Way to go Danilynng!! Any loss is good, right! I am still at 146 despite pouring rain so a shortened long run yesterday, and some pretty yucky eating this week. Well, it tasted great, it just wasn't good for me. I just got home from shopping with my husband and 7 yr old daughter, and I got some Nicole Miller pants on sale for $10.99!! They were a little snug in the thighs, so I'm going to use that as motivation this week. I really want to wear them to a mom's meeting at my daughter's school on Thursday, so we'll see how that carrot works.

It is too bad about the low numbers on this group- I think it is helpful! I'm still hanging in there at 152. I was feeling discouraged until I remembered that this spring I was at 160 - so that's an 8 lb. weight loss and that's good! I still want to be at 145 NOW, but I know it takes patience and hard work.

I did my longest run ever of 8 miles over the week-end, but feel lots of strain in my left quad and achiness in my knee, so I'm taking a few rest days!

Great job to everyone - keep up the good work!
Marianne

I hit a wall today... they shipped my husband over to Kuwait in preparation for him going to Iraq this morning, so he's no longer training out in CA, which means I can't talk to him anymore, and that depressed me soooooo badly all day. I was very close to blowing off the gym, but I felt bad about blowing off W8 D1, I'm so close to the end! I made myself go, I did the run, and I feel good about that... but I'm still feeling horribly low. It'll pass, I know, I can't stay this way through March! I just have to remember to keep working out, because I refuse to gain weight from stress eating like I did during the first gulf war.

I love the people on this forum, I really do! I didn't blow off my run yesterday because I'm hosting the C25K Check In, how would it look if I didn't do it? Everybody is super friendly and super helpful, and they keep me going. My family is cool, they think it's fantastic that I've lost over 26 lbs, but they don't get the running thing. I've got my mom going to the gym now, though, so that's progress!

I'm thinking of a yoga class today, seeing as I blew off work... just couldn't do it. I think the yoga class would do wonders for me, though.

Now, everybody get moving! Our backsides won't shrink themselves!

Great job everyone!!! I'm glad to hear you are doing so well. My working out is going great, and the food isn't going that bad, but the scale isn't budging. I'm afraid I will become obsessed with it all, which in turn just depreses me, so I've decided to take a step or 2 back from it all and just try to make healthy decisions, but not be "actively dieting", or counting every single calorie. I know my training for the next 8 months will take care of any workout need I could ever have, I just need to work on the food. I am going to take it slowly and try not to be too consumed with it all.

So, I don't want to seem like I'm bailing on you, and wish I was having as much luck and determination as you all!! I will still definitely check on everyone, but I can tell you my 5 lb goal for labor day isn't happening. I haven't gained any either, just hovering at a seemingly impossibly to get by weight. I keep hoping I just wake up one day and its gone, but that hasn't happened yet!

So congrats to everyone who has stuck with it!! And not so good for me who can't seem to handle eating well and working out as much as I need to without going overboard and then eating everything in sight!! Sigh...maybe one day!