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Last night was monterey chicken and sauteed brussel sprouts with bacon. Tonight will probably be sticky garlic chicken and... zucchini? I think I bought zucchini on Thursday... If not - it'll be peas I guess. I know I have baby peas.

Full disclosure - I don't like running. I love a good intervals class though! While I don't think the high is the "same" - I do feel just as proud of myself. I leave both workouts with a big grin on my face. I just started lifting and don't feel ready to completely drop cardio. I like spin and I like the interval class...…

Oh, yes please - tips. I've only DL'd light weights and the first 5X5 weight. I'm still scared I'm going to hurt something.

Begin. Woohoo! Goal achieved! lol Um... I guess the real goal is Don't Quit. Complete the 12 week program. I don't have other measurable goals at this point. I just want to keep going.

Hooray!! Never, ever apologize for this.

I'm looking forward to muscle "bulk". Gotta be better than my cupcake "bulk".

I've never once had that predictor be correct. I guess it's supposed to be motivation - but it's never, ever been true.

Sodium, hormones, digestion, hydration, constipation... everything. My weight jumps around a pound or three all month long. I only record one weigh in a month. Its always after my cycle ends, and always on the same scale. As long as that's down - I'm good to go.

5'6 144 and slowly, steadily losing at 1800 - with three or four intense hours of exercise a week.

Take a lot of pictures. Even if you don't like them right now, you'll want to see the change.

Andy Dwyer from Parks and Rec. Actually, everyone on Parks and Rec. I kind of want to move to Pawnee.I'll be sad when it's over.

Good advice for life, not just the weight room. lol

I walked by the weight room for almost a year before I finally had my husband take me in last week. I know I SHOULDN'T be intimidated, but it was an area that was out of my comfort zone... so I was. I've gone by myself now and it wasn't a big deal. But I still felt like I was sneaking in. I was in there for a little while…

Okay. I'll give it at least a month before I freak out and start to drop calories. Thank you. :) Your ice cream at the end of the day is my oatmeal cream pie ... often for breakfast. LOL.

A gyro, with extra cucumbers and tomatoes. It was awesome!

All this but Walmart. We don't have one around (shocking, right?) and hit up Target more often than not. I find Loft is pretty figure flattering, too. And they have some good sales, every so often.

Errands. Meal plan. Laundry. Other chores. Take my kids swimming or to a movie. All the other things I put off all week in order to go to the gym. :) Occasionally, yoga.

This is super reassuring. I've been eating 1800 (Katch-McArdle, moderate activity TDEE -20%) for a while. I may reduce a little further, if I'm too sore for any cardio at all (I really do like my intervals class - I'm not sure I'll give it up yet). And I stopped doing BodyPump because I couldn't handle having the smart bar…

This is my biggest hang up, too. I'm eating at a deficit and hoping to reduce my body fat by a couple of percent more. I've been successful with cardio and some resistance training (read: BodyPump)... I'm a little nervous about losing the big calorie burns of spin and intervals. Not sure I can let go yet. But I've been…

Hi! Me, too! Literally just started Stronglifts 5x5 today! And I'm a little bit excited about it, as you may be able to tell from all! the! exclamation! points!

Wings. So much work. No thanks. Especially not with buffalo sauce. There's something in that sauce that makes me think of the taste in the back of my throat just before I vomit. So. Nope.

Disney Princess chewable multi-vitamin. And every time I take it I think of Sheldon Cooper telling me I just made expensive urine.

I lost a pound and a half just peeing this morning.

Good for you! I'm glad you've found something you like. :)

You can start anywhere. :) That's the great thing about a beginning. Give it a shot! My very first experience with resistance training was teeny tiny 3lb weights. It was still pretty hard. lol

Usually 3500-4000, but this week it's around 2000. Will probably stay around 2000 for a while... I'm dropping some cardio to lift weights. :)

Run. And don't look back. That's not normal behavior. You can't fix it for him. It's not about you or your behavior. It's him. You are young but my advice would be the same if you were not young. Run.

Honey. A pregnant belly has a person inside it. A very small person, but a person nonetheless. There's just no way ten pounds looks like a pregnant belly. You are taking the word of people who have a distorted vision of themselves as truth, and it's just not. They don't see what actually is. I hope that in addition to the…

Wowie! Incredible!

Wooow. You've done an incredible thing! Your family must be so proud of you - and you of yourself! Way to go!