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I have the beachbody at home version too and love it! It's the only thing that helped get rid of my butt & thighs. It's ridiculously fun to do also. I do burn more in the class though. Probably because I'm pushing a little harder. The only thing I hate are the HIIT workouts in the set. I followed the program and did them,…

Me too! I'm only down about 2 pants sizes with almost 70 lbs gone forever. Part of my problem is my 2 c-section belly though :cry: To the original poster: Wonderful job & great decision doing this now at your age! I wish I had been that motivated at 18! You look great!

My original goal was to lose 100 lbs also. I've been on here for almost 11 months and am progressing gradually. If you're committed to the lifestlye change, I'd love to add another person to my support system. Good luck to you and congrats on what you've accomplished so far.

Great job!

Beautiful transformation! Hopefully I'll be posting the same sucess story next month.

Yup, 4 lbs here also. Damn ham and it's salty goodness!!

Will send you a request as I've been on here everyday (I think missed 2 days) since last May. Have to do it!

In the begining, yes. I was the fat girl out there running (what I thought). Now I really don't care! I sing along with my ipod on trail running so now I'm just the crazy lady running! I'm doing this for me and if someone is that cruel to make a comment about someone exercising to better themselves, do I really care about…

I've gone my whole life seemingly on a diet. My first big loss was 7 years ago doing Atkins. Lost 70 lbs but gained it all back once I started eating carbs. This is how I hope MFP will work for me this time around. I can eat pretty much what I want, just by eating at a deficit.

Music or when I feel like I want to stop I make a goal to run until "x". Many times once I get to that goal, I'm passed wanting to quit and can keep going. Another thing that works that I do on days where I just am exhausted, I'll time a one/two minute walking break than get right back to where I was. I'm also the crazy…

Also with the recipe function, if you have a smartphone it's easier to do it that way. I just use the scan function on the recipe creator on my phone while I'm making the recipe. Quick and easy, then you just have to guestimate how many servings it is.

I have a HRM and have found that if I run on the treadmill I burn a little more than the elliptical. If I walk on the treadmill, the elipitical is the winner.

I lived at the ballfield with just one of my kids playing rec & travel and lived out of my shoulder cooler. For my son it was the old staple of PB & J. He doesn't eat much meat and I wanted to keep his protein up. Sliced apples, grapes, granola bars, cheese crackers & cheez its were usually in there too. My bag had a…

With Daryl reaction to finding Merle I think he's set up to kill the Governor or Glen will kill him. I started watching the marathon last night because my husband wants to finally get into it along with me and the rest of the planet. I noticed in one of the commercials last night that there's a shot of Andrea undone from…

I would check the side effects of the medication. My GP put me in an anti-deppressent for migraine preventative. Yes it took care of the migraines but made me gain 25 lbs quickly. Luckily my GYN had warned me of this side effect so I was aware of it beforehand. I had to make the choice at the time to deal with the pain or…

Yup! The improved health is great but I want to be "one hot momma"!

Yup. Those smaller sized Reese eggs are only 90 cals each. Awesome snack! If you can eat just one...

It's taken me 10 months to lose my weight, so I feel you when I see the 100 lb loss in 8 months also. There's a couple of things that I keep reminding myself though 1) This is a lifestlye change-I've done the crash diets in the past and lost but I want this permanently off this time. It's ridiulous that I have 3 different…

Unfortunately in the world we're in now, this is the norm. It irritated me at first too but then I realized that I'm the one changing my food intake, not everyone else, and I cannot force them to change. I've started compromising, one drink with a friend of something low calorie (rum & diet coke is only 60 cals) or look up…

Congrats on your success so far! Slow and steady wins the race, that's what I keep telling myself. This is a lifetime change right? Little changes makes the goals more attainable and sustainable. Good luck on the rest of your journey!

I lost tons of weight on it years ago but gained it all back plus some and I swear more went to my butt! You don't count calories but you do have to count your carbs. Much easier limiting portions and counting calories on here. You can't tell me that having bacon and eggs for breakfast on Atkins every single day is healthy.

That goal looks pretty reasonable. I also exercise 5-6 days a week for minimally 1/2 hr and use a HRM.

For my first 5k I ran it in 38 minutes. This was at a slow jog with about 2 min of walking total. The C25K app is good for training to get you there.

Good luck! We all have life that gets in the way, we just need to make the concious decision to make our lives better for our loved ones and most of all for ourselves! Before starting, we all think that we don't have the time/money, etc. Commit yourself to it and it will happen. You will figure it out! Start by setting…

Chinese food. There's your culprit probably. At least with me it would be. It's very high in sodium and I always retain water after eating it. Drink lots of water to flush it out and it also could be your muscles retaining water as someone else said from a new workout. And there will be weeks where you do not lose or gain…

Great job! You look wonderful! How long did this take you?

Great job! I also needed this today. I'm in the 190's now (finally) and my ultimate goal is in the 150's. Good to see how amazing that weight difference can make.

Beautiful! I wish my loss was as quick. I'm only at 65 lbs after 10 months :cry:

I'm a 37 yr old mother of 2 and I said the same thing a year ago. A brutally honest friend who would get up most mornings at 5am to fit her workout in told me when I asked how she did that every morning that when I wanted to do it and wanted to change, I'd do it. On the weekends I hit the gym 1st thing in the am before my…

^^THIS!! Yummy plus leftovers makes excellent topping for salads.