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Wow, I'm lucky of I get to 7000 steps when I'm not at a flyball tournament or nosework trial! Sorry, I haven't been on much. Been doing most of my MFP stuff on my phone and tough to do discussions from there. I'm slowly increasing my exercise and staying within my food goals, so I'm basically happy. I do wish that I was as…

Laura, glad you called the doctor. I, too, am horrible at making appointments. Hopefully your dosage can get adjusted slightly and get you back to normal. Marla, sounds like the house buying/selling is over and now is the time for packing and moving. Not something that I enjoy, but maybe you can think of it as more…

Love the kids pic, Val. Glad that you all had fun! Marla, I never remember anyone's name. I don't mind being called Bts. If it bothered me, I'd change my "name". I have a Samsung S5 which I really love and a data plan that fits my life. Occasionally I've allowed my nephew (10 years old) to borrow it for a bit when we're…

Sorry about people's sleep problems. Me too. :< It really makes the whole day a lot longer. Today is my rest day, which sounds bad as it's been so long since I've posted anything. Saturday and Sunday I attended a flyball tournament with my dogs, Yesterday, Fells, Colin, and I did a run/walk for an hour, early in the…

My September goals are all about getting my head on right. It was a hard summer, but it's over and it's time to get focused again. 1) Log meals daily 2) Run 3 to 4 days a week 3) Attend trainer workout on Wednesday evening No excuses

Been having problems lately with both eating and exercising, although the cold weather has meant snow that has needed to be shoveled, so there's that. We'll see if I get to my trainer workout today. I won't cancel, but the facility has closed early both Monday and Tuesday due to the weather and the weather people are…

Laura, 7 miles last week, 8 miles this week. It sounds like you're running to me. :) Hope that this coming week is better for you. Sorry you're run didn't go as well as you'd like, Sherry. I got a FitBit Surge last weekend. It's a long story My work has a program (Virgin Health) where steps and active steps are counted and…

Hi All, sorry I haven't been posting much. I've been reading though. Glad that everyone is keeping it together despite all that life is throwing at you. Between husbands, moving, and ridiculous weather, you have all been doing pretty well! Maryland has had some really great weather lately, for about the past week and a…

Well, Friday evening I went a overboard with eating. I was Hungry! but I logged it all in on Saturday morning and it appears that I stayed within my calories for the week. Yeah! My tentative plans were to do a 3 mile run on Friday and a 6 mile run on Saturday, plus a Body Conditioning class. I didn't fit in the Friday 3…

Oh no! Well I guess I better start training for hills!

My week has been going great so far! So glad after last week. Today will be bright and sunny and above freezing. Yeah! I'm planning to run to my trainer workout and back. Yes, Sherry, the first half marathon is in Frederick, MD. Glad that running in general has been going well for you. Valma, sounds like you're getting…

Well I'm committed now. Luckily(?) I didn't see Carson's post until after I had signed up. Hopefully I can get through the 10 miler. I can't imagine that it could be worse than the Bird in the Hand was this past year as far as heat and hills. I'm just going to hope for a cool June weekend. You never know. Yes! I want the…

Yesterday I got the run and kettleball class in. Today I woke up late and was late to work which means I need to stay late. Then, I have to teach puppy class at 7 pm, so I might not get too much in today. I think it might be a good day for a 15-30 minute bodyweight workout. Laura, the King Crab Challenge starts hard and…

Sounds like a beautiful run, Sherry. Glad that you're feeling better and ready to start training, Val. Laura, you're doing great! Glad things are coming together for you, too, April. And sounds like you're doing okay, too, Jen. I was all over last week, doing well, doing not so well, doing well again, and a not very good…

Goals for February, well I just committed myself to doing the King Crab Challenge this year, so I'm going to start training now! King Crab Challenge: 1) Half Marathon at the Frederick Running Festival (May 3, 2015) 2) Baltimore 10-Miler (June 6, 2015) and 3) Half Marathon at the Baltimore Running Festival (Oct. 17, 2015)…

I've been busy busy busy and falling behind with things, but will focus on what I need to do and get back on track!

Thanks. Actually the Baltimore Half in the Fall isn't the one I'm worried about. It does give you 5 hours and it's in the Fall. It's the first two. The Frederick Half Marathon, which is the one on May 3rd, has a cut off of 3.5 hours, which I can do, if I'm trained for it. I just have to make sure that I'm trained for it.…

Two weeks means very little. You are probably retaining water due to the exercise and maybe losing some fat as well and they even out. Stick with it for about a month or two, completely, and then look at your progress. Don't weight yourself more than once a week if the scale haunts you like this. Also, make sure you record…

It seems to be pretty accurate for me, when I keep my phone on me. I've had for 7 months or so. I also have a pedometer on me all the time and can compare them. They generally match when I compare them head to head before and after a shopping trip or a run. I don't always have my phone on me though, so I set S Health for…

Great Val that you can start running again! Good that you're starting to dig out of the hole, Sherry. I've been in and out of it many times in the past few months and am now starting to feel that I might stay out for a bit. I hope so, anyway. Yesterday I went to kettleball class, so I spent 45 minutes moving kettleballs…

I've done a full week of meeting all my goals! Yes! Now to see if I can do it a second week in a row.

Thanks. I think that I will give it a try. My work has a gym with a treadmill. I hate it, but it does make runs doable when the weather is especially nasty. I don't like to run outside when it's both dark and icy. One or the other I can take, but not both. I appreciate the response.

Glad you got the run in. Yesterday I ran to a Saturday morning metabolic conditioning class and back. I had planned to run today, but wimped out. The icy rain was too much, both because I don't want to slip and because cars were slipping all over this morning, too. I told myself that if I was going to wimp out of the run…

Hope the party went well! Glad the soup turned out, Sherry. I loved the pancakes so much yesterday that I decided to make them again. I think tomorrow will also be pancake day. Can't do it once I go back to work though, so I'll make some hard boiled eggs for grabbing in the morning. Also am going to try split pea soup in…

Today I had a short day at work and then time for a quick run with Fells before our freestyle (dancing with dogs) class. Fells is going to do "Devil in Disguise" sung by Elvis and Colin is going to do "He's a Tramp" from Lady and the Tramp. Driving home I got a desire for pancakes, fruit pancakes. As soon as I got home I…

I need a good split pea soup, if anyone has a recipe that works for them.

Oh, and there's the pork shoulder. Put a pork shoulder in the slow cooker, nothing else unless you want to put spices on it. I just do the shoulder. Cook it until it's done (I'd have to look that up on the internet again, but any pork shoulder recipe will tell you; they just have you doing all sorts of other things to it).…

My easiest slow cooker recipe is vegetable soup. I love soup in the winter and it's when the root vegetables are the most plentiful. I load the bottom with root vegetables; potatoes, carrots, onions, anything that I see and feel like adding. Then I add the other "long cooking" stuff, which for me generally is celery, raw…

Happy Birthday to your daughter, Valma! I'm struggling along right with you, April. Yesterday, though was a win! Today is looking good and I have no commitments this weekend, so my plans are to get to class on Saturday morning and get at least two runs in during the next four days, hopefully three short ones of about 30…

I haven't read back on what I've missed, so just giving a general hope you are all doing well. I'll try to post more later.