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Congratulations, you have such a great attitude I'm sure you will meet your goal. :)

You look fantastic!

You all look amazing, great job ladies!

Yay, finally finished Stage 5 this week! Off on holiday for the next two weeks, then away for work so going to take a bit of a break from NROL4W, will start Stage 6 early October.

End of stage 3/start of stage 4 for me. In particular my upper body definition became really noticeable.

I can't wait for stage 6 either Ellie, something new!

I'm pretty sure the book warns of this - I'd hang in there until at least the end of stage 2 and reassess then. It wasn't until around Stage 3 that I started seeing major changes in my measurements, and everything just keeps shrinking from then on! This is a before and during Stage 4 comparison of me (I'm up to Stage 5…

You look fantastic!

Just remembered how much I hate the YLWT exercise - did B1 yesterday and ouch! Funnily enough I really enjoy the body weight matrix!

I'm still a work in progress (just started stage 5), but here's my before and during: I've lost around 4 inches off my waist, and 3 inches off each thigh :)

Hi, Thought I would jump in here - I started Stage 5 last weekend. I'm finding it really hard to get motivated, all the repeat of exercises is starting to get a bit repetitive. In saying that, I've had fantastic results so far, and bought my first pair of (shortish) shorts today - my thighs have always been my problem area…

If you are generally eating well, then your portion sizes are probably too big. Try eating the same as you've been doing for the last few months but decrease your portions by 1/3 - you may be surprised by the end of the week on what the scales show :)

General consensus is no. However, if you maintain the muscle you currently have, and lose fat, you'll be able to see better muscle definition and your measurements will go down. That has been my experience over the last 4 months.

I've lost weight while following NROLFW - I eat less on non-lifting days, and more on lifting days - I don't follow the nutrition plan in the book. I'd keep with what you are doing, but pay special attention to eating more protein on lifting days and going a bit higher in calories those days. The trade off is that you may…

You're doing a great job, well done!

Start lifting heavy now. I started New Rules of Lifting for Women earlier this year weighing around 180ish and it has reshaped my body, and I'm only halfway through the programme and still have weight to lose. There's only around 15 pounds difference between these two photos but as you can see lots of inches!

Lots of dead lifts, squats and lunges and all variations of these.

You rest in between the exercises, not straight into the next one. For the step try using a weight bench - they are quite high and can be wobbly so try a few out to find something stable! At a push you could use the bench that you sit on to do seated rows/lat pull downs etc.

Aww, thanks everyone. I am not following the calorie recommendations in the book as I had around 14kg/30 pounds to lose when I first started. I accept the trade off is that I won't be building muscle but I'm naturally quite muscular so I want to maintain what I've got while I lose the pounds and body fat - it seems to be…

This happens for me too if I workout at lunchtime (it's a CBD gym so busy with office workers). I just fit it in as I can so the order is often out, I figure as long as I do them all it it's ok even if not ideal.

Could you focus on strength training your upper body to help you look more proportionate?

Whitetiger - 28?

Whatever you end up buying, try wearing a tight stretchy crop top over the bra, really helps.

I'm no expert, but pretty sure the general view is that it's best to start now. For example, you might burn 500 calories on the treadmill in a hour, but only 300 calories weight lifting for the same time. However, after you've finished weight training, your body will continue to burn calories for some time afterwards…

Fantastic job. You look so much younger now too!

You look amazing, and you have a very cute bubba :)

You look fantastic, and I love how happy you are in all the photos. Keep up the great work.

I'm just a tad over 5'7 and I'm a US size 4 at 150 pounds, so my ideal weight is somewhere between 150 - 160 pounds - I'm more interested in clothing size than the actual number on the scale. I have a large frame!

I downloaded a tabata app last week and have been using it in the gym this week - too early to say how results are going but it does burn an awful lot of calories according to my HRM! Anything that reduces the total time I have to spend on cardio is all good in my mind!

I bought a heart rate monitor about a month ago and often compare it to the calorie readings on gym machines. Interestingly, the machines are usually spot on with heart rate but total calories burnt are always higher on the machines than the heart rate monitor. I think MFP overestimates exercise calories, at least in my…