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Wow!!!! You look amazing great work!

Wow great work you look amazing!

Great job everyone! Tortilla chips are my weakness. I've switched to air popped popcorn with salt pepper and braggs nutritional yeast. If I open a bag I already know it's gone. The big bag of Santitas chips? Yep. One sitting. 1300 calories. So sick afterwards and I even thought I got my first cold sore from the salt…

I definately agree with this. Its a body shape and that cant be changed. The more weight that is lost, the more the true body shape shows. I actually want LESS of an hourglass. I want 34 24 34 but it just scales down or up with the same shape with slightly more generous in the booty :(

I find doing abs helps my shape. Im 34 24.5 36.5. Just dont do abs crunches to the side, do them straight forward. Dont do leg lifts to the side. Do cardio and light weights high rep to lose the fat but replace it with muscle tone. It would help us to help you with workouts if you say a before and after bust waist hip…

Perhaps different bodies respond differently, but I definately think that women can bulk up. I know that I can, I was doing 40 lb tricep pulldowns with about 12,10,8 rep and my arms were way to big for me. It took me years to get that muscle to go away. I was also doing leg presses 110 pounds and getting muscle lines in my…

1. 23 2. Hourglass. natural 30D 24.5 36.5 3. Both. I have to watch my calories and workout. My body wants to be soft and crank out babies apparently lol. If I lose weight it come off my waist first, which sounds great but it makes it so hard to find clothes that fit! By excersize and diet I've seen the biggest change I do…

Pardon my French but holy crap girl you look amazing! Great work! I guess toned means different things to different people, I don't want fat I don't want skinny fat but I don't want to look ripped except maybe my shoulders and abs but only a little. Like Candace Swaponel before she got crazy skinny now she looks very…

Thank you, I've looked at calculators and they say 1200-1600 extreme loss 1400-1800 for regular weight loss 1900-2200 for maintenance. I should look into a personal trainer, I get a free session with my new gym membership. I'm nervous about them training me with too much weight and making me muscular. I've been told I…

Thanks everyone for the support and great tips! Sometimes I get really hungry so of course I eat, I'm afraid of going into starvation mode. I listen to my body and sometimes have total not net calories 1100 sometimes 2200. But if I workout for 3 hours is that a bad thing? I feel like my body needs that many calories…

Keep at it! Try tofu in place of cheese, whenever possible... or cauliflower cooked alot then blended with a little bit of parmesan and skin milk for a "alfredo" sauce. Have a glass of water or unsweetened green tea when you get a craving. Try mixing up your workouts but dont get discouraged youre doing great!

So good too!!

Theyre a great snack but make sure you dont over do it! Try for no more than 1/4 cup a day which is about 20 almonds max. The raw ones are best, and walnuts. I picked up some dry roasted garbanzo beans from an ethnic market and theyre tasty! I love salt and the garbanzo beans have salt and are better for me than my other…

I think my diary is public, I eat about 1200-1800 cals a day, sometimes 2000 and I think I eat pretty clean... make sure you get enough nutrients and have tons of fruits and veggies and lean protein like egg whites, chicken, sushi (not fried and no sauces), lean beef.... I cant stay away from nuts though :) Theyre my…

In addition to the toning excercises above, the bike is great too. It really helps to tone knees and burn any fat off. Make sure you break a sweat. Its not about going so hard that you have to stand up to push the pedals. Do make yourself work for it though! Its easy to have a relaxing bike ride at the gym... but keep in…

I wish I could buy organic most of the time! I cant afford to. I just meant healthy food and fruits and veggies in general can be affordable :) I know it can maybe be scary and it seems like its really expensive to buy fruits n veggies but I've found markets that have great prices, like Jons in california or the ethnic…

Have you tried unsweetened yogurt? I dont do the fake sugars (sorbitol etc), personally they freak me out and give me an upset stomach. I just get unsweetened soy yogurt (Im allergic to dairy) and add fruit to get the sweetness, or sometime a lil honey for a treat :) I know cow yogurt naturally has alot of sugar in it, but…

I understand how looking to the older generation for how foods affect the body seems like it would be a good example, and to an extent I think it is. I wish we lived in the same day they did, where we raised our own chickens, grew our own vegetables, and made our own bread. Or at least very close nearby in a little bread…

Cheers to you, I completely agree. Healthy food doesn't have to take a long time and can very affordable, tasty, and satisfying! It takes maybe 10 minuets to throw some dried beans, brown rice, green onion and water in a rice cooker, add a salad with some veggies, and cut up strawberries for dessert. That can easily be a…

Those are all yummy! :)

Try steamed veggies with salsa on them, or put curry powder on top. Yum!