laurarich2014 Member

Thank you so much for all the suggestions. I will be seeing a podiatrist and will probably get the night boot. I am doing the stretches also.

Wonderful job and cute shoes!!

country dance

go figure

fish swim

I got my Zumba fitness DVD off of Amazon. There are quite a few cheap ones on there to start with. I love mine.

I just finished the Walk it off in 30 days one and lost 5 lbs. I bought the Belly blasting one which I will start tomorrow and will do it the rest of the month and will see what difference I have after that one. I use hand weights with the videos also. Awesome job of losing 28 inches blufaery!!

Yes I have the dreaded disease but am almost in remission. I sit at a desk 8-5 M-F so I have to trick my body into moving. Luckily I have to walk down the stairs to refill my water bottle 4x a day. Every time I do that I walk 5 laps around our conference room tables. That adds about 1000 or so more steps in my day. I walk…

sorry, ha! Yep I would go with Amazon and what the customer reviews say.

I have my digital weight watchers scale I got at Walmart a few years ago. I love it. I think it was about $25 then.

That is great for all of you! I have lost 8 since I joined MFP but I have lost 30 since I started a year ago. Yippee!!

You look great! Keep up the good work.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

I think you look great. You can definitely tell you look different. The scale will eventually show a loss. I don't know why your measurements don't show a loss though? Maybe just make sure you are measuring in the exact same spots. Keep doing what you are doing because it is working.

I get so inspired looking at these.

You look awesome! Way to go!

I take a multivitamin, calcium, vit D, krill oil, raspberry ketones, COQ10. At my (young) age of 48 I am very happy to say that I am on NO prescriptions at all and all my bloodwork always comes out great. I have to take extra calcium and 5000 IU of Vit D though.

I agree that it is mostly water weight in the first week. When you start out at a much higher weight for you and are used to drinking and eating lots of sugar and completely cut that out then you will see a dramatic loss right away. I am surprised she didn't have sugar withdrawals. Eating lots of fruit and vegetables will…

My homemade breakast smoothie. 1 cup fat free milk, 1 banana, 1/2 cup berries, 1 tbls ground flaxseed, 1 packet stevia, 6 cubes ice all blended together. I put in my cup and drink it on the way to work.

Here is my "Taco Soup" recipe that I use a lot in the Winter but is good anytime of the year: Taco Soup 1 lb lean ground beef or ground turkey, browned and drained. Mix in 1 pkg taco seasoning. 1-2 cans ranch style beans or black beans drained ( whichever beans you like best really) 1 can diced tomatoes 1 can rotel…

I bought mine at Amazon and it was pretty cheap. It comes in pieces in a box and you just click it together. I have the 4lb one but there are different weights. Read the reviews to decide which is better for you. I have not had any bruising or anything with mine. I love using it. You have to really concentrate on your core…

I agree completely. I thought the whole idea of the forum is to be supportive to each other. Most people like having the DVDs to help them be accountable to themselves. I sweat more with the DVDs than I do my treadmill on most days plus you are doing much more than just walking. The one I have now is toning too with…

Thanks for the replys. I just saw a success story somewhere about a lady that does hulahooping for 30 mins each day? I don't think I could do 30 mins but I think I will try and do at least 15 mins while watching TV for about 5 days a week and see what happens. I really just want it to help with my core and eventually tummy…

I would gladly donate some of mine. :laugh: I hope one day they can figure out how to do that. I read that squats and lunges help "firm and lift" what you have but who knows if that is really true. We can hope at least.

bump, I did my first two days and I really like this one since it did make me sweat.

I have quite a few of her DVDs also. I just got the Walk it off in 30 days one since it is 30 min workouts and uses the weights/resistance bands which I need to start doing on a regular basis. Has anyone else used this DVD recently and had good luck with it? I have the other 5 mile one but haven't used it in a while. I…

It is Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred DVD. It has 3 different programs and works your butt off literally.

I see how upset people get but it is just a competition to win big money after all. Every winner gets down to scary skinny then gains about 10-20 lbs after winning when they actually start eating and drinking water again like they should. I for one liked them showing previous winners and how great they still looked. They…

My stats are almost the exact same as yours and I was shocked when it gave me 1200. I had a desk job too but I try and do at least 30 mins of some kind of exercise every day. I adjusted my calories to be around 1500-1600 per day. I will see how that goes. I was told before to keep it around 1800 but felt like that was too…

I just bought Jillian Michaels DVD Yoga Meltdown off Amazon. It had the best ratings and was highly recommended. It was cheap to at under $9. I think Walmart has it too.