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I've been very pleased with my commitment to exercise since the first week of June. It really started with walking (I tricked myself with the 10 minutes a day pledge) and transformed into an 8 week program at my local Y. Now I have memberships at 2 gyms (both at $10/month) and I always have a backup. Take this week for example, the fitness center at the college where I work is closed for the installation of all new cardio equipment. Wait, the fitness center isn't closed, the cardio room is closed. But I also have Planet Fitness to back it up! I'm one of those people who does better with exercise when I'm doing it at the gym -- and with incorporating more activity into my every day life. 
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NASFKAB
8/17/2012 5:02PM
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love your blog great inspiration
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MIRAGE727
8/16/2012 8:46PM
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I've always been a firm believer in resistance training. I burn so good on the negatives and am strict on form. It's one thing I truly love. Bella, you are doing so well and embracing it all! You are inspiring me and this makes me so happy! Rock on, Sister!
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IACTA_ALEA_EST
8/16/2012 10:14AM
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Great way to promote a new lifestyle - by immersing yourself in learning!
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DEBBYFROMMT
8/16/2012 8:40AM
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YOu are doing so well! Keep it up!!
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LADYJNAR
8/15/2012 11:36PM
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That sounds like a great way to start. I've worked up to doing cardio most days of the week and resistance training with weights 3 times a week. I have Coach Nicoles 28 day bootcamp DVD and love it. Good mix of workouts with and without weights. 
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BOOKLADYFDL
8/15/2012 11:11PM
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That's exactly the way I did it - one step at a time. Now I have two different routines (one free weights, one machines) that I alternate while I'm at the gym. I've been doing it since early May, and I feel so ucky if I don't do it. I even feel the need to get in a walk in the evenings, even if I did work out earlier in the day. It feels so good! Keep track of what you are doing. I look back at my tracking sheets from when I first started strength training, and I'm amazed at how much stronger I've gotten in that short period of time. It's a good motivator when things seems stalled.   
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NATALIEGENZ
8/15/2012 11:03PM
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Well, I'm no expert, but I think that sounds like a great plan! It's great to push yourself a little and make some progress that way. Just don't go overboard and hurt yourself!
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6 c. cubed zucchini (I peel mine into 3/4" cubes - approximate)
1 c. grated carrot
¼ c. chopped onion
1 lb. browned ground chuck (well drained)
1 can cream of chicken soup (I use Healthy Request)
8 oz. sour cream (I use light or fat free)
7 oz. of Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix (blue bag)
1 c. melted butter or margarine
Bring zucchini, carrot & onion to a boil and cook over medium heat (not a hard boil) for about 10 mins., drain well. After draining, add (I usually do this in the pot I cooked the veggies in):
browned ground chuck, cream of chicken soup and sour cream. Mix and season to taste if desired (salt & pepper).
Spray a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick spray.
Mix Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix (blue bag) with 1 c. melted butter or margarine and stir with spatula. Turn half of the stuffing mixture into the prepared baking dish, pour zucchini mixture on top, and top with remainder of stuffing mix.
Bake at 350 degrees until it bubbles.
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SPARKABELLA13
8/14/2012 3:18PM
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Thanks so much! Two and a half months on SP and I'm still learning about the features!!!
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WEBEZE
8/14/2012 2:12PM
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Spark Recipes has a recipe calculator which lets you enter all the ingredients and number of servings and calculates all the nutritional information for you. You can even post and share the recipes. I have already done this with some of my recipes. Hope this helps.
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DRAGONCHILDE
8/14/2012 1:07PM
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Post it in Diet & Nutrition! The folks there are very helpful, and they really helped me trim down some recipes myself.
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VTRICIA
8/14/2012 1:00PM
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We ran out of butter last week and while I was gone to the store the kids made mac and cheese using cream cheese instead of butter. I'm not sure if that would work with this application, though. Maybe swap most of the butter for chicken broth? Like, just butter the pan and then used chicken broth in the stuffing mix. It's going to have quite a bit of sodium though, either way.
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DEBBYFROMMT
8/14/2012 11:23AM
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Thanks, printed it!
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SPARKABELLA13
8/14/2012 11:19AM
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I'm working on the nutritional information and will repost it here when I have it. When I subscribed to WW online, there was a recipe builder where you could enter all of your ingredients and the number of servings and it would figure it out. Manually, that will take some work, but I think it can be done. I was going to email the recipe to Chef Meg to see if she could find any ways to make it even healthier. I can tell you the original recipe did not use the meat, so you can eliminate that or subsitute crumbles. You can't tell it's zucchini, especially with it being peeled. I have never come across anyone who didn't like this ... even the naysayers! 
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GERIKRAGH
8/14/2012 11:16AM
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Sounds good but I would need the stats. Might be too much fat.
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KSCRAP363
8/14/2012 11:13AM
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Sounds yummy! Do you by any chance have any nutritional info on that? 
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1CRAZYDOG
8/14/2012 11:11AM
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That sounds delicious!
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BOOKLADYFDL
8/14/2012 11:10AM
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Can your family tell that it's zucchini in there?
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