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Has anyone else quit drinking alcohol completely?
I just recently made this decision after reading a wonderful book (How to Stop Drinking the Easy Way by Allen Carr if anyone is interested). It really opened my eyes to my drinking and made me see things in a different light. I had my last drinks Saturday and I am looking forward to getting healthy. I've been drinking…
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New to the group and saying hello!
Hi all! I just found this group today but finished week 5 of C25K yesterday. I started as a total non-runner. The one mile intervals seemed like torture. But, I kept on keeping on and here I am 5 weeks later and I am LOVING running! I did the solid 20 minute, no stopping run yesterday with ease. I started the program with…
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Dash Diet Weight Loss Solution
Is anyone else following this plan? I'm curious what others results have been. I'm on day 2 of Phase 1 and so far I really like it. It has surprised me how filling the food options have been and I am loving not having to count calories (although when I did yesterday just to see where I was at because I felt like I ate a…
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Hello everyone!
I am new to the group, happy to be here, and wanted to say hello! My name is Stacy. I am a 38 year old stay at home mother of three (ages 2,4, and 6) . I have been drinking since I hit college and haven't looked back (except during my pregnancies and even then I'd have the odd glass of wine or single beer). I have tried to…
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Choosing how many pounds per week
Hi everyone! I'm pretty new to this and have been struggling with how many pounds a week to set my weight loss. I'm 5'11" and weigh 174. I'd like to get down to 155-160 so I don't have that much to lose overall. I started out having my goal at 1 pound a week which allowed me 1620 calories. I liked this at first because I…
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Has anyone done Insanity 5 days a week?
I recently tried Insanity: Fast and Furious 20 minute max workout and really loved it and loved Shaun T's style. I have fallen off the exercise wagon in recent months and I think that maybe starting a new program like the full Insanity would help drag me back. I only want to workout Mon-Fri though and I'm wondering if I…
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Is anyone else just starting Insanity?
I just completed day 2 and so far I'm loving it! It's tough for sure but it's also fun and invigorating. I am also making an attempt to mostly stick to the top two tiers of Michi's ladder at least during the weekdays and hoping to tone up and drop 10-15 pounds by the end of the program. I'm only doing it Monday to Friday…
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Jillian Michaels Shred it with Weights question
Hello everyone! I'm a big Jillian fan and own all of her more recent DVD's except this one. The thing that has been holding me back is that it's a Kettlebell workout and I'd rather not have another piece of exercise equipment laying around. I've read that you can do it with a regular dumbell but I was wondering if anyone…
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My new plan (would love some buddies to join in!).
Hello all! I am new to the group but have been a Jillian fan for awhile. She kicks butt like nobody else and I love that the workouts go fast! I am very intrigued by her new one coming next month: Body Revolution. But, I also just bought a bunch of her other programs and am going to get through them before I buy this new…
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If you do at home workout DVD's do you find you get better r
from picking a program and sticking through with it until the end or by mixing up different videos each day? I started Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30 and was doing each level Tues-Sat before moving to the next level the following week. I did level 3 day 1 Tuesday this week but then one of my kids got sick and I had to take…
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Which do you prefer?
Sticking with one workout program (like Ripped in 30, 30 Day Shred, 6 week 6 pack, etc) from beginning to end or rotating her DVD's and doing different ones each day? Does it matter as far as results go? I have been working my way through Ripped in 30 and finished the first two weeks. This week I started level 3 and did…
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If you weigh yourself daily....
do you record daily too or pick one day a week for the "official" weigh in? I weigh in twice a day...at night before bed (but this figure I don't put much stock in because it depends what I ate/drank before) and every morning before I get dressed. All this past week I was losing a little each morning and happily recording…
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Low impact DVD recs please
Hi all! I have been on MFP a bit over a month and love it here! I started out doing Leslie Sansone Work at Home DVD's at was doing great at it. I was doing 5-9 miles a day over two workout sessions (early morning before the kiddos get up and during afternoon nap). It seems that I must have pushed myself too hard too fast…
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Introducing myself
Hello everyone! I am a recent convert to the Leslie Sansone DVD's and am loving the workouts. I first heard about her months back while looking for something to do with my kids under the On Demand programming. I found her Family Walk and the kids enjoyed it so we did it every now and then. I had no idea what her name was…
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VO2max and figuring calories burned
My HRM isn't very accurate with calories burned because it doesn't ask my gender or age (so therefore wildly overestimates). To work around this I am using it to tell me my average HR during each workout and using an online calculator with my specific info to get a better estimate of what I burned. On the calculator it…
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Calorie burn showing on HRM...can this possibly be right?
Hi all! I am new to MFP and on the advice on these boards I decided to purchase a HRM so I could better tell how many calories I am burning. I work out at home and do the Leslie Sansone Walk Fit DVD's. A little background about me first: I am 37 years old, 5'11" tall, and currently weigh 172 pounds (down from 176 when I…
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Introducing myself... new here
Hi all, My name is Stacy and I'm a 37 year old stay at home Mom to three wonderful kids (ages 5,3,and 1). They keep me pretty active to begin with but over the past year I've watched my weight creep up and I'm not happy where I'm at now. The heaviest I've been was 6 years ago right before getting pregnant with my oldest…
