Wideguy - I too need to lose a total of 90-100 lbs, and I have 50-60 lbs to go.  I'll be real happy if I can reach that goal by the end of September.

I'm from the 200+ group of last fall and I'm still hanging in there.  I did ok thru December, but then some family issues sidelined me for about 10 weeks, so I trained on and off, and lost a lot of conditioning.  From Sept thru December I lost about 40 lbs, but now I've been kicking around the same 5 lbs for the last 10 weeks (225# +/- 2.5 lbs).  So this last week I've tried to be more consistent, and I'm getting back to my mindful eating and my food/exercise journal.  I still have no problem running 3-4.5 miles, but the difficulty is staying consistent, and then building back to my long run of 6+ miles, at a decent speed. I look forward to hearing from everyone.

Hello all.  My name is Jesse. I am 5'11'' and 294lbs.  I started C25K last year in April and made it to week 4 before I got sidetracked.  I re-started last Sunday and completed Week 1 and did W2D1 today.  I did well on the first three intervals, but for the 4th and 5th I did about 45 seconds of running.  I ran the entire 6th interval.  I signed up for the Run to Rememebr 5K on May 1st and my goal is to run it in 36 minutes or less.  My long term goal is to lose 100 lbs in 15 months before my 32nd birthday.  This would be similar to my weight when I graduated high school.

Hi! I just started the C25k last week. I am starting W2D1 tomorrow. I am 5'10 and weigh in at 269 lbs. I started the year at 280 and joined the c25k this month after wanting to join it in January. I told my family I wanted to do a 5k in May so now they are holding me to it since they've all paid their entry fees and I can't let them down.

I was surprised that I could even run for 1 minute and although I'm kinda scared about week two I am determined to do it. Feel free to email or post for support.

Rita

Good morning everyone!!!

Wideguy, I just want to let you know that you are such an inspiring person! I've read all the replies on this post, and you have nothing but nice things to say! Thank you in advance for that!

Now let me tell you all abit about myself.... I'm going to be 25 on Marth 19th; I am a mother of 3 boys, wife to one terrific man, and have struggled with weight issues my whole life. I was never skinny, but looking back now, I wish I wasn't so hard on myself when I was a size 14!!! Now I'm a size 18-20, depending on where I shop.

I've started the C25K program THIS MORNING, and omg!!! Was it ever brutal!!!!! I'm just wondering, if I have zero moderate exercise as of lately, should i do some conditioning first? before I continue on with the C25K??? I just dont know if I'm setting myself up for failure-because thats the LAST thing I want to do.....anyway, I did W1D1 this morning, and my lungs hurt, my ribs hurt, my chest hurt, but I DID IT.....i may have looked ridiculous jogging at a very slow crawl, but I did it right? lol....I already know I will most likely repeat the first week, just to get used to this....but it sure felt good to beable to jog/speedwalk around the park/lake near my house!

Anyway....I'm going to include a picture just to give an idea of my weight and size. I'm 5'9, and just under 250.....gross hey? somewhere along the way, I was an attractive woman! lol I just want to be a healthier woman now, not just for me, but for my sons! I want them to be proud of me, and I want to live long to watch them grow up! =)

ps. my youngest is 13 months old, and I swear I still look pregnant! I hate it!!!! =(

Hey everybody,  I'm going to start on week 2 this evening, currently training on the treamill.  Every day of week 1 got a little easier, especially after I found podcasts so I could just go without looking at the time.  I find that watching the seconds tick by seems to make those running intervals a lot longer!  I even go as far as taking my glasses off while I'm running and taking the time off primary display on the treadmill so I can't read it, because I can't seem to help glancing down at it.

As far as the weight, I was always a little chubby ever since I was a kid.  Blame mom's homecooking and my lack of coordination where sports were concerned.  Through high school I danced which kept me in okay shape, only 10-20 lbs overweight (yeah, I know, 'only?!'...well it's a lot worse now).  I'm 5'8" and probably weighed about 180 at that point.

A year or so after graduating I got into a relationship and our habits were sedentary, we ate junk all the time, no bottled water in the house - just soda, etc.  Two and a half years later after some things went down, I realized I needed to get out of that for my mental, emotional, and physical health.  At that point, I weighed in at 260.  Yeah, +80 lbs in 2 years, and I didn't even see it happening.

It's been another couple years since then, and at one point last summer I got down to 212 with diet, walking everyday with a bit of jogging thrown in, but have since gained a bunch back, and this morning my scale read 232.6.  I NEED to get serious about this.  My new year's resolution was to lose 50 lbs this year (I started 2010 at 240).  I went out this weekend and bought some dumbbells and new workout clothes.  I wanted to post here to make myself a little more accountable, I've also been posting some on facebook about the weight loss and running.

I CAN AND WILL DO IT THIS TIME!

Hi everyone!

I just finished W1D3 this morning!  I'm 26, 5' 9" and 212lbs.  A few years ago, I reached my peak weight during a bad relationship, 265lbs.  I lost most of that weight from low-carb dieting and probably less stress eating.  For the last 5 years, I've held a job that requires a lot of walking around and lifting, and that has probably helped me keep my weight down.  Since high school, I have done very little exercising, and luckily was still able to participate in whatever I wanted to do.  My wake-up call came when I went on a day-long hiking trip with a few friends.  I nearly passed out... twice...  5 miles from civilization.  I decided then that something had to be done.  It took a few months before I really got determined.  I tried walking with a friend, but that didn't pan out... plus it takes forever!  A friend came to visit from out of town (I hadn't physically seen her in about a year and a half).  She had always been my fat compatriot.  This girl had gone from a size 16-18 to a size 4 in 6 months!  I was amazed.  Of course, I begged her to tell me all about how she'd accomplished what she had, and she said C25k!  I had to try it.  Well, before I bought the iPhone app (I tried estimating my time - who can count and run at the same time?), my dedication was negligible, but I'm turning things around now!   I'll start week 2 on Wednesday, and I'm looking forward to the change.  So far, I've had very little difficulty keeping up.  I have a bad knee, and even that hasn't really been bothering me, and I've experienced very little soreness.  If you can't tell, I'm super excited about this plan's potential.  I feel great!

I'm trying really hard to pace myself and keep to the original timeline, but I want to do more!  Thus, I'm starting weight training on the off days so I can feel like I've accomplished something.  I really enjoyed reading all your posts!  Thanks for being an inspiration!

-Stacey