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I handle them like any other day in my journey. I enjoy myself and indulge in places here and there, but I also really put my healthy lifestyle skills to the test. When I'm eating a Holiday dinner, I limit myself to a plate and if I want to try a little of everything, then I do, but I try and stay away from things I know…

I was the same way! Congratulations! I too bought my first EVER size 6 jeans from Old Navy after wearing 13/14 at the beginning of the summer! So crazy, I almost started crying in the dressing room after 10's and 8's were both too big for back to school shopping!

Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera "Moves Like Jagger" Chris Brown "Forever" Kanye West - All of The Lights (I hate Kanye, but love this song.. haha) Any song by The Maine, but my favorite one to workout to by them is their cover of "I Wanna Love You" Not Afraid - Eminem.

Hey Paul, It's funny actually, I too am 19 years old and lost 23lb this summer! So yay for us both! I've struggled with extremely low self confidence my entire life, but I've really improved in the past few months! Feel free to send a friend request my way, I really enjoy having people in similar situations and my age…

W4D3 done! This is the end of RI30 for me unfortunately for a little while as I will be moving into my apartment for college! I'm bringing the DVD with me in case I want to start up again though along with my handweights! Thanks for your wonderful support everyone! I wish I could find my tape measure so I could post how…

I finished W4D2 this morning! I think I'm going to have to stop after tomorrow's workout because of leaving for college, but I'll bring the DVD up with me along with my weights and get it done when I'm too lazy to go to the gym, or my muscles shrink again.. haha. It was much more enjoyable today!

Amazing job! I too, have began traveling down the JM DVD path with 30DS and Ripped In 30! It's so exciting to see your results and remind myself how far I've come as well! You look fantastic and your hard work and dedication have definitely paid off! Our stats are in the same ballpark, so it puts things in perspective for…

W4D1 done! Why do I feel like its half yoga poses? Theres like a cresent pose and swan dive thing and the downward dog again.. I don't know how to do them that well! I haven't really taken yoga before except for the occasional day in high school aerobics class. This week is HARD!!!!!! But it felt good! I love how she lets…

I finished Week 3 this morning! ON to the final week tomorrow! I will only get halfway through it but that's better than nothing!! I lost my measuring tape so I can't check my progress that way. :(

It's refreshing to see people with similar stats to mine!! I'm 5"4 and 3/4ths, so I round up to 5"5. haha. I am posting a picture of me at my highest weight of 194 like 5 years ago and the second one was taken August 3rd! Since then I have lost 3lbs. So I'm about 140 now! HW- 194 SW - 168.7 Official MFP SW - 163 CW 141.4…

^^ Congrats! I know what you mean I went through that same discouragement in week 3, but I am getting so much stronger, so its exciting! I have 5 days until I move back to school so I will only get half way through week 4... Such a bummer! But I will bring the DVD and handweights there in case I want to start the dvd again…

Snack ideas = nuts (Almonds!!!!) - but they are proven to reduce stress!, 100 calorie packs (these should be like treats though not 2 or 3 a day but they have cookie crisps or crackers to help you out!, hard boiled eggs (these tend to smell though so I'd avoid opening them IN class haha, maybe while you're between…

I am dealing with that problem for this upcoming year as well because last year all my classes got done by like 1pm so I would go right after and get them done, but this year I've got a work schedule and honors classes all across the board! I am going to try to develop a schedule for going to the gym, but some may be…

Way to go Tiffany! So proud of you! You're going to feel it today and tomorrow, so consider taking some advil for the pain, but don't give up!!! As for me, W3D5 is complete! That means 2 more days of week 3 for me and it's on to week 4! So exciting! My workout was great today and really helped raise my mood! So thankful…

When I tutored (granted, I was a senior in high school tutoring 8th graders and almost freshmen), I charged $17 dollars an hour and it was really nice! Just a little cushion to help out with expenses too and I so enjoyed tutoring the kids too! It was a blast!

Congrats on your loss so far! Thats fantastic! I've worn juniors size 13 for so long! I'm all over the board in sizes now - shopping at stores like Kohl's 11's still fit me comfortably, but I can squeeze into 9s. As for other stores, 8s and now I guess even 6s fit me! I'm glad I could inspire you! We are all here to keep…

^^^^ Nothings impossible! It just takes time! We don't all start out able to complete the whole DVD. You gotta build up to it! Don't be discouraged just because of one hard day! You also have to work through the pain sometimes because its proving that you're getting stronger! I hope you stick with it and we are all here to…

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks so! hahaha! I know its important not to take little rest breaks (the 5 second ones to catch your breath), but I feel like if she gave us that time between the exercises I wouldn't do so much during the reps! W3D4 done for me! 3 more days on this level. Gotta power through it! Duck…

Completed RI30 W3D3 this morning! Way better motivation compared to yesterday and not any major battles with negative thoughts during it! YAY! That's a small victory for the day! Still having trouble with some of the moves though, they are challenging and JM races through the reps while I'm still trying to figure out the…

RI30 W3D2 done. Wow, it was extremely hard to get through today's workout. There were probably about ten times I wanted to just quit. My mind was battling with my willpower whispering about how I could finish later, but I won the fight and kept going until I finished. That being said, I didn't give it 110% effort since my…

RI30 Last day of Week 2 completed! YAY!!!! So excited to move onto week 3! The good news is that I lost 3.5 more inches this week with the 3 from last week so overall halfway through Ripped In 30, I've lost 6.5 inches and I've toned my muscles so much! I am acually seeing muscles in my legs I never knew were there! So…

W2D6 done. Thank the heavens there's only one more day of week two for me! I dislike this level a lot and I'm ready for a new workout! That being said, I can do some table transitions now and such fun stuff! Keep working hard!

RI30 W2D5 (12 overall) is done! 2 More days of Week 2, thank goodness.. I'm getting a sharp pain around my elbow in my right arm.. I either pulled a muscle or snapped something.. ouch. Can't wait to be finished with this level! ts014- I am still learning how to do some of the moves ahaha! The table top transitions... I…

I'm 5"4 and 3/4ths, so 5"5 on my good days, haha! The following picture is me from about 6 or 7 years ago. I weighed my heaviest of 194. I've been on a weightloss journey since then and all through high school, I started to gain back some of the original 61lbs that I lost doing Weight Watchers. For like 4 years, I've been…

W2D4 (11 overall) done! I didn't post yesterday as I had to quickly get it done before speeding off to errands and other things! I am able to do a lot more of the reps in all of the exercises! I only had to rest a few times in the plank jacks/mountain climbers cardio circuit! Still can't get the hang of those table…

RI30 W2D9 done. The rest day was weird.. I felt odd w/o exercising and had less calories to eat than normal days so that was an adjustment! I had to muster up the motivation to do the workout this morning, I find the philosophy for exercise similar to in college and how they say that if you sleep in through a class once,…

I took a rest day today! W2D2(9) tomorrow!

“I wake up every day with the realization that this is it, that there’s only one shot at this life and I can either enjoy the ride and live it to its fullest and to my highest potential or I can stay the way I am.” "I may not be the strongest, I may not be the fastest, but I'll be damned if I'm not trying my hardest!"'…

Oh yeah! They're like called crow pushups?? I don't know how to do those at all! I just kinda mimic what they're doing as best as I can!

W2D1 done. OH MY LORD. I take back what I said about Jillian being friendlier in this workout. SHE IS PHYSCO! For the first time I thought I was going to die. I think I cried out loud like 3 times. People said they hated this round, but I wouldn't call it hate.. I just wasn't expecting the difficulty of it. I'm not even…