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After reading a lot of Debbie's posts (aka fitness freak), I broke down and bought it. I like it - and between this and Tosca Reno's book, I think I have found what is working for me. I think - whether I liked it or not - that I was screwing around with my blood sugar too much. Now that I follow...

That is SO COOL!! Congratulations!!!! :eek:

Tom Venuto's BFFM (and I bought it because of Debbie!!) says that your body has adapted to the lower level of calories. So to increase calories CAN cause you to gain weight. He suggests that you increase slowly - not too fast so that your body can adapt to the increase and that you have to eat 5...

I admit, I had a Cathe Christmas . . . Weighted gloves High Step (I have been using my wooden boxes from the Firm for many, many years now) Body Max 2 Low Impact Circuit Imax 3 High Step Challenge I was NOT going to do this, but I realized how much I needed to expand my selections...

Get a copy of Clean Eating Magazine. They have great breakfast and lunch ideas and it is all the healthy stuff we want. There is a Japanese tuna/cabbage salad recipe in the most recent issue that is really great. I hope the magazine gives you some food inspiration!

This is a really interesting discussion. I think my problem with intuitive eating is that I do not know HOW to listen to my body anymore. My main intuitive eating book - can't think of the name right now - says that most of us have lost our ability to really listen to our bodies and its...

Well this is good news! I thought I was crazy every time I read about it - it seems like I had been doing it. And I have been! I started with the Firm back in the days of Volume 1!!! I think when I got it - it cost $50 and was in a clam shell case. They only had three volumes at that time...

Hi Cathe - and anyone else who can help! I have heard the term "metabolic" training used a lot lately, and my lame internet searching has not really helped. I feel like I am simply reading definitions for circuit and interval training with a new name. But I'm hearing this term a lot. For...

I'm another vote. Low Max 2!!! And I LOVE the music in Low Impact Step. I do it when I need a more "relaxed" cardio day - but the music always makes me very peppy!!

Agreed. Excellent idea! I would do it - and she could group them into manageable segments. So you could do one segment each day or whatever. She knows the exercises so much better than we do and would create a balanced upper and lower body plan to get them completed without killing ourselves...

My office did an Easter Egg Hunt and then celebrated with strawberry shortcake after. I refused to hunt for eggs because they were filled with candy that I didn't want. I did accidentally find one egg - and it was filled with jelly beans. I decided that jelly beans weren't worth the splurge for...

Hi Julie and others - I am very opposed to using a microwave and use it very little - only emergencies. Because the steel cut oatmeal (actually they are groats!)take so long to cook, when I do make it, I make a large batch. To reheat, I heat it up with some soy milk on the stove and it works...

I think Adam is VERY talented. However, I don't think Axel Rose is the comparison- Axel had that weird, wonderful warble to his voice - oh - I remember having absolute FITS of pleasure listening to "November Rain." Oh my. :o My comparison is Ted Neeley from the movie "Jesus Christ Superstar."...

I'm doing the 6 month and I have been lifting weights off and on in my life for many years. I like the opportunity to try the workout a 2nd time, so I can do it better! The workouts go really FAST at least in Meso 1 :confused:.

I get organic oatmeal - regular - from Trader Joes. It only takes 5 minutes to cook - no need for instant oatmeal. I really, really recommend Tosca Reno's Eat Clean book and cookbook. Since I started eating this way, I'm seeing the weight finally come off - and I am NOT craving sugar in the...

Okay - officially boarded the train this morning! I just completed my first workout this morning. I'm glad I'm doing the 6 month rotation. It wasn't that easy to get through the different exercises - getting the equipment, deciding if the weight was the "right" weight etc. So I have updated...

I'm starting STS on Sunday - did 1RMs today and will do the rest tomorrow instead of my regular workout. I admit, when I did the 1RMs, I did a light workout first - did Body Fusion. I thought it would be wise so that I didn't overextend myself. Perhaps I'm cheating a bit by doing that? Not sure...

I'm bored silly this year. I am wondering if these contestants just feel so much pressure now that they are buckling under it. Don't really care this year. . . . and I've been a fan since the very beginning.:(

My naturopath believes that we should let the liver "dump" - so we should really wait 5 hours between meals. He is a firm believer that we eat far too much in this culture and we harm ourselves if we don't let the liver clean itself out. I get pretty darn hungry every 4 hours - so I usually...

I love John Denver too - I remember him from jr. highschool. My sister was older and adored him. My fiance loved him too - we are the same age. In fact, I'm getting him the "Country Roads Collection" - basically a box set of songs - for his wedding gift. My favorite song - "Rhyme and Reason"...