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  • how many is it giving you? I'm 5'1 too, but it goes more off of your weight and I guess depending on that. So, when I was breastfeeding and was 160 it gave me arnd 1900. Also what activity level did you enter?? And ways to up the cals in a healthy way is with PB, and whole grain breads, and don't go low fat on things - fat…
  • @everyone- I don't know if I can check in here everyday like I want to and had planned on :/ I love reading abt everyone's goals and want to be supportive daily, but my husband is ALWAYS studying now and quite frankly I feel like a lot of my workload and time I need to spend with my kids has doubled. So, I'll be sporatic,…
  • Checkin in ~ SW 145.8 CW 145.0 I drank a min of 9 glasses of water ea day, and did my cardio 5 days this past week! I am not one to do resistance training much, so this is a good focus for me! I want to work on doing more crunches and will use our dumbells - I will do my best to work some sets in at least 3 times this…
  • @Renne - Wow! over 10 miles~WTG you! And 15 cups of water, that's a world record! haha, your on fire ;) @Jackie - if you buy your sandwich meat - Hillshire Farms has a low sodium Turkey. But, yeah, sodium is annoying :P @Lana - very close! I think it's great that you focus on always getting your fruits and veggies in, btw,…
  • Update>>>Ugh, went to the bday party w/my kids tday and it was 11-1, so it was a lunch party. Well, there were corn-dogs, french fries, coke, cake and mandarin oranges in syrup. :/ Well had the oranges and abt a serving of fries, but I was starving. Plus there was no water - I was going to bring mine, but I was alone w/the…
  • @Wendy - hope you have fun playing JD2 this weekend! @Rachel - i think we all struggle a tad more on the weekends, just think of it this way, you don't want to undo all your hard work throughout the week - so at the very least still make good food choices and don't go over your maintenance calories ;) Enjoy your new…
  • Welcome! I love photography, you're so lucky/talented to have a job in the field! This site is great btw, so dive right in:D
  • Wake Me Up - 8216 Katti Kalandal - 10647 <<<LOVE this one! Take Me Out - 9897 TOTAL: 28,760
  • May I make a suggestion for ALL OF US :D Could we add our songs' scores together and post the total for all 3 as well? That way it's easier for our leader to determine the winner, AND we can see who we've got to beat ;)
  • @Jenni - Zumba IS a blast, you should try it and see what you think ;) although, I feel so silly sometimes, I'm still learning @Billy - I'm so glad you like this site as much as I do! It's crazy hard to get exercise in some days too, i know what u mean! @Wendy - hope u liked JD2! Excited to hear what you and the family…
  • We're all here for you! I'm a SAHM too, with two very active little one ;) I have been on here for a few mos now and really love it. It takes some time to get used to logging everything, but when you get frustrated or whatever ask for help on here or just vent! I have found it very helpful :) Senf me a friend request if…
  • @Rachel - thanks for the weight check-in. And does the link work for you, just curious? And I hope your foot heals quickly for you!
  • @gracemleone @emariec78 me too! I searched the forums and googled it and both places found this great post... http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/200544-why-do-you-sometimes-gain-weight-when-starting-a-new-exercis I found it helpful to understand the weight gain even more. So, I've been doing great w/water 9-10/day,…
  • Bump - I searched for this question, totally ans exactly what I was wondering :)
  • Spreadsheet link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap6kPECEmoUtdFVwcFV4UVduTXdyaVUybmNGTzRPdVE&hl=en_US#gid=0 Let me know if this link works, I'm hving trouble getting a link for it. ****************I'm missing a lot of ppls weigh-ins for the spreadsheet. It's up to you if you want to track. And for anyone who…
  • Hello welcome! This site is very helpful and I loved esp when I joined all the ppl who responded when I introduced myself ;) Add me as a friend if you like, and btw I think it's neat that your from Ireland - you might get that a lot, but it's the truth! And I'm 1/8 irish...wish I were more ;) ps my name is Shannon too ;)
  • @Christy @Lana @Poppy @Rachel >>>I need your CW or what u weighed in at earlier this week to update your progress if you'd like me to :) Anyone else who'd still like to I can still add you to the spreadsheet, just post your CW and GW for Thanksgiving, here's a link you can copy/paste to the spreadsheet...…
  • I love your outlook! Amazing job - and thank you for sharing w/us!!
  • @Renee - lol "good" workout - I'd say it's a superbly amazing workout! but call it what u like ;) great job!!!! @Christy - call me naive, but I didn't realize you could work up such a great sweat from yoga - good for you!! Don't give in! And then if you've worked your but off, have a whatever - sm whatever - at the end of…
  • CW: 145.8 GW: 132.5 NSV: Have some ab muscles! And have great energy! Both can only come from pushing myself in working out :) For me I'm getting close to my ultimate GW of around 130, so idk if the lbs will start taking longer to burn off, but I'll give it my best shot! Thank you for the challenge ladies and I love this…
  • *bump!!!* I would love to sign up for a week maybe sometime in October! :)
  • I usually take Sundays off, like I did yesterday, so I logged but didn't worry if I ate up to my maintenace calories. And that was my goal :) @Christy- that sounds like a great day walking to the farmers market! Two-in-one!! And yeah, sorry abt your car :/ had that happen before too :P Today: Fitness: Workout w/my new…
  • is it anything like JD2?
  • I soooooooo did myself in this morning, but at least I logged it and will be careful for the rest of the day (arnd 600 cals from french toast bfast). I wasn't trying to make it healthy, since it was just a nice big bfast w/family. @Jackie - that's great that you had a good workout w/your trainer! Abt your comment, idk if…
  • My sister that I haven't seen for over 1 1/2 yrs (skyped but that's it!) came to visit for the nxt week and I kinda didn't get much done of anything ;P I still logged everything and entered a recipe in, which takes some time. So, yay for that. Played JD2 for a few songs. But did not run, and had an off day. Kids got to…
  • k - so I ran 2 miles today, then walked another mile. And I ate an apple ;) lol, I just needed to re-focus on eating more fruits and veggies, and I did! Also drank 11 cups of water tday - much easier when I have a good workout of course. So, tomorrow: Fitness: Cardio - Run 1.5 miles and then JD2 for a few songs Diet: Same…
  • @change_happens @Leslie @Elizabeth @Melissa @Poppy @Jackie @Wendy I need your CW if you want to track your progress on a spreadsheet I've made. It'll be the nxt 12 wks til Thanksgiving, and it shows Total Lbs lost and % of weight goal lost. I need it by tonight to get you started. (I will do it every Wed til Thanksgiving,…
  • Woohoo!! That's great, Lana!
  • Checkin-in! I played JD2 by myself for 15 min, w/my hubby for 15, and then some with the kiddos when they got up from nap tday. It was fun! And I drank 10 glasses of water =) I will have my last snack now and not be eating after 8:45 tonight too! tomorrow: Fitness: Run 2-3 miles on treadmill, stretch more this time too…
  • Body Movin' > 7976 Girlfriend > 8046 Walk Like An Egyptian > 4727 so, all high scores in my house =) but Wow! Some ppl on here can really bust a move! Lol. Great job everyone!!!
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