is broken sleep due to a needy 4 year old and a husband who gets done work after midnight. Do you think I can rent a hotel room during the next 60 days? :yawn:

Let me ask you this question then. How do you track the exercise on here? Do you do a manual tracking based on a heart rate monitor result? Or do you track it some other way? Someone on here suggested that I adjust my activity level in the settings and not log the exercise at all. That is currently what I am doing but I…

Thank you for admitting that to me. I was done about 20 minutes into it, and just sat on the floor watching it. lol I couldn't get up. I felt like a loser! Today is pure cardio, and I am scared!

I have a heart rate monitor, but to be blunt, it sucks. It only registered 240 calories on the Plyometric cardio circuit, which absolutely can not be correct. I need to invest in a good one. The mental alertness is more of a tiredness afterwards. I am not getting dizzy or foggy, just really tired as an after effect. And…

Thank you. I really, really want to be successful at this and I am not afraid of hard work. I got really down yesterday when I did the Cardio Recovery and couldn't hold the poses hardly at all. I thought this was supposed to be a recovery workout! lol I know I need to give my body the chance to adjust.

I didn't even look at the nutrition plan to tell you the truth. I did modify my activity level on this site and increased my calories, but maybe it isn't enough. I will look at the plan. Thanks for the suggestion!

I would have that problem but I nipped it in the bud. My husband likes to be my "personal trainer". He loves to dictate how, what and when I work out. I told him that my work out routine is a way that I relieve stress and it is all "me time". His involvement adds stress and it is meant to remove stress from my life. He…