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Well done! You might also want to check out the C25k group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/30-couch-to-5k-running-program-c25k

I re-re-re-did w6d3 Tuesday (with my 5 year old because I woke up late) and did w7d1 today. My husband is doing Zombies, run! but we haven't run together yet, lol. I'm finding it weird to be one of the "old timers" on this thread. I feel like I should try to be inspiring or something.

I've been sick as a dog for the last week, and now I'm out of town. Back to it on Tuesday!

King's Hawaiian Rolls are like bacon or chocolate-delicious with anything (except each other-a Hawaiian roll bacon chocolate sandwich does not sound appealing).

W6d3 take 3 today. I'll be honest-I'm still waiting for that magical feeling of being hooked on running. Right now it's just my best way to avoid my sister and dad's t2 diabetes and my mom's peripheral artery disease. And a whole lot of "should" feelings because I really want my kids to learn better habits than I did at…

Congrats! I re-did w6d3 today, and my knees are less achy. I'll repeat it again Saturday, then re-try week 7 next week. I have asthma and need to use my inhaler before I run. It's the older medicine pro-air. It works well, but today it made me really jittery for a couple hours after my run. I felt like I had downed a cup…

W7d1 today! My knees are a little achier than before, even with lots of stretching afterwards. I might add an extra week of 22 minute jogs and do week 7 (25 minutes straight all week) next week to let my joints catch up. I've lost 40 pounds over the last 2 years, but I'm still 24 pounds overweight and was obese for 20…

Congratulations!

That's great! I'm scheduled to do w7d1 today, but I had a rare opportunity for some alone time with my husband, and that won!

Bring some round to the neighbors? Invite friends over for a "mama's leftovers" party? Ask him to take them all to work to share with co-workers?

Unfortunately this forum isn't very busy. You might have better luck on the general Fitness forum. Congratulations on your loss so far!

Ok, I'll be the one to say it. "am not allowed," "am forbidden," "been banned," "I was told I can't even use an easy bake oven." I hope you're joking, but seeing similar language 4 times in just one thread is more than a little concerning.

I don't do a lot of stretching, but after I do the cool down I stretch my calves, quads, and hamstrings. I'm going to try the glute stretch from here (hopefully without falling over): http://www.runnersworld.com/injury-prevention-recovery/5-post-race-standing-stretches-every-runner-should-do/slide/2

Do they hurt, or are the a little achy? My knees are a little achy right after I run, but when I stretch better afterwards it's less likely to happen. I did w6d2 today! I think that was my last interval?! I meant to get up and go before the big kid goes to school, but the little kid was up every hour all night so I had no…

Welcome! You'll be halfway done before you know it.

I have a couple of chronic illnesses that weren't caused by weight but are made worse by excess weight (hypothyroidism and asthma), plus I had gestational diabetes twice and have a strong family history of T2 and heart disease. So I see my pcp every year. When I was obese she didn't bring it up much, except the year that…

Congratulations on your loss so far! Some people find that their visceral fat (the stuff around internal organs) is the first to go. Visceral fat often feels harder because it's under your muscles. Subcutaneous fat is just under your skin and is more jiggly. It could also be that your skin hasn't bounced back to your…

I just ran for 20 minutes straight!

I did week 4 day 2 today, even though I didn't want to. My 5 year old was off of school, so I asked him to encourage me-he did a hula, lol. How could I resist?

I don't know whether I can call mine young anymore, as they're 10 and 5, but I'll put myself here anyway. My youngest loves to go with me on his bike when I do my Couch to 5k workouts.

This. My doctor said that in addition to losing weight and exercising more, adding soluble fiber generally and rolled oats specifically is a proven way to raise hdl.

What helped me most was lowering my deficit and aiming for less weight loss per week. I also take a few maintenance days whenever I feel like I'm getting too hung up on perfection. It's taking me longer than I would like to lose the weight, but it's still infinitely faster than all the times I tried to be perfect and gave…

I actually wasn't being sarcastic with my suggestion of a media literacy class. Rude, yes. Gale, I'm sorry that I was rude. I think that many people, like William Shatner, genuinely believe that Google curates the web pages displayed in a search. Many people wrongly think that if something appears on Google it must have…

I haven't read the study yet, and probably won't tonight. But just off the top of my head the entire observed effect of drinking 2L of water is a difference of 400 kJ. That's fewer than 100 calories per day. Not even close to the 30% difference implied by the author's vague writing. As others have already pointed out many,…

All of those "citations" are from a book self-published by this guy: https://www.google.com/amp/www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-criminal-trial-robert-young-ph-miracle-2016feb03-story,amp.html Gale, I highly recommend an online course in media literacy.

Congratulations graduate! I probably asked this exact question last year, but what do you all do when you're sick? Run anyway as long as you feel remotely up for it? Wait until you're completely better? Somewhere in between? some background-I have asthma and am on an inhaled corticosteroid, so I'm more likely to catch…

I particularly love how Richard Feinman, the owner of that site, is capitalizing on the similarity of his name to Richard Feynman to make his physics claims look better.

I finished week 2 today. It started raining the moment I left the house, but it never got worse than a drizzle so I stuck it out. I enjoyed running with my 5 year old biking beside me w2d1 &2, but I go a lot faster when I don't have to stop and look at every pill bug.

His age is 18, according to his profile and his previous posts about his eating disorder.

Yes, teens generally need more calories than an adult of the same height and weight, especially males. Many males don't reach their final height until 20 years old, or even 21. So (reading between the lines of your previous posts), please DO listen to the doctor, parent, or counselor who is telling you that you need more…