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Introduction Text I lost 30lbs with SparkPeople back in 2009, and maintained for a while. I got serious about fitness, and learned all sorts of things. Then I went from a warehouse job to a desk job, herniated a disk, gained too much weight from inactivity, then had a baby. This is me doing it all over again. If you need a SparkBuddy, feel free to add/message me :) --- Some things I have learned along the way: * Weight loss is a mind game. You have to know exactly what your boundaries are and stick to them no matter what. * Once you're at goal weight, there's a LOT more work to be done. You won't look like you think you will in a bikini. You'll still have all the pockets of fat, but less of it. It takes a while to tone and even out, be patient! Don't stop working out just because you hit goal weight. * While you're maintaining, it's very hard to change your mind frame from "No, I can't eat that" to "Yes, I need to get my calories in." This doesn't mean eat junk, it means eating more calories in healthy foods. Add some eggs to your burgers, add a little butter to your sandwiches, put a little coconut oil in your smoothies, etc. * Know your body. If something doesn't agree with you, don't eat it. Even if it's on the food pyramid, and labeled "healthy" for you. It will cause you much more problems down the road. It's your body, not whoever it was that decided this or that food is healthy for you. Every body has different chemistry. * Enjoy your workouts. Find something you find fun to do. If you don't enjoy it, chances are great that you won't continue after reaching your initial goals. * You don't have to have a gym membership. Yes, ellipticals are great, and weight machines are handy. There are a lot of exercises that you can benefit more from that use your own body weight. There are also great workout videos out there. Do some research and find what works for other people. *I focused more on strength training, rather than cardio, because I hated cardio with a passion. For that reason, my flab never went away. The easiest way to get rid of it is cardio cardio cardio! * LOVE YOURSELF. Embrace who you are and run with it. You have one life, make it healthy and happy!

1) Live and maintain a happy and healthy lifestyle. 2) Build muscle back up from when I injured my back. 3) Get myself to a weight that looks healthy on me. 4) Find a diet that loses this bloating I've had for years.

Healthier diet Carmen Electra's Fit to Strip Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred Walk Away The Pounds Walking Biking

My husband and I have a daughter, 2 guinea pigs, a kitten, and a dog that keeps us busy!



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