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Just what I was afraid of, for every step forward I've made since last week, I took more than a step backward! :cry: CURSES!! Damn you shin splints! :grumble: Tuesday, 3/25 - 2.53 miles in 60 mins Thursday, 3/27 - 2.70 miles in 60 mins Tuesday, 4/1 - 2.88 miles in 60 mins Thursday, 4/30 - 2.35 miles in 60 mins :sad: :sad:…

@ushkii – Thanks for the kudos on the treadmill! Congrats to you and your wife for getting your walks in. I often think about going to the mall and walking, but I tend to spend too much money! I am one of those people who go into Wal-Mart for one thing and walk out having spent $50! I received a flyer in the mail recently…

@Tanya - No, my weight loss has not really stalled. Every single week has shown me a loss, even if only .2 or .4 pounds. My frustration is that it is not coming off like it did 7-8 years ago when I lost 70 pounds. Back then, I averaged 2 lbs a week when on a 1200 daily calorie goal. With those numbers, I should be at 24…

@Karen – You are not the only one confused! I am actually not doing EM2WL in its true form because it scares the living (fill in the blank) out of me. Though, I am taking baby steps toward it and it could very well backfire on me and be the sole source of my frustrations right now. I guess I am taking bits and pieces of…

@Tanya - I read a lot of info on the EM2WL Group forums. I've declined the reset for two reasons, 1. I think I will crash and burn if I gain weight, 2. I don't think that I was at an incredibly low deficit for that long. My mind is thinking that if I do baby steps toward reaching my BMR, it will eliminate the need for the…

YIKES! Six weeks??? Yeah, I need to get a grip and be patient with my body! I didn't realize that it took so long to adjust to change. I guess that would explain that no matter what I do, nothing changes. Well, I hadn't given myself more than a week before scrapping it and trying something else. Patience is a virtue, just…

Thanks for your feedback Robin! The three challenges I have done so far on MFP have all been weight loss goals. Weight loss in itself is not the problem, as I have recorded a loss every single week since January 7th even if it's .4 pounds, it's the RATE at which I am losing that has me discouraged (maybe impatient is the…

Tuesday Goals – Figure out what works; that is my goal, figure out what works before I get discouraged! I have been “at it” since January 7th and sure, I’ve lost 17 pounds, but I feel like nothing has been consistent. I’ve been on this journey before and I lost 70 pounds so I know I can do this! The weight isn’t dropping…

Bump for later. Lot's of catching up to do!

Ok, so I have a question for those walkers/joggers/runners out there. I did 60 minutes on the treadmill tonight. In that 60 minutes I covered 2.58 miles. (First time I have gone that long or that far!! I'm very excited for that alone! :drinker: ) Anyway, so here is my question, will I be able to get my speed up to 3 mph by…

Tuesday Goals – Keep improving on my steps (two days over 10K steps this week, shooting for three today!!) and work harder to get ready for The Color Run in May!! And thanks to everyone for the support and motivation with my “stepping”! LOL I am also going to steal from Skinny, Laurie and a few others on chronicling their…

Thanks to the Fitbit Users group on this website, I was able to learn how to manually log the miles. I borrowed the miles from my daughter's Fitbit and Fitbit calculated my steps. PHEW!!! @Susan - I'm glad you made it safe and sound. Your stay seems like it will be very intense! I'm glad to hear you got a workout in…

HELP!!! To all my fellow Fitbit'ers... after my amazing day yesterday, I FORGOT to put my Fitbit on before I left the house today and I missed out on about 4,000 steps (according to my daughter's Fitbit, since she was with me). Can I manually adjust my Fitbit?? I am so upset with myself for forgetting it!! Hell of a way to…

I am just so excited and proud of myself , I wanted to come and share!! For the first time since I purchased my Fitbit, I hit 10,000 steps!! Actually 10,245 to be exact! I have also hit my calories burned goal as well! (Always close, but don't often hit it). I had a great workout today after taking two days off and it…

Friday fitness – I started back working out my upper body at the gym this week and I am happy to say, NO DOMS!! :drinker: Although on the days that I did not lift, I did not do much of anything else either. Even my walks at work were far and few between because I was so busy. @Tanya – Thanks for detailing more of the EM2WL…

@Tanya and Skinny – What is the target weekly weight loss you are trying to hit? My weekly goal is 2 pounds. Here is what I have learned over the years, a pound “equals” 3500 calories. If one wants to lose 2 pounds a week, one must eat at an average 1000 calorie deficit each day (If 1 pound = 3500 calories, then 2 pounds =…

Week 0 [1/10] - SW: 271.6 Week 1 [01/13-01/20] - 269.0 Week 2 [01/20-01/27] - 267.4 Week 3 [01/27-02/03] - 265.2 Week 4 [02/03-02/10] - 264.2 Week 5 [02/10-02/17] - 263.2 Week 6 [02/17-02/24] - 261.6 Week 7 [02/24-03/03] - 260.0 Week 8 [03/03-03/10] - 259.4 Week 9 [03/10-03/17] - 256.6 GOAL: 250 lb I didn't make my goal,…

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE!! Monday Check In – I had a pretty lazy weekend, but on the upside, I woke up Saturday morning to NO ARM PAIN! WOOHOO!! I am ready and rearing to go today! I hope to hit the gym after work today and re-start my workouts, this time going slower and lighter on the weights. Last week proved to…

Friday Fitness? Well, I am still struggling with DOMS. Actually, I am beginning to think that maybe it’s not normal DOMS as my left arm is fine and has been fine since around Wednesday. My right arm, on the other hand (literally!) is still aching from my shoulder down my arm into my thumb. I am thinking that I may have…

Well, my son has left to hit Daytona, then Panama City before heading back to Nashville to finish his Spring term. What he left behind: DOMS!!! :grumble: :angry: :grumble: DOMS is kicking my @$$!!! We never got a chance to do lower body and now I think I am really glad we didn't! Yowza!! Too tired and too sore for…

Tuesday Goals: My son is home for Spring Break and as promised, we hit the gym yesterday! He worked me out pretty good and I had no idea just how weak I am!! I am a little sore today, but will still go back tonight and do lower body (we did upper body yesterday). I struggled, a LOT. I really need to take baby steps because…

Week 0 [1/10] - SW: 271.6 Week 1 [01/13-01/20] - 269.0 Week 2 [01/20-01/27] - 267.4 Week 3 [01/27-02/03] - 265.2 Week 4 [02/03-02/10] - 264.2 Week 5 [02/10-02/17] - 263.2 Week 6 [02/17-02/24] - 261.6 Week 7 [02/24-03/03] - 260.0 Week 8 [03/03-03/10] - 259.4 Week 9 [03/10-03/17]: GOAL: 250 lb I'm not going to make my goal,…

Phew, it’s taken me almost 3 days to get caught up on the last week! Thursday truth – I had a bad weekend, eating out 4 different times. Although I pretty much stayed under my calorie ceiling, we all know what that sodium does to us! Then came Tuesday (my birthday), OY! My daughter took me to Red Lobster and even though I…

Bump Still trying to catch up

Wednesday Wish: to see the scale do more than inch along! I’ve fallen behind with personals, sorry guys and gals! @Helena – GREAT NEWS about your mom!! Having been there, done that; I know what it’s like when things get worse before they get better. I’ve been through chemo twice and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy!…

Wednesday Wish: to see the scale do more than inch along! I’ve fallen behind with personals, sorry guys and gals! @Helena – GREAT NEWS about your mom!! Having been there, done that; I what it’s like when things get better before they get worse. I’m been through chemo twice and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy! @Tanya –…

Week 0 [1/10] - SW: 271.6 Week 1 [01/13-01/20] - 269.0 Week 2 [01/20-01/27] - 267.4 Week 3 [01/27-02/03] - 265.2 Week 4 [02/03-02/10] - 264.2 Week 5 [02/10-02/17] - 263.2 Week 6 [02/17-02/24] - 261.6 Week 7 [02/24-03/03] - Week 8 [03/03-03/10] - Week 9 [03/10-03/17]: GOAL: 250 lb I don't think I'm going to make my goal,…

Saturday Success - Two NSV since I am still disappointed with the small movement on the scale. After reading the other day that the Leslie Sansone YouTube videos will likely be removed, I went and bought 2 of them. One I got was Walking with the Hits. SO proud that I have been walking the first two miles!! It's HARD!! It's…

Wednesday Wish – same wish as EVERY day; peace, love and weight loss!! @Claudia – You made me smile when you shared your “walk of pain” to the bathroom this morning. I can relate! How exciting that you are so close to ONEderland!! Saying goodbye to TWOderville, awesome! I can relate to being excited about exercise now…

@Lula - THANKS for the reminder about The Color Run!! One of my co -workers did it last year and I thought it sounded like such fun. I thought that I would want to do that one year, well why not THIS YEAR?? :bigsmile: My local run is May 10th which gives me nearly three months to "train". I'm excited now, my daughter and I…