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Another vote for c25k here. I did my first c25k session Feb 28th and ran my first 5k without walking on May 28th. I'm 35 years old and have NEVER run in my life, even in school I was excused from running because of severe asthma. I have tried the "get out and run as far as you are comfortable with" thing and it left me…

This is so reassuring to me, as I have noticed that the fat on my legs and tummy is "looser" so to speak. Hopefully it's packing up to leave soon! lol!

I'm glad you've gotten some good ideas from this thread, graciousdove! I hope you are able to make them work for you and your mate. :flowerforyou:

I think it would totally suck if my mate was the one who cooked and all of a sudden they wanted to change to a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle lol. I do all the cooking for my husband, and he pretty much eats anything I make him-but I wouldn't stick him with such a drastic lifestyle change. Are you sure of your reasons for…

Your friend gave you some terrible advice. Diet is hugely important. If you are eating what you want and trying to work it off, it would be nearly impossible unless you are training for a marathon or something. Simply lifting weights and building muscle isn't going to "burn all of your calories and start using your fat…

Coffee is totally breakfast. I have my coffee in the morning and usually don't eat solid food for at least 2 hours after I get up...often I don't have my "breakfast" until noon. Most of the time I just don't have an appetite in the early morning. The problem I used to have is that I wouldn't eat much during the day and…

Go to the bottom left of your profile. There will be a link for you to search your own forum posts. Flip through until you find your SSS post, cut/paste and then add this weeks weight to the group. :)

To clarify, when I say this food is processed, I feel that it is highly processed. Many foods require minimal processing for consumption. When I rinse and scrub my potato before baking it, I suppose you could say i'm processing it as well, but looking at the ingredients of this product, they took the peanuts and completely…

Totally processed. Ingredients: PEANUTS (AS DEFATTED PEANUT FLOUR AND NATURAL PEANUT BUTTER), TAPIOCA SYRUP, PURE WATER, DEHYDRATED CANE JUICE, RICE SYRUP, VEGETABLE GLYCERIN, SOY FLOUR, SALT, TAPIOCA STARCH, NATURAL FOOD FLAVORS, PAPRIKA & ANNATO, CALCIUM CARBONATE, LECITHIN, VITAMINS E & C (ANTIOXIDANTS). Defatted peanut…

Starting weight (July 16): 154.2 1st week weight (July 23): 153.8 (-.4 lost) 2nd week weight (July 30): 153.6 (-.6 lost) 3rd week weight (August 6): 4th week weight (August 13): 5th week weight (August 20): 6th week weight (August 27): Total Weight lost: -.6 pounds OK, I don't want to sound ungrateful here, and I know I…

But...that's the same thing we do every night, Pinky.

I'd like to get consistent with my exercise again: running at least 3 times per week, working out at least 5 times per week. I also need to get consistent with healthy eating again. Getting my sleep schedule on track would be a huge plus, i've fallen into the summer rut of staying up with my teens late into the night and…

Tasting while you cook is totally ok-how else would you check the flavor? Just make sure to only taste when absolutely necessary, and don't make a whole meal out of your meal prep "tastings". And log every bite in the notes section of your diary. When I first started it was a big eye opener for me to realize how much I had…

Have you tried breaking your goal up into smaller, mini goals? I break mine into 10 pound or so increments. That way, when I hit each goal I feel like I accomplished something. Also, I set goals that are not weight based, but health based-like my goal for spring was to run a 5k. I did that in May and now i'm working to run…

I usually use a half chicken breast (whole if i'm low on cals and protein for the day), 2 tbsp mayo (full fat-nothing compares), onion, celery, jalapeno, and either relish or chopped pickle, and a good amount of cracked black pepper. The way I make it has a lot of veggies and just enough mayo to hold it together. If I…

Try c25k, it's a great program. http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml BTW when is your 5k?

Starting weight (July 16): 154.2 1st week weight (July 23): 153.8 (-.4 lost) 2nd week weight (July 30): 3rd week weight (August 6): 4th week weight (August 13): 5th week weight (August 20): 6th week weight (August 27): Total Weight lost: -.4 pounds

Starting weight (July 16): 154.2 1st week weight (July 23): 153.8 (-.5 lost) 2nd week weight (July 30): 3rd week weight (August 6): 4th week weight (August 13): 5th week weight (August 20): 6th week weight (August 27): Total Weight lost:

I don't think there's really any chance that i'll lose 15 unless I took unhealthy measures. (Especially since i'm down to my last 15 pounds anyways, the last pounds seem to be the hardest to lose.) However, i'll just be happy to shake things up a bit and break this hovering around 156-158 for the last two months cycle. I…

Starting weight (July 16): 154.2 Finally down to those last 15 pounds!!! :drinker: 1st week weight (July 23): 2nd week weight (July 30): 3rd week weight (August 6): 4th week weight (August 13): 5th week weight (August 20): 6th week weight (August 27): Total Weight lost:

I honestly don't think I could lose 15 pounds in 6 weeks no matter how I tried, but i'm in anyways because any weight loss at all would be great. I only have about 15 pounds to go. Our local fair starts on August 30th. I met my husband there 5 years ago, and I would like to be back to the weight I met him at when it comes…

Yes. Zumba is dancing, people. Can you imagine how many types of dancing would be in the database if they added every single type? Just log it as dancing if you don't have an HRM.

I'm following Hal Higdon's novice 15k program...I did c25k and graduated in May, it's such a great program!

We have 5: 4 girls and a boy, ages 7 to 18...and 3 in heaven. I would totally be open to more, but my last two pregnancies didn't end well and I was very sick during them...my husband says no more for us.

I'm late to the party, but I did BBLB1 yesterday with BBUB1 scheduled today. I worked it all out to coordinate it with the novice 15k program i'm doing and it fits together nicely! I just hope my body can handle it! :laugh:

Wow, thanks! I'll check out the videos and see how I can fit them in around my runs...my training plan calls for cross training on some of my non-running days, and it leaves two days per week devoted to strength as well. Maybe I should complete the BB on the two strength days, even if it does take me longer to complete…

Awesome! Thank you! In light of your partially crippled comment, now i'm pretty scared! haha my legs are still kind of angry about last night's run as it was my longest yet...

Seriously! It's taken me 6 months to lose about twice that much!

EVERY month, I tell myself I want in on this thread...and then i'm too scared to post. #fail