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costrom, I often don't lose anything (or even gain) when I change up my exercise. Then that weight falls off again in a week or two, so just be patient! Your profile also shows you are pretty close to your goal. In that case, those last few pounds may take a LONG time. Maybe shift your focus from the weight loss and focus…

Those sound like good goals. As mentioned above, the C25K program is great! It really does work. My family did it last year and we're still running a year later. My kiddos are older (from 23 to 14) and I wish I'd started living a more healthy lifestyle when they were little! Over the past 2 years I've lost over 60 pounds…

70 pounds is SO doable, you are gonna do great! Taking it one day at a time is a great approach! I have now lost 62 pounds and I'm within 15 pounds from my original goal. It's taken a long time, but it's been so worth it. I've changed my lifestyle and even gotten my family on board. My husband has lost over 20 pounds and…

I'm an Insanity grad and I'll tell you my experience. The first month I did a lot of down a pound, up a pound and didn't feel like I was making any progress. The second month I started dropping about a pound a week, but with the effort I was putting out, I felt like it should be more. But, towards the end, i started…

The days you go over aren't the problem... the problem is when you let that day turn into weeks and weeks turn into months. Perfection isn't required, perseverance is! If you have an "oops" just get back on plan and it won't be more than a blip in your food log. Just as an example.. two weeks ago, I went on a trip to visit…

Congrats on your hard work! My son was in basics the same time frame (Ft. Jackson) and is just now settling into his school location. He looks incredible after basic training, and I'm sure your fitness level is amazing as well (although he was working from the opposite extreme- he put 40 pounds ON during basic!) ~~Veronica

I'm 38 (will be 39 at the end of June) and here working everyday. Since July 2009 I've lost 61 pounds, still have about 15 to go. It's great to say I'm heading into my 40s in better shape than my 30s! ~~Veronica

It happens, sometimes the scale just doesn't move and you don't need to do ANYTHING, just hold out. Seriously, a week at the same weight is nothing! I've had up to a month at the same weight, and then, when my body is ready, it starts losing again. If you are stalling, take the time to take an honest look at your food…

I've been at this a LONG time (started changing my lifestyle in July 2009) and during my active weight loss efforts (I took almost a year off and just held steady while dealing with a major life altering situation) I have lost almost without exception an average of 1 pound a week. The only time I can think of that losing…

I'm right there with you, my hubby is 145 as well. When we started our weight loss adventures, he was 165 and I was 216, so I'm happy I'm below his initial starting weight, although I still have 14 pounds to go to be less than he is. HOWEVER, Monday I put on his jeans and zipped them up!... he wears 30 X 30 jeans, I was…

Hmm, when I got my blood work it said that my total cholesterol is 185, LDL 87 and HDL 69, and my triglycerides 44. But from what you are saying kacarter, my total cholesterol should be 156 if it was just LDL + HDL. Wonder where the extra value came from? It's definitely not trigs either, interesting. It's also interesting…

Yeah Missbrandy, sounds like a good idea. Insanity is great for bringing up all sorts of injuries/nagging issues... I myself had to start using an inhaler after the second week. What used to be a tiny case of exercise induced asthma turned into a "wheezing/coughing/sounding like an 80 year old chain smoker". So rest it up,…

I live in the middle of Alaska in a town with a population around 2000 and we have no salt added cottage cheese in our grocery store, so even in the middle of nowhere, you should be able to find some, it's pretty standard. But like others have posted, it is definitely an acquired taste and best if you are mixing it with…

Shakemybooty- the ribs in your back? hmm... my shoulders feel like @$# today and for a workout to "let my muscles recover" my quads are sore as hell now too! The recovery workout isn't very hard, but very muscle intensive (or at least when the incredible Staypuff marshmallow woman a.k.a. me does it). That's pretty funny…

We are starting our "recovery" week tonight, I'm a little scared! Having to learn new moves/routines is always fun, especially with four of us doing it, and inevitably someone will goof something up and we'll all be giggling. We had our month 1 celebration Friday night and back at our healthy eating on Saturday, it was…

Mamareese, I can't do this on only 1200 calories, that is too extreme for me. We were on about 1500 calories and it seemed like the weight wasn't going anywhere, so we upped it to 1700ish range and everything seems to be feeling MUCH better (after a few more weeks I'll tell you for sure, LOL). My diary is open if you're…

Wow, all you first thing in the morning people are completely insane! On Saturday, we usually do our workout earlier than usual (about 10am compared to 5:30pm usual time) and it is SO much harder. I drag through the warm up and usually don't feel like my usual self until half way through that first set. But, if my whole…

Jabdye- I ALWAYS have a harder time during the last half of the week cause that damn "recovery" workout kicks my butt so bad and I end up with really sore legs, ugh! Still going strong here, doing plyometric circuit today.. I think it's my least favorite! Daughter is really struggling.. she somehow managed to pull a muscle…

Finished up Week 3 on Saturday. Went out to dinner at a friend's house, but luckily it's my "fit" buddy and so it was still on plan (steak, grilled veggies, baked potato with non-fat greek yogurt, yumm!). Today is the first day of week 4.. pure cardio and abs. My weight was up a couple ounces this Monday from last Monday,…

Cee- Yes, we do it all together. Hubby gets home from work at 5:30 and we all jump into workout clothes, do the workout, then eat dinner (I usually try to have it ready to pop into the oven as we start and it's usually done by the time we're done), then everyone cleans up and the kids run off to their turns in the shower…

We're a family doing Insanity together. There's myself (38), my husband (44), daughter (23) and son (16). We're in our third week now and we've all gotten good results. I've lost 2.5 pounds since we started. I'll post my fit test results, but we've all gotten good improvement. Fit Test 1 Fit Test 2 Switch Kicks 51 52 (but…

If you could go and make your diary public, I'd be happy to look it over for you. Our stats are really similar right now, I'm 5'5" and weigh 161 (down from a high of 216 in Aug. 2009) and I'm an every day on the scale person too, but for me, it's more about keeping the routine of watching the scale than a need to know my…