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I add cottage cheese to my morning smoothie. It's cheaper then protein powder - and when you blend it with frozen fruit and some sweetener it gives it a cheesecake quality. It's amazing!!!

I'm also hopelessly in love with PB2. As a hardcore PB addict all my life.....finding PB2 was the answer to a fat girl's prayers. I use it everywhere.....smoothies.....peanut sauces....apples.....celery.....you name it, I've tried it. I now buy it in bulk on Amazon.com. You can get the 1 lb bags for $7-8 dollars - which is…

Last night we (my sister & I) tackeled week 3 day 1. I was SUPER nervous for the 3 minute run, but we totally killed it!!! I may even do it again tonight I felt so good afterwards. :)

But how did it taste??????

DIITO!!! :) :)

Week 2 - Day 1 - DONE! :) I'm running on a treadmill right now - as the weather outside is frightful! And I upped my incline to a 1 after reading about how thats more similary to running outdoors. I have to say - it was rougher then I thought it would be but I kicked butt!!

Ditto. Except I didn't break my foot. And well - I put back on all my weight. :( But still - I'M BACK. And I am going to kick 2014's booty!!!

Thanks for all the great suggestions!!!!! I never knew so many ppl just ATE avocado too - I may have to give that a whirl. Where I live they are on sale at Aldi for 49 cents - can't beat that.

I looooooove guac!!! What all do you put in yours? I do have some tomatoes at home too. Maybe I'll whip some of that up. No chips or tortillas though - not that I'm opposed to eating it with a spoon.

This victory is NOT tiny. It's HUGE!!!!! WTG!

If your knees/joints start to bother you at all - try ice with the advil. I learned that trick in my first attempt about week 4. My knees hurt so bad I could barely walk for 2 weeks and thought surely I should give up. Then someone told me after EVERY run to ice my knees. Whoa - changed my world. I bought the special knee…

Count me in for starting today!!! This is my 3rd go @ it. One successful attempt in 2011 - and a half-way fail last fall. Ready to do it again and get that runner's high back!! I'll be starting tonight on my treadmill - feel free to friend me! :)

Ditto - me too......

BigBrewski :love: :flowerforyou: :blushing:

THIS My daughter will be 3 in August. Acts like a stroller at the mall or store is an electric chair. But if it's the jogging stroller she is in heaven. Or the bike trailer. I guess she likes the wind in her face?? I got a cheap used jogging stroller off a bulletin board. It's great. I prefer to run without her - but I'm…

Thanks - lots of positive feedback. I appreciate it. I definetely agree - it's not centered around body image in our house. Especially not hers. Actually - I catch myself sometimes criticizing my own body shape and she always corrects me. When I say I have a fat stomach she's always quick to tell me no, etc. She has NO…

I love skinny taste too - but did you see this thing has 1/4 CUP of oil?! :noway: I'm confused. I would think with bisquick - your wet ingredient could easily be milk & egg (which this has egg)..... Over 1/3 of the fat and cals in this dish come from the oil alone. It looks d-lish - and I printed it and will totally try it…

Hahahaaa...TOO funny. I have a whole play list of "inspirationaL" songs like this. I need to add this one to it!!!!!

Well..I've clearly dropped the ball on staying accountable on this thread!! BUT - I have still been doing my runs. I'm sort of in a rut though. I've now officially done week 3 - SIX times. I keep pumping myself up and saying this is the last time I will do it. Then I go out and the first 90 second run seems like I'm at…

That is so awesome!! You are doing GREAT!!! I'm still hanging back in Week 3 - I've done it SIX times now. Scared to death of the 5 min run. Waiting until I'm not wishing for death at the end of 3 min before I move on. :) You are seriously blowing this thing UP! :) :)

I agree with Omma...I would assume it was always off and reset your starting weight 20 lbs higher.

I'm pretty close...I live between Decatur and Bloomington...feel free to Add me! :) ETA - Doh...duh...you're already my friend. I'm a goob!!!! You changed your prof pic! :) :)

Oooooh....I'm inspired. I noticed some "honey" and "pumpkin" flavored butters the other day and I drooled a little. They certainly have "light" butter spreads out there with half the cals/fat of regular butter. I'm TOTALLY going to get some and spruce them up somehow. Cinnamon...canned pumpkin maybe....I dunno. But I'm…

THIS I pretty much only run in yoga capris. Anything shorter then a capri will ride up in my crotch!!!

Stunning!!! You had a light in your eyes even before - but now you really just radiate. So proud of you and glad you are my MFP Friend! :)

Great job!!! Soooo proud of you!!! :) :) I've done W3 three times now....but I'm not sure I'm ready for W4 yet - may have another couple goes at W3 first. :wink:

Every race I have ever "ran" - there have been speed walkers who beat me in. And...in my bedroom there are mirrors in the ceiling (DON'T ASK - former owners - not me). My treadmill is in my bedroom under the mirrors. I can only see my upper half in them though because of the position of the treadmill. When I look up and…

Oh...I think that's awesome......Even if you did 3 miles right now...you'd be right at 45 min. A hair more for a 5K - since it's technically 3.1 miles. I "ran" my whole first 5K last fall in 44 min. So I'd say your pace is awesome!!! :) :)

Great job!! Is your pace under 15 min for your whole time - your walks and run combined. Or just your running times?? I'm working really hard at my run pace being a 13 min mile. But I'm not hitting it. My overall pace when I am out turns out to be about 16.5 min/mile. Which is pretty slow. :( Trying not to obsess!!

Well.....despite other "issues" in my life right now - I have pressed on with couch to 5K. I've been battling some emotionl eating the last few nights....gah. And last night either that - or some bad sushi - got the best of me and I was SICK most the night. But earlier last night - before all that (which I know you wanted…