Hi everyone,
So excited to find this group!!! I am a 47 year old lifetime member who put on a lot of weight and lost it in the past year. I ran my first 5K two weeks ago in 27:11 with a 8:46 pace.My next race is a 5 mile Thanksgiving Pie Race November 22, 2007 at the Middletown,RI YMCA.
I've been running the actual route the last 2 weeks with a pace of 10:24 or better.They hand out personal size Table Talk Pies to each runner. I looked at the calorie and fat content the other day when I saw these at the grocery store and decided I'd skip it or share it.Guess that's the weight watcher in me.Looking forward to getting to know everyone!
Barb in RI

Hey folks... Sorry for the silence...

For those who did not know, I work in litigation... not an attorney, but do all of the work...LOL

We have a good sized trial starting this coming Monday, so preparing for it has been a bear, to say the least.

I got out this morning and belted out a 7.2 miler... finished in 1:10 with an average HR of 147... I was happy with it and really needed it. I need to stay on track next week and remain on my schedule with running. We have to be at the courthouse at 9am every day this week, but with travel time, it will not be easy. I will still work hard to get my runs in this week. i need them. My mind and soul need them just as much as my body.

I hope everyone is doing well and I will get to personals soon, I promise!

Be well, y'all!
Dan

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good evening all....

1:00am my time, just got home from a girls night out and it was a blast...tasty food and friends & many cocktails later....
same group of girls i went to nyc with back in august...we are already planning our return visit, i think its going to be 6/28 and were going to stay in the same house and go see "chicago"

went to WI today and although the actual WI was bad, the meeting was GREAT and i feel much better and looking fwd to really getting back on track. when i walked into the room i guess some people had seen the magazine because they were hooting & hollering for me

plugginaway your cruise sounded AWESOME
happy awesome job on A on test
and melanie awesome 7 mile run............

i know im missing so much more...will report back tomorrow after my PM run with my new sneakers on...happy, i got the teal ones.

ok, off to bed, 7am is going to come WAY too fast...taking DD to sesame street on stage tomorrow....nice way to recover from a night of boozing.....everyone have a good night
niccole

Hi everyone,

Checking in today. It is so nice here that I am want to get outside!

DS17 football game was a close one on Friday! He didn't get to play He said that now that is he back he is 2nd string. He doesn't talk much, (the bummer about having boys) and so I am trying to figure out if he is bummed about that or okay with it. I would assume he is bummed but that is because I am a girl and I would be! He is going into the coach's office all week and learn all the plays so he is ready. The team they played was 0-6 and we should have had that game in the bag but we ended up winning 14-7. Sounds like the team is having some overconfidence issues and solo ego issues, the coach will have his hands full this week. We play another very good team on Friday so it will be interesting to see how the players will have responded.

For 2 weeks now I have showed up to my WI meeting only to not have my WW stuff with me. I usually keep it in my car, but DS17 took it out when he went to Homecoming and Dh had my car the last time and it was in there!! UGH!! So I haven't a clue how I am doing.

Bodacicous: I feel your frustration about body image. I worked out 4 days out of 5 last week and I feel like I am as big as a house! Even my clothes feel like they did before I lost 30 pounds. It is so frustrating. The good thing for me is that I haven't hit the junk food to compensate. I just drink water. THat is a huge plus for me. Hope you feel thin again soon! Hope your puppy feels better soon. You are one dedicated puppy owner!! Good for you. Right now my puppy Beagle is making me crazy. And he isn't mine!! Belongs to DS14. As you can imagine he is not interested in him anymore.

Happy: Glad to see you are back. LIfe sure does get busy doesn't it? I hope you have a lighter week so you can concentrate on being OP. It can be so hard.

Melanie: You are doing so great on your runs!! Along with your weight loss. Good for you. 7 to 8 mile runs. I will be in shock when I can do that. I will be happy with 3 miles at once. Still struggling with just doing 30 minutes runs which is about 2.25 miles. Gotta get past that at some point. I am redoing OHR and hopefully that will move be past that point. Then I need to speed up. Well the good thing about running is that there is always room to improve.

Dan: Good luck with the trial. Good for you getting your runs in though. THat is awesome.

Welcome Barb in RI!

Plugginaway: Your cruise sounds so nice! What cruise line did you go on? Great job on the minimal weight loss and for already getting it off. THat is AWESOME! You too, are doing so great on your long runs. That is cool.

Cherbear: Have fun in Disney!! I love Disneyland. Never been to Disney World. Some day we hope to go.

Niccole: You and your girls have some pretty fun girls night outs!! I have a group too, and we haven't gone out in a while need to plan one soon. Thanks for the reminder! Your NY trips would be so awesome. That is great that you guys do that. We usually will go to L.A. and hit Beverly Hills and do the usual celebrity sighting stuff. It's fun and we laugh at all the craziness that L.A. brings.

Alright, think I need to go. Can I just tell you that getting up at 4am everyday this week did a number on my body? I slept in til 10:30 yesterday and 9:30 today!! Feel good though and feel rested. Will get up again tomorrow. It's not so bad once you get up. It's the getting up that sucks. And knowing you are getting up to work your body is reallllllllyyyyyyy hard!!

Alright long post. Have a great week!!

Well lots of running around errands for me today. I was finally able to get a run in this week (4.5 miles...my longest yet!!!!) yeah! Gearing up for the 4 miles in Disney next weekend. Now that I completed a longer run today I'm feeling better about the distance. Glad I decided on the 6.5k and not the 13k (which I had been debating back in july when i signed up...definately not ready for that yet). Anyway....I can definately feel that I haven't been running as much, my first couple of miles were tougher than usual. Anyway....now trying to prepare some dinner (cheesey chicken and rice with veggies and a side salad).

I'm not up on all the abbreviations....what is DD and DS(with numbers) that people keep referring to??? I'm thinking DS is a child with the age, but I'm not sure how that works....

Anyway.....
niccole - gotta love a girls night! i had one friday with my friend from maine and another down the street. dinner drinks and a movie! what a blast. I also have a group of good friends from high school and we went on a girls weekend this summer to chicago, il. what fun! ball game, tours, deep dish chicago pizza (like a whole week's worth of points, but it's good!) and we had an outlet shopping trip!!! Which was great for me since I had lost some weight and needed new clothes!!!

plugginaway - the cruise sounded great! can't wait for my family cruise in decmember. i'm basically planning on gaining a few lbs that trip, and just trying to do the best i can!

bodacious - i like the idea of getting together for a race that has a few choices for distances! end of may is also bad for me because i have a work conference to go to. don't sell yourself short though about the 5.5 miles you completed! I'm not up there yet, so i think it's great! congrats!!!! with regard to self image, i definately think it can vary by the day. most days now i am so happy about myself on what i have accomplished. it definately helps to hear the compliments from people at work and my patients (lots of people are noticing now...probably because i had to ditch most of my old clothes which were literally falling off!!!! I'm down 5 sizes which i feel GREAT about!!! I finally actually ENJOY shopping for clothes, even though i probably am going to lose another 15 or so lbs, most days i am SO HAPPY that i can actually go in a "regular" clothing store and find so much that fits!

Hoping i can get some morning runs (ugh!) in this week, since it's getting dark before i get home from work now. Have a great week everyone!
~Cheryl