I know it's wednesday, but it's a while & well...I've been moving! So...

I appreciate...being 13 lbs to goal weight 7 months out
having a gym and indoor pool in my new place (if I can get the key 2 work)
the first christmas where food isn't an issue
sugar free chocolate
the first quiet saturday in far too long

But...I'm one of the 20% who can tolerate sugar - which may or may not be a good thing! I have to be super cautious now...which may be worse, than not tolerating it at all

I appreciate my husband.  ( Read more... )

i am so freaking close to my next goal. i told myself i would be 100lbs down by christmas. i am 99lbs down, but i have been stalling and fighting since november! sometimes i find myself self-sabotaging. i get into the depressed mindset where i feel like, if i'm not loosing weight, then why am i trying so damn hard. it's really hard to try to do the right things when i feel this way. i had hoped to be 118lbs down (one-derland) by now, but i've stalled 3 times since october. i'm only 5 months out, is the honeymoon really over? if so, how the hell am i supposed to lose the last 60lbs? (end rant ;-) )

wish me luck! i'm gonna hit the treadmill and eat light for the next 3 days.





lap rny 7/14/09
318/219/160

my parents are bringing home a bunch of pizza soon. i know i dont want to eat it but i dont know if i can control myself. panic! help

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( I woke up early this morning, about 4am and... )

Someone asked these questions; I answered, but I thought it would be nice to post them in here for the community to see as well. And I hope it helps those who are considering doing a half marathon for the first time.

Who here has ever run a half marathon?

ME! Dec 5th, 2009 (not that long ago :)). I did a combination of walking and running.

How much did you weigh (or how much weight did you have left to lose) when you ran your first one?

I weighed between 331.8 (two weeks before the half) and 326.4 (the Monday after the half) - I forgot to weigh myself the Monday before my the half.

How long and in what way did you train for it?

I trained for 7 months (month one pretraining for the official traning in month 2) with a group of friends. I figured that I would probably be "by myself" while doing the half, but it helped that I had other friends out there training on the same day I was training (on Saturdays). They didn't necessarily have to be right with me. So even though there were others out there training on the same day as me, I was pretty much by myself and I wanted it that way. I walked 2-3 days out of the week beginning with one mile one day and then 2 miles the second day (eventually I kinda had to adjust how many miles to walk on certain days, but meet the total mileage for the week minus my Saturday walk). The first Saturday walk was two miles, then the next Sat was 3, and the next 2, and then the next 4. Every other Saturday, mileage would increase by one until I reached 11 miles two weeks prior to the half marathon. I did my weekly walks and the Sat low mileage walks mostly on treadmill. Whenever our walks increased by one, I was always out there with friends but "by myself." We were supposed to do cross training in between walks but I never did really have the time for it. I just focused on walking my miles.

What is your best advice for getting past a mental motivation block?

Basically, I just told myself, I would get through one mile at a time. When one mile was done, I knew I could move on to the next. I carried water on my back all throughout my training as well as Luna and/or Clif Bars. Having food and water is VERY essential during training, especially long miles. I also did a lot of mental image of crossing that finish line. I built up the excitement. Doing a half marathon is completely different from training. There's so much motivation, adrenaline, excitement, entertainment, support, and encouragement out there. When you cross that finish line, you will feel so much emotion. I about bawled like a baby when I crossed Dec 5th. It was out of relief that it was done and amazement that I, over 300 pounds, did my first half marathon. I knew it was possible, but I couldn't believe that I actually did it. From mile 1 to 6.2 miles, I kept 20 mins 18 sec mile pace. From 6.2 miles to 13.1 miles, I was going 23 mins 20 seconds mile pace - which is pretty darn good for me!! When I trained for my 11 miles, my time predicted I would finish the half in 6 hours. I actually finished in 5 hours, 5 mins.

Hi. Can anybody tell me a little about the C25K thing. Ive seen it being talked about around the net and i was wondering about it. Is this good to get started on? Can I do this using a treadmill?  thanks :)

Hey everyone. I'm not exactly a stranger to this community, ahaha. My weight loss attempts have been comprised of some twenty pound victories here and there (all gained back) and one major victor about two summers ago. I'm currently undergoing the one attempt that I actually feel good about, comparable to that one time in the summer. However, what happened that one time was that toward the end, I began to restrict and fast and binge...just a terrible cycle. So now that I know that I'm prone to that, here I am two years later starting again.
( Getting a bit personal... )

I'd been doing fairly well with not emotional eating, until today. I went to Target, and as I was checking out, I was making small talk with the cashier. As she handed me my change, she asked me when my baby was due. I'm decidedly not pregnant. I've been a mess all day. Who does that?

Hi again. I'm Katy. I have to confess to falling off the wagon. See, it's hard, since my husband cooks and he just doesn't care about eating healthy. We live off of hamburger helper in the winter, and hamburgers in the summer. So I guess my point is that eating healthy around here is next to impossible. Instead I've decided to do three things

1. Only eat when I am hungry. Cut out the emotional eating, but also don't be lazy about getting food when I am hungry because then I get "ZOMG IM STARVING NOM NOM NOM!!!!" Also, only eat until I'm full. I'm terrible about "must finish everything on my plate because there are starving children in Africa!"

2. Run - I started the C25K program yesterday. I feel really good about it. It wasn't too hard at all. Of course we'll see what happens when the runs are longer than the walks next week. I came home and stretched for like 15 minutes and wound up feeling a little tight but not too bad.

3. Pushups - I found an iphone app that lets you say how many pushups you can do and then it tells you how many you should do in sets to get to 100 in 6 weeks. I'm doing them on my knees because I can only do two on my toes (d'oh!). This is TOUGH! My poor arms feel like jelly.


Anyway, here's the stats:

SW: 240 (beginning of last summer)
CW: 214 (down 10%!!)
1: 193 (by the end of winter quarter)
2: 174 (by the end of spring quarter)
3: 157 (by the end of summer)
GW: 140 (by the end of fall quarter)

Technically at my height I should weigh 125 - 135, but I decided 100lbs was a much cleaner goal so I'm aiming for 140.

I have a really bad habit of getting to 170 (the line where I go from obese to overweight) and then quitting and gaining it all back. I can't do that again!


Anyone want to be friends? Especially anyone doing the C25K thing, or the pushup thing, or with similar stats?