SuzanneRogers Member

Make sure you are balancing your carb and protein for each meal. Avoid anything extremely high in sugar or only carb based. I try to eat every 203 hours and eat meal and or snack is 200-400 calories. 100 calories is not enough to keep you balanced for another 203 hours. I love South Beach protein bars, Zone Protein bars,…

mine is open book..

Great job.. You look amazing.

Great job. You are making great progress. Keep it up.

Welcome fellow Suzanne ! MFP has a wide variety of people and everyone is supportive.. Just jump in and enjoy, there is wealth of knowledge, experience and support here. Just ask and someone will be there to help. I've lost 64 and have last 12 to go.. I was stuck at 18 to go for months..

Great job. You look awesome.

You may need to adjust your activity level from less active to moderately active. You may be putting yourself in starvation mode if you are not eating enough to fuel it before workouts. Eat all your burned calories are you will not drop the weight, trust me I just broke through my plateau of 3 months. I had to adjust my…

Turbo Jam Ab Jam, you might be able to find it on amazon. it has 10 min standing abs, 10 min floor.

just buy smaller portions. I buy 7.5 ox coke cans so when I decide to drink one which is once month, it is only a little. try drinking water with special K protein powder added, or lemon in water, or sweet tea. Even try drink de-caffeinated soda to kick the cravings, you probably will miss the caffeine more than anything…

Be aware of black market products.. You don't know what you are getting from anyone but a coach or licensed retailer - they are the only ones that have money back guarantee on the products.

do at least strength training at least 2-3 times a week skipping a day between heavy lifting, then cardio on the other days. Strength training could be lifting weights or yoga/pilates. Just mix it up and keep it fun.

If you must eat a lot of fruit and veggies which everything no matter how good for you should be done in moderation.. Celery is the only free one, you burn burn to eat and digest. Raw broccoli & baby carrots are great for snacking, they have calories but not so much as to throw you off for the day - add them to green…

Have you tried Hip Hop Abs or Rev Abs, so you getting cardio and abs at same time. I personally like Turbo workouts. I have abs for the first time in years, even after having twins 2 years ago. I have been doing this TurboFire and TurboJam the twisting and abs workouts are amazing, you shed the chub as you called it and…

elliptical machines are great just don't do it everyday. Your leg muscle will get bigger (mainly the top of the thighs and calves). I'm petite and after 6 months of not mixing it up I couldn't put on my jeans b/c my thigh were too big, and my favorite boots b/c my calves got too big. Try yoga, it is great for core and…

That is awesome. I love Turbo Jam - Chalene Johnson keeps me motivated like no other.

Get it you are probably burning more than you think and they is stopping you from reaching your goal. I got mine on amazon and saved $40 and I love it. Here is the HRM I bought on Amazon cheapest place I found for it. http://amzn.to/aSjU5u

I'm 5'1 and very petite. I had twins and hit a high of 186. My normal weight for my size and frame is 110-111. I have but on muscle and toned up but I have 13 more to go. The scale is not as important to me as the way my clothes fit and how much better I feel about myself. I'm considered in healthy BMI now, but still not…

The elliptical is known to cause your thigh and calves to get bigger, I toned up and gained and inch on calves and 1 1/2 on my thighs. Mix up your cardio to shed the weight in your midsection, dancing (zumba), kickboxing, running, biking- keep your body guessing and it will work harder. Weight training should be slow and…

You can do cardio everyday if you feel like it, that never hurt anyone. Strength training is best to 2-3 days a week for the entire. Maybe check out the new dvd Jillian Michaels' "Shred It With Weights". You will enjoy it more if the weight training it shorter and working your all over body at once. I like to do squats and…

I push my twins in stroller up and down hills and some days I burn more than others, only way to know for sure is Heart rate monitor.

Go into check in then edit weight, you can put your starting weight and date.

Eat. I'm 5'1 weighing 123 and if I burn 600-1000 a day in exercise my calories intakes says to go over 2000, I try to stay relatively close to what is says usually about 200 below.

stevia - has after taste, I love sun crystals it is from plants too and taste better.

Rest, drink plenty of water. When I'm sick I love Chic-Fil -A Chicken noodle soup, and chicken salad sandwich. It is my sick guilty pleasure. I usually can't eat much else, I stock up on 100 calorie soups during the winter months, heat up and eat feels great on the throat and doesn't hurt your calories while you are…

Good Luck I know it isn't easy but with this supportive bunch and the tools on the site you can totally do it! [/quote] Setting a deadline for your goals is a great way to make yourself stick to it. Like My Cctober 01 I will down 8lbs or 10 inches. Just put it on your calender the closer you get the harder you will push to…

I'm a mom of 3. I have 6 year old and 2 year old twins. I have lost all my twin weight plus an additional 17 and I have 10 more to go to get back to pre-kid weigh. Don't try to plan out days or weeks, start small. Plan one day worth of meals, thaw out dinner at breakfast, so you are not tempted to eat out for dinner.…

If you muscles are sore you will hold on to 3-4 lbs of water retention. You are building muscle and the scale will move slowly, but the inches or cm will go down first. So stick with it and keep moving and tracking calories.

Talk to the YMCA, 24 hour fitness, or Lady of America, they all teach those classes and maybe they need a night or weekend teacher just call around and get your name out there. I don't have your confident yet to get my intstructor cert just yet. I'm trying to decide between personal trainer and instructor for Powder Blue.

I couldn't agree with you more. I love them both. I just started TurboFire. Turbo is awesome. My fitnesspal is a life saver.

My 6 yr will eat fruit and veggies first.