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I started RI30 today 12/30. It was challenging to say the least, but I am proud of myself for getting through it. I'm looking forward to tomorrow. My goal is to do it five times a week M-F.

Just finished Day 1 of Ripped; it wasn't so bad. I think I need to sit down and finish watching the whole dvd so I am more confident in doing the moves. After doing mostly Leslie Sansone dvds for the past four or so months, I found the Jillian Michaels refreshingly challenging, though we've been trying some new Leslies…

Kawookie, what is the 30-day plan you are following/?

Last Week's Goals Exercise 4 times this week: likely Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat. Yes, to the letter. Stay within my calorie goals except for Christmas Day. Almost. I also went over on Sunday which was our Christmas lunch with my wife's family: Indian food and then back to the cookie feast at home. But I managed to keep it under on…

SW (12/1): 301lb 12/8: 297.8 12/15: 298.4 12/22: 297.8 12/29: 296.8 GW (3/1): 286.8 (Revised on 12/29)

Way to go!!! \

Exercise 4 times this week: likely Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat. Stay within my calorie goals except for Christmas Day. Track everything I eat. Reduce calorie goals by 250 on Dec 26th. Coming out of maintenance.

Where did everybody go? SW (12/1): 301lb (12/8): 297.8 (12/15) 298.4 CW (12/22) 297.8 GW (3/1): 287.8 I'm pleased with my progress, given the number of cookies, fudge, and sundry treats I've consumed this week. Meeting and exceeding my exercise goal is really helping me keep off the extra pounds. Here's to the home…

SW (12/1): 301lb (12/8): 297.8 CW (12/15) 298.4 GW (3/1): 287.8 I had a pretty good week. I surpassed my fitness calories burned and stayed under my calorie goals most days. However we went out for pizza on Friday night which turned out to be saltier than your average high-sodium pizza, so I'm thinking the game is probably…

Mini Goals: Exercise four times this week. Eat within my calorie goal excluding calories from exercise.

If you do your aeroibs at home, what dvds to you use? I am in the market for some new ones.

My week has been mixed. Last Sunday was my first day back from a week of Thanksgiving-related travels during which I was able to stay on plan some days but definitely not on others. Traditionally, I do well when I set a routine and get into the groove of it, but once I deviate from that routine I have a really hard time…

SW (12/1): 301lb CW (12/8): 297.8 GW (3/1): 287.8 10lb to go

Hello everyone! My goals are: 1) Maintain my current weight through Jan 1st by: By staying within my maintenance minus 90 daily calorie goal every day; By exercising at least 30 minutes a day four days a week, burning at least 1000 calories per week. 2) Lose 5lbs by Feb 1st 3) Lose 4 more pounds by Mar 1st. 4) Lose 10lbs…

I never knew. I just assumed people talking about overnight oats were talking about slow cooker oats. I do steel-cut oats in the slow cooker with just oats, water, milk, salt, and spices. It cooks while I'm sleeping, and in the morning I add fruit and/or nuts and/or sweetener to my bowl. I usually make enough fr the week,…

I've got Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences where I bought and use online study materials. So we could google motivations for weight loss / fitness / how we plan to reward ourselves and those things would show up here. Cool!

Hi, If you keep scrolling down the page, there is a link for strength training on the same page you entered your cardio. After you click on it, there's a search box. Just enter your exercise and I assume there will be a place to fill in sets, rep, etc and it will give you your calories burned. Hope that helps.

I'm in! How could I ever have doubted that you'd succeed?

Thanks for the warm welcome and good tips. I was able to find one of the Leslie Sansone walking DVDs at our public library, but will have to look harder for Richard Simmons. We had a good day and are now cooking supper and looking forward to a movie night with air-popped popcorn with judicious amounts of butter and salt.…

Richard Simmons, OMG. That is awesome!

Thanks for the tip. I will check it out. A while ago we were doing a couple of dance-type dvds. They were fun routines, but we fell away for some reason.

07/22/13: Done

7/22/13: Done

Starting Weight: 331.8 Goal Weight: 320