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Kelatdavis, I know what you mean about getting frustrated with your weight. I started dieting on the 27 of June. I had lost, as of 18 July, 12 lbs and was so excited. I know when someone my size starts dieting they can lose a lot of weight during the first few weeks, but I thought if I was still dieting and adding now walking/running I could at least ensure a steady 2.5lb per wk lose. Well, that doesn't look like it will be the case this week. It looks like I may not gain any, but I will not lose any either. I weighed myself this morning and it looks like I haven't lost anything thus far and there is only 2 days till my next weigh-in. It's frustrating, but I've decided that I'm not going to stress it like I usually would. I'm just going to be diligent on tracking my daily food, water, and fitness, hopefully this will help me better understand what is keeping me from losing. I also will be tracking my measurements, hopefully if I'm not losing on the scale it will still show a lose in inches.
Good luck to everyone and keep up the good work.
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars."
-Les Brown 
I had a big wieght gain at the beginning of my training. I guess I don't get to treat myself with more food just b/c I'm exercising! 
Then I gained 1/2 lb each week for the next 4 weeks, and then I stopped weighing myself. It's been about 3 weeks now - time to get on the scale again. I don't have one at home, so I need to go to the gym.
Muscle gain? Water retention? Whatever it is, it's frustrating.
editing to add that my trainer recommends measuring your health by resting heart rate instead of the scale.
I'm 5'7" - 233#, age 40, and am on Day 3 of C25K. I found that I wasn't really in good enough shape to do the program as outlined in the article here. I ran just a little (2x1min) the first day, doubled it the second day, and plan to go for what is actually given in the program today. (5min walking + (1min running + 1.5min walking)x6) I don't know if I can do it today, but I don't plan to give up. I'll get there eventually. My body is rebelling, though. I have a pain in my hip from last night's walk/run. It feels all knotted up and I walk with limp. Did I mention it hurts? I think the key for me is going to be to push on through and keep doing this. I have always wanted to become a runner, and things like this have held me back. This time I'm not stopping. Not weighing either. Exercise can make people gain weight temporarily due to water retention and muscle building. What would I change if I gained or lost weight? Nothing. So not weighing.
Anyway, I got alittle off track. Is the hip problem I have common for beginning runners? Does anyone know?
Not very fast but loving it anyway! Congrats everyone, seems like we are all getting ourselves out there!!!! Keep up the great work!
Hi Kathy, I haven't had any problems with hip pain after running, past or present, but I checked around and found that some hip discomfort can be common among some beginning runners. The key seems to be whether it is some discomfort, or outright pain, if it's pain I'd check with your doctor. The hip discomfort could be due to inadequate stretching after your run and a warm up/cool down walk. The problem I have been encountering, which has been an issue many times in the past (Basic Training was the worse) has been with my shins, they get sore and while I run I feel a bit of a strain.I've tried different sneakers in the past and still can't seem to figure out what I'm doing. I stretch after my run and warm-up/cool-down for 7mins. I'm going to see my doctor and hopefully she'll be able to tell me what I'm doing wrong or send me to someone who can.
I agree with your weigh-in philosophy, I just can't get my obsessive brain to always agree. I have a huge problem with staying away from the scale on a daily basis. My brain just wants me to check every morning where my weight is at. I decided that I'd try to keep it to 1 weigh-in a week, can't go longer yet or I get obsessed with thinking about it. I also have set 6 week weight loss goals. Hopefully if I remind myself enough that the weight that will truly matter is the 6 wk weigh-in, I can start relaxing about the scale. I also like seeing the inches lost, especially in the mid-section, so even if I don't fully reach my 6 wk weigh-in, I will see results in my measurements.
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars."
-Les Brown
Hi all, I found the group that fenderleigh mentioned. I have only read a few threads, there are many, but they seem to be a very active, thread wise, group. I agree this would probably be useful to us all. Here's is the link http://community.active.com/thread/81129/200-pound-club/0/0
Thanks for the recommendation fenderleigh
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars."
-Les Brown
Kathy: I noticed something in your post. Are you running every day? If so, you should definitely take a day off between runs especially when starting. I know sometimes it's hard to do, since a day of rest doesn't feel like it's helping with the weight loss/getting in shape, but it really is. If you go full force and run every day (especially while having hip pain/discomfort) you're just going to get burned out or end up with an early injury. On one of your "resting days" if you feel energetic, just go for a walk. You can never take a break from walking 
I start week 2 of C25K on Sunday morning. I'm pretty excited (since week 1 was getting pretty stale). Just figured I'd throw this out there, are any of you guys using PodRunner intervals? Podrunner intervals follows C25K and makes the experience so much more enjoyable. http://www.djsteveboy.com/intervals.html
EDIT: I forgot to mention that I'm not weighing myself. You will gain weight at first (or at least maintain your current weight) in most cases. When you're new to exercise (and start exercising) your body requires more fuel. You'll feel more hungry and probably eat more (combined with gaining muscle, water retention, etc...). The key is learning to eat the right things. Once you've built up to being able to burn 500+ calories per workout (and adjusted your diet), you should notice the weight dropping steadily. In the past, I've lost around 5 lbs per week just by adjusting diet and exercising 3-5 times per week. I wish I could just continue following the diet haha.
Watch and follow my journey! It begins, officially, on October 1st, 2010. http://nathanloses.tumblr.com
Hi All,
I thought I'd introduce myself. Seems like most of us are around the same place in our running. I finished W3D3 yesterday. I also figured by exercising I would see some changes in my weight without changing my diet. I figured, one thing at a time. Anyway when my weight didn't change much, I quit weighing myself. I notice I have more energy and that means more to me than the number on the scale. Not going to lie, that number really bothers, me but I'm not letting that be my focus right now. Getting through the C25K is my focus. I'm moving to a new building at work in a couple of months. No cafeteria in the new building. I figure that will help too. 
At first I was having terrible pain in the muscle on the outer part of my ankle. It wasn't so bad while doing the run segments, but when I would drop back to walking it was almost bad enough that I thought I would have to stop. I've been making sure to stretch before and after running and I try not to heel strike so much. Those things must be working, plus the muscles in the front of my shin must be getting stronger because I didn't notice it as much while running yesterday.
Keep up the good work everybody!
-Aimee
06/27/2010-1st start C25K
01/01/2012-Starting Weight: 305 lbs.
03/12/2012-Current Weight: 268.6 lbs.
03/16/2012-Restart C25K
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