NCsQueen

thank you very much! I have been working very hard, but I have to say about 80% of it is what I am eating. The other 20% of my weightloss is from walking EVERYWHERE i go, taking the stairs, and then when I notice I am starting to get in a slump I go to the rec center to get my body moving again (though we both know that can be really hard to do consistently). I try to be honest with myself and not set myself up for failure, because that can be discouraging.

Anyways, to make my exercise COUNT, i don't do much cardio. I spend about half an hour working out, and that entire half hour my heart rate is about 80-90% faster (what is that-- like 170-180?) and I interval train-- so five minutes on the treadmill, five minutes lifting weights, five minutes on the elliptical, five minutes weights, five minutes abs, five minutes weights. something like that. it is way more effective to do that for half an hour than to be on the treadmill for half an hour.

hope this helps and GOOD LUCK!!