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I've used Mealime, it has a free options but the recipes are limited. Though not as limited as one would think.

We're in the same boat. I'm 5'4" at 157 right now. And a 1500 Calorie diet is what my doctor suggested with exercise to bring me down to my ideal weight in about a year.

So I've noticed that there isn't anything for the Hips. And I am unable to add more columns to add new options.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/208145-what-is-the-difference-between-male-female-heart-rates/

Hello RedTheThief! Check out this page http://www.nerdfitness.com/workouts/ in particular the Angry Birds Workout and the Konami Workout if you want to do something fun. You can challenge yourself with those. Also to get "toned" you're going to want to build some muscle mass which will probably not maintain your current weight, unless you also have excess fat to burn.

Thanks Jfreaksho, the flooring where I am is a conventional foundation, so a subfloor covered with probably plywood and carpet. It's an older building and I can feel soft spots in the floor in other areas of the apartment so dropping the bar will not be an option. I guess I could look at storing the bars, keep the dumb bells because they take up no room and just try to work towards progressively more difficult BW moves. Until I can move to a larger place and bring the bench back into it.

So recently I've moved to a much smaller apartment and had to put a bit of my stuff in storage. Including my bench. However, I still have my barbell and dumbells and am looking for full body ideas that I can do without the assistance of a bench. Because while bodyweight routines are good I really want to push myself as much as possible and utilize the equipment I was able to take with.

Which ones have you tried so far? And have you built your own mix? And if so what have you tried and what were your results?

So currently I use EAS 100% whey protein powder but I've started to notice a change in taste and realize that it has sucralose in it which tends to leave a chemical after taste for me. What I'm looking for is a no sweetener added or if it does have a sweetener for it to be cane sugar. Not a chemical and not stevia which also leaves a bad after taste. Anyone have any suggestions?

Fair enough. Admittedly I have not read every single blog posting made. Thanks for the link, I'll tweak as needed.

Thanks for the comments PaulG. The circuits at the end of the workouts act as my cardio, keeping my heart rate in the cardio zone without killing me. And I'm still tweaking the plan to see what works best for me. Also I went with the keep the muscles guessing suggestion Steve made in that blog post which is why I'm not doing the same thing each day.

I watched part of Fed Up, I've been meaning to watch the rest but from what I did see I was surprised and in truth that film is part of the reason why I changed my diet.

Yeah 10 pushups and 5 inverted rows is pushing it. I have very little upper body strength, though yesterday when I was doing the bench presses I thought I could probably up the weight a little. Maybe try 35-40 pounds. Also I have been keeping track. I have a battle log over on the Academy side but will probably start one on this side of the site. When I started working out a month ago I was at... 3/11/2015 Height - 5'3" Weight - 165 Neck - 14 Chest - 40.5 Biceps - 11.75 Waist - 40 Hips - 41 Thighs - 21.5 Calf - 15 Body Fat - 44% <- From here Earlier this month I was at 4/12/2015 Height - 5'3" Weight - 155 Neck - 13.25 Chest - 39 Biceps - 11.5 Waist - 37 Hips - 40 Thighs - 22 Calf - 14 Body Fat - 40% <- From here So I've made some good progress.

So I've been working with the Academy workouts for about 6 weeks now and I'm looking to create my own workout plan. I've read the How to Build Your Own Workout Routine and have plugged some stuff into Excel and just wanted to get some of the more knowledgeable and experienced folks here to give any input they might have on it. Right now my goal isn't to build mass amounts of muscle, it's to burn fat and increase my muscle endurance. So I'm doing a mix of low weight/high rep and circuits. And without further ado... The routines: Tuesday: Squats 3x15 @ 15 Lbs Step Ups 3x14 @ 15 Lbs Bench Press 3x15 @ 30 Lbs DB Rows 3x15 @ 15 LbsPlank 3xMax TimeCircuit A x 3 Jumping Jacks (10), BW Squats (10), Declined Pushup on Balance Ball (5), Russian Twist (10), Bench Dips (5), Jog 120 FtCircuit B x 3 Box Jumps (10), Close Grip Pushes (5), Flutter Kicks (:15), Mountain Climbers (10), Crunches (10), Jog 120 Ft Thursday: Box Jumps 3x15 @ 15 LbsHip Raises 3x15 @ 10 LbsOverhead Press 3x15 @ 20 LbsDB Rows 3x15 @ 15 LbsMountain Climbers 3x16Circuit A x 3 Total-Body Extensions (10), BW Lunges (10), Pushups (5), Crunches (10), Inverted Row (5), Jog 120 FtCircuit B x 3 Squat Thrusts (10), Bench Dips (5), Russian Twists (10), Flutter Kicks (:15), Calf Riases (10), Jog 120 Ft Sunday: Lunges 2x15 @ 15 LbsSquats 2x15 @ 15 LbsStep ups 2x14 @ 15 LbsHip Raises 2x10 @ 10 LbsInclined Bench Press 2x15 @ 30 LbsPushups 2x10DB rows 2x15 @ 15 LbsBW Rows 2x5Plank 2x Max TimeMountain Climbers 2x10Circuit A x 2 Squat Thrusts (10), Bench Dips (5), Russian Twists (10), Flutter Kicks (:15), Calf Riases (10), Jog 120 FtCircuit B x 2 Box Jumps (10), Close Grip Pushes (5), Flutter Kicks (:15), Mountain Climbers (10), Crunches (10), Jog 120 Ft

I've got the fitbit Surge and it has built in exercises that you can indicate you are doing, weights, walking, running, just a plain old workout. Once you stop the device from logging that it will sync up and you'll be able to view all the stuff on their dashboard online. Here is an image from my most recent workout... While I have no illusions that is is 100% accurate it's something to work with.