Apologies, I meant hannamarie, silly autocorrect!

alvarezadriana968 wrote: »

Hi everyone! I'm Rebecca. Thanks for letting me join this group. I want to get healthy. Heart disease, diabetes run in my family. I also want to get on a living donor kidney for a person. Plus, I plan on running my first 5K in April. Here's to a New Year, a new us!

Hey Rebecca, thanks for joining the group! lots of great reasons to get fit and healthy. I love running and I run in a running club, so let me know if hou would like any advise

smdade wrote: »

Hi all,

My name’s Sam and I’m a 26-year old primary school teacher from Sydney, Australia. My weightloss journey has been a turbulent and lengthy one.

I was 112kgs (247 lbs) at 16 years of age and over the last 9 years have hovered down between 70-80kgs (154-176 lbs). I was diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) half way through this year and have been working with a specialised therapist for the past few months.

Over the last six months, I have lost just over 13kgs (28 lbs) and have not binged in 195 days. I would like to lose my last 5-7kgs in 2018 maintain my weight whilst toning up (particularly the excess skin on my stomach/arms). My ideal weight range would be between 60-62kgs.

In consultation with my therapist, I won’t be weighing weekly but will provide monthly 3D scans to the group that include weight, body fat percentage and measurements - I hope this is okay!! I am on MFP everyday so here to cheer you all on, regardless!

I am currently one session away from finishing the ‘Couch to 5km’ running program and will move onto the 10km program next week. My aim is to compete in a half-marathon in September.

I am so excited to be a part of this accountability group! Xo

Hi Sam, thanks for joining the group!

Well done on your weight loss and 195 days of not binging

I don't know much about BED but I hope this group helps you stay motivated and keep on track for your weight loss goals. If you don't want to weigh in weekly then that's fine and understandable.

Say a big hello to Sydney for me, I miss it so much. I lived near Centennial Park for 6 months and then Coogee for 6 months between 2014-2015 and I've only just got gotten over it

Angie_au wrote: »

Hi! I’m 23 from Australia. I have been trying to lose weight for a number of years and have always been slightly overweight for my height and age, hovering around 70kgs (I’m 163cm tall). I’m currently also suffering from polycyclic ovarian syndrome which means I have irregualr periods and this makes recording my weight a bit tricky as it tends to fluctuate irregularly with my irregular cycle. But I will still post my monthly weigh in for what it’s worth
I’m currently 73.5kg and would like to lose around 6kg in next 3-4 months for when I go travelling overseas. I have been trying to lose weight the whole of 2017 and haven’t been successful. I think the problem is emotional eating and not eating within my calorie limit consistently. Hoping this group can keep me motivated and accountable! Let’s help each other smash our weight goals in 2018!!

Hey, welcome to the group! Thanks for joining!

I also have a problem with emotional eating and not being consistent with exercise or logging calories. I am hoping this group will be help me with motivation so I can reach my goals.

No problem with the weigh ins, I understand but please do share your day to day achievements and also any weight loss.

I hope this group helps with your goals!

LizzyLiz29 wrote: »

Hello, I'm 34 married and have two kiddos. I'm from the U.S. living in Indiana. I am looking forward to this accountability group. I'm 5'2" and my current weight is 185 lbs. I work in a doctors office and spend most of my day standing or sitting. I've tried numerous diets and programs over the years with a good friend of mine. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's progress in this group and hoping for a little of my own. Here's to 2018!!

Hey LizzyLiz, welcome to the group and thanks for joining

I can relate to the office job, I think that's been one of he causes of my weigh gain and they always seem to bring in loads of treats like chocolate and cake.

I'm really looking forward to this group too, I know having accountability groups work and when I logged consistently, I lost weight.

I look forward to seeing your progress

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My 8 year old daughter will be joining me in the 5K. We discussed this today. Mind you, she's a bean pole. I've ran a mile in 15 minutes. Any advice on how to shorten it?[/quote]

How do you run at the moment? Do you do this on a treadmill or outside? Also do you run the whole 5k or do you do some walking in between the running?

When I first started running, I ran at a very similar pace and it would take 40 minutes or more for me to complete a 5K. A few years on, I now run a 5K in 26 minutes, so keep going because it does get better and naturally you will get faster. I aim to improve this time over the next 12 months, ideally i would love to shave a minute off.

What really helped me was doing effort sessions. So for example on your 5K run, try and do a minute where you run to maximum effort (the idea is to get your heart rate pumping, you shouldn't be able to hold a conversation) and then return back to normal pace. Try and repeat this 5 or 6 times during your run. This will really improve your fitness but also should help with speed as you get fitter.

Also hill sessions are really helpful (although can be hard). Hill sessions are a big part of our training in the running club and since doing them I have noticed my speed has improved. Perhaps choose a hill, run up the hill at effort, then recover coming back down the hill. Try and repeat this as many times as you can.

I hope this helps, stay at it! X

fightingthetideofaging wrote: »

Hi everyone,

My name is Bill. I live in Southwest Michigan, 69 years young, retired, lifelong bachelor.

I have lost 57lbs. over the past couple years. My goal is to lose another 10-15lbs.

I recently started running again and my passion is trail running. I will run roads on occaison. I belong to 1 running club, and 1 running group. Right now I'm doing 5k races, and just started 10k training.

I enjoy a variety of activities: Pilates, Yoga, PiYo, Zumba, Spinning, rowing, bicycling, cardio classes, and more. It is so important to stay active as we age!!

I've read all your intros, and I'm really looking forward to making new MFP friends, and being an active member of this group. Let's do it!!
Bill

Hey Bill, welcome to the group

Well done on your weight loss already and I hope this group helps with future goals.

Also it's great to see another runner in the group, maybe we can start a running challenge at some point which would be fun.

hannamarie0098 wrote: »

I miss running I was never especially good, my 5k pb was 29 minutes and 10k on was about 70 min. I can’t run at the moment as I have a hip issue and am awaiting surgery. I hope to get back into it again one day.

Oh no, have you stopped running long? What exercise do you do now? X

I'm struggling with discipline at the moment myself, although I'm feeling really determined for the New Year.

I enjoy the benefits of running, it does help my mood but it doesn't help my poor knees haha!

I hope the personal training sessions go well

Hi, welcome to all the newcomers. Apologies I've not responded individually but it's been a hectic day but I wanted to say hi before I go to bed.

Thanks to everyone for joining the group.

Don't forget to use the weigh in thread in discussions, not announcements.

Also, tomorrow is the start of the January exercise challenge. I really want to encourage everyone to join, please see the thread for more details!

Here's to 2018! Happy New Year everyone!