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St. Peters, Missouri

Me as well!!

My anti-food way is either running or strength training. And plan on staying single. Keep finding what seems like the right guy for me than their true colors come out when they can no longer take being nice anymore or they think they have me hooked. Something like that.

Like what everybody else said baby steps. Maybe if you can't get into logging food right away reduce your portion size. Also maybe say hey every night my son and I are going to go do something active even if its just a walk. The point is to get use to being active then you can add in the running or the biking once you get…

Ask them if you can take them for a short test run outside of the store. That's what one of the stores near me lets you do. I have honestly no loyalty to a brand since new shoe models seem to come out all the time. I just take them on a test run.

I run them by myself all the time. I will assure you, you will NOT be the only person there without someone. Also the running community is very friendly find someone else by themselves and if they don't have head phones or or warming up say hi. That is how I've met a few people. For me a prefer running by myself that way I…

What helped me with feeling tired all day is truthfully eating better. I eat a lot of veggies, fruit, some yougart, and mixed nuts. My caffeine intake is very little. I had to play around with my calorie intake and up it and that helped as well. I tried to keep my carbs around 500g or less. Sometimes I would go above in…

When at the gym that is my weights are my only thing I use now that I feel comfortable and know what I'm doing. I also had a weight training class for two mos and that helped show me some things that I can do. The work out machines I never felt like it was doing anything except some being awkward so I use free weights and…

I honestly see nothing wrong with this. You are making it family time and trying to make it fun for all of you including her. The other thing that might work is have her help with meals. Make cooking dinner family time and make healthy dinners and turn some of her favorites into something healthy by adding veggies or…

Good Job! I love that high you get when you realize that you can pass on that junk food and you do just that. From what I have experienced loving sweets is after awhile you don't really want it no more. In the evenings I will allow myself one cookie and I'm fine. In face the other day I went for some frozen custard and the…

Yes, Runkeeper does report where you run just need to have your GPS turned on. I've found it to be semi close to accurate but not spot on but it works well for training.

First off you look great and congrats on the weight loss!! I've never been afraid of the weight room because of bulking up. I avoided it for a long time because I didn't know what to do and to do it properly so I won't injure myself. So I took a weight training class for 2 mos and learned the right ways to lift and what to…

All I know if any guy told me I had to drop to whatever he considered a good weight before he would marry me I would drop him like a lead balloon. Honestly you might lose the weight if you get rid of the stress which sounds like him. I was with a guy who would point out all the heavy set people he could and say eww or the…

I would not say that it is slow. I'm doing a 12:00min mile and I'm fine with that. I figure the more I run and whatnot I'll speed up. Just complete my first milestone of doing a 7k/5k without walking.

I wouldn't mention the other trainer. I would just tell the new one what you have been doing and I'm sure he will go through some of his own tests to see where you are as far as your fitness level.

My ex boyfriend when at a 5k race would point out a heavy set person and make a horrible comment. I would look at him and say at least she is out here walking and good for her I'm proud of her. He won't like when I would day that in her defense. One of the many reasons he is my ex got sick of those comments and of course…

Honestly resist it. It will get easier. Yesterday bagels were brought in. I had no desire to get one like I use to. Before I would eat two. How I achieved that I slowly eliminate sweet stuff. Also I now enjoy healthy food and have seen the results. The comments I like here is when someone mentioned that her husband said…

Instead of swimming how about just walking back and forth in the pool. Would help strengthen the muscles in your legs and around the knee and won't cause any more pain in the knee. In my non medical opinion that would be the best for awhile. Otherwise there are many exercises that you can do that don't require much on the…

I started it on my own. What kicked my butt was someone I knew ate a huge burger for a eating contest. This was like a 5pd burger three pieces of bread(bun), fries, egg, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and cheese on it. That totally grossed me out by thinking about that. So I started eating healthy and as clean as I can. Thought…

I guess I've been lucky to not care what other people are thinking and wear what I feel comfortable working out in. Honestly I don't look at what someone is wearing unless its like this insanely bright neon workout outfit, with that just see colors not what they look like. Don't worry about what you look like as long as…

That is awesome keep up the great work!

Truthfully I'm fine with it as I'm past wanting a lot of sweets. I will on occasion make one of those recipes and then divide it up into one or half servings depending on what they consider one serving. I don't care what my fb friends are eating that's for them to decide how healthy they want to be. I personally enjoy…

Keep it up you can do it!

St. Louis ,Missouri

I have ankle problems from a previous non running related accident. I was just running in normal store running shoes. Talked to a personal trainer that we have access to free at the gym and she said to go to a running store and have them fit me to a proper shoe. Here I found out I needed a suppotive shoe as I was running…

I'm happy with myself. Do I have weight to lose defiantly but the way I figure this is me if someone doesn't like the way I look so be it. Probably for the first few weeks I stayed in only to get into the mind set of healthy eating without all the influences of bad food. Now I go out cause I trust myself to eat less and…

I would love to be your friend. Could always use more support. I add everything I eat as well as try and encouage others. Request sent/. Also anybody else that is a motivator and need motivating feel free to add me.

Don't let some random girls take your joy out of you. Be happy for your accomplishments. Just because they are skinny does not mean they are happy with who they are. Sometime putting others down is a way for them to feel happy about themselves as sad as that is. So keep your head up you are doing a great job and keep being…

Wow that is the first word out of my mouth. You took this in your own hands and did something about it. You are awesome and very motivating. for me to continue this path I started. Congradulations keep up the great work towards running an ultra marathon.

I agree year of change. Just got rid of an emotionally abusive boyfriend. Started a few weeks ago to eating healthier so hopefully we all keep up the good work to change for the positive!