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Wowee!! What do you do at the gym for 1 hour and 45 minutes!? That is amazing and you look amazing!
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Awesome! How tall are you and what did you do to lose it? I love that you took your time. You look amazing!
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You are adorable and funny! Love "obeast"!!!!!!
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Thank you both! So theoretically, if I choose "1-3 hours/wk light exercise and I don't actually do 1-3 hrs/wk of light exercise I'd be consuming too many calories.
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Thanks! So if I burn 300 calories via purposeful exercise, I should eat back 150 of those?
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Woo hoo! You look amazing and sooooo much happier!
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This exactly. Except I just did the math in my calculator. I am bar-graph challenged. :laugh: So last night I calculated my weekly calorie goal, subtracted my calories from Sat & Sun and then divided that by 5 (Mon - Fri). I weigh in Sat. AM. If I stick to the daily calorie goal for M-F, I will have still consumed a total…
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Wow just wow! You look amazing - way to go!
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I was JUST going to post this exact question! Thanks!
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I will be travelling for work on Monday, so Tuesday will be my first 5 AM day!!! Planning to get myself on the treadmill over the weekend too. Keep me posted!
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Sorry I am just catching up on everyone's responses! Everyone has great great ideas, most of which I have used before. My biggest issue is getting to bed early enough. I am definitely tired enough to go to bed by 9:30 but I feel compelled to do a load of laundry, catch up on emails, or just visit with my husband. I have a…
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I agree! I have used a trainer twice for this reason. Unfortunately, we decided buying a treadmill was a better investment this time around due to our time constraints of working FT with 2 little ones. I am sort of regretting that decision. I would like to hire someone just to come to my house and rip the blankets off of…
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I know I just need to get through the first few times. I know this in my mind. I need to keep hearing it from you all. Keep it coming. I just need to make my health a priority the way I do the other things in my life. And I can make up the time away from my husband and the house work on the weekends, right?
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Great job Denise - honestly I think you did great. This is life and how many times do you get to sample authentic chinese with someone FROM CHINA?? Moderation is the key and I bet your calories isn't quite as high as you thought it might be.
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OK deep breaths! :) Egg drop soup is really low in calories. And then I would get a chicken and broccoli or chicken with veggie stir fry and eat half of it. Also get brown rice if they serve it. Shrimp and veggie would also be low cal.
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Yep I'm in the same boat! Kids are almost 4 and 10 months. I was 20 lbs heavier when I got pg with #2 and gained 50 lbs with him. The weight came off much easier with my 1st then my 2nd so here I am with 45-55 lbs to lose. Good luck!
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I agree with Denise that even a little bit helps. I read recently that it is just as beneficial to get several short workouts in than one longer session. And that you should get up and walk for 10 minutes ever 2 hours. I know that might not be doable for a lot of people but I think it does make a difference. I have noticed…
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Right now, I never do. I am in the same boat, although I don't get up at 5 AM. I get up at 5:45 and from there, I am either working or tending to the kids until 9 PM and then like you, I have until bedtime to A)do housework and B)just chill out. I usually opt for B, stay up too late doing said Option B and then am too…
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Yes! Exactly! I seriously woke up this morning and thought about weighing myself as if one successful day would show drastic results on the scale. And I look at my food diary every 10 minutes. LOL I am dreading the weekend too kind of - we are taking Brenna to see Disney on Ice and then we will take her to lunch. And in my…
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Polo!! LOL....FWIW I think that's a really nice pic of you guys, senior highschool backdrop and all. When we were on vaca with my family this summer, my adorable neices made a lip sync video of the whole family singing Rhianna's Please Don't Stop the Music....similiar to those videos they do on the Today Show where…
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Yes exactly. I used to scoff when I read things like "take time for yourself" and "make yourself a priority". As if anyone could not have time for themselves! But at the time, I had all the time in the world for myself and had no other priorities other than myself. Now I get it. And after putting the kids first, I am just…
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Denise - I have 1850 as well! I can't believe that is right. I didn't lower it but I am always trying to be under that.
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Nice! I have so many new obstacles to face this time around, it will be helpful to bounce questions off you guys. Before when I had no kids or even when I only had Brenna, I was able to find the time to be really dedicated to all that it takes to be successful at weight loss. But now I feel like I'm on a whole different…
