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Is anyone 5'5" and a size 6?
So my goal weight is 139lbs. My goal SIZE is a size 6. What I want to know are measurements. If you're 5'5" and a size 6, what are your measurements? Bust, waist, hips, thighs (the biggest part of thigh), arms, etc...Also, what weight are you? Thanks!
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Insanity Fit test results!
I joined a topic to start Insanity today. I have started Insanity several times before and I've never made it past week 3. EVER. So I am Determined to finish it and have AMAZING results. Just did my Fit test! Woo! I feel great! I pushed myself HARD! Here are my results: Switch Kicks: 128 (or 64 if you do it by set) Power…
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camp do more 2012
Is anyone going to camp do more next year? If so, what are you doing for hotel? Anyone want to share a hotel room to save some money?
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Fall's Foxy Femmes - CLOSED GROUP - Week 1
Hi ladies! Before we jump right into this, I would like each of you to introduce yourselves and let us know a little bit about you. Also, please note your current weight/starting weight and what your goals are for this challenge. FemmeRides - My name is Tabitha and I am your team captain. I am looking to not only improve…
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Vivacious Vixens - CLOSED GROUP - Week 1
This is the code. just change the IMG to img here is our team badge!
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outlawing birth control in mississippi????
http://news.yahoo.com/why-mississippis-personhood-law-could-outlaw-birth-control-212609540.html i'm pro choice just because i don't feel that it is my place to decide if someone is or isn't ready to have a baby. however, i would never personally have an abortion. however, THIS is just taking it too far...
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my nsv that i still can't believe
okay...so i don't consider myself small. i barely even consider myself a medium. i was an XL for so long that i think that i'm still at the very least a large. well today, two very awesome things happened. i found my old size 18 skinny jeans that were my motivators to lose weight. they used to be so tight that i had the…
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progress pics!
hi everyone! i started this journey at 252.8lbs and am now down to 182.1lbs (i got to 177 but gained back a few). I still have about 20lbs to go and i am now participating in 4 different challenges to make sure i do reach my goal by december 31st! the real start of my journey was the 2nd picture though. that's when i…
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The Dark Side of Binge-Eating Disorder
a blog I wrote...thought you all would appreciate it The dark side of Binge-Eating Disorder... I decided to write this to give everyone a little bit of information on binge-eating disorder. I'm not sure why I titled it, "The dark side of Binge-Eating Disorder" because in all honesty, I'm pretty sure there isn't a bright…
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i need some motivation
Hi everyone. I've been having a rough few weeks. I've been eating poorly, rarely working out, feeling crummy, i keep going up and down the same 5lbs, I just feel blah. I recently just got my certification to become a Turbo Kick Instructor and I know I should be estatic and feeling great and wanting to practice every damn…
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this is a rant about something positive
okay, before i get into this, i want you to read the following. i posted this up on my facebook page and thought it was really motivating. A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?" The story goes, a…
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a mini success for my dad :)
My dad has been over weight since I was a kid. He had diabetes for about 10 years before he was diagnosed. He is on tons of less that make losing weight hard and make having a food addiction even harder. He's over weight but he works out. He doesn't push himself to the max like you're supposed to though so that's why he…
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should parents lose custody of super obese kids?
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/should-parents-lose-custody-of-super-obese-kids-2510149 this article is insane. a 3 year old girl weighing 90lbs and then over 400lbs less than 10 years later? my 3 year old weighs 30lbs...90lb 3 year old?!?!?! a 14 year old weighing 555lbs...this is 100% neglect. really parents? is it…
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optifast?
Has anyone here done the optifast program before and had success? My dad is 5'7" and over 300 lbs. He has done everything under the sun to lose weight but he has a food addiction. Anyways, he just signed up with the optifast program through kaiser. Has anyone done it? If so, how was it? How hard was it to stick to? My dad…
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the less i weigh, the crazier i get...
i feel like the more i lose, the more unsatisfied i am. the last two times i weighed 183 over the years, i looked amazing! i was fit, no loose skin, no stretch marks, etc....i felt amazing all the time. well i'm at 183 and i feel worse than i did 40lbs ago...:sad: i have saggy skin, extra skin, stretch marks, cellulite,…
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how to enter in insanity as a workout?
hi there! does anyone know how to list insanity as an exercise? circuit training? calisthenics?
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does anyone know how to get abs?
I obviously have a ways to go before I have a flat belly, much less abs. I was wondering if any of my MFP friends knew how to get and. Around what body fat percentage do you need to have in order to get abs. Also, is there a certain diet you need to follow?
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family who is trying to kill my high spirits
I am so frustrated. I have worked sooooooo hard these past few months to go from size 18 to size 10. I feel good. I think I look good. I took a pic at a park bathroom using their big mirror and it made me look amazing! However, my sister had to bring me down. "you know you don't look that thin in person, right? Has this…
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i fit in to my wedding dress from 2004!
hi everyone! i've been kinda stuck at 183 for a while now and it was starting to get to me. i don't feel like anything is changing and i'm stuck. so i decided it was time to dig out boxes of old clothes and try on everything. everything either fit perfectly or was too big! i don't own anything too small anymore! :-) one of…
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before and during (37lbs down)
If anyone knows how to do side by side pics, PLEASE do so to these pics! lol. Thanks! Here is a picture of me at 220.8lbs with a 40.5inch waist and a size 18. Here is a picture of me at 183.8lbs with a 35inch waist and a size 10. and here is another at the same weight Here is a 220.8lbs pic from the side 183.8lbs from same…
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i just realized...
6/18/2009 i weighed 183.8lbs...that was the lowest i had been since july of 2004...today i weigh 188.8lbs...i am only 6lbs away from being at the LOWEST i've been in over 7 years! :-) I'm so happy! the funniest part is that in 2009 i was 100% happy at 183. i didn't WANT to be smaller. i still have at least 30lbs to lose…
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help! a free photoshoot is on the line!
hi everyone! i have a really good friend that is in this contest to win a free photo shoot for his wedding. it's valued at over $1,500! They were in first place for almost a week and they JUST got passed up! oh no! SO PLEASE GO VOTE! go to this facebook page (DeVende Photography), like the page, and then "like" michael and…
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i am having a really hard time
okay so i have been working hard to lose weight since may and have successfully lost about 30lbs. i'm now in a size 12/14. i have a big obsession with the scale so a few days ago i decided it was time to ditch the scale and just focus on exercise and eating healthy. i have been staying in my calorie range and working out…
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Body Fat vs. BMI
Okay so I am WAY confused. So my BMI is 31.78...however, according to http://www.bmi-calculator.net/body-fat-calculator/, my body fat is 27.55% body fat. which puts me in the "acceptable" range. It does make a little bit of sense because I've always had a lot of muscle and I've always been relatively fit and I used to lift…
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Turbo Fire week 4 weigh in and measurements
These are pretty freaking cool! I'll list the three weigh-ins so you can see the difference. 6/13/20116/27/20117/11/2011 neck: 15.0neck: 15.0neck: 15.0 bust: 44.0bust: 45.0bust: 42.5 waist: 40.5waist: 39.5waist: 36.5 hips: 49.0hips: 47.0hips: 45.0 r thigh: 27.0r thigh: 25.5r thigh: 25.5 l thigh: 26.0l thigh: 25.0l thigh:…
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62lbs down (30lbs since may 1st) with pics
okay so i was feeling kinda blue today and decided it was time to see some before and afters. This is a picture of me at my absolute highest ...252.8lbs... Here are a few pictures of me back in April (around 220lbs+) Here is a picture from June 27, 2011 And here is a pic from yesterday after my run let's hope these show…
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working hard but not feeling it
so may 1st is when i started getting really serious about losing weight. the first month i was recovering from a broken foot so i focused on my diet and i lost 20lbs. :-) the second month i started doing turbo fire and lost another 10 lbs. well this month i've kinda plateaued. i got down to 191lbs and then bounced back to…
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plateau frustration
So may 1stbe I started eating super healthy and lost 20lbs within 30 days. June I started doing turbo fire 4 days a week and kept up with the healthy eating. I list 10lbs that month. Well since june 24th I have gone from 191lbs to 195lbs on a daily basis. This week I kept up with the food eating, continued turbo fire AND…
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what do you do when you are WAY over?
So today is Father's Day and I went out of my way to make all of my husband's favorite dishes. So...that means LOTS of high calorie food...Anyways, I was WAY WAY WAY over on calories despite my small portions. So what do you do to balance out a super bad day? I know I'm retaining a lot of water and there is NO way i ate…
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my very first nsv (non scale victory)
so for as long as i can remember i have always feared monday weigh ins because i ALWAYS go a little crazy on the weekend. whenever i have lost weight in the past I have been PERFECT during the week but the weekends i almost always gained at least a pound. super duper sucky. so...this time around i have changed everything.…
