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With the same reluctance as the majority of ladies before me, I think I'll give this a shot...

I felt the same way so I started training for a half marathon (completed on 11/3/12). Next week, I am starting training for my second half marathon, so I guess whatever was in the Kool-Aid worked. Also, I bought new shoes which has helped with joint issues, knee problems, and shin splints. I'm not a great runner but my…

I print out a calendar each month and write in my workouts for that month. It helps me to make adjustments for anything that should come up (i.e. if I have a dinner planned, I know to work out in the morning or to switch that day with an off day). I highlight the workouts that I completed and mark off those that I did not.

Week # 1 - Total / min left: 280 /0 (30 over goal!) Week # 2 -- Total / min left: 306/0 (56 minutes over goal) Week #3- November 12- Goal 250 minutes Mon: 0 minutes Tue: 60 minutes Body Pump, 32 minutes Elliptical Wed: 60 minutes Yoga Thur: 50 minutes elliptical Fri: Sat: Sun: Total / min left: 202/48

Week # 1 - Total / min left: 280 /0 (30 over goal!) Week # 2 -- Total / min left: 306/0 (56 minutes over goal) Week #3- November 12- Goal 250 minutes Mon: 0 minutes Tue: 60 minutes Body Pump, 32 minutes Elliptical Wed: 60 minutes Yoga Thur: Fri: Sat: Sun: Total / min left: 152/98

Week # 1 - Total / min left: 280 /0 (30 over goal!) Week # 2 -- Total / min left: 306/0 (56 minutes over goal) Week #3- November 12- Goal 250 minutes Mon: 0 minutes Tue: 60 minutes Body Pump, 32 minutes Elliptical Wed: Thur: Fri: Sat: Sun: Total / min left: 92/250

Week # 1 - Total / min left: 280 /0 (30 over goal!) Week # 2 -- November 5 -- Goal 250 minutes: Mon: 60 minutes (Body Pump) Tue: 33 minutes (elliptical) Wed: 0 minutes Thur: 0 mintues Fri: 42 minutes (elliptical) Sat: 91 minutes (hiking) Sun: 80 minutes (hiking) Total / min left: 306/0 (56 minutes over goal) Week # 1 -…

Week # 1 - Total / min left: 280 /0 (30 over goal!) Week # 2 -- November 5 -- Goal 250 minutes: Mon: 60 minutes (Body Pump) Tue: 33 minutes (elliptical) Wed: 0 minutes Thur: Fri: Sat: Sun: Total / min left: 93/157

Week # 1 - Total / min left: 280 /0 (30 over goal!) Week # 2 -- November 5 -- Goal 250 minutes: Mon: 60 minutes (Body Pump) Tue: Wed: Thur: Fri: Sat: Sun: Total / min left: 60/190

Week # 1 -- October 29th -- Goal 250 minutes: Mon: 0 minutes Tue: 39 minutes- elliptical Wed: 33 minutes- elliptical Thur: 30 minutes- light weights, yoga, etc. Fri: 0 minutes Sat: 163 minutes (1st half marathon completed) Sun: 15 minutes walking Total / min left: 280 /0 (30 over goal!) Week # 2 -- November 5 -- Goal 250…

Week # 1 -- October 29th -- Goal 250 minutes: Mon: 0 minutes Tue: 39 minutes- elliptical Wed: 33 minutes- elliptical Thur: 30 minutes- light weights, yoga, etc. Fri: 0 minutes Sat: Sun: Total / min left: 102 / 148

When I get into an exercise rut, I print out a calendar for the month and write in the days when I am going to exercise. I then put it on the fridge and highlight the days the I actually managed to exercise. If I didn't exercise, I write the reason (tired, sick, lazy, etc.) Another thing that has helped me is training for…

Week # 1 -- October 29th -- Goal 250 minutes: Mon: 0 minutes Tue: 39 minutes- elliptical Wed: 33 minutes- elliptical Thur: Fri: Sat: Sun: Total / min left: 72 / 178

Week # 1 -- October 29th -- Goal 250 minutes: Mon: 0 minutes Tue: 39 minutes- elliptical Wed: Thur: Fri: Sat: Sun: Total / min left: 39 / 211

I'm down for this! Great motivation for the end of the year. Week # 1 -- October 29th -- Goal 250 minutes: Mon: Tue: Wed: Thur: Fri: Sat: Sun: Total / min left: 0 / 250 -Jessica

I think for mascara you just have to test out different brands to find what will work for you. The best way to do that is to shop at places that will let you try the prodcut in the store or have a return policy that allows you return makeup, even if you have already used it. CVS and Sephora are usually the places for this.…

My husband and I are running a half marathon at the beginning of November. We are using a 10 week training shedule (http://www.marathonrookie.com/half-marathon-training.html). It definitely helps that we are doing this together- it is keeping us motivated. However, we don't run together and a couple of our training days…

My goal is to actually make it to the gym tonight for Body Pump despite the fact that my husband has already bailed on going with me. Gotta build muscle to make my first half marathon in November a little easier (read: long term goal).

Many people have told me I resemble Renee Zellweger. I believe they are probably refrencing her Bridget Jones days more than anything else ;) I have also had a quite a few of people tell me that I look like Scarlett Johansson-- I don't see that at all...

"I feel like such a heifer. I had two bowls of Special K, 3 pieces of turkey bacon, a handful of popcorn, 5 peanut butter M&M's and like 3 pieces of licorice." "Okay, so you're probably going, "Is this like a Noxzema commercial or what?" But seriously, I actually have a way normal life for a teenage girl. " "Sometimes you…

1. Snow Shovel 2. Folding Chairs 3. A broken vase 4. An open bag of kitty litter (I do not have a cat)

Good morning, ladies! I haven't been around much so I figure half way through the month is as good of a place to start as any. May has been a pretty good month for me-- I am a Kentucky girl so I got to go to Oaks (the race the day before the KY Derby where mostly locals attend). It was pretty fun getting dressed up,…

After a dismal April, I am ready to get back on track! Eleanoreb- Do not do anything careless or stupid before the marathon and just do the best that I can. enewsome2- Stay under my calories every day and log religiously. Eat back half to all of my exercise calories. Keep a positive outlook and remember- I can do this! :)…

It looks like I am not the only one struggling this month... I had to take a week off for a minor injury (I think just a strained muscle in my lower back) and I have been weary (read: lazy) to get back to working out. I am definitely not going to meet my goal of 1300 exercise minutes for the month. But, I am not throwing…

I eat them frequently for lunch because I like the variety. When I started MFP, I counted all of my sodium to make sure that I wasn't going overboard, especially by eating the frozen meals. I found that I was under my suggested sodium almost every day (usually by a considerable amount) even while consuming the Lean Cuisine…

Peas- all peas. They are so mushy and disgusting on the inside. Also, frozen/canned asparagus or Brussels Sprouts- they are so slimy! (I LOVE fresh asapargus and Brussels Sprouts, though)

...the crack of a falling limb, the crash of a bolting deer-- makes you spin in alarm.

Currently my weakness is Cadbury Mini Eggs that I stupidly decided to bring to work. This weakness is not controlled...

We made our entrance to My Bloody Valentine's "Sometimes", our first (slow) dance was to Buddy Holly's "True Love Ways", and then we immediately went into "Eye Know" by De La Soul. Kind of unusual but effective and exactly what we wanted (and that is all that really matters, right?)

Qwerty & kendib- the mini eggs should be illegal. I gave up sweets for Lent (candy, cookies, cake and chocolate) and I longed for a bag of mini eggs. I ate a few too many yesterday and was practically in a sugar coma. Somehow I managed to make it to the gym and pull myself out of it (and, thankfully, the mini eggs are less…