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Small steps! Don't expect to change over night because you didn't get to where you are in one day. Remember that. Remember it's 80% in the kitchen, 20% in the gym. Focus on your foods. Log everything you put in your mouth and really notice how much more you're eating than you should be. Start slow with exercise. If you…

I eat black beans a lot! I'm glad to have some more ideas, Thanks!

This happened to me too. I went from 188-144 in a few months my freshman year of college. Here's a link directly to phase 1 recipes, but her blog has all phases on it: http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2010/03/south-beach-diet-phase-one-recipes.html Also, I came across this cauliflower crust pizza recipe from someone on mfp. I…

are you holding your breath while you do the push ups?

you don't even look like the same person! your progress is so motivating, thank you.

hahah! oh the sweat!! i, too, thought they would've died down by now but spring break time is about a month away...expecting my gym to be back to normal by then.

Great work!! You're going to look so hot for your cruise at this rate.

my last TRX workout, i burned 400 calories in 47 minutes. but it ranges in the 300's to 500's and i wear a heart rate monitor every workout. i weigh 176.

I want to try this! Thank you!

1 or 4!!

tha'ts awesome work! keep it up!

I like the Jillian Michael's dvds because they're short workouts but effective and they're good for exercise beginners. Insanity is awesome. It's tough but I saw great results with it, but only stayed committed for the first month.

They're the only food I can eat right before a workout! They settle well in my stomach and they're perfect for smoothies.

Rushmore and Amelie

i started out with the chobani with fruit and fell in love. i've also had dannon (not my fav). as far as plain, i've had chobani, greek god, and fage. i like them all and usually substitute the plain as sour cream because it does have a tangier flavor. for breakfast, i'll add berries and a little agave.

ooh i love kale chips! try making a soup with it. this is one i made recently http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/bean-soup-with-kale/detail.aspx

greek yogurt, quinoa, cottage cheese, eggs, nut butters, nuts/seeds, lentils, tofu, tempeh and of course the meat substitutes (boca, morningstar, gardein, etc)

For long term, I would also suggest doing high intensity intervals. They're sooo helpful for increasing speed. Considering the race is only a few days away, I'm not sure if you'd see the results you're looking for. Come race day, I would probably start out my normal 5k pace (which is usually faster on race day because of…

I'm in!

peanuts! sometimes i add garbanzo beans and sometimes i add cottage cheese as a dressing.

I'd like to thank Lauren (dipsl19) for being a supportive MFP friend and keeping me in check, so thanks Lauren!

Assuming this is the board we're supposed to use for November challenges, I'm doing the 30 Day Shred workout tonight. I'm skipping level 1 because the first time around, it wasn't challenging enough. So I started with level 2 on Nov. 1st. For those of you who have done the 30 Day Shred, you know what it's like. But for…

I love to do plank holds! Here's a link to an article which includes a video on how to do them correctly. http://physicalliving.com/the-right-way-to-do-the-plank-exercise/ Considering, you hold them for 30 seconds-1minute....I won't be doing 10 of them. Or should I? I was thinking 5-1minute holds.

perfect! thanks a lot.

Do we have a November thread yet? Or should I post my strength training exercise here?

Yum!! I'll have to try that. I also substitute portabella caps for burgers.

I started this recipe last night by soaking dry beans and started the crockpot this morning to have ready by dinner time. It's pumpkin chili from skinnytaste.com. Here's a link to the recipe: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/10/crockpot-turkey-white-bean-pumpkin.html Because I'm vegetarian, I'm omitting the turkey…

wine. both red and white are 100 cal/5oz. vodka tonic. or hard liquor with diet mixer.

Sounds good! I'm all for daily challenges as well.

Congratulations! That's very exciting. Keep doing what you're doing and just sign up for a 5k. I kept putting it off forever and finally just signed up for one so I'd HAVE to do it. I'm so glad I did and now I want to run them all the time. My run yesterday was the fastest I've ever run consistently at 7mph (or 8.5…