Posts by ckelpie

I like the chocolate banana one too!  It's got a fair amount of calories so I tend to think of it as a "mini" meal instead of a snack.

The lose/loose thing really bugs me.  The only thing that keeps me from going nuts is thinking about what the writer intended and what they are actually saying.  I went to a basketball game recently where the cheerleaders (led by their English teacher!) had created a poster stating that the other team would "loose".  I kept picturing the other team all relaxed and jello like...

I'm not Canadian but way to go!  Running 5K without stopping is a huge milestone.  Congratulations!

1/07 - 164.5

1/08 - 148.8

That's 15lbs!  I've never looked at it this way and now I feel much better about the last year.  I started CC in September and it has been such a help!  It keeps me from undereating and overeating and has motivated me to keep working out.

After making fudge, pecan pie, cookies and brownies for my family (my sister got the job of real cooking!) my weight is...

Still 149.2!  Woohoo.

It would have been nice to lose but I'm happy just to maintain after this week.  I've been helped along by a wonderful gift from my mother-in-law--a Polar F6.  I love this little tool :)  I had to rush to the gym on Christmas just to try it out.

Friday--and it's a spectacular day!  I'm at 149.4--first time I've seen the 140s since 1998!!  Wooo hooo!

Strawberry--you are sooo lucky!!  Short is the way to go.  I thought I would be really tall when I was 11--I was already 5'1 and 3/4s.  Taller than most.  Then I stopped growing.  It meant I was no longer the faster runner but I got to wear all the high heels I wanted.  Also, I never feel short.  For some reason I feel about 5'6" and am shocked when I see myself with my husband in a reflection (he's more than a foot taller than me). 

You may still grow some but even at 5'1" you're taller than your mom :)

Embrace who you are--that's all that really matters. 

It is cool that someone else is doing this at the same time!  My first (about a week and a half ago) 1.5 mile run was about 19 min.  Scary!  I'm slightly better but still working on it.

First, I did basic training for the AF about 10 years ago.  They will get you up to the level you need to be.  You'll do "PT" basically every day and that will include the run and all sorts of exercises.  I was in rotten shape when I got to basic (never been a runner and I had a 2nd degree sunburn for the weeks prior and could barely leave my apt).  I survived it.  Best basic training advice:  It only lasts 6 weeks (assuming you do everything they tell you).  You will survive!  The AF was pretty cool and worth the effort.  Also, being in better shape when you get there will help :)

I've been out of the AF for a while and want to join the Reserve.  That means getting my running speed up.  I'm doing a mini-eval tomorrow on the run/pushups and situps.  To prepare, I'm doing cardio (alternating running/elliptical/hiking) 5/6 times a week and 40 situps/30 pushups a night.  I don't yet know if it'll work but that's the plan.

Anyway, good luck with basic and the AF!

Did I say run?  Hmmm...how about run 2-3 minutes, walk 2 minutes, repeat.  I did one last spring and I was about 10 lbs heavier.  I hope to do a little better this year.  It's a fund raiser for Relay for Life so it's in a good cause!  I'm just trying to get better everytime.  I don't know about everyone else but I loved running until I was about 10 and everyone grew legs about 6 inches longer than mine.  Since then it's a love/hate relationship with running.

Let's see...151.8 last week and 150.8 this week (I'm rounding down to say from 151 to 150! go me!).  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that next week I'll see a number in the "140s"  which I haven't seen in almost 10 years. 

I can totally relate--I always hated diet coke of any kind and have drunk "the real thing" literally since I was in diapers.  When I first decided to cut back on cokes, I limited myself to one coke (with a candy bar chaser) every Saturday.  I didn't have any other sweets all week.  It really did the trick.  Whenever I thought about breaking down, I would just think--it's only x number of days, I can make.

 Another strategy (the Saturday one worked about 2 years before I fell off the wagon) was to just quit all sodas.  That worked for 3 years (go me!)

After falling off the wagon, I experimented with Coke Zero and it's much more tolerable than Diet Coke.  It's not the real thing but it's ok.

 Currently, I'm back to just limiting cokes.  They are my one real vice and it's hard to give them up