Biggest Loser Princess and Tinker Bell 2011 and 2012 -- OLD please see NEW thread

[mommyof2Pirates]

Hi Ladies.

I have been extremely disappointed with myself lately and I think that feeling has caused me to continue to emotional eat. As of today I have put on 10lbs since the princess and 14lbs altogether from my lowest weight.

I started tracking and journaling again yesterday and no wonder I am putting on weight. Here I am thinking the food was "not too bad" but boy the points add up quickly. I need to do some grocery shopping and get some good choices in the house and soon.

I feel 1/2 motivated right now. That is my brain is saying yes lets do this most of the time. I know it will just take a little bit to just topple it over in the right direction to weight loss/healthiness.

As far as motivators. I made a plan on monday that I would like to run the disney marathon in 2014 it would be a few wks before my 35 bday and I thought that would be a good gift to myself. Of course everyone...well my mom and dad were saying that it would be too much for me to do and I should stick with half marathons. Well you know what happens when someone tells me not to do something right??????

The only thing is the goal is so far out that I need something to motivate me in the near future. I know I will not be able to do the princess this year and most likely unless we fall into some financial luck I will not get there in 2013 either. So Im not sure what else to use. Anyone else get that been there done that feeling after running their first half.

I think its my undiagnosed ADD but I get bored easily. I am trying to picture me in a bathing suit this summer and that really should be motivation enough.

So I am still trying to see what will get me going. But for now I am trying to do it one bite at a time.

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I am too so sad about the tornadoes and the diser who lost their life in it. How horrible. We had tornado warnings last night and one touched as low as tree tops and did some minor damage to a few homes about 10 miles away. Of course I didnt know any of this until this morning so its a good thing a tornado didnt touch down on our house. We are suppose to get some bad storms later tonight again.

Nancy- Im so glad you are home safe. I will check the pics out later from home.

Maria- I never minded value on our vacations. I have stayed in all three ranges value/mod/deluxe and even going back to All Star Sports after doing AKL didnt bother me a whole lot. With that being said I do have to say I was so happy staying at CBR for the race. We never waited for buses to and from the expo or race, or parks for that matter. We never had to stand on the bus. The rooms/beds were so comfy. and I swear the hot tub saved my legs the night before the race. It was so peaceful and relaxing and that is just what a princess needs. Although I will stay at a value again....I am secretly hoping that we can stay at CBR on our next family vacation.

Lisa- I hope DS feels better soon. I agree its never fun to stay home playing nurse but it does give you time to get stuff done that you normally wouldnt make the time for so thats good.

Miss you all and I am so wishing we could meet up again soon. I promise if I win the powerball I will take everyone to the princess with me.

Ok for legal reasons let me use this disclaimer:

I will take Rose,Kathy,Nancy,Lisa H, Maria,Jen, and Jude...oh corina too. I dont want to win and than have everyone join the boards to go.

 

[mikamah]

Good morning Princesses!!

It is so sad all the devastation from the tornados and to lose a dis-ser does hit home. I feel so lucky to have met all of you here, and in person, and I do sometimes forget we are from all parts of the country and world.

I am too in a bit of a funk, and disappointed in gaining back the 7 pounds I had lost before the princess. It was such an amazing weekend, and I just don't have the motivation to get out and run like I did when the outcome was going to be the princess. I don't know when our next trip will be either, and am amazed how sad that makes me. I have always had a plan in my head of when my next trip will be before we come home from our present trip, but for the princess, I knew I needed to stop and save a little more. I shouldn't be so bummed, I was there in feb, and last august, so 2 trips in 6 months, but I just want to be planning again.

I don't know about 2013. I'd love to do the princess but with school vacation week, it's more expensive. I've been thinking that my next disney race, I'd like to do the january half, to see and feel the difference in the races. I know there might not be the hot firemen, but I'm thinking there'll be a few thousand hot guys running with me instead. That could help my speed for sure. My 50th bday is in 2014, and my original plan was to take a disney cruise over feb vaca, but I want to go with my brother sil, and niece, and since he does accounting, he can't go til april, and he'd rather do a less expensive cruise, and have the casinos, sooo I'm thinking, maybe I could do a weekend alone to disney for the jan half, for my birthday. It would cost less than the princess in feb, and I couldn't really leave michael over school vacation. I'd love to go alone, and do the half and volunteer at the full on sunday, and cheer you on Lindsay!!!

I do feel like i need to have some disney to look forward to, but it's far off. I think I need to make a tentative plan. My friend Jane and her dd16 would like to take another trip with us too, so maybe feb 2013, but I don't know.

So I'm trying to get my focus back, and wrote up a 3.5 week training plan for the 5k in june. I plan to run 3 days a week, 2 short and one long, and cross train 2 days. If I did a 5k tomorrow, I think I would have my worst time ever. I'm also writing my food down, and am really trying to keep that up, no matter how bad it is.

Lindsay- I'm glad you are feeling half motivated at least. Hang in there, and never give up. It's sucks to see some weight come back on, but its a journey, and we will have our ups and downs. I'd love to plan for the jan 2014 marathon weekend. It's so far off, it does seem hard to get motivated for it, and maybe the key is to plan other halfs along the way. I need to make my 16 week plan for the sept half I'm doing, to start in june. It is definitely harder without the thought of disney. Or maybe not having a pace requirement will make it harder to get the training in. Who cares if it takes me 8 hours. I may just stop in a local bar during the race. Know you are not alone, and we can and will get our focus back, and see this weight gone. Again. And thanks for bringing me when you hit the powerball!! I can't wait!!! Smart to have the disclaimer, and Lisa can let you know if that's all you need to do to make it legal.

Lisa- Are you ready for your half this weekend? You are doing so great with the training, and I know you're going to have a wonderful race. Hope ds is feeling better, and you got some of the attic and your mind cleaned out. I am also very grateful for you and all my friends here. I so hope our paths will cross again at a disney race. You know you are always welcome to stay here if you want to do a MA vacation. We are so close to so much, beaches, mountains, Boston.

Maria-the upgrade for the princess is a great motivator. Nice work getting out there and running again. I did feel good running again yesterday, and definitely having a plan written out helps me. You are doing great with the food. Keep it up, keep on inspiring me, and maybe I will follow suit.

Nancy- Welcome home!! Loved your pictures. Ds is stinking adorable. So glad you had a wonderful time. for a minute I thought you were going to have your baby in november, and then do the marathon in jan, but I figured out the math. Still pretty impressive to do it a year after.

Rose- How is disney world? So wish we were all with you. Hope your trip has been fabulous.

I am sitting out on my back porch this morning, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and there's a nice breeze. I think I'm going to make this my new computer spot. So glad I got a laptop.

Have a great day!! Hope the warm weather hits you all, and you have a fabulous, active, healthy eating type of day.

 

[Rose&Mike]

So how is everyone?

And what happened with the tornado? I can't find anything about it on the dis?????

We got home last night at 12:30. And I am having a major case of post-vacation let down. We had a good time--though I must say we I need to stop putting up with so much crap from DS. He always apologizes, but his attitude is getting a little old.

Maria--I hope the 20 pounds comes off easily!

Lindsay--I was laughing at your legal disclaimer.

So, my knee did pretty well on this trip. It was a little sore at the end of the day, but in a different place than ususal and I think that was from the 10 miles we walked every day! Having said that--I tweaked my other ankle sometime before we left. I'm not even sure when it happened. I had to ice it every night--the top of my foot around my ankle kept swelling up. Uggh. Thank goodness for kt tape. I taped it each morning and that seemed to keep it from hurting too much. On Sunday we took a little run out to DHS and around BW and it was fun. I still have to do mapmyrun. By the end I could feel my knee, but no pain. So that's exciting. I'm hoping to be running for good again next week.

I know the next challenge will be good for me--I am very unmotivated right now. But I'm having trouble getting back into the groove of things.

Have a good day princesses.

 

[lisah0711]

I have been extremely disappointed with myself lately and I think that feeling has caused me to continue to emotional eat. As of today I have put on 10lbs since the princess and 14lbs altogether from my lowest weight.

I started tracking and journaling again yesterday and no wonder I am putting on weight. Here I am thinking the food was "not too bad" but boy the points add up quickly. I need to do some grocery shopping and get some good choices in the house and soon.

I feel 1/2 motivated right now. That is my brain is saying yes lets do this most of the time. I know it will just take a little bit to just topple it over in the right direction to weight loss/healthiness.

Aww, Lindsay, I know just how you feel. I weigh 10 pounds more than I did at the Princess, too. You can get back on track and get headed back in the right direction. I know that you can do it!

Sounds like you have some great big, long term goals. How about some smaller ones that could happen sooner? Maybe something besides a race? What would you really like to do besides Disney? Do something with the boys or something alone?

No matter what we all know that we are in this together!

And I did get a big chuckle out of your disclaimer! If you win the lottery I'll be happy to be your legal adviser.

It is so sad all the devastation from the tornados and to lose a dis-ser does hit home. I feel so lucky to have met all of you here, and in person, and I do sometimes forget we are from all parts of the country and world.

I am too in a bit of a funk, and disappointed in gaining back the 7 pounds I had lost before the princess. It was such an amazing weekend, and I just don't have the motivation to get out and run like I did when the outcome was going to be the princess. I don't know when our next trip will be either, and am amazed how sad that makes me. I have always had a plan in my head of when my next trip will be before we come home from our present trip, but for the princess, I knew I needed to stop and save a little more. I shouldn't be so bummed, I was there in feb, and last august, so 2 trips in 6 months, but I just want to be planning again.

, Kathy, it is hard to not have another Disney trip in the works. But you have some wonderful things planned for this summer and you have Michael saving up for the next Disney trip so it will be happening sooner than you think.

I don't know why we are all in a funk now. Seems kind of late for a post-Princess let down or maybe it was that endless spring rain. Whatever it is, the important thing is that we get back on track -- and I know that we will!

So how is everyone?

And what happened with the tornado? I can't find anything about it on the dis?????

We got home last night at 12:30. And I am having a major case of post-vacation let down. We had a good time--though I must say we I need to stop putting up with so much crap from DS. He always apologizes, but his attitude is getting a little old.

You've been home a few hours and you are worried about not being back in the groove, Rose? Give yourself a chance, girl!

So glad that you had a good time at WDW. Sorry about the DS thing. Maybe next trip should be a Rose and Mike trip.

MinnieLor, a DIS'er and WISH'er and her husband were killed in the Joplin tornado. There are a couple of threads about it on the podcast boards. I didn't really know her except on the boards but I do remember her posts because she had pictures of her dogs and she had a couple of black labs like our dog (who is Corinna's dog twin).

It is funny how the Disboards expand your horizons with friends all over the place. I never worried too much about the weather in the northeast or south until you folks came along!

Okay, Princesses, time to get out of our funks and get ourselves back to where we need to be! We can do it!

 

[Rose&Mike]

thanks lisa! MysteryMachine is in MO also. I will have to check on her. That's so sad about MinnieLor. We are supposed to have severe weather tonight. Yuck.

It was in the mid 90s the whole time we were in FL--I got pavement rash again, but at least it was warm and sunny! It wasn't too humid, so I did ok with it.

And do you want to hear something funny--We met Debra from team Ohana for dinner and she said I was a glass half full kind of girl. Really, me? I think I USED to be a glass half full kind of girl, but after I had Tom with all the complications and then the failed adoptions and miscarriage, etc, I became very pessimisstic. It drove Mike a little crazy.

I really think this spring and the injury and the gluten stuff has been good for me in a weird kind of way. I really think a lot of it is that I am SIGNIFICANTLY less stressed after being off gluten. Did you know gluten can cause a lot of brain symptoms as well as other stuff? All these years with depression and anxiety and I just needed to stop eating poison! Who would have thought it.

And coming clean here--I'll talk about it more in my trip report--I had a hot dog (with a g-f bun of course). I've been thinking about going a "little less" vegetarian for a while. (I know--a hot dog, how gross, right?) But I just wanted to order something at least somewhat normal. It got really old to have to talk to a manager every time we wanted to eat. We ate most lunch and breakfasts in the room. Anyhow, we went to casey's and I had a hotdog with mustard and onions. And it was pretty tasty. I struggled a lot for the next day or so with the feeling of failing for going off being a vegetarian. I still haven't decided what I am going to do. I think I will be a 99% vegetarian, and maybe just cheat occasionally. Being g-f is stressful, and sometimes you just need to eat! I must say, I think Tom finally gets it. He will be the first to say that, if I ate meat it would be easier--which it would--but he gets it that it's kind of a hassle. It could always be worse, but it's still a pain some days!

Lindsay--A bunch of people are doing Hershey in October. We are remotely contemplating it. What do you think???? It's not too far from you.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Hi all,

I am off today to volunteer at ryans field day. Im excited. Field day was my favorite thing as a kid. My best friend would always win first place and I would get second. The month before field day in my 5th grade year I trained for it. My dad would take me to school every night after dinner and I would run the bases and do the obstacle course. Guess what.....I won 1st place that year and my BF was so mad. I will never forget this memory. Anyway its a beautiful day. Already 83 degrees and sunny.

Kathy- I so fell your struggle with both weight loss and not having a disney trip in the works through the computer and I wish I could just give you a hug. I know we both will be ok and I appreciate your support.

Lisa- Good luck with your half this weekend. You will do so great.

Rose- Im glad you had a good time in disney and had great weather too. I agree that with everything else you have going on with food....an occasional treat would be ok. Who doesnt love a caseys hotdog.

I had looked at the hershey half and thought it looked like so much fun. I would definitely consider it as long as I dont have to go to a conference for work. There is a possibility that I will have to go to Las Vegas in Oct. Keep me posted on what you are doing. Hershey is only 90 min away.

Have a great day all.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

i exercised for an hour and i feel like a new woman!

took thomas out in the jogger and started out walking. but when i made it to maritime college i just felt the need to jog for a little since that's what i was used to doing for so long! i jogged for 5 min then walked for another 5 min, jogged another 5, walked another 5, jogged another 10 then walked for the rest of the time.

can't believe that not that long ago i ran 13.1 miles with just a couple short walk breaks! and now i could hardly do much more jogging than i just did. still, it felt great to break a good sweat!!

and i feel like i totally just deserved the blueberry frosted poptart i just had. thomas and i split a package. so healthy i'm making a salad for lunch thought ...erm, with chicken cutlets on top

rose - i'm sorry, i totally missed that you went to disney! how can i miss a disney trip?? where did you stay? was it planned for a long time? i feel like i always know when everyone is going to disney!!! that way i can pretend it was ME who was going!!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

I had looked at the hershey half and thought it looked like so much fun. I would definitely consider it as long as I dont have to go to a conference for work. There is a possibility that I will have to go to Las Vegas in Oct. Keep me posted on what you are doing. Hershey is only 90 min away.

ooo! hershey half! now THAT sounds fun! it's too far to plan now but i'd be interested in the 2012 hershey half! it'd be great as part of my training for the wdw marathon in 2013!

i'm in!

 

[lisah0711]

Ooo! I think a little Princess meet at the Hershey sounds like fun!

Nancy, it's good to remind yourself every once in awhile how quickly you will feel like yourself again once your little one is here. I'm glad that you are able to get out there and enjoy yourself. It won't be long until you are the food source again -- think of all the calories you will burn!

I had a great time at my race on Sunday. There was about 2500 people there racing -- about 1500 in the half field. It was a nice cool day, started in the 40's. As I was cold waiting for the start I almost went back for my jacket and throw away mittens but once we started lining up it wasn't too bad and I was very glad later that I didn't. The marathon runners started 1/2 an hour before we did. We started at 7:30 a.m. It was nice to stay home until 6:00 a.m.

It was a pretty day in Coeur d'Alene. You get to run along side the lake for quite aways.

I was doing 17 minute miles for the first five miles or so but then started slowing down. I also had to turn off my time/lap counter because it was running the iPhone battery down too fast. Couldn't go without music!

At mile 3 I started seeing some of the fast half folks coming back already. Not long after that I started seeing the fast marathon folks coming back, too. Some were nice and acknowledged the cheers. Others just kept going. A few were even nice and would say "good job" to you.

At about mile 6 I saw my friend that I train with and her brother coming back -- they are doing the Seattle Rock n Roll this summer so this was a "training run" for them. My friend even braved the bad juju and wore the shirt for the race.

I just plugged along all the way through mile 10. There weren't many half folks back with me but there were lots of marathon folks and no one knew who I belonged with until they saw my bib in front.

I should have stopped at mile 10 and used the portapotty. So I spent to next two miles wishing I would have stopped. To make it worse we were weaving through the local community college. I knew there were lots of toilets behind those closed doors. So even though I only had 1 mile to go I stopped at the portapotty at mile 12 and I was darn happy it was there! That way I could smile in my pictures at the finish. Apparently the potty distraction was enough that I didn't notice until that last mile that I had several big blisters on my right foot.

DH and DS were waiting for me at the finish. Some of them were more patient than others. Can you believe that handsome guy in the green shirt is only 11?!?

But at last I was there!

I was happy to finish and finish strong. Now I can only get faster! I missed all of you ladies but I know that I would never have picked myself up after the Princess and done this again if it wasn't for each and every one of you!

 

[corinnak]

Lisa - what a great report! All you needed was a little more time - I knew you had what it takes to finish a half! What a great triumph and accomplishment for you! Congratulations!!!!

Some of those fastie racers in front are just so focused, sometimes I think they just don't feel they can spare even the energy to acknowledge the cheers and sometimes it seems like they just don't even notice. I do love the cross-spectating on an out-and-back course - that's something that there isn't a lot of on the Disney courses.

Rose - as a fellow vegetarian, I have to say I don't blame you one bit for anything you choose to eat - gluten-free is tough. Vegetarian can be challenging as well. Both together? Holy cats, I don't know how you've made it this long. I've been a vegetarian for a long, long time and I honestly don't know if I could do what you've been doing. It seems like there's always a veg option. There's often a g-f option. They are rarely the same thing. Do what you have to do, that is what I think.

Nancy - So great you were able to get out and get a little jogging in with Thomas! I don't think I ever did any real exercise while pregnant except a little walking, a little swimming, and I wish in retrospect I would have. Good for you!

Lindsay - it sounds like we're not the only ones who are struggling with a couple of re-found pounds. It is so easy for those lost pounds to come back, but we can chase them off again and keep them gone with some extra vigilance.

Maria - I think a mod for Princess would be a nice treat for you and 20 lbs is totally within your grasp. We're right behind you the whole way!

AFM - I'm just chugging along slowly, trying to get my weight back down a little still using http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ This is my life now, though - it's all about beating back the dread "last 5 lbs" over and over again, apparently. Which either means I'm doing what I need to do to hold the line or else my "ideal" weight is too low for me to realistically stay at without a lot of work. I haven't decided yet.

I ran a local 5k yesterday and came in 2nd in my age group. It was a small race of a little over 200, and there were many inspiring athletes of all sizes and abilities, including a brave young woman with cerebral palsy who finished the full 5k on her feet, and a woman who had already lost 170 lbs and still had more to lose, but was doing a great job of getting out there and running! I thought it was going to storm, but all we ended up getting were a few sprinkles, so that was OK.

Next up - a half marathon at the end of June and 10 miler on July 4.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

It would be fun if we could all do the Princess is 2013 together! Here's some for you Nancy 'cause you can never have too much pixiedust!

A mod for the 2012 Princess would be great, Maria. I think Lindsay and her Mom and Aunt enjoyed CBR.

I think I'll be back in 2013, unless I get a bug and decide to go back to the WDW Half, or do TinkerBelle...can't really plan that far out yet!

I didn't know CBR was an option as a host hotel, for some reason I thought it was only the POs. Of course, now I'm thinking I want to stay in a Princess room at POR

As far as motivators. I made a plan on monday that I would like to run the disney marathon in 2014 it would be a few wks before my 35 bday and I thought that would be a good gift to myself. Of course everyone...well my mom and dad were saying that it would be too much for me to do and I should stick with half marathons. Well you know what happens when someone tells me not to do something right??????

The only thing is the goal is so far out that I need something to motivate me in the near future. I know I will not be able to do the princess this year and most likely unless we fall into some financial luck I will not get there in 2013 either. So Im not sure what else to use. Anyone else get that been there done that feeling after running their first half.

I will take Rose,Kathy,Nancy,Lisa H, Maria,Jen, and Jude...oh corina too. I dont want to win and than have everyone join the boards to go.

Lindsay -- of course you can do whatever distance you set your mind to! I will say that after watching dh train for Fulls, I know it is more of a time commitment than I want to make. The training plan he followed had him doing all of his long distance runs at 5.0 mph, and between the actual runs and the recovery, I think it has to be an important goal to get it all in.

I hope you win the lottery but just in case you don't, I think it is good to have a local race to train for. I've been really bad about signing up for these in the past, but the more I do the more confident I feel -- and it is motivating!

I don't know about 2013. I'd love to do the princess but with school vacation week, it's more expensive. I've been thinking that my next disney race, I'd like to do the january half, to see and feel the difference in the races. I know there might not be the hot firemen, but I'm thinking there'll be a few thousand hot guys running with me instead. That could help my speed for sure. My 50th bday is in 2014, and my original plan was to take a disney cruise over feb vaca, but I want to go with my brother sil, and niece, and since he does accounting, he can't go til april, and he'd rather do a less expensive cruise, and have the casinos, sooo I'm thinking, maybe I could do a weekend alone to disney for the jan half, for my birthday. It would cost less than the princess in feb, and I couldn't really leave michael over school vacation. I'd love to go alone, and do the half and volunteer at the full on sunday, and cheer you on Lindsay!!!

Kathy -- Although I've decided there are many things I love about the Princess, the WDW Half is an amazing race, too. No hot firemen that I remember, but still plenty of characters and all the race amenities. The Expo is bigger, and there are more speakers, etc. You pick up your packet in a different building, the entire bldg where the Princess pick-up is was devoted to the Expo. Every hotel is a host hotel, so you have more options in where you stay. They also all have pre-race pasta dinners, so that's a nice touch. I had so much fun cheering for the Full, it's a lot of fun to see other WISHers and people you know run by. I highly recommend the experience!

We got home last night at 12:30. And I am having a major case of post-vacation let down. We had a good time--though I must say we I need to stop putting up with so much crap from DS. He always apologizes, but his attitude is getting a little old.

So, my knee did pretty well on this trip. It was a little sore at the end of the day, but in a different place than ususal and I think that was from the 10 miles we walked every day! Having said that--I tweaked my other ankle sometime before we left. I'm not even sure when it happened. I had to ice it every night--the top of my foot around my ankle kept swelling up. Uggh. Thank goodness for kt tape. I taped it each morning and that seemed to keep it from hurting too much. On Sunday we took a little run out to DHS and around BW and it was fun. I still have to do mapmyrun. By the end I could feel my knee, but no pain. So that's exciting. I'm hoping to be running for good again next week.

One thing I keep telling my ds, "I'm Sorry" doesn't always make it ok, I expect you to think before you are disrespectful. Hopefully if I say it enough, one day it will sink in I'm glad your knee did better, sorry about the ankle. All that walking -- no wonder you were feeling it! I'm glad you had a good trip, sometimes it's nice to just get away.

Okay, Princesses, time to get out of our funks and get ourselves back to where we need to be! We can do it!

Yes, we can do it! New month, new BL Challenge, a fresh start for everyone!

And do you want to hear something funny--We met Debra from team Ohana for dinner and she said I was a glass half full kind of girl. Really, me? I think I USED to be a glass half full kind of girl, but after I had Tom with all the complications and then the failed adoptions and miscarriage, etc, I became very pessimisstic. It drove Mike a little crazy.

Lindsay--A bunch of people are doing Hershey in October. We are remotely contemplating it. What do you think???? It's not too far from you.

Rose you are so encouraging on these boards, how can we think of you as anything but a happy camper? You are a survivor and an inspiration. You have been through a lot in your life, and you are very inspiring to others. Sigh. I had Dennis on board to do Hershey and then we realized Ben would be miserable and freaked out from all that travel and no time to do his homework...I'm officially saving it for another year...

I had looked at the hershey half and thought it looked like so much fun. I would definitely consider it as long as I dont have to go to a conference for work. There is a possibility that I will have to go to Las Vegas in Oct. Keep me posted on what you are doing. Hershey is only 90 min away.

Would you believe I just found out I'm going to my professional association conference in Las Vegas in October?! I am so excited! I didn't think I would be able to go, but our training director set aside funds for me to attend! I'm going October 5-8, if you'll be around...

and i feel like i totally just deserved the blueberry frosted poptart i just had. thomas and i split a package. so healthy i'm making a salad for lunch thought ...erm, with chicken cutlets on top

When I'm feeling like a big treat in the morning every once in awhile on the weekend I'll eat some of Ben's fudge poptarts. I do try not to do it very often, but every once in awhile, you need a little poptart therapy

I was happy to finish and finish strong. Now I can only get faster! I missed all of you ladies but I know that I would never have picked myself up after the Princess and done this again if it wasn't for each and every one of you!

Fantastic RR, Lisa! I cannot tell you how proud I am of you -- I knew you could do it! And yes, your ds looks older than 11 -- they grow so fast, if only their attitudes didn't

I ran a local 5k yesterday and came in 2nd in my age group. It was a small race of a little over 200, and there were many inspiring athletes of all sizes and abilities, including a brave young woman with cerebral palsy who finished the full 5k on her feet, and a woman who had already lost 170 lbs and still had more to lose, but was doing a great job of getting out there and running! I thought it was going to storm, but all we ended up getting were a few sprinkles, so that was OK.

Great finish in the 5K! And you already have 2 other good distances coming up, that is awesome! I'm glad you didn't get rained on. I think knowing what your final weight range in has to be a learning process, and you will figure it out. I have faith it will all fall into place and be clear to you whenever it's meant to.

AFM: Didn't manage to get up and run this morning, I'm hoping to do 2M when I get home. We'll see how warm it is. I am back to my healthy meals, and I'm thinking about shaking up my eating schedule. I think I'm going to move yogurt and blueberries to the late afternoon snack, to see if that helps me control my hunger until dinner. I'm not that hungry when I eat the yogurt in the morning, so I think just having an orange and banana muffin might suffice. I'm going to experiment until I find the right combination. I'm also going to start ramping myself up to 10M runs again. I'm going to do 6 next weekend and add a mile a week until July when I plan to do 10s all month until my Half at the beginning of August. I have a new clif blok strategy -- 3 before I start, 3 at 5M, so it should be interesting to see if how my body responds.

Let's make it a great day to end the lusty month of May! (please tell me you've seen the musical, Camelot, otherwise that doesn't sound nearly as benign!

Maria

 

[dumbo_buddy]

I had a great time at my race on Sunday. There was about 2500 people there racing -- about 1500 in the half field. It was a nice cool day, started in the 40's. As I was cold waiting for the start I almost went back for my jacket and throw away mittens but once we started lining up it wasn't too bad and I was very glad later that I didn't. The marathon runners started 1/2 an hour before we did. We started at 7:30 a.m. It was nice to stay home until 6:00 a.m.

It was a pretty day in Coeur d'Alene. You get to run along side the lake for quite aways.

I was doing 17 minute miles for the first five miles or so but then started slowing down. I also had to turn off my time/lap counter because it was running the iPhone battery down too fast. Couldn't go without music!

At mile 3 I started seeing some of the fast half folks coming back already. Not long after that I started seeing the fast marathon folks coming back, too. Some were nice and acknowledged the cheers. Others just kept going. A few were even nice and would say "good job" to you.

At about mile 6 I saw my friend that I train with and her brother coming back -- they are doing the Seattle Rock n Roll this summer so this was a "training run" for them. My friend even braved the bad juju and wore the shirt for the race.

I just plugged along all the way through mile 10. There weren't many half folks back with me but there were lots of marathon folks and no one knew who I belonged with until they saw my bib in front.

I should have stopped at mile 10 and used the portapotty. So I spent to next two miles wishing I would have stopped. To make it worse we were weaving through the local community college. I knew there were lots of toilets behind those closed doors. So even though I only had 1 mile to go I stopped at the portapotty at mile 12 and I was darn happy it was there! That way I could smile in my pictures at the finish. Apparently the potty distraction was enough that I didn't notice until that last mile that I had several big blisters on my right foot.

DH and DS were waiting for me at the finish. Some of them were more patient than others. Can you believe that handsome guy in the green shirt is only 11?!?

But at last I was there!

I was happy to finish and finish strong. Now I can only get faster! I missed all of you ladies but I know that I would never have picked myself up after the Princess and done this again if it wasn't for each and every one of you!

AWESOME! what a gorgeous view of the lake! i wouldn't mind running long distances if i could look at that sight! really nice!

i love that picture of you running. you look great...and happy! great and happy during a run? i've never had that look

we all knew you could do it! woot! woot! oh and how were the venetian sunsets? i googled them and they sound delicious and refreshing!

Lisa - what a great report! All you needed was a little more time - I knew you had what it takes to finish a half! What a great triumph and accomplishment for you! Congratulations!!!!

Some of those fastie racers in front are just so focused, sometimes I think they just don't feel they can spare even the energy to acknowledge the cheers and sometimes it seems like they just don't even notice. I do love the cross-spectating on an out-and-back course - that's something that there isn't a lot of on the Disney courses.

Rose - as a fellow vegetarian, I have to say I don't blame you one bit for anything you choose to eat - gluten-free is tough. Vegetarian can be challenging as well. Both together? Holy cats, I don't know how you've made it this long. I've been a vegetarian for a long, long time and I honestly don't know if I could do what you've been doing. It seems like there's always a veg option. There's often a g-f option. They are rarely the same thing. Do what you have to do, that is what I think.

Nancy - So great you were able to get out and get a little jogging in with Thomas! I don't think I ever did any real exercise while pregnant except a little walking, a little swimming, and I wish in retrospect I would have. Good for you!

Lindsay - it sounds like we're not the only ones who are struggling with a couple of re-found pounds. It is so easy for those lost pounds to come back, but we can chase them off again and keep them gone with some extra vigilance.

Maria - I think a mod for Princess would be a nice treat for you and 20 lbs is totally within your grasp. We're right behind you the whole way!

AFM - I'm just chugging along slowly, trying to get my weight back down a little still using http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ This is my life now, though - it's all about beating back the dread "last 5 lbs" over and over again, apparently. Which either means I'm doing what I need to do to hold the line or else my "ideal" weight is too low for me to realistically stay at without a lot of work. I haven't decided yet.

I ran a local 5k yesterday and came in 2nd in my age group. It was a small race of a little over 200, and there were many inspiring athletes of all sizes and abilities, including a brave young woman with cerebral palsy who finished the full 5k on her feet, and a woman who had already lost 170 lbs and still had more to lose, but was doing a great job of getting out there and running! I thought it was going to storm, but all we ended up getting were a few sprinkles, so that was OK.

Next up - a half marathon at the end of June and 10 miler on July 4.

2nd place?!?! holy cow! that is awesome! congrats to you!

where is your half marathon at the end of june?

I think I'll be back in 2013, unless I get a bug and decide to go back to the WDW Half, or do TinkerBelle...can't really plan that far out yet!

I didn't know CBR was an option as a host hotel, for some reason I thought it was only the POs. Of course, now I'm thinking I want to stay in a Princess room at POR


Lindsay -- of course you can do whatever distance you set your mind to! I will say that after watching dh train for Fulls, I know it is more of a time commitment than I want to make. The training plan he followed had him doing all of his long distance runs at 5.0 mph, and between the actual runs and the recovery, I think it has to be an important goal to get it all in.

Although I've decided there are many things I love about the Princess, the WDW Half is an amazing race, too. No hot firemen that I remember, but still plenty of characters and all the race amenities. The Expo is bigger, and there are more speakers, etc. You pick up your packet in a different building, the entire bldg where the Princess pick-up is was devoted to the Expo. Every hotel is a host hotel, so you have more options in where you stay. They also all have pre-race pasta dinners, so that's a nice touch. I had so much fun cheering for the Full, it's a lot of fun to see other WISHers and people you know run by. I highly recommend the experience!

AFM: Didn't manage to get up and run this morning, I'm hoping to do 2M when I get home. We'll see how warm it is. I am back to my healthy meals, and I'm thinking about shaking up my eating schedule. I think I'm going to move yogurt and blueberries to the late afternoon snack, to see if that helps me control my hunger until dinner. I'm not that hungry when I eat the yogurt in the morning, so I think just having an orange and banana muffin might suffice. I'm going to experiment until I find the right combination. I'm also going to start ramping myself up to 10M runs again. I'm going to do 6 next weekend and add a mile a week until July when I plan to do 10s all month until my Half at the beginning of August. I have a new clif blok strategy -- 3 before I start, 3 at 5M, so it should be interesting to see if how my body responds.

Let's make it a great day to end the lusty month of May! (please tell me you've seen the musical, Camelot, otherwise that doesn't sound nearly as benign!

Maria

my goal is to do the full marathon in 2013 but i also want to do the princess in 2013 too. i will have to start telling all my fellow BL princesses to please come with me two trips in two months to run races in disney? hmmm...not sure if DH will go for that. but if we go as a family to the marathon and stay for a week then maybe i can swing another solo trip in feb. i mean, i can totally pull the hey-you-knocked-me-up-when-i-wasn't-ready guilt trip, right? i'll start being on my best behavior....now.

i too and trying to find a good eating schedule. i've been experimenting with making my own smoothies with frozen fruit and greek yogurt. the one i made this morning was delicious. but i find that when i drink a meal i'm always hungry right after.

******

i had a SLOW and HOT 2.5 mile jog today. but i did it and it's done! i'm glad i went out in the morning before i had a chance to change my mind. i stuck thomas in the jogger with a crunchy granola bar and his juice and he was good to go. he still had his thomas the train jammies on! they were filming Royal Pains while i was down at maritime college running. it was fun to see the bazillions of crew members and trucks that are needed just to do a scene or two!

thought you guys would appreciate this - it was this time last year that i was feeling rather ick about things and found out about the c25k plan. i decided to give it a try. i started out taking thomas in a regular old stroller and managed to run/walk like that for about 2 months. my aunt and uncle bought me a jogger and i just kept going. i started with running for 30 seconds at a time and here i am a year later having finished a half marathon and looking at full in the future (you know, post-baby). if it weren't for the motivation i got from DIS folks (mostly from lurking a whole bunch before finally posting) i'm not sure i'd still be at it

 

[Rose&Mike]

Thank you all for posting bunches today. It was just what I needed. I am overwhelmed with everything--I don't know why--and I'm a little teary, so I loved reading everyone's updates. Did I tell you all I am getting periods again--so maybe it's hormonal. And don't worry Nancy--there will BE NO SURPRISES at my house. The thought makes Mike cringe in horror as much as I do.

Lisa--I am so very, very happy for you. You looked so happy in your picture! And the lake was gorgeous! I KNEW you could do it!

Rose - as a fellow vegetarian, I have to say I don't blame you one bit for anything you choose to eat - gluten-free is tough. Vegetarian can be challenging as well. Both together? Holy cats, I don't know how you've made it this long. I've been a vegetarian for a long, long time and I honestly don't know if I could do what you've been doing. It seems like there's always a veg option. There's often a g-f option. They are rarely the same thing. Do what you have to do, that is what I think.

First, congrats on the 2nd place! That's awesome! Very exciting.

Second, thank you so much for saying this. I have been feeling like such a poser/quitter. And since I'm feeling kind of crappy about myself I have been making crappy choices. And then feeling worse cause I'm making bad choices. I might have to start the new challenge out as a Loser, cause I am not sure if I will get back to my maintain range by Saturday. Mostly it's just tiring always having to think about what I'm going to eat. I know it will get easier--it already is a little easier.

As for those pounds you are struggling with--I feel your pain. I still feel like I have to be ever vigilant. Hang in there.

Rose you are so encouraging on these boards, how can we think of you as anything but a happy camper? You are a survivor and an inspiration. You have been through a lot in your life, and you are very inspiring to others. Sigh. I had Dennis on board to do Hershey and then we realized Ben would be miserable and freaked out from all that travel and no time to do his homework...I'm officially saving it for another year...

Maria

Maria--I hope you got your two miles in! And a Vegas trip--how fun! How cool would it be if Lindsay was there at the same time! I think I need to go to Vegas, too. I can't think why yet, but I REALLY think I need to go.
Thanks for the encouraging words. I'm trying to be a glass half full kind of girl--I'm so glad that everyone thinks that I'm encouraging.

thought you guys would appreciate this - it was this time last year that i was feeling rather ick about things and found out about the c25k plan. i decided to give it a try. i started out taking thomas in a regular old stroller and managed to run/walk like that for about 2 months. my aunt and uncle bought me a jogger and i just kept going. i started with running for 30 seconds at a time and here i am a year later having finished a half marathon and looking at full in the future (you know, post-baby). if it weren't for the motivation i got from DIS folks (mostly from lurking a whole bunch before finally posting) i'm not sure i'd still be at it

I LOVE Royal Pains! How cool!

Loved your story about this time last year.

*****
AFM--still plugging away. I ate craptastically this weekend--let's be honest, mostly I just had waaaaay too many g-f beers. I am still up about 2 pounds from our trip and .8 outside my maintain range. Still hoping to get back there by Friday.

DS is supposed to find out when he goes to see the dr. about adhd tomorrow. We have been waiting about a month to see this guy. We had a big "discussion" today when I got home from work about the fact that no, he was not driving back to SC for a couple of days by himself unless he figured out what was wrong with his car--the windows are going down by themselves randomly. I am not going to fix this for him. He needs to show some initiative. He's been doing pretty well--been reasonably respectful. Though I'm still not sure why it takes him all day to cut the grass....

And in other news--Mike has started applying for jobs outside of Louisville. We have talked about this for years, and while it's still very scary, I'm good with it. I am so much calmer since going g-f. If he doesn't find anything by this fall--after W&D--we are going to look for a new house in Louisville in a different neighborhood. We have outgrown the one we are in. He's talking to a headhunter, so hopefully something exciting will happen. He's hoping for GA, SC, NC or FL.

Ok, guess I better check on the other thread.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

rose - what line of business is mike in?

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Im so glad to hear from everyone too.

Lisa- Great job on the race and I knew you could do it too. That was a beautiful picture and lovely scenery to run through. Totally beats my half that I ran through a parkway along a crick. Ok now Im sure you all are going to comment about me calling it a crick right?
Anyway I am so happy for you and you looked so happy at the finish.

Corinna- Wow 2nd place that is excellent. You are my idol. Thanks for the encouraging words about the weight.

Nancy- Look at all you accomplished in a year. Isnt it great to reflect on what weve done vs what we still havent done yet. You have done amazing things for your health and that little growth inside your tummy is proof of it.

Rose- I hope all goes well with Toms appt tomorrow and good luck to mike with his search. I hope you are feeling better.

Maria- If I do go to vegas it would be the last week of oct. It sounds crazy but I am really not wanting to go. I just feel too bad leaving the boys again and this time it would be for a week. October is a busy time of year for us with school and Ryan will be in football this year. It is also the week before halloween too. So I would much rather skip out on that and possibly do the hershey half.

Lisa- Since the princess meet in hershey sounds lovely does that mean you will make the trip?????

Tomorrow is June 1st and it marks a new start for me. I think I said this a hundred times over the past few months but this time I mean it. Today I weighed myself and I was up 16lbs from my lowest weight. My goal is to drop 30lbs by my marathon relay I am doing with the mom's team from ryans school on 9/11/11.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Lindsay--I knew what a crick was! And Tom's appointment isn't tomorrow, we are just hoping they call us with an appointment time tomorrow! It's a very strange office, but I really think it's going to be a good fit. (At least I hope it is!)

 

[corinnak]

No judgement on a "crick" here either. My sister used to go to the crick to catch crawdads. And we have never lived in the south, but there are some terms and phrases that are too good to not use just because they are somewhat regonally based. Like "I might-could" or "fixin'" We mebbe had a neighbor from the South who taught us some of this stuff. And then later I played Daisy Mae in "Li'l Abner" and the dialect coach taught me some more.

My intended (though not yet registered-for) half marathon in Charlevoix, MI at the end of June:

http://goodboyeventslogin.com/index.php?topic=Upcoming Events&subtopic=Charlevoix Marathon&col=2

 

[lisah0711]

thought you guys would appreciate this - it was this time last year that i was feeling rather ick about things and found out about the c25k plan. i decided to give it a try. i started out taking thomas in a regular old stroller and managed to run/walk like that for about 2 months. my aunt and uncle bought me a jogger and i just kept going. i started with running for 30 seconds at a time and here i am a year later having finished a half marathon and looking at full in the future (you know, post-baby). if it weren't for the motivation i got from DIS folks (mostly from lurking a whole bunch before finally posting) i'm not sure i'd still be at it

ITA, Nancy. And I think it's never too early to work on a Disney trip plan

Thank you all for posting bunches today. It was just what I needed. I am overwhelmed with everything--I don't know why--and I'm a little teary, so I loved reading everyone's updates. Did I tell you all I am getting periods again--so maybe it's hormonal. And don't worry Nancy--there will BE NO SURPRISES at my house. The thought makes Mike cringe in horror as much as I do.

Boy think how that would make Tom's nose out of joint!

I hope that Mike finds something that will work for you. I know that you've been thinking about it for a long time.

Lisa- Since the princess meet in hershey sounds lovely does that mean you will make the trip?????

Tomorrow is June 1st and it marks a new start for me. I think I said this a hundred times over the past few months but this time I mean it. Today I weighed myself and I was up 16lbs from my lowest weight. My goal is to drop 30lbs by my marathon relay I am doing with the mom's team from ryans school on 9/11/11.

I'll be there in spirit with you this year, Lindsay. It does sounds fun and very lovely. Plus it would be so fun to see everyone again so soon. 2013 sounds a long way off now.

I know what a crick is, too. My family is from Springfield MO and all talked in the southern way -- they even fought for the Confederacy! Besides I wouldn't want to tease you and make you gretzy.

I'm right here with you on the new start for June 1st. I'm going to weigh less than 200 when I run my half in September.

Lindsay--I knew what a crick was! And Tom's appointment isn't tomorrow, we are just hoping they call us with an appointment time tomorrow! It's a very strange office, but I really think it's going to be a good fit. (At least I hope it is!)

Good luck getting your appointment today!

No judgement on a "crick" here either. My sister used to go to the crick to catch crawdads. And we have never lived in the south, but there are some terms and phrases that are too good to not use just because they are somewhat regonally based. Like "I might-could" or "fixin'" We mebbe had a neighbor from the South who taught us some of this stuff. And then later I played Daisy Mae in "Li'l Abner" and the dialect coach taught me some more.

My intended (though not yet registered-for) half marathon in Charlevoix, MI at the end of June:

http://goodboyeventslogin.com/index.php?topic=Upcoming Events&subtopic=Charlevoix Marathon&col=2

That looks fun, Corinna. I saw several Half Fanatics shirts at the race this week-end along with some 50 States marathon shirts. And that lady behind me at the portapotty was running her 101st marathon at age 61. Something for us to aspire to!

Happy National Running Day and have a great day Princesses!

 

[mikamah]

The month before field day in my 5th grade year I trained for it. My dad would take me to school every night after dinner and I would run the bases and do the obstacle course. Guess what.....I won 1st place that year and my BF was so mad.

Love this story. I see you've had that competetive streak from way back.

ooo! hershey half! now THAT sounds fun! it's too far to plan now but i'd be interested in the 2012 hershey half! it'd be great as part of my training for the wdw marathon in 2013!

Hershey half sounds delicious. And fun. I'd definitely consider it for 2012. Make it a long weekend, if my sil/bro and niece were interested.

I had a great time at my race on Sunday. There was about 2500 people there racing -- about 1500 in the half field. It was a nice cool day, started in the 40's. As I was cold waiting for the start I almost went back for my jacket and throw away mittens but once we started lining up it wasn't too bad and I was very glad later that I didn't. The marathon runners started 1/2 an hour before we did. We started at 7:30 a.m. It was nice to stay home until 6:00 a.m.
I was happy to finish and finish strong. Now I can only get faster! I missed all of you ladies but I know that I would never have picked myself up after the Princess and done this again if it wasn't for each and every one of you!

Love your race report and the pics. The lake is just beautiful, and you are too. So happy, strong, and confident. So happy for you, Lisa. Robert looks way to old now. Where did your little boy go? Unbelieveable how fast they grow.

I ran a local 5k yesterday and came in 2nd in my age group. It was a small race of a little over 200, and there were many inspiring athletes of all sizes and abilities, including a brave young woman with cerebral palsy who finished the full 5k on her feet, and a woman who had already lost 170 lbs and still had more to lose, but was doing a great job of getting out there and running! I thought it was going to storm, but all we ended up getting were a few sprinkles, so that was OK.

congratulations on coming in 2nd. That is quite an accomplishment, especially since your age group probably has some pretty fast runners, and you are one of the fastest. So exciting.

Kathy -- Although I've decided there are many things I love about the Princess, the WDW Half is an amazing race, too. No hot firemen that I remember, but still plenty of characters and all the race amenities. The Expo is bigger, and there are more speakers, etc. You pick up your packet in a different building, the entire bldg where the Princess pick-up is was devoted to the Expo. Every hotel is a host hotel, so you have more options in where you stay. They also all have pre-race pasta dinners, so that's a nice touch. I had so much fun cheering for the Full, it's a lot of fun to see other WISHers and people you know run by. I highly recommend the experience!

It sounds awesome. Thanks for the info.

[One thing I keep telling my ds, "I'm Sorry" doesn't always make it ok, I expect you to think before you are disrespectful.

I'm going to try and remember this piece of advice. I should start a list of helpful parenting tips I've received here.

I am back to my healthy meals, and I'm thinking about shaking up my eating schedule. I think I'm going to move yogurt and blueberries to the late afternoon snack, to see if that helps me control my hunger until dinner. I'm not that hungry when I eat the yogurt in the morning, so I think just having an orange and banana muffin might suffice. I'm going to experiment until I find the right combination. I'm also going to start ramping myself up to 10M runs again. I'm going to do 6 next weekend and add a mile a week until July when I plan to do 10s all month until my Half at the beginning of August. I have a new clif blok strategy -- 3 before I start, 3 at 5M, so it should be interesting to see if how my body responds.

Sounds like you are getting back on track, and have a great plan. It does help so much to have something planned.

i mean, i can totally pull the hey-you-knocked-me-up-when-i-wasn't-ready guilt trip, right?

It better work. He so owes you.

i had a SLOW and HOT 2.5 mile jog today. but i did it and it's done! i'm glad i went out in the morning before i had a chance to change my mind. i stuck thomas in the jogger with a crunchy granola bar and his juice and he was good to go. he still had his thomas the train jammies on! they were filming Royal Pains while i was down at maritime college running. it was fun to see the bazillions of crew members and trucks that are needed just to do a scene or two!

thought you guys would appreciate this - it was this time last year that i was feeling rather ick about things and found out about the c25k plan. i decided to give it a try. i started out taking thomas in a regular old stroller and managed to run/walk like that for about 2 months. my aunt and uncle bought me a jogger and i just kept going. i started with running for 30 seconds at a time and here i am a year later having finished a half marathon and looking at full in the future (you know, post-baby). if it weren't for the motivation i got from DIS folks (mostly from lurking a whole bunch before finally posting) i'm not sure i'd still be at it

Congrats on getting out jogging again. I'm sure now that the first trimester must be over, you will have lots more energy too. It is amazing how much support and inspiration can be found here. I know I would never have done the c25k, and kept it up to get to the princess if it weren't for the support here.

I'm trying to be a glass half full kind of girl--I'm so glad that everyone thinks that I'm encouraging.

And in other news--Mike has started applying for jobs outside of Louisville. We have talked about this for years, and while it's still very scary, I'm good with it. I am so much calmer since going g-f. If he doesn't find anything by this fall--after W&D--we are going to look for a new house in Louisville in a different neighborhood. We have outgrown the one we are in. He's talking to a headhunter, so hopefully something exciting will happen. He's hoping for GA, SC, NC or FL.

I'd say you are succeeding on being a glass half full type of girl. You have handled so much that has been thrown at you with such a positive attitude, and you so deserve to catch a break. Good luck with mike and the job search.

Tomorrow is June 1st and it marks a new start for me. I think I said this a hundred times over the past few months but this time I mean it. Today I weighed myself and I was up 16lbs from my lowest weight. My goal is to drop 30lbs by my marathon relay I am doing with the mom's team from ryans school on 9/11/11.

As long as we keep on trying, we are going to be successful. I've started over more times than I can count, but know if I had given up, I'd be up 100 pounds not 10. We can do this!!!!! Michael would love to have a little crick in the back yard to catch tadpoles in.

Happy National Running Day and have a great day Princesses!

Hope you and all the princesses had a fabulous nat'l running day!! Love your plan to be in ONE-derland for your half in september. I hope to be joining you. In Onederland, not Idaho for the half, but that would be fun too.

Good evening princess pals.

Just wanted to pop in and catch up with you all. Last year at this time we were all getting ready for the princess race to open, and deciding when we'd sign up. ah, wish we were doing that again.

I've been getting out to run/walk since I wrote up a plan about 2 weeks ago. I had missed one short run last week, but am able to make it up this week, so all is good. I was thinking I wouldn't be able to beat my best 5k time at the 5k in 2 weeks, but this morning, I walked michael to school, 1 mile, and then ran/walked 3.4 miles, and my pace was just under 14 min and I wasn't killing myself, so if i can stay focused and get it down around 13, maybe I will be able to break the 40 min 5k mark. I really want to beat 40. It's the 5k I did as my first 5k last year, and wanted to beat 45 min, and finished in 43 something.

I too am ready to get focused and losing again with the summer challenge. I've been up and down with the same few pounds, so I hope to kick them to the curb for good this time.

And I can't take the 69 dollars a day for disney commercials any longer. I found myself on expedia just yesterday pricing airfares for august. Even though I can't go. I got to get another addiction. Maybe I should start knitting again.

Hope you're all enjoying your evenings.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Holy cannoli batman! Mike already got a request from a company for a screening interview with a company in NC. AND his company agreed to let him apply for a postition in Melbourne.

Are the stars finally all aligning?????

Nancy--he's an engineer (actually has 2 degrees in physics, but works as an engineer.)

Oh--and Tom's first appointment is Monday.