3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

Thank you very much, everyone! :)

Passionista: Probably waaay more details than you're interested in (:D), but here you go:

I began in July of 2007 at 256 lbs, so it's taken a little over two years to reach my goal. I started out counting calories and walking on my treadmill daily for 30 minutes. I gradually increased my time on the treadmill over the next few months until I was doing about 60 minutes everyday. In November of 2007 I bought a set of Turbo Jam DVDs (w/ the weighted gloves) off of eBay. I can't remember how often or which workout(s) specifically I was doing at that time. I stuck with that until Christmas, then I kind of fell off the wagon :o, at least as far as exercise was concerned. I was still counting calories and got under 200 in January 2008. Around April of 2008 I started using my Turbo Jam DVDs again (Cardio Party on M-W-F and Turbo Sculpt with 2 lb weights on T-T). Saturday was (and still is) my rest day. I was down to the high 170s in late Summer/early Fall of 2008. A close family member had some serious health problems, so I stopped exercising again for a couple of months. I bounced around the high 170s for a while, but didn't gain too much because I was still counting calories.

I was pretty unhappy with myself around that time, so I got back to exercising in March of 2009. I also started calorie cycling, with 1500 calories per day as my goal. I weighed about 172 and I went back to the same early morning Turbo Jam rotation (Cardio Party on M-W-F and Turbo Sculpt with 3 lb weights on T-T) and added in another workout in the evenings (Fluidity Bar on M-W-F and Biggest Loser workouts on T-T). I have a very sedentary desk job, so that's not as much activity as you might think. :dizzy:

In late June of 2009, I switched to Jillian Micheals' new workouts. Banish Fat Boost Metabolism on M-W-F and No More Trouble Zones w/ 2 lb weights on T-T. In the evening I was still doing my Fluidity Bar workouts on M-W-F (I worked my way thru each DVD and am now doing the advanced workout). On T-T I started doing level 1 of the 30 Day Shred. I've been doing the same routine until last month, when I switched to 5 lb weights for No More Trouble Zones on T-T and started doing the Turbo Jam 20 minute workout and 30 Day Shred (level 1 w/ 5 lb weight) on Sundays. I still use 3 lb weights for the 30 Day Shred on T-T, though. I'd like to try ChaLEAN Extreme sometime in 2010, if I can afford it.

I think that's everything. :D I used to eat fast food a LOT (2-3 times per day), but started cooking healthier meals at home. I stopped drinking Pepsi daily and opted for water instead (that took some getting used to!). I do still eat fast food (usually twice) on the weekends - I know, I know: not the best choice. :D But I work it into my calorie allowance and I do intend to work on cutting that down/out eventually. Right now I'm trying hard to give myself a little credit and be happy with my progress thus far.