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HIIT cardio via "fat burn" program on the treadmill on Level 17....jacked up the intensity and run for about 40 minutes to an hour. When I'm not running outside in nature (my preference) I go hard on the treadmill. I find it incredibly boring but it's a great calorie burn and I feel better for it. In addition, I do a…

Ever since I've increased banana consumption, I've lost 31 lbs.

That's just your shape. You can only get into the ring with mother nature so much, it's like anything else. Weight loss and toning up is good, but there are limitations as with everything. I plan on lifting when I get older and want to do less cardio-plyometric stuff.

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No, and that's why I have a J-O-B.

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I had overall loss working the same program cutting calories and working out, but with some spikes due to sodium and TOM water retention. One was as high as 7 pounds in a week! Yet I did not become too discouraged because I knew that I was training and building lean muscle tone and strength. I'm now trying to lose about 10…

She doesn't support your goals. Your friend, or your goals. She isn't going to change.

Calories, but I'm wondering if I should change that since I've been hovering between 120-127 for about two months now as I've gotten closer to my goal.

I hate 30 minute workouts because I like to be "in the zone". Having said that, to maximize a burn I'd just go hard....I abbreviated 2 hr workouts to 60 minutes. I'd just go harder. That's it. I hate short workouts because after I'm done and showered, it takes me at least an hour to get my hair did.

Any Jillian Michaels circuit training workout is pretty solid. She's great!

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Unless you pay your mother rent, and even if you do, why don't you keep your discretionary spending choices to yourself. Your mother probably feels like you're ungrateful and squandering your household's resources. Some people feel like it's a dog eat dog world out there especially if they try hard and make sacrifices to…

I just finished the alignment fundamentals WO...I feel like I got a good stretch, but I'm used to Jillian Michaels' circuit training for the same amount of time and I don't know if this is going to be enough of a calorie burn for me. Hopefully the WOs get more challenging. I also run during the week for added calorie…

What I do is marathon exercise that day and then just go for it. But I still count everything. I managed to have lasagna, sausage, meatballs, and cheesecake at my uncle's birthday but I ran 4 miles and did an hour of circuit training before I indulged.

I lost a decent amount of weight combining NMTZ and running, and then I replaced NMTZ with JMBR.

Thank God. I do log pretty accurately but I do eat back a significant portion of my calories. However, I usually do conservative calorie burn estimates. I could always be more exacting when logging, but I do think the issue is the "perfect storm" of TOM and sodium. Thank you all so much for your responses!

Thanks....I can't believe it went up 5 pounds....has this ever happened so drastically, with a subsequent drop after getting your period? I'm trying to get down to 110, so to go from 120 to 127 in a week or two while working hard and logging is quite disheartening.

The scale is up right now for me at least 4-5 pounds due to PMS and it's defying my food and exercise habits, because I've been eating & logging within a deficit and exercising often. I reckon that the foods I've chosen in the last few days are incredibly high in sodium and I'm also holding onto water weight. I'm hoping…

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Genetic. It's just where the weight sits. If you get into the ring with Mother Nature on this one, you will start to go crazy so you need to accept your basic shape. It all goes back to the myth of "spot reducing".

Arrugala, apples, bananas

I love salted chocolate caramels! I have a handful on a medium sized ghiradelli dark chocolate frozen yogurt with sliced almonds, and it's heavenly.

Congratulations! You look great.

Fragrant, herbal, hot Peppermint Tea does it for me.

I joined a gym so that I could start going to the classes once my schedule changed, but I'm finding that I'm opting to do 2 JMBR at home instead...or go for a run on alternate days...weather here is still mostly nice so I can still get outdoors. I'm worried that I won't get as good a WO at the gym that I do with JMBR…

For me it's ongoing. I replaced the exercise clothes first because that's where I spent most of my time & noticed it the most. You can't be running in public with your shorts falling down! So I invested in a size down in active wear shorts, capris, and yoga pants - just a size down in the same brands & styles I was already…

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Awesome, girl! You look happier now, too.