Hi Everyone! I am 22, 5'9'' and my starting weight is 177 pounds. My long term goals are to get down to 135 pounds and to run the Houston Half Marathon January 2009!

I am currently a graduate student and just got married August '07. I love my husband very much and he is so supportive. He is running with me and I think he wants to run the half marathon even more than I do!!

I have dieted before, seen results, but then gained it all back many times. My plan is to diet and run until I am around 145(hopefully by this fall) and then to focus more on running until I am fit for the race! Hopefully by then I will have more self control and will be running enough to burn off any extra calories I do consume!