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I completed my first half last October. I finished in 2:37 but I had tendonitis in my foot. I started with a 16 week plan and gradually increased my running. Remember to switch your running shoes out every 300-500 miles or you will end up with tendonitis like me! :) It's a great thing to do if you want to. I will be doing…

I think you are going to have some skin sag no matter what but doing it fairly slowly should help keep it from being too bad.

Right now I am training for a half marathon and my training schedule has me running four days a week.

I can't find a babysitter for our four month old so that my husband can work uninterrupted at his gainful employment from home where he gets to be on the internet and announce the news to futures traders for money, while I can go to work at my gainful employment as a therapist, where I get to sit and talk to people for…

All the time! I'm wearing sweaters and sweatshirts under coats and scarves even indoors lately!

That is like, "Whatever you do, don't press the red button" and then you have to press the red button. That looks amazing.

I think it would work well if you need to start off building up your leg strength. I used to do it and while it may not burn nearly as many calories, I think it still is a great workout if you are starting things up..:)

I have the exact same HRM. Definitely go with the HRM's numbers if your height, weight, and age are calibrated correctly.

My husband is a big man! He is ironmantim688 on here if you want to look him up. He is not on here as much as I am, but he has lost quite a bit of weight with MFP! :)

Congrats..that is so exciting!

Yep, there are a lot of us on here. Metformin totally helps. It really is a relief knowing that there is SOMETHING that can help us.

I just can't get past the commercials. And the Saturday Night Live ShakeWeight parody is HILARIOUS.

I used to chew sugarfree gum all the time so that I wasn't snacking, but about four weeks ago, I noticed that when I was chewing gum, I got hungrier! I looked it up, and apparently when the saliva gets down into your stomach from chewing, it sends signals that you are waiting for food, and when the food doesn't come, you…

Congratulations! I should be there in about 3 lousy pounds...I can't wait! Such an accomplishment!

You look fantastic!

There are a lot of us with PCOS on this site. Feel free to add me if you like. My son was a complete surprise, but since I was so overweight, the labor and postlabor was terrible. We're currently TTC again, but it's not really working (yet). I'm on Metformin, and I was able to get my period without birth control for the…

That is so wonderful! :) Congratulations!

Congratulations! As far as staying healthy during pregnancy, I wouldn't know. I have PCOS too, but I ballooned up a lot during and after my pregnancy. Good luck!

Down 40 and have gone from a D to a B. Only crappy thing about it.

There are many of us who are insulin resistant that have tried counting calories and not been low carb and been unbelievably frustrated due to a lack of weight loss. When we would find out that our body does not process carbs and sugar like other normal people, we had to adjust to a lower carb diet just because of a stupid…

THE HRM would be more accurate. It takes into account your own personal heart rate...some people who weigh the same may burn more than someone else of the same weight depending on their level of fitness. Definitely go with the monitor.

I'm hurt you didn't ask me. Premier Protein Shakes.

Ugh. I am on a lower carb diet, but that is because I have to be due to my insulin resistance. I would LOVE to be able to eat more carbs, and anyone who can and still lose weight...I'm jealous! :) Those type of people who throw that stuff around and say, "You've got to eat this one way" are annoying as *kitten*.

LOL. Classic.

I'm a psychotherapist for children and adults.

swimming hardcore laps. best thing I have ever done.

This.

I thought I would get some funny responses. And I did. :) Mine is people attacking other people. It drives me nuts.

Good for you! :)

Epic.