I'd go for it. It would be a good experience for you and give you some confidence.
So I had been thinking about trying a 5K race. I just found out there is one in our town on June 9th. Not much time, especially since I have been slacking off. Anyway I got up this morning and ran the route I usually walk with a friend (I think it might be around 3.7 miles round trip). I actually RAN the whole thing! I was so proud of myslef! I told myself, just run to the turn around point...at least. But I was able to make it back and it wasnt too utterly horrible. so maybe I should do it??
I certainly am not worried about how fast I do it, I just wanted to be able to run the whole thing.
YOU CAN AND SHOULD!!!!!!! Besides...you have a whole cheering section right here awaiting you at the finish line!!!!!!! 
okay actually I re checked the miles and I think it is more like 3.2-3.4 miles (oh well, still I am happy...there were a lot of brutal hills) but a 5K is about 3.1 miles, so I think I have it covered milage wise. Maybe I should. I think the only thing that is holding me back now is that it will cost me $23. I can afford it, but do I want to PAY to run?? I am sure I wont be winning any prizes! LOL!
Hey by the way shellie and Katie, I just saw that a couple of people name your cakes under the "hidden gems" thread! I couldnt see what they were becasue my computer is running slowly, but anyway I saw that you were named! Yea!
Here is the thread
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-318013.html
Well, up a pound this week to 159. I'm about ready to give up. This yo-yo-ing is ridiculous. Lose two pounds, gain one back. At least I am not gaining size-wise, anyway.
Merissa, I completely understand not wanting to pay the $23 if that is what it is coming down to. You know you can do it. Just keep up the running and try to push yourself a litttle but not too much. You are definately headed in the right direction.
Good morning. So I weighed myself this morning after I nearly had a heart attack on Tuesday when I weighed last time. I was 152, so I maintained from last week. I was up over 154 earlier this week. Definitely the most I have ever weighed except when i was like 5 or 6 months pregnant.
Anyway report on goals.
1. Drink 64 ounces water daily (not met)
2. Exercise 3-5 times (met, I exercised 3 times)
3. SBD phase 1 (not met)
4. Dont eat when I am alone (not sure??)
I would like to keep the same goals for the coming week. I ran my route again this morning and boy I set one of my thighs on fire! LOL! I guess I did not have on the appropriate shorts. Ouch.
Hey, Merissa, thanks for the heads up on the hidden gems thread! I am so honored!!
I understand not wanting to pay to run...but whatever you decide, keep going, even if you're just running around the neighborhood!
Well, I forgot to weigh in today, and I'm a little afraid to. I have been just awful this week. I worked out on Sunday, but not since and got busy and haven't paid one bit of attention to my weight or my eating habits.
Shame on me. Thank goodness we get a fresh start!!
Is it really Thursday?! Memorial Day messed my week all up. I weighed in at 225 this morning. That means those pesky 2 lbs that had collected are gone again. I've been pretty good with my water and have switched from diet soda to green tea, which was totally subconscioous. Walking is routine and must be doing something because I have been asked three times if I've lost weight.
Merissa I can understand about not wanting to pay to run but $23 is a small price to pay for a kick in the motivation department. Maybe my motivation is way below yours though because I'd consider $100 if it meant I didn't have to rollercoaster thru diet mode. This is just my opinion I think it's fantastic you can even RUN, makes me jealous. 
Otter I have been in the "give up" frame of mind (well for the better portion of this little adventure) I just want to say what everyone here tells me. "NEVER GIVE UP AND NEVER SURRENDER" (To the Fat Cells that is)
DIE FAT CELLS DIE!!!
Well I hesitated to post this because I am SO disappointed. 
I am up those 3 pounds I had lost..... 
I keep hoping maybe it's the 2 1/2 hours of grass cutting I have been doing during the week and upping my 1 mile walk to 2 x a day at least 4 days a week. So I am praying it's some muscle build up too. We'll see.
My goals will stay the same and I'll just slink off and not eat myself into oblivion! 
Are you sure it's Thursday again? I am just losing it! This has been another crazy week - DD stayed home from school sick the last 2 days, and I have no idea what day it is. When I do look at the calendar I panic because this coming weekend is so busy and I have so much do to for the last day of school (Monday for DS, Tuesday for DD). I'll have to remember to weigh in tomorrow - even though I'm really scared to!
Merissa, it sounds like you're ready for the 5k, but if you don't want to do it then don't do it. Helpful, huh 
-Lisa
GAH!!! I don't know what is wrong with me - I ate 4 pieces of cake today!!!! Yep. Four. AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! (at least they were only pieces of a one layer cake )
*sigh* Back to the drawing board.
-Lisa
Well, Friday morning. I had a breakfast today. A box of that Kashi cereal they are sending the free samples for (a trial-size box, not a big box). I guess it was alright. Yesterday for lunch I picked up a box of raw veggies that the lady had next door at the store. And I brought a peach from home for myself today. I also bought a one liter bottle of water from this convenience store for today. Unfortunately I didn't pass up the Cola, but I'm heading in the right direction.
I need to either find my water bottle or buy another one. I am paying for a water filtration system at home, there is no reason to be buying water. If I have water, I will just pass by the convenience store, and if I pass by the convenience store I won't buy the Coke.
What did you decide about the run, Marissa?
So I'm heading in the right direction.
Nice going Otter, it sounds like you're off to a good day!
On the other hand, I gained 3 stinkin' pounds this week
I actually threw out the last of my fondant & gumpaste cake so I wouldn't eat it, and for breakfast fed the kids the last of DD's kids class cake. I'm such a good mom 
(they did also have cheerios and milk) Unfortunately on Sunday I'm making a double batch of NFSC's for the last day of school, and will have to restrain myself. What doesn't go in to school with the kids will go with DH to work on Monday, so I just need to get through the baking process on Sunday and make it unil 7am Monday morning. Ugh.
Who the heck kidnapped that fat removal fairy and left me with the plain ol' fat fairy?????????
-Lisa
and for breakfast fed the kids the last of DD's kids class cake. I'm such a good mom
LOL my kids are eating left over cupcakes from the pre school picnic right this minute. They have a metabolism and I needed the counter space. 
We did it! Hubby and I joined a gym yesterday! I am so excited about started but we are supposed to go with his brother to a party for my nephew. I really don't feel like going at all. I am not a baby-type person. I went to the shower and gave him a crocheted baby blanket. Isn't that enough?
ok i feel guilty i just ate a candy bar because I was starving and had no healthy option a at work... This sucks!!
Hi everyone, so sorry I've been mia. It's been almost 2 weeks since I posted here. I've been avoiding weigh in.
2 weigh ins ago I was 193 and last thurs was 191.6. I thought it would be so much worse. I thought after the last few weeks I've had I'd be up to 197 or something. I don't know what's working for me. My eating habits suck and my exercise is non-existent.
I'm feeling renewed kind of. My life doesn't look so hectic for June so maybe I can focus. My plan (now that school's out ) is to go to bed at 10 and wake up at 6 to exercise...considering it's 11:30 I don't think that's happening tomorrow. I'd love to join a gym with a daycare but I hate working out in public...my face goes beat red. And the last time I was a gym member I didn't go.
So I'm back....it's already June and I WANT to lose weight.
I really figure the gym is about the only way I will lose weight. I have the opposite problem. I find it difficult to work out at home. With all of my walking, I have the aerobics in so since I will never buy any equipment for home I figure I NEED to go to the gym. Unfortunately today I am not sure whether it will work out, either. For the first trip to the gym I want to go with Hubby. We spent the ENTIRE DAY at his brother's house yesterday and he has gotten no sleep since 7:00 am Saturday morning. He might not be able to sleep today, either, I don't know, in which case we won't be going today, either. I might have to go without him.
I wore my new workout outfit to work this morning and I think the shorts are a bit too short for street wear. I would be comfortable wearing it in Florida but not in Pittsburgh on the North Side while walking alone.
Skipped the Coca-Cola this morning. Bought a gallon of water. YAAAAAAAAA!
I am going to try and refocus this morning. I was not so good again over the weekend. It was my birthday and well there was cake Then I did my first ever cake tasting for a wedding i am doing in july and there was leftover cake. I gave them a bunch to take home at least but I still ate some last night. I swear it is calling me this morning, but I need to resist. I did at least do some exercise on Saturday and I got up this morning and went to the gym.
I havent totally decided on the 5k yet. I guess I could do it for free because my husbands work is sponsoring a few people to do it. They asked my husband to run as well and he kind of wants to. So unless I can find a babysitter one of us will have to stay home. So I dont know!
Happy Birthday Merissa! I wasn't good this weekend either...mostly yesterday...and this morning. I have 90 NFSC's in my kitchen waiting to be bagged up for school this afternoon & tomorrow, and cupcakes too. We have some cookies leftover for us and I ate more than I planned to. I knew I would have one (gotta make sure they came out ok, right?), but I think I ate 5 or 6 And one cupcake. To top it all off, I didn't get on the treadmill yesterday because I spent so much time in the kitchen. It was 10 pm by the time I was done & I just sat on the sofa, had a drink, & went to bed.
Otter, I'm so happy for you - it sounds like you're doing great! I can't wait for school to be over, then DH will be home and I'll have more time to get on the treadmill at home and get to the gym too.
-Lisa
Good morning ladies. I too had a not so good weekend. I did my water and tried to walk around some. But I have a nasty kidney infection and after taking my 14 year old to have her hair done and spending 5 hours at a beauty shop standing on my feet I was wimpy and didn't get in my walks! As for eating I did ok until saturday night when the absent minded munchies took over and I ate 2 bowls of sugar smacks cereal and a few salty pretzels..little ones at least! Then I splurged and ate pizza yesterday because my DD wanted to use her free coupons she got at graduation.
So back to the walking, drinking water and just getting all my stuff done this week will be an accomplishment. I also have taken over mowing our yard so I get extra exercise and some sun in the deal!
Not to mention 2 1/2 hours of peace while I do that!
So whooop them fat cells hineys this week!!!!
DIE FAT CELLS.......D-I-E!!!!
Confession. I just ate a piece of that cake I swore I wouldnt. Clearly I cannot have the temptations in the house.
Confession. I just ate a piece of that cake I swore I wouldnt. Clearly I cannot have the temptations in the house.
I can't have anything in the house either. I ate 3 cookies today.
-Lisa
Doesn't even have to be in MY house!!!My sister has 2 whole cakes left over from my neices b-day party. (She told me cake for at least 50 so that's what I did) It's a 20 minute drive to her house and I'm still having trouble resisting the temptation. Thank heavens DH already had us run errands all morning or I'd be driving right now!
Hubby and I went to the gym yesterday. We worked with a personal trainer for about an hour learing the machines. I was going to go back today but I think I will skip the day and go tomorrow. Hubby is planning on Thursday and Friday afternoons and I think Saturday. I think I will add one more day to that for myself. Of course when I wanted to get into the hot tub after the workout Hubby said he didn't bring his swimsuit so no hot tub for me, which means that I am sore today. The good type of sore, not the I overdid it type.
Well, got to start work. The phone is already ringing.
Sorry I've been absent for a little while.
I'm starting to focus on better food choices (again!) right now. I'm having a bad time with my back, so haven't been working out, but I'll get back to that when I start feeling a little better. I never did weigh in last week, I was chicken!
And I know some of you saw my post about me choking the other night, and while I joke about it, it scared the heck out of me and is improving my eating habits, because I'm a little afraid to eat, and when I do eat, I'm eating VERY VERY slowly. So maybe I can turn a scary incident into something good.
Right now I've got a strawberry cake sitting in the work fridge for a birthday today and I WILL resist!! Okay, I'll just have a tiny little sliver, but I skipped breakfast. It's fruit, right?
Good for you! I need to be utilizing my membership a little more often.
I have worked out though 4 times already this week, so I feel pretty good about that.
So you know how you sort of fool yourself into thinking you dont look that bad. Well yesterday I was putting away my laundry and I caught myself in a side angle in the mirror. OMG ! I was horrified! I cant believe I have been fooling myself that my weight gain wasnt that noticable. It's not like anyone has said anything, but I know they must be thinking it. I made my husband eat the last of the cake in the fridge becasue I told him otherwise I was going to need to throw it out. I cant do this anymore. I have to make some serious changes to feel like my old self again. I spend so much of the day worrying about my weight.
Good for you! I need to be utilizing my membership a little more often.
I have worked out though 4 times already this week, so I feel pretty good about that.
So you know how you sort of fool yourself into thinking you dont look that bad. Well yesterday I was putting away my laundry and I caught myself in a side angle in the mirror. OMG
! I was horrified! I cant believe I have been fooling myself that my weight gain wasnt that noticable. It's not like anyone has said anything, but I know they must be thinking it. I made my husband eat the last of the cake in the fridge becasue I told him otherwise I was going to need to throw it out. I cant do this anymore. I have to make some serious changes to feel like my old self again. I spend so much of the day worrying about my weight.
I too am guilty of the side glance and total melt down afterwards!!!!
I hate this! But we have to keep the positive going and keep trying, then we can some what rest in knowledge we are trying and ARE doing something to combat this! So come on ladies....walk with me and be strong!!! We got this girls!!!!!!!
DIE YOU FAT CELLS.......D-I-E!!!!!!!
I walked in the rain last night, and the lightning and thunder. For as much trouble as that stinky little puppy has been over the months I owe it all to her. If we don't walk, I don't sleep...so we walk. My blood pressure is at an all time low (well since the weight gain) I finally checked it yesterday at home and it made my whole day.
My size may not be changing (YET) but I'm getting healthier
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