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Good job on the loss!! It's always very hard to start & it does take a while for some people to "get it" that you are serious about what you eat....my mom who is one of my biggest supporters STILL offers me some of her yummy homemade things from time to time. I just repeat to her that as much as I would LOVE to, now is not…
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Don't give up on spinning & YES it is normal the jello feeling and YES it will go away & get better....you will actually see that if you do it again you won't have the jello feeling but more muscular tiredness as your legs get used to the exercise. As for the lack of sleep, did you do the spinning late in the day or first…
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I hit a plateau for a month & then went away on vacation! But it turns out the best thing I could do was go on a vacation as it was the change I needed to knock my body back into weight loss mode. It's normal to hit plateaus when losing weight as your body goes into a "survival" mode thinking there is something…
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I started off my weight loss journey using the elliptical as I had a heel spur that wouldn't allow me to walk on it. I mixed up the exercises I did on it, intervals, front, back, sprints, slow hard climbs....it is really very versatile when you think about it! I have moved on to include all other cardio machines in my…
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I've been at this for a while now & have noticed distinct trends in my weight loss journey...one week I'll lose big & then the next week not so much. It's kind of like my body needs time to adjust all the time to my weight loss. As of this morning I'm at 27.2 lbs since October 13th. I'm proud, yes, but more than that I'm…
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Changing it up is key but so is doing strength exercises. You need to build stronger muscles to burn your fat more during cardio. Ignore the bs that muscle weighs more than fat....a pound is a pound. I notice the stronger I become the more intense cardio I can do, burning way more calories than just cardio alone! But is…
