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February 1st Exercised: Yes! 30 minute walk at lunch and 30 minutes of yoga this evening Calories: Yes! Tracked: Yes!

Hi everyone! My name is Lauren. 32 year old female. First time in this (or any) challenge. I've been on MFP for a little over two years now. The first year I lost about 50 lbs and was really on a roll. But then in January 2018 I was laid off from my job and motivation to take care of myself sort of fell by the wayside. I…

Name: Lauren Age: 31 Height:5'2" Start Weight (October 21st): 160lbs Goal Weight (December 24th): 150lbs Weigh-ins: 29th October: 159lbs 5th November: 156lbs 12th November: 159lbs 19th November: 156lbs 26th November: 154lbs 3rd December: 153lbs 10th December: 152lbs 17th December: 151lbs 24th December: Weight -/+ this…

Name: Lauren Age: 31 Height:5'2" Start Weight (October 21st): 160lbs Goal Weight (December 24th): 150lbs Weigh-ins: 29th October: 159lbs 5th November: 156lbs 12th November: 159lbs 19th November: 156lbs 26th November: 154lbs 3rd December: 153lbs 10th December: 152lbs 17th December: 24th December: Weight -/+ this week: -1…

Name: Lauren Age: 31 Height:5'2" Start Weight (October 21st): 160lbs Goal Weight (December 24th): 150lbs Weigh-ins: 29th October: 159lbs 5th November: 156lbs 12th November: 159lbs 19th November: 156lbs 26th November: 154lbs 3rd December: 10th December: 17th December: 24th December: Weight -/+ this week: -2 Weight -/+ this…

Hi everyone! It's my first year running and I want to keep it going through the winter. I've been doing well with continuing to run outside in the colder weather so far, but the ground getting icy makes me nervous. I was looking into my options for the days when it's too icy to run and it looks like there's an indoor track…

Name: Lauren Age: 31 Height:5'2" Start Weight (October 21st): 160lbs Goal Weight (December 24th): 150lbs Weigh-ins: 29th October: 159lbs 5th November: 156lbs 12th November: 159lbs 19th November: 156lbs 26th November: 3rd December: 10th December: 17th December: 24th December: Weight -/+ this week: -3 Weight -/+ this month:…

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Name: Lauren Age: 31 Height:5'2" Start Weight (October 21st): 160lbs Goal Weight (December 24th): 150lbs Weigh-ins: 29th October: 159lbs 5th November: 156lbs 12th November: 159lbs 19th November: 26th November: 3rd December: 10th December: 17th December: 24th December: Weight -/+ this week: +3 Weight -/+ this month: 0…

10km! I can run 10km! I did C25K in the spring, took July and August off because of the heat, picked the habit back up in the fall and started adding more and more distance to my runs. Then last night I got up to 10km in 64 minutes. :grin:

Added you! I'm from Ottawa.

Name: Lauren Age: 30 Height:5'2" Start Weight (October 21st): 160lbs Goal Weight (December 24th): 150lbs Weigh-ins: 29th October: 159lbs 5th November: 156lbs 12th November: 19th November: 26th November: 3rd December: 10th December: 17th December: 24th December: Weight -/+ this week: -3 Weight -/+ this month: -1 Successes /…

I totally get you on liking privacy when you run. :smile: I usually run in my neighbourhood, but wait til after sundown so people won't see me. I just take precautions for safety. Wear reflective gear for drivers and make sure I stay aware of my surroundings. I actually prefer running at night because I can see the car…

Yoga with Adriene! She has a youtube channel and it's awesome. She has a series for beginners. She also has a couple series that you follow along with everyday for a month. They videos are relatively short and increase in complexity over the month. I highly recommend those for getting into the habit.

Name: Lauren Age: 30 Height:5'2" Start Weight (October 21st): 160lbs Goal Weight (December 24th): 150lbs Weigh-ins: 29th October: 159lbs 5th November: 12th November: 19th November: 26th November: 3rd December: 10th December: 17th December: 24th December: Weight -/+ this week: -1 Weight -/+ this month: -3 Successes /…

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Name: Lauren Age: 30 Height:5'2" Start Weight (October 21st): 160lbs Goal Weight (December 24th): 150lbs Weigh-ins: 29th October: 5th November: 12th November: 19th November: 26th November: 3rd December: 10th December: 17th December: 24th December: Weight -/+ this week: Weight -/+ this month: Successes / struggles this…

Whereabouts on the Bruce Trail do you go? I haven't checked out a lot of the southern part, but I've spent a lot of time trekking around the Peninsula section. This is from a few weeks ago on the Bruce Trail around Lion's Head:

Sauble River on the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario:

I'm in Ottawa!

Yoga with Adrienne! She is the best. She has a couple of 30 Days of Yoga series that are great for beginners. They start off with the basics and progress over the 30 videos. Those ones average about 30 minutes, but she has a ton of others that run longer or shorter depending on what you're looking for.

The river where I go kayaking usually has downed trees across it at different spots. So I can only go up to a certain point before I have to turn around and go back to the bridge where I started. I think the most I've ever been able to do is a total of 7kms. Last weekend the entire river was miraculously clear. So I just…

Most of the challenge is mental. I started every week assuming that I wouldn't be able to do it. But every time I felt like stopping I would check in with myself first. Do your joints hurt? Do your muscles hurt? Or are you just out of breath? 100% of the time I was just out of breath, so I would slow down a little and keep…

Play Hard - David Guetta It came on last night when I was on the last stretch and felt like I was dying. It helped me to push through. It also had the perfect beat for my pace at that moment.

Hi, I'm Lauren. I'm in Canada. I had tried C25K a few years ago, but just couldn't break the 5 minute runs. It would take me multiple weeks of trying before I could successfully complete any of the levels, but for whatever reason I just couldn't crack week 4. It didn't help that I was doing it outside in July in 30 degree…

The fact that my post about running for 20 minutes was my 20th post is making me really happy.

I was planning on trying my first 20 minute run for C25K tonight. Like always, I was all in my head about it. So, last night, I decided to go for a walk/run without the app and just see how far I could go until I felt like dying. I figured I would prove to myself that I could at least do 10 minutes at once and that maybe…

Before I started week 4 of C25K I had myself completely psyched out about the 5 minute intervals. I even decided that so long as I ran 3 minutes out of the 5 I would call it a victory. It would just take some extra days before I could build up to 5. But last night I had my first attempt at day 1 and I finished the whole…

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You definitely should! I live in Ottawa and one of my favourite things about this time of year is busing to the far end after work and then skating the whole canal.