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Thank you!!!! :D Perspective!!!

Thank you! You can TOTALLY do it. It's such an amazing experience!

This is fantastic advice, thank you. If I can jog for 60 minutes, I don't see how I couldn't fully run a 5k. Awesome!

Excellent advice... thank you. I have NOT taken measurements but I will do so today since you mentioned it. I'm OK with progress - any progress - as long as things don't stay the same. But like you said, it's a long-term success. How often do you measure? Is it a weekly thing like a weigh in?

Math! Yay! Thank you! This makes complete sense. I also appreciate the reminder that this is all an educated guess. It's easy to put all of your ducks into one basket, but the truth is, whatever the scale says, I'm healthier than I was two weeks ago. Pretty sure something will fall off eventually! Thanks. :D

This is exactly the information I was looking for. THANK YOU.

Perfectly valid point, especially about not changing anything just yet. Glad to know that I'm not shooting myself in the foot - necessarily - by "eating back" some or all of my calories. I will keep an eye on it, and if I'm still not seeing the loss I want, I will try eating back none or at least less! Part of the issue,…

THANK YOU! That puts my mind at ease. I will try not "eating back" all of my lost calories. Unless, you know, I'm just starving, and someone offers me a slice of watermelon. I can say no to a lot of things, but I can't say no to watermelon. It's too damned hot in Texas to say no. Plus, fruits and vegetables and minerals…

No, y'all are absolutely right - two weeks isn't long enough to measure anything, really. I am not too put out by the scale, honestly. Didn't mean to suggest that at all. My success story right now is that I'm sticking with my original plan and my numbers and am looking forward to C25K week 3 instead of dreading it. That's…