beauty~I want to say hey & welcome you. This is a very caring group. You are welcome to join us if you want to. I do hope that you find exactly what you are looking for. I started out at 244 & am currently down to 176. Yippee. But, I cannot claim to be doing SS. We are all doing different programs. Most of the girls are doing WW, I think. Don't give up~Keep your eye on the goal. :-)

Hi Barbara, I've had similar concerns about position and feeling it in the butt. I'm taller, 5'6", but 1st of all, I keep the foot plate angled at the middle position. I've played around with the other adjustment and at one point tried bringing the foot plate in closer to the seat, but it did not feel quite right. When I'm sitting on the seat with my feet on the plate, it's not real tight, like you're crunched up in a ball, but ... picture a clock, with your butt in the middle of the dial, your back angled at about 10 o'clock, and the top of your knees at about 2 o'clock (I hope this makes sense) - that's my positioning. ANYWAY, about the butt thing ... I've tried lots of different techniques and I have to say I don't feel any of them in my butt like I do on the top of my thighs or the inner thighs (with your feet like a frog), BUT strangely enough, as I walk around during the day, my butt feels much more toned. If this is gain without pain, I'll take it! It did take about 4 weeks or so, at about 4-5x per week to start feeling something in the butt, but it's definitely tighter. I can't get over how well this machine works! Nothing I've ever done has toned my legs this thoroughly and quickly and (a long time ago) I did a lot of weight training. I do play around with a couple of sets of short, low reps and I like to do the frog position, feet & knees angled out, with both my feet flat and then a few sets with my toes up. Re the tailbone, I prefer to keep myself a little higher on the back board - I have a long history of lower back spasms, so I try real hard to keep my back flat and not arching, and keeping myself higher on the back board helps. Hope this helps a little - good luck!

When Suzanne fries chicken, pork, lamb, etc... She dips the meat in egg and then in parmesean cheese, then repeat.... She then fries it in Peanut Oil in a pan. This is absolutely delicious!!!

Try my website. I've put together a recipe book in Adobe PDF format from the somersize recipe threads. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on recipe book. Enjoy and good luck with the program Here is a link that might be useful: somersize recipes