Shinyhappymommy

I used to tease my husband when I was heavy that he had gotten twice the woman he bargained for. He doesn't mind losing that other half so much although he was never ever negative to me about my weight. Bless his heart. Well, I made it 4.5 miles. It was supposed to be 1 mile warm-up (I did a level 4.7), 3 miles at a challenging speed (I did a level 5.7, bumping it up to 6 and even 7 at one point.), 1 mile cool-down (4.7 again). I made it through all but the last half mile of cool down. My toes were killing me in my new shoes and I couldn't continue. I need to wear my insoles from my other shoes next time. I should know better than to try running five miles the first time I wear a pair of shoes. I'm exhausted, but proud of my accomplishment. Saturday will be a new distance of 6 miles. Yikes!

Yesterday: B-oatmeal with brown sugar and ff half-n-half. L-Black Bean and salsa chicken with rice, cheddar cheese, tomato and avocado. D-Homemade vegetable soup with 1 slice homemade w.w. bread. This doesn't include my afternoon snacking that I know I need to cut back on. I must do better on that. I think that's why my weight is stalled because I'm grazing all afternoon. Today so far: B-2% cottage cheese

Another Victorious Valentines 2008 member popping over to say hi. It's been an amazing year and I'm so grateful for my band. Good luck to you guys and gals!

Broken? Did you seriously break your knee? How did it happen? I really hope it's not broken and that you heal soon. Due to lack of planning yesterday I didn't exercise. :cursing: I need to take it more seriously and plan each day's exercise for a specific time. Today will be a 5 mile run on the treadmills. I'm excited to try out my new running shoes. I'll report in afterwards.

That's awesome. I'm finally giving in and getting a fill next week. I'm stubborn. I like to be able to eat meals without pbing but my loss has slowed down a lot so I need to do something. I have a fear of getting overfilled because so many people's complication stories begin with having been overfilled or getting stuck. So I tend to put off getting a fill because of that.

Well bless you for your hard work for the tiniest among us. That is truly grueling if you're actually working for many of those hours. Enjoy your trip to Carmel. We used to live in Salinas and would travel to Carmel and go to the beach. There are beautiful white-sand beaches there. I remember one in particular that had a huge hill we'd run down and people would make amazing sand sculptures there.

Seriously Anna, how can you work a 30 hour shift? I have never heard of such a thing.

Lil, I hope you didn't hurt it badly. I've been afraid ever since beginning to exercise that I would hurt myself. So far I haven't done so. (Knock on wood.) I did my 2 miles this afternoon on the treadmill. It's supposed to be my easy run, but it was still hard.

I have lost 100 pounds and gained my life back. I feel like a different person than I did eleven months ago before banding. I would do it again in a heartbeat. I have had virtually no complications. It's been great.

I ran 5 miles today! I can hardly believe it. It took me a little over an hour. I cannot believe I am running for an hour. Sweet. Here's some info on T-tapp. It has nothing to do with dancing or tapping. It's named after Teresa Tapp who invented it. Here's the website. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcG0TUWxTsY]video[/ame] Teresa explaining it and demonstrating a few exercises.

I did my 50 minute t-tapp workout today. I'm so tired right now, so I'm not feeling chatty. Till next time. :biggrin:

I did my three mile run outside today in beautiful 70 degree weather. I live in Kansas. This is not normal temps for January, but hey, I'll take it. It was hard and I am sore. I've been used to running on the treadmill. It amazes me how different it can be running outside and running on a treadmill.

Lilmiss, I have a blog that I've kept from the beginning of this whole journey. (See my signature.) I think that's what prompted this person to suggest the book thing.

I'm reading the Twilight series for the second time right now. I'm halfway through book 3. I like them much better than I expected to. I also read the Child Called It books. They were heartwrenching. I don't mind autobiographical when it has a purpose like those. I've actually been approached to write a book about my labpand journey. I'm still mulling it over. I think I'd like to be close to goal or at goal first.

I'm sorry to say I didn't exercise yesterday and I don't even have a good excuse. I just put it off till later and later and then I actually forgot to do it until about 11:30 p.m. and there was no way I was going to do it that late. I need to prioritize my days better and get it done earlier. That being said, I'm exercising this afternoon after dh gets home from work. I should be able to do my run outside. Yay!

Ugh, accountability! I'm frustrated with my weight these days. I got down to 203 which was my 100-lb mark. But I'm back up at 205-206 and can't seem to get that to budge. I guess I need to get more serious about food logging, etc. I've been exercising, but I think I could do more.

tapshoes, Try the Couch to 5K program to get running. It worked really well for me. You can even skip ahead a little if you're starting off stronger than the base level. I run fairly slowly and my 5k on Thanksgiving was 39:05. I'm up to 12 minute miles so it would be closer to 37 minutes now. I know that a lot of people are faster than that. You just have to look at where you are. I'm checking in to report my 2 miles run this afternoon. :scared2:

Nicole, Sorry you're having to deal with this. Especially so close to goal. That must be maddening. Hang in there and try to make the best food choices that you can. I know there's kind of a freedom when you no longer have restriction and it's tempting to go hog wild, eating things you normally can't. But as you can already see, the weight is all to happy to jump back on when you do so. You can do this. It may be that your weight will go up some, but you can minimize the damage. You can up your exercise to make up for the extra calories you may be eating in your larger portions. You could eat more filling foods that will give you a feeling of fullness for longer, like meats and whole grains. I'm against going hungry, so I know I would make sure I'm eating when I need to, but trying to make healthy and low-calorie choices. Just hang in there. This too shall pass and even if you do gain more weight, you have the band inside you and hopefully you'll be able to use it again soon and get those pounds back off.

Good job, Rhapsody! I think a 5K is only 3.1 miles, so you were really close today. I'm training for a half-marathon and today was my long run for this week. I did 4 miles on the treadmill. I've never done more than about 3.5, so it was my furthest distance yet. Yay! Next week will be Monday run 2 miles, Wednesday run 3 miles, Saturday run 5! It's only up and up and up from here. I think I'm crazy, but if I can do it I'll be so happy. Have a good Sunday. I'll check in on Monday.

I hated every minute of it, but I did my full t-tapp workout tonight from 10:30-11:20 p.m. Ugh. If I hadn't had such a bad eating day today I wouldn't have pushed myself. And if you guys weren't so darn reliable! Thanks for the motivation.

Congrats, Ezma! That is great news! I was going to type that I'm not going to exercise today because my shoulder hurts but it sounds so lame. I may have to reconsider my decision. I feel like I need a day off today anyway, so we'll see.

Reporting in that I ran my 3 miles on the treadmill today. :sneaky: It wasn't too bad. I was on the easy treadmill. One of them seems a lot harder than the other ones. The fitness center only has three. (I live in a very small town.) Saturday is my long run and I will go for 4 miles! Yikes. I have never run that far before. Should be exciting!

You guys are awesome. There is strength in numbers and I'm glad to be numbered among you all. I did my exercise today, my T-tapp workout. I've gone back to doing the very basic dvd because I'm trying to really work on form. Thanks for the kind words, Rhapsody. It's hard to see things in yourself that others can readily see. I appreciate the compliment.

LilMiss, I ran a 5K on Thanksgiving, and then a couple of days later beat that speed of 38:00 by 2 minutes. Ever since then, though, I've not improved on my speed, in fact, there are times I run a 16 minute mile! It's bothered me and I've wondered why I'm not getting stronger and faster. I think I've been doing it wrong. I've been running 3.1 every time I go because I've made it that far in my distance before, so I felt like I needed to keep doing that much. In the meantime I've decided to start training for a half marathon. I entered all my info into this calculator. What I learned is that it's okay to do easy (shorter) runs once a week and that you should rest for two days before doing the long runs. I've backed off of trying to run 3.1 miles every time I run and I'm doing more like 2 miles, 2 miles, 3 miles. It will increase week by week, but it's working well so far. Anyway, maybe that will help you figure out the best way to approach running for yourself so that you're meeting your goals. It's sure empowering, this running, isn't it? I did my exercise today right before lunch. I ran 2 miles on the hard treadmill at the fitness center. It was harder than the 3 miles I ran last time on the easier treadmill. Oh well, I'm all that much stronger for enduring through it.

I'm still 43 pounds away, but darn happy with where I'm at. 100 pounds in 11 months is nothing short of a miracle for me. :thumbup: