MJ – Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so proud of you! And cannot believe you kept on with it even after puking – only a REAL runner would do something crazy like that! Good luck on Saturday – we will all be cheering you on! (If it helps, I cannot wait until my bro comes to visit this weekend so I can bum a smoke – or several - from him).

Wendy – good to hear from you!

Cate – I am so sorry about the issues with your son’s schooling – we want the best for our kids and those things can make us insane. Try to take care of yourself the best you can through all of it! It is super-clear that you will do what is best for your baby – good luck!

Lizzie – I love the “it was a bad run” idea vs. the I am not a runner, a crappy runner, a what-have you....Thanks.

JJ – I hear you on the weight thing! I have gained about 7 pounds – what?!?!? As I have mentioned here – I feel better, know this is good for me, etc…but still waiting for that day I step on the scale and say to myself, “finally!!”. (fyi - my food intake has not increased) I hope that day comes soon for you, too! (I downloaded myfitnesspal as well so giggled when I saw that!)

I did my first day of the final week this morning! Woo-hoo!!! I doubt I will get out for a run until next week as we have a bunch of visitors coming in, birthday bash for our girls, etc., etc. but I can't believe it - WEEK 9!!!!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone,

Laura

Wooooohoooooo! You go you badass runner you! I am SO proud of you. You have inspired me and made me laugh and kept me going through this and please know that if you were here in person I would be jumping up and down screaming and yelling right next to you.

Go kick some asphalt in the 5k sister! Run on!

What has helped me is that I have a time every day that I work out. For me I have to go straight after work and just get it done. But Liz is right, eating is 100% the most important thing (and the hardest for me). I know I have a lot of weight to lose and this has been such a back-and-forth battle for me. It is a change a have to make for LIFE, not just a few months. It is so hard to look at it that way but I just keep in mind that every day I need to do something active. Something! It can't be the same thing all the time cuz I'll get bored and give up. Going to the gym is not my favorite thing but I'm learning to like it. Seeing other people there that look like me is super motivating! The support on this website has been major for me along with a couple friends that are cheering me on and asking me about it. I feel like I am held accountable and supported to keep it up. As for swimming, it is such a great way to lose weight. I'm lucky enough to have a father-in-law with a pool, so last summer I took my boys almost every day and raced them swimming across the pool. They loved it and it got me moving, it really helped me a lot. I even found some water aerobic exercises online, printed it and lamninated it at work so I could take it in the pool with me. Swimsuits are just never flattering on me so I would just wear shorts and a tank top over my suit. Just find something that works for you and that you can enjoy. Try everything until you find something you like.

I will have to try myfitnesspal. I hate logging calories but I know it will be helpful. It's a proven fact dang it.

SpringPatch--Good job!! What an amazing accomplishment!! So proud of you!!

WTG Wendy!  Congrats, girl, for getting back on the bus.

My scale is messing with me too, JJ.  I'm down 4 pounds from my highest, but I regularly fluctuate by 3 pounds or so, even in the course of a day, and I haven't seen anything below the current number so it doesn't really look to me like I've lost more than a pound.  I'm trying to hang on to the nice comments people have been making, and assume that I'm converting muscle into fat.  It does feel, though, like after 2 months of regular exercise with really pretty good food behavior (and my diet wasn't that bad to begin with), I've lost only about 1-3 pounds.  So yeah, I started up on SparkPeople again, and I started tracking calories again.  I didn't eat any differently today, and I have only consumed about 1,200 calories. When I've done calorie restriction and exercise before, I actually found that I couldn't lose weight if I was eating less than 1,500 calories, which apparently is typical for hypothyroid people like me.  So one day of tracking isn't certain, but maybe I need to eat MORE???  Yeah, fat (literally) chance.  But a girl can dream.   And I totally just asked my partner to go get me some Ben & Jerry's.  Gotta test the hypothesis.  You know, scientific method.

Anyway, w9d1 today.  I ran .75 miles to go pick up the car from the shop, then picked up my daughter, did some stuff around the house (including moving a big heavy rowboat out of storage!) and then went out and did the 30 minute run.  It was actually pretty tough to do the full 30 minutes, even though I skipped the hill I added to my route.  Including warmup, cool down, and my extra run to the auto shop, I did 50 minutes.  Oh, Hello, Ben, Hello, Jerry.  I think I've earned you.

Cate

The power bar receipe looks interesting, I am thinking about fixing some and trying it out.

We are doing this for our health, not to be olympic athletes. If it hurts, don't run. It is silly to run when you are hurt and risk making yourself more unhealthy when the whole point of running is to get healthy.

I am sorry, this is awful timing, but I would wait. Find another 5k to aim for in a couple of weeks and go for that.

((Hugs!))

KnottynCrochety wrote:

 

We are doing this for our health, not to be olympic athletes. If it hurts, don't run. It is silly to run when you are hurt and risk making yourself more unhealthy when the whole point of running is to get healthy.

 

I am sorry, this is awful timing, but I would wait. Find another 5k to aim for in a couple of weeks and go for that.

 

((Hugs!))

I gotta agree.  I just missed my first session in over 8 weeks today due to a strain/pull just below my calf muscle.

I was going to simply run through the pain but after talking with a friend of mine who tore his calf muscle I decided a long weekend was not a bad idea.

I still don't know what exactly I strained, but I know I have been working my body harder than I ahve in a very long time and my body is telling me to slowwwwwwww up.

Nothing would be worse than to work so hard for 9 weeks only to be shutdown for several months due to an injury.

I'm thinking you might want to do the same.