Oh I got the guest thing too! I guess active have been playing again, I thought the site had remembered me! I just filled out the name and email detains at the top of this screen where I write my post so will see if that puts my name to the post.

I don't know why they don't just have a remember me feature!

wow... login is all crazy today!
it is 12:45am and I am tired, tried going to sleep 45 min ago but coughing so much that I can't get to sleep. I finally gave in & took some Nyquil so that I can get some rest. I was feeling much better today but everything is breaking up in my chest & I've been coughing all day - my chest & stomach muscles ache from all the coughing. ok, enough whining! but I'd like to know if can I count that as my ab workout for the week

brandyshea - loved your little snowman my sis just moved to Vestavia Hills with her new husband. are you far from there? it would be cool if we could meet up if I come to visit her. Great job on your solo long run in the harsh winter weather!

nhmommy - sorry to hear that you've been told to cut back on your mileage... at least you can still run 12 mpw. that is good that the doc didn't take it completely away. what a bummer about the HM, could you possibly run/walk it instead?

kristen - glad to hear you are doing well. wow, running 5 days a week is great & throwing in some extra cardio is awesome too. I'm sure you'll see that scale moving down soon.

Bodacious - that is so great that you are being such a good influence on your son. my SIL said that is was my success on WW that prompted her to rejoin & I had my other SIL (on my side of the family) join a few months ago & said it was because of me that she decided to try WW. so guess that we are influencing people in a good way glad the wolves are keeping away now! so far all my long runs average about 11:30 pace & it feels good - it's a good comfortable pace for me. amazing that I can speed up to 9mm on shorter runs! the hardest part about the HM was running 12:40-13:30 pace, that was much slower than anything I've run since I graduated from c25k.

thisyear - I was so confused by who "guest" was - LOL I completely agree with you, in that we need a diet that we can live with for the rest of our lives. I did an Atkins-like diet and lost tons of weight & gained it all back plus lots more... I can't even count the number of people that happens to. It's hard when you see that it can work so fast and it's so tempting to want to do a low-carb diet so that you can see the weight go away quickly. WW is not a fast weight loss diet but it is one you can use for the rest of your life & I think that's the most important thing. I just went back & read your last post on the last week's thread. I average about 18-25 mpw & run 4 days a week. I just ran a HM on 1/12 and I am currently training for my HM in March. Did you see my menu posted earlier today? I am going to try & post this week to keep me more aware of what I should be eating each day. Sometimes it's easier if I plan my day in advance & then I don't get stuck being hungry & make a bad choice when I can't decide what I want to eat.

beachbum - I use to live in Clearwater, it's a nice area but Bradenton/Sarasota is even better - just an hour south of there and not nearly as much traffic and snowbirds some of us do meetings, some online & some just follow WW or something similar on their own... we welcome everyone here!

stillplugginaway - love the mental image of picking off other runners. lol enjoy your morning run on the TM... we'll be sweltering in the mid 70s by the afternoon here. so much for our cold weather! lol

nhissteps - welcome to the board & congrats on your huge weight loss & running success. I just ran the Disney HM & it was amazing to see all the Team in Training people there & the support rallying for them on the sidelines. Made me wish I was in purple too There was one guy out there waving a sign & wearing only shorts & painted from head to waist in purple, it was pretty funny. glad you found us!

Melanie

Good Afternoon All,

I am not going into WW this week. I'll make in there next week or so. Since I am a LifeTimer that recently returned to drop some poundage, I feel like I need to return to the points program. Core seems simple, but is a lot harder for me.

I haven't returned to journaling my food as yet. I don't know about you guys, but I find that my appetite is naturally curbed when I am working out and I am eating to fuel the body. When I fall off the workout wagon then I am eating for... well... I don't know what, but it sure ain't pretty.

I am starting W2D1 of the C25K tomorrow. Since I completed my first 1/2 marathon this month, the whole race thing has bitten me. I love the idea of getting a number and walking (soon to be running) with a crowd. Who knew that I would get into something like this at 41!

Michele

**Warning....Long Post**

Hi All...I've been MIA for the past few days due to some technical difficulties, although not on the part of Active. MY DSL at home was a little wacko and since I am at Zion tonight I had the opportunity to sign on and check in with you all. I will have to say that it about drove me nuts not being able to check in with you all Tomorrow I head out for another week and a half of travels. I'm not certain that I'm going to be able to stay as on plan as I did on my last trip. Tomorrow I fly to Yellowstone where I will spend a 4 day weekend with some old friends. I just hope all the x-country skiing will balance out the beer consumption I fly from there Sunday to Death Valley where I have a week long conference to attend. Every night there is a different cocktail/reception/dinner party to attend. Oh well, I'll just do best I can. Tomorrow is WI day and I'll be attending a meeting in the town where Shannon lives (Shannon wish you were around to go to the meeting with me ) I hope to see the scale move more this week than it has the last couple of weeks. On Sunday I started the Hal Higdon 8 week 5K training program but must admit that I made some small adjustments, but I'm happy to be back on a "training plan" so to speak.

Looks like there are some new faces on here so I'll give a quick bio for myself I'm a almost 32 year old female and I live in Southern Utah. I joined WW back in mid-September. I have lost 39lbs so far. About a month after joining WW I started the C25K program which I completed in December. I also do weight training and have become quiet addicted to Spinning I'm signed up to run my first 5K at Lake Mead on March 15th. A couple of other folks around here have been discussing triatlones and I must admit that that has been on my mind a lot lately and as of now I'm shooting for a Tri NEXT summer. I first have to learn the proper form and techniques of swimming before I can do a Tri Oh, and I started posting on this board around mid to late October and have found the folks here very inspiring and helpful and I think you will too.

Happy glad to hear that you enjoyed Kite Runner. Did you make it to see Juno? What did you think of that one?

Mel congrats for staying OP while at the party. Are you feeling all better yet?

Brandy I loved your snowman. I grew up in South Mississippi and I remember one year it snowed on my birthday (April 2nd) and I thought that was the coolest thing. I guess when you got your snow in Alabama is also snowed as far south as Hattiesburg, MS which is about 40 minutes from where my family lives so my brother and his wife drove my nieces up there to play in the snow

Nhmommy sorry to hear about your medical complications. Hope your back up to full swing before you know it. Stop in when you can and let us know how you are doing.

Kristen good luck with getting back on plan with WW. It sounds like your running is going well.

Thisyear welcome to the group. Good luck with deciding what plan you want to use. I'm on the flex plan but try to use as many core foods as possibly and eat a limited amount of processed sugars, etc. I'm not sure who it was that said there were going to adopt the flore plan, but I think I'll go with that too

Beachbum welcome to the group as well. I'm originally from Wiggins, MS which if you live on the coast I'm sure you at least know where that is. I now live at 8000 ft elevation and I must admit while the humidity was a little tough on me when I was recently home over the holidays, I sure did love that I could run much faster at sea level than I can at 8000ft elevation.

Stillpluggin good luck with your LONG run this week. I'm telling you I am awed at how far you've come in less than a year. You ROCK!!

NHissteps glad you found us. Your weight loss so far is very inspiring. Keep up the good work.

BO hope you enjoyed your 3 day weekend. Wish the gym would have been opened so you could have made another spin class

Blahmaxguncc welcome and good luck with your running. Hope your TM works holds out for you at least until you can get outside and run. You mentioned you can't run outside and I'm assuming maybe that's because of weather conditions. I've never used an elliptical so I can't really say whether or not that can replace running but if for some reason you can't run the elliptical would certainly be better than nothing as far as cardio exercise goes.

Shannon I hope your meeting is going well for you!!

Take care all and I will check back in with you at my next opportunity!

Happy Penguin and Cherbear- thanks for the welcome! I'm starting off with a 1200 calorie a day for a few weeks to kick it off with a coworker who is doing the same. We'll keep each other on track for now. I'm 45, 5'8 and 180 pounds, so have a ways to go. I'll be here with y'all for the rest of my C25K time!

Gatorgirl- I'm hoping to get back to Clearwater area this summer, we absolutely LOVED the sunsets! They are amazing. Maybe we'll get to see more of the area if we get to spend a whole week there. We love everything about Florida.

Lifeintheparks- Wiggins is only 30 minutes north of me, so I'm familiar- LOL! After Katrina, lots of folks moved north to that area. Its getting to be a much busier little area. I live about 2 blocks off the beach and drive to work down the beach highway- its so relaxing.

I love that y'all post daily menus so the rest of us get ideas for a meal or two. Thanks! How many "points" do you get per day?

Hi All,

Yesterday I ran 5 miles on the treadmill and biked five miles on the stationary bike. I have found my new favorite thing to do while running, listen to music and read People magazine!! I had tried to read my book, but it was taking me 5 minutes per page and I would need to look up to refocus my eyes many times per page but the magazine's print is a little bigger so it works a lot better! And I also won't allow myself to read the magazine unless I am running so it is a good incentive to run. Then I get to read my book while I do the bike/elliptical/cross trainer (I do each one once a week).

There seem to be a lot of new people on the board, so I will reintroduce myself. I am 24 and have very recently moved to Boston from NJ. I have been running races for two years now and have been a member of coolrunning and WW since last Feb. I can't believe that I have been posting on this thread now for a year...even though I hardly post...oops. I have ran 3 HM, 4 10 milers and many other races.

Melanie-WHOOHOO on you 1/2!!!!! You worked so hard for it, I'm happy it went so well for you!! You have inspired me to make a race shirt for my upcoming race! My sister recently moved to NC but before we both moved she came to 3/4 of all my races to cheer me on. She is the only person in my family that made an effort to come out and it really means a lot to me, so I decided to make a t-shirt with her pic on it holding up a sign cheering me on. I thought it would be a funny way to show her that i appreciate her support.

Blamax-As others have said, the elliptical is not an exact substituin for running since them motion and impact are differnt. I find the elliptical to be much easier, but its also a very good cardio workout! Is there a way you could drive to a park to run, or just run around your block. You may also want to look into any local gyms near you that may be getting rid of their old treadmills, you may be able to get it at a really reasonable price and even though it may be very used it could last you a couple years until you save up fr another one.

Thisyear-WHooHOO for the 1 pound loss!!

Lifenthe-Yellowstone sounds like it will be so much fun! Have a great time!

Happy-I loved Juno also, I went into it thinking it would be only ok, but I actually was cracking up during it and at the same time you respected the seriousness of the situation. Great movie! You come up with such interesting meal plans.......you put so much effort into making sure that you have such a variety of foods, I bow down to you! I'm happy if I get myself to make something simple like healthy ckn parm

Brandy-Your little snowman made me crack up!

Pluggin-Triple WHOOHOO for your AWESOME test scores!!!! Your miss Speedy Gonzales, I'm happy while training if i keep it to 10:10 miles. Whoohoo for your amazing distances and speed in just a year!!

Cherbear-Whoohoo for being able to run again!!

Maxie congrats on the Tri

Bodacious-Did the spinning class bother your IT band at all? Whoohoo for doing your first spinning class, I still have not gotten the nerve up to try it yet. Sounds like your son id doing well also, with starting to eat better and workout! Isn't it great when you can motivate the people you love! I think it's great how you are trying to fit in a race when you have a move and your sons wedding all at the same time! Thats dedication!!

Sorry for the extremly long post!

Have a wonderful day!!