kara_leigh

I feel like such a bum. I haven't walked since Saturday b/c I've felt terrible all week. :( Hopefully I can get back on track soon and still make my goals.

Thanks! I'm glad I don't have to feel like I need to cram food into my face just to meet my calorie goal. LOL Thanks for the well wishes! :)

No, I put it in my food diary to be totaled with my calories b/c I use creamer and sugar.

No walking for me today. I woke up feeling terrible and could barely get off the couch until about 1:00. I'll try tomorrow depending on how I feel. I'll make up for it on Saturday again.

Have you been checked for Endometriosis? I have **exactly** the same symptoms you do, and my doctors were convinced I had IBS or Crohn's Disease. I even had a Colonoscopy at 28 years old (which came back normal). Two months after my colonoscopy I had laprascopy by my Ob/Gyn and found I had State 4 Endometriosis. I just had…

I like quick oats mixed with hot water until it's just thicker than you want it to be, then add applesauce, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Yummm!!!

I averaged it out over the past few days (not counting Tuesday b/c I didn't input a full day of food or today b/c I'm not done eating yet) and I'm averaging around 1,430 calories per day. My BRM is 1,330, so I'm about 100 over that, and averaging about 330 below my calorie goal, but then again I thought the point was to…

I'm trying to gradually lose a small amount of weight. I'm starting with just 10lbs for now, but I wouldn't be heartbroken if I went lower. 15lbs less than what I currently am is about the middle of the "healthy weight" for me. My main goal is to fit in to my jeans again. LOL I'm not in a huge hurry, though.

I only walked 2 miles today, but I walked in our neighborhood for the first time and there are a TON of huge hills, so I burned more calories. I had a fight with my husband and was feeling down and mad, so I figured since it was a nice day I might as well go for a walk to burn off steam. My 11 year old son came with me.…

I decided to go ahead and challenge myself to this one as well as the November Walking Challenge. I calculated it out, and I think I can do it. :) I hope so anyway. So far I've walked 11 miles, 3 today. :)

I changed my settings so you can view my food diary if that helps. At 1lb/wk I am allowed 1300 calories...at 1/2lb/wk I am allowed 1550. Monday through Friday I burn 210 calories by walking, so that ups it a bit.

I hope to get up to 3.5-4mph eventually, but at the moment I'm struggling to go above 3. I just started, also, from a life of sitting on my butt, so it's going to take time. I had it set to losing 1lb/wk, but I was starving to death, so I lowered it to 1/2lb for now until I get used to regulating my calories.

Thanks!! Yep, I plan to take all of the weekends off to get some rest. Thanksgiving weekend is going to be tricky b/c I don't want to go to the mall on Black Friday or that weekend b/c it will be CRAZY, so I will be going 4 day between walks, but I'll try to figure something out. :) I don't know what was up with yesterday,…

Do you have a mall you could walk at? That's where I walk since it's cold out, until it gets warm again in the spring. I go an hour before they open, but they open for walkers three hours beforehand. It's nice b/c it's dry and warm. :)

Another 3 miles today. Eleven miles so far, and I only walked 4 days this week. If I continue to walk 5 days a week (taking the weekends off) I will definitely hit my goal. :) I felt much better today, after getting more sleep last night, so I wasn't as crazy tired today after my walk. My friend picked up her pace today…

Same here. I was exhausted when I woke up and almost didn't go, but I forced myself to. I walked 3 miles today, for a total of 8 so far. I got home and fell into bed and slept for 2.5 hours. It's weird b/c today was completely different than the last two days I've walked. The other days I got home and I was hyper and…

I walked ~2 miles on Monday and I walked 3 miles today. I could have walked more today but I walked with a friend and she walked much slower than I would. I'm going by myself tomorrow so I hope to get more in. :) Based on the 3 miles I walked today I made my goal to be a total of 40 miles, but I have a feeling I'm going to…

That's a good idea, thanks! I'll stop in their office when I'm there tomorrow. :)

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I'm new here and I have never walked for exercise or weight loss before. I'd like to participate in the challenge, but I have NO clue what to set my goal as. A friend and I will be walking together 3 days a week at our local mall, for a total of an hour each day. I may jump in and do a day or two by myself on top of that.…