bamagirl2020

I love this! I feel like I've been grunting and whimpering a lot lately, but I haven't quit! :)

Thanks for the suggestions! And I am asking for lunch, dinner, snacks, whatever. I just need some fresh ideas!

My favorite brand is Sabra by far. I'm not a fan of the Athenos brand at all. My favorite flavors are Roasted Red Pepper and Supremely Spicy.

The vita tops sounds amazing. I'm definitely going to pick up some next time I'm at the store!

You buy it premade. Sabra is my favorite brand. In my grocery store, it is on the cold aisle with the lettuce, carrots, and other veggies.

Get some Lean Pockets. The pretzel bread ones are especially good. They have a good bit of sodium in them, but if you only eat one a day you will be fine. Also, I would recommend hummus. I am obsessed with it and it only has around 70 calories a serving. I eat it with pretzels, but you can eat it with pita chips or carrots…

I absolutely love this. Thank you so much for writing it! I hate when I see people ending their day with 900 calories left. I just want to knock some sense into them! I know my diet isn't perfect, but i hardly ever go under my daily allowance of calories by more than 100. Whenever I do happen to go under, it is always from…

Hi! I've heard a good rule of thumb is not to eat 3 hours before you go to bed.

Thank you all so much for your replies. One bad day is not going to mess up all the hard work I've put into this so far. Tomorrow is a new day and it WILL be a good day! This next week is going to be the best yet.

I LOVE the idea about frozen fruits as ice cubes! I'm definitely going to have to try that. It sounds delicious. Do you have any suggestions for good sugar free snacks?

Thanks! I love your attitude about this. And one of my goals is to run a 5K too! Good luck with everything :)

Sorry, but I have to agree. This site isn't designed to help anybody out with their pity party. We all need to lose weight. We all have bad days. We all feel like quitting, probably more than we would like to admit. Grab a straw and suck it up. You don't need people who are going to baby you through this thing. You need…

This just made my day SO much better! I love Jimmy Johns and just can't bring myself to giving up the bread. Now I don't have to :)

Hi and welcome to MFP! Good luck on your weight loss journey :)

I actually prefer going to the gym alone. If I go with a friend, I always feel rushed or too distracted to get a good workout in. Just load up your iPod with some fast paced songs and hop on a treadmill. I also bring a book or magazine to read if I am not running or doing extreme high-intensity cardio.

Hi! I also have back problems, although they are not near as serious as yours. I do intervals on the treadmill and instead of increasing my speed, I increase the incline. My mother also has degenerative discs in her lower back and does inclines on the treadmill as well. Since she has been walking, she has actually seen a…

Urghhh....TOM is visiting now. Honestly though, it made me feel better when it finally showed up because I have felt so sluggish and hungry the past few days! Now at least I have an excuse :) I usually just give into my craving during TOM (today I went to Yogurt Mountain BAD BAD BAD!) so I always have to put in some…

I know how you feel! I was always average weight in high school, and then I started college. Before I even knew what happened I had gained 15-20 pounds without even noticing hardly. It's just so easy to lose track of sometimes...especially with going to school, working, AND trying to squeeze in a social life! MFP has been…

Robin, I've been browsing around for a good, and relatively affordable, HRM. Do you have any suggestions?

I've only done it once because I wasn't able to make it to the gym that day. I cleaned the house for about 2 hours straight and MFP said I had burned around 170 calories. Not too bad. Usually though, I do not log them. I like to think of the calories I burn cleaning, walking to class, or walking my dog as extra bonus…

Hi! I had the same problem with the treadmill counter. It always waaaaay overestimated my calories burned. Now, I either manually enter the calories I burn from what the treadmill counter says, or I use the "walking 3.4 mph" suggestion. The calories burned on it are usually pretty accurate with my treadmill readout.

My 20th birthday is April 15 so I'm excited about that! My last final is May 9th and then it's Summer Break! BRING. IT. ON. Annnnd I'm excited it's finally baseball season :) Go Yanks! Robinson Cano has my heart<3

I know what you mean by finally realizing how much I actually eat! Hip Hop Abs has a section named "Hips, Buns, and Thighs" and it's probably my favorite out of all the sections. I used to watch the videos on YouTube until I finally gave up and just bought the DVDs last year. Good luck!

I've wondered the same thing! I love Hip-Hop Abs, but I never know how to log it into my exercise journal.

Arizona makes a Diet Green Tea with Ginseng and it is absolutely AMAZING! It also has ZERO calories so you can drink as much as you want and not worry about the calories! It's by far my favorite, even over Lipton and other more well-known brands. As far as diet pills, I've never had any success with them. The only one…

I do the elliptical occasionally, and I try to do strength training. I usually do 2 or 3 leg machines (I'm not sure of the name), along with leg raises, squats, crunches, etc. Do you have any other suggestion? P.S. I live in a college apartment complex and I use the gym in our clubhouse. It only has a few basic machines so…

First off, congratulation on your weight loss! That's awesome and very motivating. I looked at that website and I especially like the HIIT workouts. I'm going to try the 30 second interval workout tomorrow.

I had to Google what Supermans were, but I'm definitely going to try them tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion!

I found the workout on a friend's Tumblr page. I have tried to search the internet and find out the specifics about it but I can't seem to find anything. As far as leg lifts, here's what I did. I laid on my back and lifted my legs up to around a 90 degree angle, then lowered them without touching them too the ground. It…

Definitely in! SW: 155 CW: 150 GW: 125