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Stick with it! When you get to the longer runs at the end of the program, you will feel amazing! It is totally worth it in the end.

That makes sense, thank you. :-)

Thanks everyone! I have 17 days to decide. :-)

I have thyroid disease, which causes water retention. A couple of things that I have found that works: Green tea with lemon. Squeezing some fresh lemon juice into a glass of water. 2 teaspoons of organic unfiltered apple cider vinegar in water.

Foam roller? What's that?

I have a protein shake every morning for breakfast. (vanilla protein powder, milk, banana, and some berries) I have some sort of protein at lunch and dinner. Chicken, steak, tuna, etc. I too am still not meeting my macro for protein, but, adding the protein shake in the morning certainly helps.

Thanks for advice on the squats. I will definitely work on bar placement. I didn't use the cables for the seated row, but, a nautilus machine. The cables were all being used by the muscle men at the gym (there was an actual line!) and I did not want to wait around to continue my workout.

Thanks for the advice. It did not go today because I forgot to slept my alarm and woke up to "Honey! Your going to be late!" UGH! Followed by a 3 hour training after work. Double UGH!

Thanks everyone! I am so excited I can't even stand it! :-)

Encourage your school to team up with local churches and feed the children. I teach at a Title 1 public school in Florida. We face the same challenges. Catholic charities helps our school by supplying school supply backpacks, shoes, and setting kids up with free glasses for those who needs them. Feed the children, our huge…

The cheapest and best exercise to start with is walking. Start by seeing how long you can walk without tiring. Then start increasing your distance and time from there.

Thank you, everyone!

Strength training. I have been lifting weights and have recently started with heavy lifting. I have not really lost any pounds according to the scale, but I am losing inches as my body gains muscle and burns fat.

I am curious about this too. I am on 15 lb. dumbbells, but much higher on the machines. Sometimes I feel more comfortable doing heavy weights on the machines because they allow me to keep proper form. But, I also know that dumbbells are excellent for natural movement, so, I try to work out with those at least once per week.

I am in! I am currently 250 lbs. Not really losing lbs. right now, but losing inches. Since the scale is not moving, but changes are happening, I will make an inches goal. I am currently in a size 20, and would like to be down to at least a size 18 by Christmas. I would also like to make sure I don't fall off the wagon…

Done!

Count me in!

I am a teacher as well! I am definitely worried about what is going to happen come August. I am so sick of all the yo yo dieting. I have gained and lost the same 30 lbs. over and over, and have yet to reach my goals. I feel confident this time. Feel free to add me!