Posts by mrsdagle

I started the weight loss as an 18+.  I say that because I was mostly wearing sweat pants and men's clothing.  I actually moved from 18-14 by losing 8 pounds, from 186 to 178.  I originally started walking, then added jogging.  So, my waist and legs are a lot slimmer. 

Whole Foods does have a store brand version of natural peanut butter for $2. 

I use plain oatmeal and add wheat germ and brown sugar to mine, wheat germ and real maple syrup to my son's. 

Buy local honey. 

I use regular salad dressing at half the amount and add salsa to it. I did just buy a natural salad dressing mix  to add to plain yoghurt but I haven't tried it yet. 

I eat 7 Grain Oroweat bread.  No HFCS and 3 grams of fiber. 

I eat cheese sparingly these days. 

I wear my Zune in a fanny pack.  I don't like the idea of not having my "stuff" with me so I run with my fanny pack too. 

Depends on what pill you take.  I'm on Yaz and it controls my moods and eliminated my cramps.  This has led to a massive weight loss.  I can exercise finally.  It's approved for use to control PMDD, which is likely what I was suffering from.  (severe PMS)

I tried to blow it but ended up coming up with a large deficit.  I had a good healthy breakfast and lunch.  I always go out on Fridays to eat with a club I belong to.  This Friday it was pizza and I ate a lot of it.  But I still ended up with 1600-1700 calories and I rode my bike a lot so I really didn't "cheat". 

For me, back on the wagon would be to go back to 500 calorie deficits and eating around 1700 calories on work out days.  I'm running really low these days. 

I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.  I got the purple toenail within days of starting to run for the first time.  It can be several different things (bad shoes, tight shoes/laces) but for me it was just an injury where the nail was separated and the skin bruised under.  The nail is still damaged and looks weird, 2 months later. 

Either way, purple toenail is very common.

Let me tell what I did last week.  New neighbors moved in, the 2nd night (technically the 3rd morning) I hear horrendous shouting and banging on my walls, doors slamming,  things sounding like they're being thrown.  People shouting, "Get over here!" over and over, dropping the "F Bomb" over and over. running, then, "Get off of me!!!" for like 45 minutes at 3-4am in the morning!!!

I'm frightened because it's fighting and I live in a very "armed" town.  I hear the sliding glass door opening and screaming/yelling outside, "Get over here!, Come here" over and over.  Then it's quiet for about 30-60minutes (I can't really tell) but it's around 5am the next round of the same thing going on. 

So, I go to my landlord Monday morning and say that I want a month to month lease and  I will be looking for a new place immediately (I've lived here 2 years and was about to sign another lease).  I explain exactly why.  She immediately called the tenants and told them about the complaints and sent them a 10 day cease/desist letter.  Meaning if there is one more complaint about them, they can be evicted. 

No cops involved, it's a breech of their lease that most rentals make you sign now.  Later they said that it was friends, not them and they tried to quell the fighting.  Whatever.  I was very happy with my landlord. 

For your friend in the hot climate, I have found that sunset is a really refreshing time to run.  It's actually hotter than sunrise/7am but feels cooler because of the breeze and location of the sun.  I'm in Tucson AZ.  

As far as the bathroom issues go, I don't know if you meant #1 or #2 but I have a big problem #2. No matter how I time my eating and bathroom breaks, I often have to go really bad once I'm out there.  I jog in the park where there are restrooms but it hits me so fast that it's always a closecall and very uncomfortable.  The only thing that really helps is doing some kind of jumprope or jumping jacks at home to check if I need to go or not.  It seems the up and down movement beyond walking really affects me.  I seem to have a hyperactive bowel. TMI!!!

As far as #1 goes, I had that problem at first because I was drinking so much water and it was really a dramatic change.  So, even if I went potty before, I'd have to during and right afterwards too.  I don't get that anymore. 

I change my playlist on my Zune frequently as my needs change.  I had a fantastic playlist for walking that didn't work at all for jogging.  Then I had some good tunes for jogging but after a while didn't inspire to me to further.  Now I have a really dynamite playlist.  But I will change it once the combo doesn't work anymore. 

I try to use reusable containers and reuse ziploc baggies.  But where are the 100 calorie packages going? lol, The only single serve things I buy are tuna cans and Pringles for my son.  Otherwise that stuff goes to waste.  We don't buy 100 calorie packages ever.  It's a bad idea and expensive too. 

I don't do it when I exercise but when I read out loud, I yawn almost nonstop.  It's really weird.  I'm not even tired when I read to my son.