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Not this year - i did the one in sept. of last year and it was SO much fun. I just haven't had time to train this year which sucks. Have a blast!!

You are wonderful! Great job taking control of your life, being willing to step out of the darkness, and focus on you and your health! Also, thank you for bringing to light the struggles of depression. The more we talk about it, the less daunting the stigma will become. You are TRULY an inspiration! Keep fighting the good…

Sadly, I don't get most weekends off - Only when I have other things going on. For example I run a youth support group that meets once a month, I am the music director at my church so Sundays and Wednesday evenings are spent in rehearsals (conducting a choir is GREAT exercise!). And various other volunteer things…

both jon and i are huge baseball fans. we're going to try to get to a few games this year, regardless of the team's record ;-) I'll keep you in the loop!

i'll be at the DC Color Run on 9/22 :)

That looks like SO much fun but I won't be able to do that one. :(

I was there opening weekend and will be back next weekend! <starts getting into timely corset tonight> Yup, I'll be there :) Pirate weekend is this weekend! (8/9th) just FYI

when i started my degree, i was a going for a math degree -- but then i had 3 full semesters where i didn't see a single number and then a professor who told me i wouldn't make it because i was a woman.... so eventually i realized it wasn't where my passion was anymore and i switched. :)

very PROUD ally here! In fact, a year and a half ago i helped to start a PFLAG/Youth Support group in my county in Virginia because there had never been one there before. EVERYONE please, feel free to add me (just shoot me a message along with it so i know why!) I love everybody :-D

thanks for sharing! not only am i just, in general, a huge nerd but also i'm a MUSIC nerd (have my degree in music) so this is AWESOME! I've decided to play WoW "casually" as GFreg puts it... it sucked me in and i spent WAY too much time there -- now i visit a day a week if that. I know as soon as i pick it back up again,…

i was starting to think i was the only one, too! Also, I fear I may have been the only person watching the HR Derby last night! hahaha baseball girls UNITE! :-P

i highly recommend getting a HRM that way you can just wear it while you do it, and then create a new exercise and enter the exact calories. This is, obviously, only if you have the money to get one (keep in mind, there are several inexpensive ones on the market) and just my 2 cents-- it might be the best investment in…

rarely do i come to the forums anymore because they're always SO negative but this one is GREAT! Thank you so much for posting it! i'm taking back myself! I'm taking back my self-confidence, no more negative thinking! I'm going to do things for ME for once, because no matter how much i focus on others now, if i don't take…

we were lucky out in Leesburg, our power never went out for more than 10 seconds at a time and then it only flickered for an hour or two. Once we left the town limits on saturday, however, it looked like it was the freakin' apocalypse! Trees in the roads, no traffic lights working, traffic was HORRIBLE and of COURSE it…

holy moly! look at all the new peeps! :-D hi everyone! I'm out in Leesburg, feel free to add me (make sure you let me know why you're adding me! hahaha) I'm at almost all of the meet ups (still not 100% sure about this coming weekend's) and i'm very active and encouraging. <waves>

this, right here. and perhaps the most important part of ALL of this is the BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! As someone else stated above, the last 20-30 might be REALLY hard to get off, DO NOT LET YOURSELF GIVE UP. ever. Keep pushing, keep trying, keep going. never give up and you'll get there.

I agree with GFreg above, I think this might be a great place to hold a meet up! We've held two (after this saturday) on the western-ish side of the beltway, why don't we plan to do this one in the next couple months? Thanks for bringing it up Venturin!

Ditto what Greg said! Add me if you like as well! Between the two of us, you shouldn't EVER be out of the loop regarding meet ups :)

there's a clothing exchange group on this site: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/3431-mfp-clothing-exchange it's not crazy active YET but that's because it's still pretty new and the word hasn't gotten out. But the way it works is that you post clothes you want to give away, people contact you, you ship them to them…

I live in leesburg, so i'm allllllways finding things like this to do out this way. Recently bf and I went exploring point of rocks. The C&O canal has an awesome walking/biking path that goes right along the river (between the river and the train tracks). Also, there are a ton of hiking trails west of us (we're not far…

i think that'll make for an AWESOME dmv meet up! just sayin'! :)

i feared EXACTLY the same thing, and even tho i'm down 50lbs, i can definitely feel it in my hips and knees. BUT i've talked to my fit friends (formerly fat, now fit friends) that it's normal to feel that at first and as long as you are sure you have the right running shoes and take it easy (as GFreg said, incorporate…

And those of us who rescue animals from unruly and abusive homes? what then?

amen! My beagle runs like a maniac sometimes (when she sees a bunny or a bird), i always use either a collar (just around her neck) or a cheap harness (that goes down her back and around her shoulders with just a generic straight 6' leash. I am careful and use the items properly and i'm proud to say she has NEVER been…

pretzel crisps are baller. Thin like chips, but kind of pretzel-y, you can get them in flavors and junk. om nom nom.

bwa ha ha love it. :-D

i just signed up for their "VIP" email list and started following them on twitter. if i do both of those things, i SHOULDNT miss registration opening......... .... ... ...shouldnt....

I'd love to! Sadly I am too far away (all the way out in leesburg) maybe some day we can do a meet up and ride the path! :)

absolutely! And unfortunately sometimes people overcompensate for their lack of self-esteem or whatever might not be right. I think it all boils down to attitude (on top of everything else, of course)

without even commenting on her looks, i get a strange feeling that a number of ladies dislike her because she is always talking about them disliking her to other people. She used the line "so i approached a mutual friend" or "so i asked her right hand woman" etc. Unless I missed it while reading, it doesn't sound like…