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The dreaded wall....(long distance running)
I ran my first marathon on Sunday. I will count it as a success as I finished the whole thing running but if you look at my splits...it is actually funny to me how obvious my wall was. I hit that wall head on. I worked hard mentally to get through it but have been doing a bit of research today. It seems that I may have…
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Need to stop losing.
When I joined MFP I had already lost about 15 pounds. I am 5 ft tall and weighed about 135-140 at the beginning. I was exercising and cutting down on my portion size and as a family we ate out A LOT!. Since I was frustrated that I lost a lot of inches but couldn't get the scale to budge so I started tracking calories...in…
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Do you share?
I just counted out some almonds and raisins for a snack. I am really hungry right now but haven't gone for my run yet so I thought almonds are great. They take a while to eat if I eat them one at a time, good stuff. My 7 yo asks to share my almonds. The big container was in the kitchen...I was not..I said no..these are…
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hi...
My name is Kelly. I am a stay at home mom with 4 kids, ages 9, akmost 8, 5 and 3. I was a teacher and cross country coach before I had kids and someday will be again when all the kids are in school. I have always loved to workout , I love how I feel so strong when I do. I have been using MFP for about 2-3 months now and it…