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My kids really like the yoga on Wii Fit Plus, maybe if you have a Wii you could try that? Other than that I really have no idea.

Truth be told even if you took time out of your busy day to drive the coat into the school and give it to your son, he still wouldn't wear it out on the playground the whole time anyway! I have two kids and I know that I have had to yell at my daughter up the driveway to get her coat on after getting off the bus in 20…

While I enjoy working out at home simply for the ease and flexibility it gives me (married with two children who I have to get up for school), I have used gyms before and I am no where near skinny. As a matter of fact when I was six months pregnant with my son and last child I got the wild hair to start Karate. Yes I took…

It is not healthy for ANYONE to eat under 1200 cals a day! Doing so sends your body into starvation mode, which in turns has the opposite effect. Not to mention the fact that you are depriving your body of much needed vitamins and minerals. Eat what MFP recommends for you and exercise at least three days a week of thirty…

Try going to campbellskitchen.com and looking up salmon. They have lots of yummy, usually low cal recipes on there.

You might want to talk to a doctor about your cramps, it maybe something more than just cramps. My mother in law had really bad periods and hers were due to endrometriosis; mine just really sucked until I had my kids and were never regular either, when my cramps got really bad I took a good hot shower or sat with a heating…

Don't eat alone or in front of anything that will take your mind off of the food you are eating. I have found that I slow down and eat less when I am eating with someone else and can talk to them; another trick I have been told to do is to put your fork down between bites, this way you do not feel as though you need to…

I have found that what works the best for me is to get up and work out at home. I have two school aged children and I have to get up with them around 6:30 every morning anyway, so I started getting up 30 minutes earlier so I can get my workout in before I wake them up. I am currently a stay at home mom, so I can take my…

Measurements are another great way of tracking without having to see that ugly little number on the evil scale! Not to mention that measurements show changes even if you are building muscle.

In the US Navy on board the same ship, in same division but different departments. I had no idea he even liked me until he called me his wife while talking to a mutual friend of ours. LOL Been together almost ten years and happily married for 8 of those.

Shannon, Though I have never taken Paxil I had my thyroid removed almost two years ago due to cancer that I had been living with for between 4 and 6 years. My metabolism was non existent until just a few months ago, so I feel your pain. I have learned to look at it this way; It took me almost a year to put on the weight I…

If you are doing any type of muscle building exercise you want to be sure to get plenty of protein in you daily intake or your body will start taking what it needs from other less used muscles causing major problems later on down the road. And no I do not think you should be eating less than 1200 cals in a day.

If you are weighing in the middle of your workout week you mat be holding a little bit of water weight due to the soreness in your muscles, I try to weight in at least one day after my last workout for the week. Maybe you should move your weigh in day to Sunday.

The sugar in fruits is a natural sugar that is not really bad for you and I would say that OJ is a good choice, but watch out for added sugar or high fructose corn syrup those will both sabotage your efforts.

I can understand what you mean about not seeing the changes, so what I have started doing is not looking in the mirror for the changes but rather looking at the way my clothes fit. Because clothes don't lie to you, they either fit or they don't its that simple! By the way you look great.

When I was six months pregnant with my son I took it upon myself to learn karate. I worked out and stretched at least three days a week until exactly one week before my son's birth. If you are used to working out then you should continue to do so even after you conceive, though you may want to take things a little easier…

Do not give up! I know where you are right now and exactly how you are feeling. Last year I had lost almost 30lbs and in one week I gained back 6lbs, I was so frustrated and upset that I let myself quit. So now here I am back over a year later trying to not only lose that 6lbs I put back on, but also the other 30lbs that…

I am thankful that I have a supportive and loving family. I am thankful that I keep trying even when I have some major set backs. I am thankful that I have experienced the hard things in my life so that the easy thing seem easier! I am thankful that I found MFP and my husband talked me into doing this. I am thankful for my…

If it's not too hot out your way maybe you guys could just go for a good long walk. Burns tons of cals and is also fun and a good way to spend some quality time together talking and enjoying nature! I love to take walks with my kids and our dogs! Hope this helps. :smile:

My husband swears that running is the fastest and easiest way to lose "upper body" fat. I can't quite run yet, so I walk instead, and I've noticed that when I can walk (too God awful hot for that right now) and he can run that I thin down faster in my stomach area and he loses his "love handles". Maybe you could try…

To quote Denise Austin, "Triceps are the must under used muscle of the female body." "Flabby" arms result from a lack of muscle on the back of the arms, better known as our triceps. The best way to reduce flabby arms is to increase triceps strength. I'm working on that myself right now :grumble: , and it is not easy nor is…

Good News, pretty much anything you make at home is lower cal than fast food! Beyond that it all kind of depends on what you guys like to eat and where you shop at. If you have a Aldi's close to you I would recommend shopping there as much as possible. I currently feed a family of four on around $300 a month simply by…

I sounds to me as though you are gaining some muscle and may also be holding some water due to your muscles not being used to the new weight training routine. And while the feeling blah and tired may be from stress, you may also need to increase you protein intake. When you strength train you use a lot more protein than…

My biggest motivation is my Daughter. She has been fighting leukemia for over a year now and is still going strong. She is currently in remission and if all stays well will be labeled cured August of next year, however as a side effect of one of her Chemo treatments she walks on her toes constantly. The doctors have…

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Don't give up! You should try changing up your work out routine, and maybe just for a day go over you counts. I know the latter sounds completely crazy, but I have read many a post on here were people have done just that and pulled out of a plateau. Maybe this will work for you too. Hope this helps out and good luck to…

My recommendation is this: Start some type of exercise routine! I understand how tired you are feeling right now and you think if you workout you will only be more worn out right? WRONG! Exercising actually gives you more energy through out your day, therefore because of the weird hours you are working you need to start…

August 28th here. I don't have any major goals for this month, just survive the month of birthday parties and lose weight along the way. I have two children, both of whom are also August babies! My daughter, the oldest, is August 10th and my son, the baby, is August 14th (they are exactly three years and four days apart, I…

Ice cream, chocolate, a few sodas...Anything along those lines will help kill excess calories for you. And they are not so filling that if you're full already it will make you sick! :smile:

If you are doing strength training of any type you may be gaining muscle and therefore it appears that you are gaining weight. Muscle weighs about five times more than fat. So you are probably not doing anything wrong, per say, you're just gaining muscle! :smile: