I left the scale in at home while I was in Aiken for 9 days. Heading home now so I'll let you know in the morning! I feel great though. I went running almost every morning and spent a lot of time in the saddle How are things going for you?

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Work is about to calm down since the last yearling sale is next week. So no more early mornings! YAY! But does mean that winter is almost here BOOOOOO!

I'm fairly happy with how I am doing. My running is coming along nicely and I am up to running 5-6 minutes straight which i think is very conservative since I did do a stretch of about 13 minutes the other day. Just got into a really nice pace. So I think I can probably push myself a bit more.

Eating ... that has been a bit iffy the past week or so. That needs to be improved. And need a kick in the pants to actually write in down on a consistant basis.

And speaking of getting a kick in the butt, I am looking for a "work out buddy" or someone to hold me accountable on a daily basis. Basically partner up and can check on each other on a daily or every couple day type thing. Someone to say "yes you need to go for a run" when I'm trying to get out of it.

Any takers??!! Give me a shout or leave a note here.

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I injured my knee a few weeks ago, so I haven't been exercising. It was so bad that it was painful to walk, painful to sit in a normal position with it bent, and painful to drive. So lots of NSAIDS and sitting around with my leg propped up. Physical therapy starts Thursday. Very frustrating, since I had been doing so well.

Thankfully I still managed to lose a little bit of weight since being laid up, and I've lost a total of 14 lbs since joining mfp with the CotH crowd Jan 1. That puts me at 199lbs, so finally under 200. Another 14 and I'll be 185, which would make me overweight instead of obese.

Ona has been great about keeping tabs on everyone. I'm super impressed by her.

That's awesome everyone is doing so well!

Things are going well for me too. I've been running a lot- yesterday I ran 3 miles for the first time ever! I have my eyes on a 5k that's coming up in a few weeks. Still getting up the nerve to actually mail in the sign up sheet, but it's all filled out and sitting on my desk

I've been doing pretty well about eating better, it's definitely not perfect at all, but progress from how I used to eat. I'm actually on the plane right now heading off to visit some extended family for the weekend and I'm a little nervous how this will go. They aren't healthy eaters at all and I know they want to take me to a great bakery and do some things like that. I'm hoping I can figure out a way to enjoy myself and still keep from going completely overboard. I tried to make sure I had a good sized calorie deficit for a few days early this week, so I'm hoping that'll help even out some indulgences over the next few days!

Also want to thank everyone who comments on my eating and exercise posts, the moral support really helps me!

Well I suffered the inevitable "high enthusiasm start - early results - then, oh man this is becoming a slog" slump. Partly I have a lot going on in my life... but then who doesn't.

Had to do a bit of a re-program. After all, I want this to be FOR LIFE, not for NOW. I do find that I am making more conscious choices, and realizing that there really is a correlation between calories in and calories out. (Not rocket science, I know!)

Support has been key, I just find that I let myself down & don't know how you guys are all doing SO well with staying accountable. I wish I had some more real-life interaction, I think it would help. However, with summer coming, I am already feeling better & know I will be spending far more time outside, which is great.

Let's keep the momentum going, guys, I think we have a good thing going here.