clarkecolin Member

Through a lot of hard work, it's not easy not eating what others are, e.g. slice a cake with yor cup of tea but within a few months if you stick at it the reward is fantastic, time passes quicker than you think. Some weeks you will not loose weight & other weeks you may even gain a little, don;t let it get you down as that…

Best of luck, start & stick with it as it really does work. Enjoy Colin.

Fair play to ye all, thats a great challange to be part off, savage motivation. Not taking part as just finished a marathon last Monday so I'm on a rest for two weeks. Good look to ye all. Colin.

Just read your post. Putting on weight is all to very much the problem here. Firstly well done for quitting the cigarette & secondly dont beat yourself up, you'll get there in the end. Loosing weight isn't easy but as you know by now the reward for looking & feeling great is priceless. Ad some walking or general exercise…

Thanks guys, That really does help.

Thanks for that. Colin

Fair play Michael thats some going. It sure takes a lot of focus and determination to achieve a goal liike that, I was 15 stone a few months ago & have just got down to below 13 stone last week, few more pounds to go but getting there. Your dead right though, theres nothing like a few pounds lost to motivate you. Brilliant…

This is a post I put up a few weeks back. I'm a runner too & like yourself was a smoker & a runner too, have a read of it & see if it help any. Best of luck & if you try & quit & stick it out you'll feel 10 times better & enjoy your running a hell of a lot more I promise you. Read on... I know this isn'y a calorie related…

Hi, I'm running the Dublin marathon on 25th October. Your welcome to ad me as a friend if you want to see my log or need any help. Done my first ever last July & a second in August. Great feeling. Will say do 50/50 road/track, track being off road of any type. Long distance road running can cause some injuries & set u…

Visit www.32marathons.com if you like to look at a few training programmes for half & full marathon. Click on training tab & look at bottom right for training programmes. I took part in this marathon challenge during the year & ran two marathons in a month even though I never ran one before. Hope this helps, Colin.

Sound man John, looks good Will give it a test drive soon Thanks, Colin

I sorry to laugh, but that was just so funny, priceless really. Thats put the biggest smile on my face...thank you. By the way now that I've stopped laughing I feel sorry that you've to do it all again, but feel good that you've made people smile with that post. PS I have a dog too, so I know only too well. Colin.

Thanks Sarah, I don't feel like such a plank now Colin.

Thanks for clearing that up... ha ha I taught maybe it was either a nice comment or maybe a polite way of saying someting else..

Ah thanks for clearing that up, you learn something new every day...

Seen this a few times, what does 'Bump' mean?

Hi, Same as you I'm 9 lbs down after two weeks, this week no so good even though I've been good. Don't give in at this stage, you'll be delighted you stuck it out. Well done in booking into the gym. Keep the faith. Colin. Ireland.

Well done all, Great to hear your sucess stories. Will have to use your login names sorry: Renaes - well done you, your over it now, pat yourself on the back. Krex - great stuff, no better feeling than to be rid of them. Tlitzner - what a lovely story, delighted for you and your husband that you've a baby on the way(I have…

Thank you all for taking the time to reply.

Thanks Bank, Was a burning question for me, nicely answered, no stone left unturned.

Sorry in advance for the stupid question, but what the heck are planks??

Thanks for the welcome guys

No problem, glad to be of a little help. your welcome to ad me as a friend if you like & I'll keep my details up to date so that you can compare. This is the first (today) time I've ever used a forum & I can't believe how quickly people respond, it's fantastic.

Hi, I know this story only too well. I starting training for my first marathon this year which was in July (ended up doing two full marathon & two half marathon in a month), I trained 5 days a week with a long run on Sundays, I was 205 lbs and my weight didnt drop at all during all the training (800 miles in total, over 5…