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iPhones and water definitely aren't good! I'm lucky that work covers my iPhone (well lucky until they call me at 2am because I'm on call); so my few instances of oops have been covered on their dime. phew! Spotify is actually a great idea as well - I use it on the desktop and don't know why I didn't even think of it for…

Pam - congrats!!! Lisa & Emy, thank you for the motivation. I definitely felt defeated last night, but woke up today, thinking 'new day', I'll try again on my C25K tomorrow. Your words are in my mind and I'll keep them at focus when jogging. Emy, I will try the slower, gaited approach and see if that helps. And Emy, 20…

Well tonight I felt defeated… :( Will I really ever be able to jog? I still can barely do 1 min and it's been 4 weeks. But on a better note, I ate right, took a walk at lunch and made today count. Tomorrow I'm off of C25K so will put in a kettle bell workout.

Wish i had the ingredients for the Yam recipe right now! Thanks for sharing!

Welcome to the team Amanda! I like your thought "I'm not worried, because I'm taking control" So true. Lately, my favorite phrase is "I choose not to eat that" (instead of the I can't). Great group here - glad you are with us! Cindy

Welcome - looking forward to your joining :)

Lisa, Italian food - mmmmm, my main weakness in life! Good luck!!!! Treat yourself within limits and enjoy! All, Good Morning! Yesterday, I got to walks in which felt great to double up. If my work schedule permits I'll get a walk in during lunch today and then another C25K tonight. I go away in 2 weeks so I'm trying to do…

Sweet change - enjoy that!!!!

Don't let that get you down. You are jogging!!!!! And 5 weeks ago you weren't so you are already faster and improved!!!!!

Emy, this sounds so good … and if you are still thinking about it, it must be! I understand the 'not on our diet', but I've made a few exceptions here/there when needed and it hasn't hurt any. I think doing it daily would make a difference, but the light-cheats are okay. Thanks for sharing!!

I think Pam should make Peach Cobbler for all of us! ;-) Hope everyone had a great weekend. Was beautiful here in MA, mid 70s with a breeze, great outside weather. Did my C25K yesterday and today took the dog for a 65 min walk. Was great being outside. I'm looking forward to a few more days of extra working out so Friday…

exactly maureen - no music and i'm bored within 2 minutes!!! brenda/emy, i'll try the iheart as well - thanks!

Welcome to C25K Brenda! Emy, 4 inches is awesome!!! Maureen, uphill at 8K - impressed! Today I started week 2 of C25K, I figured I've babied week 1 for about 4 weeks now so it's time to graduate. Glad I did - was difficult, but I did better than I thought; and I need to keep pushing myself. Took my son and nieces out for…

Congrats Lisa! Love the idea of goaling/gifting yourself …. you've well earned it!!

Nice job Brenda! Go to change it up with exercise calories, etc. LunaStar it will come!!! It's always the last 10-20 that are the hardest, but it will come!!!

Maureen - great you go to classes; I always push harder there because people are watching! Hard for me to get to classes as I live far from work and far from any big places. I feel bad leaving my son for long periods of time (after school til night if I workout). I figure in a few years he'll be in college and it will be…

Nice work! Glad to see you are making healthy choices. Plus I believe it's good to change it up so your body isn't use to the same thing every week.

153.6 down .4 Not my goal, but I'm down so I'll take it as a win. Nice job to my fellow losers. And if any of us don't get a loss, you're still here so hang tight and push hard for next week!

Just a friendly reminder it's almost Friday. Happy scale day to you all!

Pam, so in 8 weeks I won't be running a marathon with my hair in tact, makeup looking beautiful? Maybe I should quit ;-) I guess a workout isn't a work out if it's not hard! Today was a bit of an off day for me. I went out with a friend for dinner and I knew I wanted a drink and ribs; so I'm sure when I log in a few…

Kendra - I love your weight ticker with the OMG in the scale - cute! Soon it will read: YES! Beth - would love to hear more about FitBit. Pam - welcome to the group. So much easier to gain than follow all the rules! This group has been great in keeping me accountable so I'm sure you'll have success with us as well!

Hello :) So I woke up thinking it was Friday … ya, rough start. But, I made the day work. Whoopie Pie Truck came to work today. I stayed far far away! Ate great all day. At 8:15pm was still too lazy to do my workout, but realized if I didn't get out there immediately, I'd be disappointed. So I got on the jogging shorts,…

I think of it as a special breakfast treat on the weekends!!! Hope you enjoy :)

Hello friends. Brenda, thanks for the laugh on hard time logging the donut. I picture myself in that situation and think of true it is. Log it and be okay with it. It's far and few in between so it's okay. Now if you say this again tomorrow, you won't get the same speech from me :) I did C25K today …. went pretty well, but…

Emy that sounds delish! I'm adding that and an apple recipe I found to my grocery list this week. Apple recipe: Quarter apple and remove core. Place in casserole dish; drizzle with a little olive oil, sprinkle on 1/2 tsb each cinnamon &chili powder (optional), juice from half lemon, 1-2 pkg. splenda or 1 pkg truvia. Bake…

Thanks for sharing Emy. Come on ladies …. share …. I need yummy foods! :)

Hello new friends …. glad you are here and thanks for your introductions and stories … join our other blogs for daily "to dos", food ideas, etc. Looking forward to you joining our journey!

You are all amazing with the weights …. I really need to be building myself up. 8 lbs is barely doable to me right now. So, I guess on my off C25K days, I should be doing some weights to build up!

Glad you enjoyed the treat and kept it within reason. I'm the same on going out to eat, etc. I truly have little to no discipline if it's in front of me or I can order it. I've been better about this time I'm dieting, I think it's a combination of the group and also, I've changed my "I can't eat that" to: "I chose not to".…

Hello! Today I was back in the swing; and it felt good! Took the dog for a walk this morning. Ate right and logged all day. Sat in the sun and read and did a little more of that :) Went for my C25K run tonight and it was nice! Have a great nite all!