ShrinkingStephanie

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I tried this. Bought the book etc. I was able to keep it up for about 12-13 days. I lost a lot of weight, 10-11 pounds, but I could not maintain it. My body was craving carbs and absolutely rejecting all the meat. Even in the second phase where you rotate one day protein one day protein veg. I was absolutely cheating on…

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This is wicked! I sooo want to do this! I just know if I tell my husband he will make fun of me. They are having one here at the end of August. I wonder if I would be physically capable of doing it? Looks like you had so much fun. Awesome!

Friends make this easier. We all need the support. Do add me!

My adorable son and myself with his Valentine's day pressies and cake last Feb.

I take this. It works as a vitamin... not as any super pill. I'm certain my metabolism isn't increased the slightest by this.

Welcome! I've been there my whole life. Feel free to add me. Its good to be surrounded by motivational people!

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So the plan I had in my head was 10 workouts on each level before moving on... after my 10th session on L1 I felt ready to move on. I did. I failed. Completely utterly failed. I don't know if its because in addition to moving up to L2 I decided to add in cardio on my elliptical and 7 min of intense situps before hand or if…

I'm on day 8 of the Shred. My suggestion is that you just push through it. The ache starts to recede a few min into it as your body and muscles warm up. As I'm sure you know, amazing results if you actually do it! Good luck.

I did it! 325 crunches last night before bed! Did an extra 25 for good measure, just in case I slacked on any them!

Hi Tiffany! Welcome. I live in Charlotte. Enjoy the site!

Ohhh fun! I'm going to do it as soon as I get home! Will report later! Can I do any kind of crunches?

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Add me if you like! I'm very dedicated to this journey and always looking for shared support!

She sounds jealous to me. Losing weight is difficult 10 pounds, 20 pounds, 200 pounds. Still takes determination. I suspect she feels as though she lost something or missed out on something when she lost weight. Like you only have to lose 22 therefore you don't have to 'suffer' as long as she did. This is just my guess. If…

I'm at work and now my mouth is watering for this. How am I supposed to eat just one at a time?

3 glasses of water... working my way through a powerade zero now. Does that count?

I have an espresso machine at home and make myself either a hot latte with a double shot or an iced latte with a double shot nearly every morning. I use fat free milk and never liked sugar in my coffee so its only about 88 calories. I also drink tea always with milk and usually with a sugar cube or two. Sometimes in the…

I have an espresso machine at home and make myself either a hot latte with a double shot or an iced latte with a double shot nearly every morning. I use fat free milk and never liked sugar in my coffee so its only about 88 calories. I also drink tea always with milk and usually with a sugar cube or two. Sometimes in the…

This is day 8... I was hoping to start level 2 today... but I don't think I'm ready. I slacked too much on Saturday's exercise and yesterday was a wash. I was just too tired. So wish me luck on stepping it up today. On a positive note, I seem to have lost 4.5 pounds this week. I suspect some of it was water, but everything…

Day 4 yesterday for me. Amazingly the muscle pain is going away. I can walk down the stairs properly now! Only did about half the work out yesterday as my son decided he wanted to sit on my stomach every time we were on the floor! I finally had to just give it up when, out of no where my father in law showed up at the…

You guys look awesome! Thanks for sharing and being an inspiration!

Did day 3 last night. I have no idea how I accomplished it, but I did it. I don't think my body has ever hurt so much. Who knew I had muscles in the small of my back!? But about 5 minutes into it, my body loosened up and the pain was bearable. AND best of all the pain is receding today! I worked just as hard and my muscles…

...which suggests that everyone, even those "oh so fit personal trainers" have differing views of them! It's so hard to know what choices are correct!