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JulieNYC    4

JulieNYC
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Ugh. No scale movement today. I guess you can't expect it to move every day....So far, the low carb thing hasn't really paid off. 1 lb in 3 days and I have the worst headache. I'm going back to normal food if this doesn't work for me shortly. I can eat 600 cals/day in balanced food and feel great. But 1,000 cals of low carb and I'm all headachy and can barely finish my runs. Seriously, I'm not going to do this much longer.

Dawn, do you have yak tracks for your shoes in all that freezing rain? I've been looking for some (we've been having bad weather too, proportionately), but the stores have all been out of my size....

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JulieNYC    4

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Officially back to normal food. Hated the low carb thing. Maybe if I'd given it a few more days I'd have gotten past the lethargy/headachy stage, but 5 days is all I had in me. I ate a zone bar (30g carbs, 20 g protein) for Breakfast, went for a short run (4 mi) and I almost feel human again.

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Boo    3

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UHGG!!! I am sick with bronchitis and sinus infection. You are ALL my workout godesses! Here I get sick with the first wave of chill to hit Los Angeles. Last night I bundled up and went out running anyway 'cause I'm fed up with being sick. A man jumped while taking out his trash as I ran by in the dark, blowing my nose.

This is always the worst time for me to get sick, considering I have singing engagements nearly every day (musician)!

Julie, I don't blame you tossing out the low carb days. You look amazing and you are at an excellent weight. Instead of using the BMI calculation, you should go have your body fat tested. With all of your muscle mass, you might even be too lean.

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Boo    3

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Oh yeah, I ran a mile in 9:02 (while sick)...2 seconds shy of my goal for the month. Gonna get there!

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DeltaDawn    0

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Well,

I am back up North. Thank goodness. It was so disheartening having my half stopped at 10 km... I would have kept going... those darn race organizers!!!!

But, I am looking at doing around the bay... Around the Bay 30k Road Race, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada which is the oldest road race in North America. It is a 30 km... figure that is a good middle ground between the half and the full. Any takers???

My weight is the same as when I left 157.2 seems to like that number, but we'll see what we can do.

I hope you are all good.

dawn

Banded April 4th, 2006

Montreal

358/157.2/148???

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Boo    3

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Hey, I saw it, Dawn! You have your running number on. You look just skinny! And pretty!

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guysis    0

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Teeny picture, but also a teeny girl! Yippee for Dawn.

Busy time of the year for us all! Merry Christmas to you all and a healthy, happy, skinny New Year.

I'm doing OK.................down 3 pounds - could be better, but then again this time of year - sure could be worse! Our kids from Sacramento are driving up on the 26th (if the moutain passes are open)..................and so we'll have the whole gang together for about a week.

Julie - good luck with the "final" (we all hope) surgery. Please let us know how you're doing.

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DeltaDawn    0

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I am still the same weight... but have decide to kick it up this week, in a vain hope of getting a few pounds closer to goal by my birthday (I will turn 40 on December 23rd). I had a great 5 km this morning.

Life is good an cold!!!!

Dawn

Banded April 4th, 206

Montreal

358/158/148

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Boo    3

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Last night when I was running, I pushed myself on mile one, thinking that I could break a new record and run a mile in under 9:00. When I reached the mile marker my Garmin read 9:01!! I was so mad that I charged off and ran another in 8:20!! I had to keep looking at the display to see if I had made an error. Whew! So...

I reached one of my new goals!!

I won't be trying that again for a while because it slowed me down for the rest of my run.

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DeltaDawn    0

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Way to go Boo!!!! That is amazing.

How is everyone?

I worked my backside this week, determined to see the pounds drop a bit. Glad to say I am 6.6 lbs from goal now!!!

Dawn

Banded April 4th, 3006

Montreal 358/154.6/148

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JulieNYC    4

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Boo, that's great about your run!! Woohoo!!

Dawn, that's wonderful about your weight. Yahoo!

Betty, to be down 3 during a holiday week is incredible!

I'm home from the hospital as of this morning. SO GLAD all my surgeries (!!) are behind me. ;)

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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