200+ Hot For Halloween!

I love Amazon Prime!! My new coffee/spice grinder will be here Wed... Thanks for the suggestions. $18.99 Krupps brand won on price and reviews. I can't wait to use it

Sarah (wnt) - I just read a Runner's World article about Taper Time and how you should significantly reduce miles run for 2 weeks before a race. This means it's good you missed the last long run and should do great in your race!!!

Orther good race day hints - it's okay to nervous, pace yourself ESP at the start of the race, go with what you know (don't try new clothes on race day), don't carb overload, and enjoy every moment!!!

weighing at 191. After 30 minutes of stepaerobics and drinking as much water as I could get down yesterday. Trying to get back on track. One day at a time.

Victoria: Thank you for the information. That really does make me feel a little better. I did 4 miles today and 120 minutes of Jillian MIchaels. It will be hard to pace myself in the beginning, but I have a partner, so that will help for sure!!

I am scared to death that I am going to mentally quit around Mile 9 -- which is my hardest mile. Why? I dunno. So, I have placed my family at mile 9, 10, and 11 and finish line. That ought to keep me going. I think that will help me push a little harder at the end.


Kerry: My race starts at 9 a.m. PDT. Let's DO this thing!! I will think of you -- and we shall will each other a little faster and all the way to the end.

Sarah (wnt) - great plan to get through the race. Do you get Runner's World mag? If you plan to keep running, I'd highly suggest it. This month also talked about proper carb loading, how to train for a full marathon and how to run your best race.

Hosanna - have a great vacay and enjoy the Hen's weekend!!!

I'm becoming a fair weather sports fiend - we watched the Tigers lose and now I have to stay up root for the Lions. This is Detroit's year for sports.

As for me - total fail on ex today but I'll make it up tomorrow... My bro stayed the night and I felt guilty doing a 7 am workout outside his bedroom - the back/abs DVD needs the pull up bar... Then tonight I got side tracked by sports. I have NO clients tomorrow so I should be able to run and do the P90X workout from today.

I loved this: http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-267--14058-0,00.html


Victoria has me hooked on Runners World now. I feel so cool. No, really, I feel like I know what they are talking about. Who knew this fat housewife/SAHM four months ago would be here? I love you girls for keeping me going. (Great, now I'm emotional.)

A new day and a new chance to get it right. :bigsmile: The morning started off rough as Sofie is still having tummy issues (which have moved lower in her GI tract so she isn't vomiting but IS running a bit from the OTHER end) and then The Kid freaked out on me as I told him it was mandatory for him to accompany me on the dog walk this morning. (Me & The Hubbs have instituted a new policy where The Kid has to offset video game time with physical activity - so he pretty much has to earn the video games by moving his little behind - today is the first day of the policy and it isn't popular) We eventually got over the drama and actually had a nice walk with the fur-babies and then came home and the kid scrambled me some eggs to apologize for his crappy attitude (he really is such a great kid!).

Annette & Lacey: Yay for logging! Can I join your little logging/accountability circle? I REALLY need to get my logging in order.

Sarah: I love Runner's World. I've be a subscriber for years - they always have great info on nutrition and training.

Lacey: Do you need insoles for your running shoes? I found that adding some good arch supporting insoles to my running shoes have cut down on the fasciitis pain by about a billion percent. My mind talked me out of working out ALL weekend long...ebil mind! I'm determined to not let it do a repeat performance this week.

Victoria: I bet your brother appreciated you not working out outside his door at 7am. I love Amazon Prime too!! Since we moved overseas, 99% of my online purchases have been through Amazon and they STILL manage to get the stuff here within a week (not bad considering that mailing stuff from the States can take anywhere from 2 weeks to a month to get here - Amazon must have a deal with the debil to get their stuff here faster than any place else)

Hosanna: I'm sorry you haven't been feeling well. Enjoy your holiday!

Sheba: Good job getting back on track!!

Nava: Hiya lady!!!

Kristina: We miss you!

Alright, ladies - have a great day!!!!

Check-in for the last few days - no exercise Sun or Mon and burned 2210 Sun and 2211 Mon. I actually logged Mon and the beer with the football game did me in as I consumed 3144... We went out to eat and I guessed my salad (Buffalo Ranch Chicken Salad) had 812 cals. I have no idea. I went light on the ranch... So it may not have been sooooo bad. My goal for today 3 bouts of ex - a 4 mile run, make up of P90X video and 1/2 low impact aerobics with mom... Today will be a better day.

Lacey - I am concerned about your feet aching. It's not normal. I suggest trying good inserts or going to a running store and having them analyze your gait and recommend proper running shoes. I know it's not cheap but if it works, it's cheaper than surgery and you wont have the down time from surgery. It really helped my feet. If you like running, get the mag for Christmas...

Amy - Today is a new day. Log it and admit the problems if you're over.

Sarah - glad you like Runner's World. I sit and read it cover to cover on the day it arrives.

Hosanna - Glad things are better in the low impact aerobics dept. Sorry work was so bad this last week. Enjoy the time off with the fam.

Nava - now I'm hungry... Those treats sound wonderful. Can I come over to sample them?

Kristina - I miss your daily posts. What are you up to (besides pulling your hair out keeping track of us all?) :flowerforyou:

Rain - I hope you're feeling better and found the time for a run.

Rikki - glad the scale is moving in the right direction.

Kendal - I fear more about the dryer being on with no one home than crockpots. I put the crocks in the receptacles with red push buttons (GFS?) A friends house burned down when dryer caught on fire so we don't run it unless someone is home. I've never heard of crockpot fire.

Pam - I got to see the pics in big form on the computer today - NICE mountain!!!

Kerry - I'd tell you to beware of over-training and not giving your body enough rest between runs but you seem to be doing well. Don't fret over missing ex this weekend, I think your body needed the break.

Jessie - how do the bunnies like the new cage? They are adorable.

Katheryne - My husband can actually go faster walking than my normal jog pace but I beat him in endurance. He can't keep it up very long (that's what she said - sorry I couldn't resist). He fatigues within a mile but I can easily do 6-8 miles. I seriously train at 14 to 15 min jog pace but my race times are closer to 13.5 ave pace. Speed with come with time and as you lose more weight. If you want to work on going faster, add fartlek training one day a week.

Annette - I despise ironing. All my clothes are wash-n-wear. DH needs his clothes ironed and that's part of my cleaning ladies job. I refuse to do it.

Jenn - twirls for you on a great week. You'll be in the 200s in no time flat...

Hi to everyone else that I may have missed. I went back 2 pages to reply and now it's time to do my first workout. Hugs to all.

Lacey - the low cal pumpkin dip can be found here. The thread has nice pics plus the recipe. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/358641-low-cal-punkin-pie-dip-pic It's super yummy - like pumpkin pudding.

Victoria.. thank you for the suggestion. I have added the over 40 group and this group to My Topics.
I started at 214.5, started MFP at 211. Currently holding at 209.5, was down to 208 so my weight loss ticker shows 7 lb but its its only 5.5.
Started October 3rd with walking with a friend 3x a week. Do weight training and treadmill at home. Started MFP recently.
My goal is 150-160. I know for a proper BMI at my height of 5' 3 charts say I should weigh 140... I know I felt good at 150 or so and was a size 10 -- I want to be fit, lose my gut and rolls and back fat and softness at the thigh and triceps. I want to be fit and strong.
Thanks for letting me share.

Kelle, Oklahoma

Morning ladies! 2580burn/2186ate/394 deficit. Evil candy corn got me last night!

On the docket for me today: eating healthy and low sodium, probably no working out..which means extra carefulness on the eating front. And trying to move more at work.

Amy- thats crazy that Sofie is still having issues like that. How long can a dog go with that before its too much? Yeay for making Gabe move. Maybe if you played arm sword with him like we did in Brugge he might want to run huh? LOL.

Kendal - take what you can get with the damn scale girl!!! Its pure ebil and does it to eff with us all I am sure.

Victoria - I'm still not convinced that I love running, but its a good and quick work out, which is what I like. And it seems to be the perfect work out because you are getting cardio and strength training all in one, IMO anyways. Probably not, but it seems like it. I like the runners body look. My booty can take some slimming down lol. Thanks for the pumpkin dip recipe, might have to make somet his weekend.

Nava - I guess that is all you really can do right? Just let things lay and deal with them when you have to. I'm sorry though, that is disappointing in the timing front. Can he not go to school in London?

Welcome Kelle.

Going back to work after a 3 day weekend = no fun. I had a really great weekend though! Besides the hiking up a mountain thing, the bf & I also went apple picking, did a corn maze, picked pumpkins, and just generally had a great time. I'm loving our fall weather!

I looked at my P90X DVDs this weekend and I think I'm going to wait on doing them. Not because I'm scared to do it anymore though, so thanks for telling me to at least look at them; they're not as bad as I thought! I actually got Ripped in 30 a couple of weeks ago and haven't tried it yet, so I think I'm going to continue with Jillian for awhile. I really like her quick 25 minute workouts in the morning...get in, get out, move on! That is, if I can get my butt to start getting out of bed early again. I had been doing 30 Day Shred but once I finished that I lost all motivation to get up for a morning workout and have just been doing cardio in the evenings. I know I need that strength training though, so my goal this week is to force myself out of bed to see Jillian every morning. Since I failed miserably on that this morning, I'm going to force myself to do Ripped before dinner and then run after dinner has had time to settle.

Nava, Lacey beat me to it -- could Joe do a distance program from London?

Lacey, I've got the same problem with moving at work. I sit at a desk all day and sometimes the only think getting me off my *kitten* is having to go to the bathroom because of all the water I try to drink. I need to set a timer to tell me to get up and move or something. Way to go on your running! I hope your foot feels better soon. I'm sorry about Bart. :frown:

Kelle, welcome!

Victoria, only 2 weeks left? Eek! I really need to get it in gear!

Kendal, I'm always suspicious when the scale tells me good things too. Lets hope yours keeps telling you good things this week! Also I completely share your fear about the crockpot burning down the house. Mine is on right now and I've already thought about it several times today!

Amy, I hope Sofie feels better soon! Also, I Amazon Prime too. I've bought way too many things with it though.

Sarah (WnT), I've been subscribing to Runner's World for years even though I wasn't actually running, in the hopes that one day I would be a runner. Ha! Now I'm actually running, so I actually read it every month in a new, more excited way.

Hosanna, have fun on holiday! Hope you feel better soon too.

Rikki, those costumes are too cute!!

Katheryne, don't feel bad -- my running speed is the same as my bf's fast walk too! I was embarrassed when he came with me for my first run outside (I've been doing most of my running on the treadmill), because I thought people would be looking at me and thinking about how ridiculously slow I'm going if my bf is keeping up with me by walking. Then I just thought "So what!" At least I'm out there running, right? Who cares what other people think! I'm running longer and further than I ever have in my life, so who cares if it's at a snail's pace? I'll eventually get faster. Plus his legs are way longer, so of course there's a difference in pace. Now I just joke with my bf that it's like he's my running coach -- he doesn't actually have to run, just walk beside me to make sure I'm doing it. :laugh:

Kerry, yay for a Camelbak! I really need to get one of those.

Congrats to all their hard work and the losses!

Victoria - yeah they had me get on the treadmill and then showed me the video of my barefeet running so they could get a shoe for me. I'm going to pick up some inserts for my shoes and then also another pair of running shoes I think. I am not sure what the life is on them, but I think my mizunos are shot. Plus the Saucony ones I use to work out and run in just feel better. Its not really a bad ache just super mild but I have always had super sensitive feet (like I don't walk around outside without shoes on type feet) and since last spring when my feet were definitely hurting I think I'm way more sensitive now too. Arch support might be what my shoes need since I've got motion control ones that are more for ankle support and such.