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Here's one from when I was 26% & 162lbs: (Apologies for not resizing since I'm on my phone. Not a great set-up for comparison given different setting/clothes. In the pics I can't see much difference, but there is a HUGE improvement in the tone of my legs & glutes. My waist & hips were an inch bigger here too.) Seriously? I…

Pedometers will throw any number on there for calories burned because that's what sells. What kind of info did you input when you set it up? How high end is it? I'm loving my Polar FT7. I had an initial moment of regret when my trainer at 24hr fitness said my cals burned would be way off (700-something vs. HRM's 571)…

I just started JM 6 Week 6 Pack in addition to 30 Day Shred. You'll definitely find way more plank moves in there than crunches. Even her "crunches" aren't really crunches. Be sure you ladies have you docs check for diastasis. I think you can check yourself at home though too if you look it up online.

I went down 6.2% body fat in just 6 weeks doing 2-4 50 minute sessions of Circuit WEIGHT Training each week. All my exercises were paired in twos for "supersets", except for ones where I never had to rest because I was alternating limbs. That's 11lbs of pure fat lost and 5 lbs of pure muscle gained. Only 6lbs lost on the…

Ok, I did my first level 1 6w6p today. I can tell it's not going to truly address my issue of overcompensating with my incredible-hulk lower back muscles (1.5x my body weight on the low back extension machine, anyone?) for having weakling abs (I think only very intensive work with an in-the-flesh personal trainer is going…

L1, D1 down :D Polar FT7 HRM read 238 calories burned. I got stuck using the 5lb dumbbells since my 10 & 6 year olds decided to join me and my fitter, more active 6 year old was going to throw a fit if he didn't get to use the 3lb ones! (I mostly invited the boys because my oldest is mildly autistic and he's not naturally…

Hey, for all of you who are being judgemental of the OP (or others being judgmental), just take note of the grammatical error in the title, take from it whatever implication you will concerning their intelligence and have a nice day :)

How badly would it screw things up if I started tomorrow? I just bought mine today at WalMart along with some 5 & 3lb dumbbells. Funny, I don't >feel< like I look like 19-20% body fat... I'm hoping 30DS will change that.

I just picked mine up today to chase my 30 Day Shred on days I can't make it to the gym for the usual.

I've been doing the MFP thing since mid-April and my SCALE has plateaued since the beginning of May. However, in that time, I've lost 11lbs of PURE FAT and gained 5lbs of pure muscle, plus now I'm carrying an extra 2lbs of water weight for a few days because well, I'm a chick and it frickin happens once a month, not a big…

Hm... my first >thought< is that she's not doing the fitness thing for herself if she's just undoing all her work with the trainer. She'll come around to really doing it for herself when she's ready like the rest of us. In the meantime, yeah... I'd switch off my iPod on my phone and show her this really great website that…

I think it honestly depends on how efficient a swimmer you are. If you are just getting started, yeah 500/hr seems pretty accurate. If you've done the highly competitive thing and one of your freestyle strokes cover the same distance of three of Joe Schmoe's in the lane next to you, you're probably not going to get that…

Just picked mine up today from Wal Mart (along with 6wk 6pk as a chaser) along with some 5lb dumbbells; because I already do tons of weight training, then thought better of it and picked up some 3lb ones as well, because I have a feeling there's going to be lots of superset-type stuff. Is it too late to jump on in with any…

So his extra 100-200 calories burned in an hour estimate was based on sound theory, though the actual numbers were grossly exaggerated? Out of curiousity, what was your body comp when you ran the test if you remember? (Lol, nevermind, definitely lower than mine! Won't matter anyway.)

Uh, after 20 min of jogging at 5.6mph on a .5 incline I'm up at 182bpm Just walking at 3.6mph on a 5.0 incline I sit around 165bpm. I also take Adderal, but most users only report a 7-8% increase in HR.

Starting Weight= 156 lbs Week 1= 157.8 (ToM) Week 2= Week 3= Week 4= End Of Month Weight= Yeah... to think I can compete in something scale-based now is pretty unrealistic. Just found out last week my body fat is down to 19.8% from 26% 6 weeks earlier; so that's 11lbs of pure fat lost and 5lbs of pure muscle gained.

I've been known to take overweight guys with a stand-up comic's sense of humor in a heartbeat over some of the pompous pricks out there with bodies like Adonis... REALLY pisses the latter ones off (muhahaha!)

Bad Girlfriend - Theory of a Deadman (but I'm a good wifey)

When I was 8, I loved going to my BF "Jenna's" house. I liked it because her parents showed her plenty of "material love" and were never hovering, etc. They seemed to move around a great deal and Jenna basically said they were "house flippers". One day Jenna's stepdad was hanging out with us and he and Jenna jokingly gave…

I had one hell of a bombshell body/appearance when I was younger which made me a bit of a social outcast among girls and I was always skeptical of the guys who wanted to be around me because I never knew it they liked me for >me<. The easy solution was to pack on some comfort poundage to try to come across as more…

Well, I'm kinda an expert at it after three kids, in part due to the military's regulation to be back in healthy BMI range within 6 months for the first two and sheer willpower since I was a civilian after this last baby (now 15mos). I'm currently 8lbs below my starting pregnancy weight, but 9lbs above my starting TTC…

I have a 24hr Fitness All Club Membership. I'm still limited to their Kids Club hours though and I only have a Kids Club payment agreement with one club, which kinda sux because all the pilates classes are at the one a little ways up north.

Is this the same thing as "TITAN"? I thought it was WAAAAY cheaper; like $800 range.

Lol, Congrats on your workout booty! Couldn't believe when I was younger all I wanted was a lower profile *kitten* instead of my muscular bubble butt. Now I catch myself longingly checking out all the bubble butts on the late-teen/twenty-something's wishing I had it back again. I have come a long way from my "gluteal…

Yep, I was down with sundresses too when I was heavier (181 was my HW before MFP)

I was eating all and was stalled for the last month. Last week I ordered a Polar FT7 and went to eating only half until it arrives; then I'll happliy resume eating all of my more accurate HRM exercise calories back :)

I'm at your same height about and I remember being 138-142 then, even though my goal was probably 125. Now I realize how unrealistic my past goal was for how athletic I was then too. Oh, and I looked awesome right where I was at; just wish I could've just enjoyed it :) Three kids and 12 years later my goal is 145; but it's…

EXACTLY. The guy is scared to death you'll wake up and realize you'd be better off without him! In a way, it's self-sabotage for him though too. My hubby isn't the best with compliments either; so yeah, it makes my effin day when a better looking man eye-rapes me in the grocery store, or I notice that the hunk at the gym…

I'm so sorry you had to go through that! (hugs) Can I ask if it was an etopic, since you lost your tube? I hate how no matter what, it always boils down to "birth" control with what >should< be "pregnancy" control in a perfect world. That way nobody would have to go through an experience like that ever again.

Mine have done a WONDERFUL job of nursing 3 babies a combined 26 months! I've watched them go from a perky full B/barely C worthy of a Vegas showgirl prior to children to a full D (yeah, my eyes popped out of my head when I got measured. I immediately called my husband at work to brag excitedly only to find out that he had…