well, if i get to count my sunday weigh-in (it's monday now), then i'm 131.4 (i was up to 131.6 this morning, which is nothing really). but with 131.4 it means i'm down 1.6 lbs since last week - which is amazing! i seem to have the formula now, getting in my miles (though i ran fewer this past week, 25.6 miles plus a 4 mile walk on my "rest" day) and cutting back on the wine and cheese (i didn't have any wine until friday and saturday, but i continued to lose weight those days anyway). i think one of the biggest things helping me is that i have fewer meals than when i'm at home in WA because of my schedule. i work nights when i'm in WA, and i have to eat at least one meal during the night plus a small snack. then i usually have 3 meals during the real day - and it totals up to 4 meals. here in sweden, i have 3 meals at most - and a couple of times this week, breakfast was so late it slipped into lunch - and dinner came early enough - that i really only had two meals. i think that extra meal may be my downfall, and i'm going to work on that when i get home at the end of the month.

this 131.4 also marks another milestone - halfway to my goal for the year, which is to hit 120 by my 55th birthday in december. i don't plan to stop losing then (i'm 5'2" and the thought of being under 110 is tempting), but that will put me in a good weight zone, albeit the high end. i also plan to go back to the the circuit class at the fitness club when we get home; i had stopped going in february when my workload increased too much. (if i say it here, i have to do it, right? )

congrats on the marathon, tracy - i'm in awe of anyone who can do that! and good luck with the Body for Life program.

dani - congrats on 1.2 lbs lost! great job!

i just realized something - if i can keep this up at the same rate, i could actually hit my labor day goal of 130... next week! or dang close...
gotta run!
susan

I forgot - Tracy - well, a 5K for me right now would be huge, considering I'm only doing 2.25 miles on my C25K runs right now! I'm just going to keep training, and hope that I do well at this "short" distance. I've looked ahead at the schedule of upcoming local races, and there's a 6k for Thanksgiving, which I am going to do, as well as a few 10 & 8 K's that I will most likely do as they're early next year and I think I'll be ready. Of course, the ultimate goal for me is the Gate River Run in March, one of the premier 15K's in the country and it's in my home city! The longer races don't hold any appeal to me - I've seen the posts regarding the insane training, eating and injury potential of marathons, and I can't see myself doing that. At most, maybe a half, and that seems huge to me. Of course, that all may change when 3 miles is my "short, easy run" instead of my target!