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I'll start it with you! I was supposed to start last week but have only done it a total of four times and have been taking a lot of breaks and stuff. I need the motivation to actually start doing the whole workout day by day! I've never done turbo fire or p90x or anything, I lost 35 lbs last year by just eating right and…

Oh and all I can say is definitely do not pay attention to what the machine tells you. For the first 8-10 months of my weight loss I was doing the elliptical and pretty much only the elliptical every day for an hour. The machine would tell me I burned around 800-900 calories. My roommate got a heart rate monitor and I…

You will definitely get used to it, it's really good in the beginning but after a while you will get used to it and feel like you're not doing anything. It takes me doing sprints at at least 50 resistance for me to even get my heart rate above 160 anymore.

A weight gain of 10 lbs is about perfect, 107 lbs is healthy for a female of 5'3" but maybe try to gain closer to 15 just to make sure you're well within the healthy range

Originally it was 127, I'm 134 now and thinking I'm gonna try to get down to 117

I am 5'2" and 130 and wearing size 4's in misses and 5's in juniors

no ideas?

I am a lot smaller than you and I didn't see any difference until I lose around 30 lbs. I didn't see a difference in my clothes or anything at all. Since you're a bit bigger it might take losing more to see any visible results. In about 10 lbs try to go to the store and try on clothes a size smaller than what you normally…

that is the dumbest thing I've ever heard

lose. lose. lose. not loose. and your scale can track that you've lost 0.4 ounces? I doubt it But good job, 6.4 lbs in 6 weeks is a nice rate. Faster than I've been losing.

I never understood why people get nervous to join a gym. Just go, get on your machine and work out. Other people should have nothing to do with it. If you're that worried... Idk the same advice anyone is going to give you.. just worry about yourself

37 lbs:) Everyone looks AMAZING! here's mine

I eat 1200-1400 calories a day. Last night I had a rice dish at my friends around 10 at night and never added it to my diary because I didn't get home until 3 in the morning I'm eating plenty I can assure you.

Oh I'm really not starving myself! I just hate the look of that little indent ugly thing at the bottom of my stomach.. I wish I had a better picture. I was just wondering about what BF% I would have to get down to for it to go away I'm thinking probably around 20-21% So I'm gonna start doing a lot more strength training…

Thanks everyone! but there really is that little roll at the bottom in the center and it's really not attractive! haha I'm going to try and do more body recomp instead of just focusing on fat loss

thanks everyone! I just thought that at a BMI of 22.5 I would be happy but now I'm seeing that I need to not care so much about the number and go until I feel comfortable and happy.. I just wish it didn't take so long! haha

I love looking at before/afters! You all look amazing!

Hey girl I'm 20 and a junior, I've lost 36 lbs so far and looking to lose another 8:)

My goal was to lose 40 lbs in 2011... I only lost 36 but I am so proud of how far I've come!

I was a 36-38DD and last year i lost 36 lbs and now I am a 46C-34D Losing fat is the only way to really lower your bra size, there is no specific way to do it. It should come along with fat loss... but really, it took like 25 lbs loss at least for me to realize my breasts were getting a LITTLE smaller.

thanks guys!

That's why you should exercise to get that deficit:D plus it'll make you look hot

In the event of hitting a plateau usually the most effective way is to INCREASE your calories for a couple days, then put it back down. Once you get closer to a weight you're comfortable with gradually increase your calories(maybe 1400 for a few weeks, then 1500..) until you get to your maintenance calorie level.

You would have had to eat A LOT of chips to be 1000 calories, like an entire family size bag! But if you did just drink A LOT A LOT of water and let it go:) Today is a new day and one day of going over isn't going to hurt you just don't do it often! It's good that you logged it because now you can see how much damage…

Thank you everyone, its not me in the ticker but it's me in the profile picture

My best friend is 5'8.5" and she weighs 127 lbs( naturally very thin) and she's trying HARD to GAIN weight. So I'd say 135-140 for someone of your height:)

yes marilyn's figure was curvaceous.. But she had the waist size of Kate Moss! I am someone who has Marilyn posters covering every inch of my room and the "monroe" piercing on my upper lip. I love this woman.. but she was TINY. very tiny. 35 inch hips is quite small, and her waist is TEENY. As a woman of 5'2" and a size…

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