Hi Denise!! Way to go with your workout plan. It will pay off! You know my clothes are feeling loose these days and it's not because of my staying on plan eating. I keep falling off the wagon with carbs, but my exercise is fairly consistent. Two workouts at the gym in one day! You go girl!!! Here's my loose plan, again.... Breakfast: Salmon Lettuce Light dressing Lunch: ???? Boss is taking the group out. I hate this. I just hope it's not the Spaghetti Factory or something! Dinner: Crabcakes Mixed vegetables Snack: Sugar free ice cream Nutrition ????? Exercise: 1 hr water aerobics - DONE! Have a great day!!! Denise 326/220/170 -106 50 lbs to Drs goal 5 lbs to mini mini goal of 215 by April 24!

Fitness Personality No. 3: The Weight Lifter Fitness is a weighty matter for you. by Tiffany Owens for MSN Health & Fitness The inner key to your fitness personality is expending extra energy. You like to take charge and enjoy a challenge, so your workout will be most effective if you set goals. When exercising, you want to mentally be a million miles away from your daily routine, using this time to concentrate on strengthening the physical body you depend on. Going to the gym is a much-needed rush for you. Feeling the "burn" of exercise and seeing quick and measured results to your fitness efforts is what drives you to work hard in achieving your goals. You prefer to have a steady workout partner so you can chart your progress and cheer each other along. Your personality is most likely to have both a gym membership and workout equipment at home, to cater to your every "instant gratification" workout whim. Expanding your fitness horizons is another key to helping you stay motivated and stick with an exercise program. Your weekly routine should also incorporate cardiovascular training for a healthy heart and stretching/strengthening exercises to fortify abs and prevent injury. To add a few new activities into your regular fitness mix, try investing in one (or several) personal training sessions to get acquainted with new techniques and move beyond your current plateau. Other activities to try: Aerobics Cardio Fusion Exercises Handball Jogging Jump Rope Kickboxing Medicine Ball Exercises Pilates Raquetball Resistance Bands Sit-Ups Speed Walking Spinning Stomach Crunches Tae-Bo Tai-Chi Yoga So what have you done today? Mary 415/163/147 16 lbs to Personal Goal 17 lbs below Doctors Goal In the words of Bill Phillips': "Exercise is the spark. Nutrition is the fuel. Without both, there can be no flame -- no results."

Denise, Thank you for the compliment. I know in my heart that you will get to your goal of a size 10-12. The scale is not always the best measure for weight loss, so do not be discouraged. As you build muscle (taking up less space then fat) you will drop sizes rather than pounds. I go through phases of not droping a pound, but I will loose a whole dress size, at that point I could careless what number is on the scale. In addition, I have a ton of excess skin and planning to begin PS (towards the end of the year) to take care of those issues. I have no idea what size I will end up to be.. my personal goal is a size 4. My friends say that is too small for my height (5'7")...I do not know what I will look like at a size 4 until I get there. Funny thing in high school when I weighed 163 lbs I wore a size 14. I will make sure to post pictures of me in my new Easter outfit. & Mary

I'm glad you're doing better. I know appendicitis can be pretty serious, but thankfully it wasn't something even more serious. Soon you'll be as good as new, your regular upbeat self! Get well soon! Pamela

Mary!!! Congratulations on wearing a size 10!! You know I peaked at your profile again. You were beautiful even at a size 36, so I know you are one knock out in a size 10!! I can't wait to be you. Size 10-12 is my goal. Here's a shock, even though the scale isn't moving, my clothes are getting loser!! My gala dress seems not to be so tight anymore... I know it's the exercise because I keep falling off the wagon with the carbs... so it's got to be the exercise! Thanks for inspiring me... Hey send or post a picture of you in your Easter suit... Hugs!! Denise