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For the rest of last week, I had: 3.5 on Tuesday, 5 on Thursday, and 3 on Saturday (5K with my 9 year old DD). :smile: After last week I was at: 54.75/50 I put in 3.75 yesterday, so for the month I am now at: 58.5/50. Yay me!

I tell my husband where I'm going, and I run in daylight on well-traveled streets. The one more isolated street on which I run has a State Police barracks, and I've never seen less than two police cruisers driving on that street during a run. I also stick to less dodgy areas of town. I run with headphones in, but I can…

It is not ignorant to suggest that it is wrong to take up a salesperson's time when you know you aren't going to buy the product from them. Yes, they get paid by the running store. The issue is that for the running store to have the money to pay employees, it needs to be profitable. If everyone buys their gear elsewhere =…

So far, I don't take anything with me to eat/drink on my runs (6 miles is my longest right now). I think the general wisdom is that you don't really need to worry about it until 8 or so miles. Do what feels comfortable for you. If you run 8-10 miles with no food/water, then great. If you feel shaky and awful after 7, think…

In that type of weather I would wear: a long sleeved wicking t-shirt (mine are half-zip with thumbholes so they cover half of my hands too), tights or capris, regular shoes and socks and probably thin gloves. I might add a band covering my ears on a particularly cold day. I wouldn't want to get too warm once I started…

3.5 yesterday so now I'm at 43.25/50. :smile:

I went to a local running store to get my current running shoes. They are Brooks Adrenaline GTS 13s. I love them so very, very much, more than any other running shoe I've ever worn. I paid $110 at the running store. Online, I could find them for $5 cheaper, but then with shipping it would be the same or more. Even with…

I ordered the shirt but in Orange. I am running in a Running Scared 5K in my town this weekend with my daughter. She is going to be a Zombie. :smile:

Love this topic! I was thinking about this the other day while I was running and was thinking I was like a gazelle but not the fast ones, more like the old, sick ones that the lions end up eating. LOL When I run I feel like a lovely sleek racehorse, zipping along and loving the freedom of the run. I imagine that I look a…

Last week: Monday: 4 miles (3 miles + 8 strides) (and Zumba and weights) Tuesday: dance practice (1 hour) Wednesday: 3.5 miles + weights Thursday: Rest (switched with Sunday) Friday: 3 miles (and Body Shred and Zumba) Saturday: 6 miles + weights Sunday: Zumba Toning

I did 3 on Friday and 6 on Saturday. Total so far = 39.75/50. This week calls for 14.5 miles, so by Saturday, I should be over 50. :smile:

3.5 miles yesterday so now I'm at 34.25/50. I have 3 tomorrow and 6 on Saturday. :smile:

I was 214 this past February when I started actively trying to get healthier. I actually was fairly slim until postgraduate schooling and starting my first "desk" job. I think the last time I was at a "healthy" weight was probably more than a decade ago. I packed on the pounds for lots of reasons. I worked a desk job…

Beets are obviously bad foods. They taste awful, no matter how they are prepared. Also, cabbage. *shudder* As for foods that are much higher in calories than you would otherwise guess, I wouldn't put pizza on the list. It is generally calorie dense, but it is also tasty and awesome. My husband makes the best pizza, and I…

Perhaps you should go see your doctor for a checkup? If you are honestly recording every calorie eaten and burned and are as accurate as possible, it does not make sense that you would not lose weight in a 3 month period if you are creating a calorie deficit.

Awesome job!

I always used a HRM and just created an exercise for C210K and then logged in the calories that way. I didn't want to have to record multiple times for the walk/runs. I found that once I logged it with HRM calories a few times, the app can pretty accurately calculate your calorie burn even if you forget your HRM. For your…

4 miles total yesterday (3 miles and then 8 strides, which covered another mile). Total so far = 30.75/50. :smile:

Yesterday = 4 miles total (3 miles + 8 strides).

C25K is really great. I was in the high 190s when I started the program and was able to follow it all the way through without problems. I started out running at the local high school track early in the AM when there were only a few elderly people there to see me "run." LOL Actually, those folks gave me some of the best…

Absolutely. On a purely anecdotal basis, I've lost 51 pounds and am in much better shape than I was 6 months ago, but I still can't really wear heels without my feet and knees hurting. My legs and feet are much happier in flats, and I'm fine with that. I would much rather have my feet carry me happily, mostly, on a 5+ mile…

Agreed. Even if you don't think it's a good plan for the average person (and I think it's a bad plan for virtually all people save for very few), looking up his daughter's time to attempt to "disprove" his information just seems . . . . tacky. Believe him or don't believe him, but just let it go. I think it's been well…

Agreed! I am really excited that I'm probably going to make/break 50 miles this month!! 6 months ago that would have seemed totally impossible that I would actually be able to run that far in a month.

I had 10 miles the first week of October (I mistakenly thought I had 13, but I realized that the first run of that week was September 30 :smile:). Last week I had 16.75 miles. Total so far: 26.75/50 This week I should have around 18 or so to add to the total. I know I won't "win" the challenge, but I will probably make it…

Last week: Monday: 3 miles + 6 strides Tuesday: 2.5 miles Wednesday: 3 miles + 6 strides (and strength training) Thursday: Zumba class Friday: 3 miles (and Body Shred class) Saturday: Rest Sunday: 5.25 miles Total mileage: 16.75 miles

Last week: 13 This week so far: 5.5 Total so far: 18.5/50

Just eat real syrup. Real maple syrup is what awesome is made of.

LMAO It is obviously a diet, it's undeniably an MLM scheme and you can achieve the same or better results simply by eating well and exercising.

Eat well and exercise. Magic pills do not work.

I shudder to think what my DD's lunch would look like if we left it to her. I hope that she had simply already eaten other parts of her lunch for a snack - like the fruit snacks could have been intended for her "snack" but she choose to eat her sandwich and an apple at snack time, maybe? It is sad to see when kids get less…