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Original Post by amymarieky:

Jodi - just so you know, adding weights will at first decrease your 'weight' loss because you're adding muscle, but eventually it will increase your loss because muscle burns more calories than fat.  And every time you lift weights, your body increases the amount of calories it burns over the next 2-3 days!

 This makes me feel better because I have had no weight loss since I started weight training again.  I hope this comes true soon, I would like some verification of my hard work shown on the scale. 

When I'm trying to have a low cal filling lunch (I know you're looking for dinner) I usually have some filling soup with a wheat roll and I feel pretty good.

I use the smith machine all the time. I do lunges and squats with it.  It does feel a little different but has the same affect.  My personal trainer had me use it yesterday and my quads are feeling it today.  I wouldn't be afraid of it.  I also use dumbbells too and the bar, but I like to mix it up with all three usually. You can do squats with the fitness balls too. For the dead lifts my trainer had me stand with my feet together on a step (for aerobics) and reach down with the bar as far as I could go and back up. Does your gym have bench press bars?  You could use those also, just steal them from the bench. 

Original Post by melindalittle:

How much did you increase your calorie amount?  I think that is what I am having trouble with.  I just don't know how much!

 I put in your stats in the calorie target tool and put you at moderately active and it said that you should have 1495 calories with your activity level.  It sounds like you need to add a couple things into your diet. This was with just putting a 30 lb more loss, I wasn't sure how much you were wanting to loose and when your goal weight was.  I would mess around with that calorie target tool.

I finally broke the 160's and my mom noticed I have lost weight.  She's about the most honest person I know about my weight.  Happy weight losses

Saturday I passed up drinking a whole bunch and decided to drink a whole bunch of water instead of beer, this was a big accomplishment.  I see a lot of empty calories going to alcohol and that is something I am watching now.  Not only will I loose weight this way, but I will also not feel like crap the next day anymore and have more energy for good eating and exercise. But I can still have a good time with my friends. On Sunday we had pizza for lunch and I only had one piece and a side salad instead of half the pizza.  I felt satisfied and not like a lump of crap after eating.  Today's accomplishment will be to go work out with my personal trainer and step up the excercise routine.

Original Post by carmenxox:

Oxygen magazine

it gets me to the gym, or on the treadmill everyday... once I  read a couple pages, and see the awesome bodies, and I'm totally in the zone and ready to sweat!

it's full of new moves and routines too to keep things interesting.. I'm always up for a challenge!

The articles are very motivating and uplifting too, and it's packed with tons of clean eating advice and recipes.. and the covergirls, ahhh how I aspire to be one!!

 

 I love this magazine!!

Things that have motivated me is finding an activity that I really enjoy or listening to some good music to lift weights to.  I had always done tons of cardio, whether it was step aerobics, spin class, or kickboxing--which I really looked forward to going to because it was fun. Also, don't be intimidated by these classes, they have different levels you can do for beginners and after one time you become a pro.

I never did lift weights though, until I got a personal trainer, who is a huge motivator.  Some other things that helped me be motivated is get a workout buddy, there would have been so many days where I would have never gone to the gym but I knew she was counting on me to be there so I would drag myself there and I was always happy that I did.