I will definately do that. I don't want to discouraged from that. I am glad that pilates is strength training. LOL I did pushups on Tuesday and I am STILL feeling it!!!

I am at work right now and I have tons of time to organize it...this shouldn't be a problem. :-)

So what have you found to be your most successful tool in losing weight?

Food wise - a kitchen scale -i've said this a bunch of times here before -I've cooked since I was tall enough to reach the knobs on the stove... and I'm quite good at it... I thought I knew what a cup was and what a tsp was... but until I started measuring and recording portion sizes - what drove me crazy that I thought I had a healthy diet and yet couldn't lose weight - made me realize that it wasn't what I was eating -but how much and it didn't m atter if it was healthy food - calories is calories is calories -and they all add up... so measuring food was very improtant but the most successful tool I had was plannning menus in advance...

I had some leeway so i wouldn't be too regimented but I'd plan out once a week andpopst on the fridge - what I was eating that week -andmy prep time once a week in the ktichen - cutting veggies and such up - made it easier

I need to buy one of those. I don't currently have one. I am guessing right now. Except for the cups. I can do them lol..thanks to the trusty measuring cup XD

I will definatley need a scale though. I get paid tomorrow so that shouldn't be a biggy. I don't want to step on the REAL scale for another couple of weeks. I feel that might hurt my feelings. :-(

Do you know a good place to get recipes...affordable ones? lol

Budget, budget, budget.

there's a ton of recipe sites on the web... allrecipes.com has the nutritional info.. but in reality - (and i've been accused of being arrogant when I say this ) pretty much any recipe can be adapted to a healthier lifestyle -it's just using alittle common sense and reading labels...

LOL! I won't go so far as to call you arrogant..I would call myself lacking in the area of common sense. LOL

I have always been better at booksmarts myself. XD

I am one of those people who do a lot better with having it set in stone...Already mapped out for me. It's a lot easier for me to follow that way. One of my guilty pleasures is rice. That's going to be hard to stay away from.

do you think maybe a little more sleep would be helpful?

Cooking Light magazine -and their website i sa great resource for recipes
Eating Well magazine -and their website is another source...

there's no reason to stay away from rice - brown rice or wild rice are probably better choices but jasmine rice or basmati rice are good as well.. Eat what you enjoy -just make it work within your day...

Hi LandonsBaby!

It could very well be possible. By the time I put my son to bed around 8:30 I end up playing my game for a long time. Then when I get into bed I stress over things. By the time I am falling asleep it's really late. That could definately be it.

Thanks! I am going to go and check those out..I am really hungry..lol

See, I thought I couldn't have rice at all :-/ I am going to look up my lovely food group tree and print that out. I am making a book for the nutrition items..such as recipes, what I should be eating, and try to figure out a schedule for those foods. I am also going to make a section strictly for exercise so I know what I have done.

MyPyramid.gov - United States Department of Agriculture - Home
is a pretty informative site... the food plan that it sets up for yu works with a reasonable amount of calories and it's got a lot of good info... that's not overwhelming...

Cooking Light a nd Eating well alsohave some good health related articles...