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YOu ladies are doing FANTASTIC!!! I want to see all of you make it through week 9! YOu CAN do this. Your not to fat, too heavy, you have strong enough minds. Yur all amazing and i want you to all keep going! I would never be running like i am with out the Couch to 5 k. Last week i logged 25miles!

woooo hooo Amanda! You ROCK! lol! Good for you. Chris! that was a great post! I really enjoyed the 3% rule. Alot of people have told me i am very inspiring. I know there are Lapbanders on here like boo boo kitty that inspired me when i first got my band. My Triathon session got canned last night because of a thunder storm so i went to the YMCA instead. I wanted to try the Fart thing So i ran at 5mph to warm up for 10 mins. Then did 5 mins at 7mph then 5min at 5.0 and 5 at 7.0mph and so on for 45 mins....WOW! it was so cool to go 7.0mph for 5 mins Thanks to you Amanda! ! Then i swam for 45 mins.

Here is Julys list:July 1 45mins weight lifting/45 mins swimming July 2 5k run/45 spin class July 2 (evening) ElpitiKILL 30 mins/ 30 mins swimming July 3 30mins weight lifting/ 45 mins swimming July 4 5k run and 2 hours playing Yard football July 5 45 min spin Class / 30 mins swim July 6 10k Run (1hr 17mins superslow!) July 7 Weight lifting/45 min spin class July 8 4mile run, 20 min Elpitikill, 45 min swim, 60 pushups July 9 Running Interval training with a USA Traiathlete! 1 hour (5miles) July 10 Running 4 miles July 11 Weight lifting 45mins / Spin Class 45mins July 12 6 milers running 20 miles cycling (Duathlon) July 13 3 mile run / 8 mile cycle July 14 Weight lifting 45mins / 45 min Spin Class July 14 (Eve) 5K run / 45 min swim July 15 30min weight lifting/ 30 min swim/ Rode bicycle to work! 24miles July 16 45min run (4.5miles) / 45 min swim Cera...sory bout your shoulder...youch..i so badly wanted to ride my bicycle to and from work but there are thunderstorms all week dang it.

Thats what is all about! Good for you!!!

Amanda!! Get articale!!! i think i will use that Fartlek stuff!!Thanks. Thanks for being so honest about your treadmill experiance today. Go look at some UTube Triathlon videos one of them has that song on an articale about Triathlons...its super insperational!!! Yeah youll cry like a baby..dont worry about it....its an amazing thing finishing your first one....nothing in the world like it!!!!! One hint...make sure someone is there at the end of it for you...none of my family could make my first one and its THE most important. Was kind of a bummer going home. I was all emotional on my first real 5k event. now i just run my ### off on them.

Mal! Thats Freakin AWESOME!!!!!!! The first 5K is a huge deal! I cant wait for you to do it!!!!!!!!!!!! Your well on your way....thats why i love it here....the insperation is soooo important!!! I really am not anything special but i refuse to quit. I am the biggest at most races but i get the most cheers! and i REFUSE to quit.

I want to get whistled at!

I would like to Ram my computer too

Awww thanks...i look to ppl that rocked it like Boo Boo kitty

Hey Cutie Booty, Your surg date is exactly 12months from mine on Aug 07!

Chris: I just started doing this kind of thing to. Every Weds i work out with a USA Triathlete coach and we do this kind of thing. I only did it one week so far but honestly...when i ran a 5k the next day i felt like i could run a little faster! Interval training is important. In the pool too. If you just run 30mins at the same speed every day you wont ever get any faster type theory. The rest of the week i do just run 5k or 10k or whatever but the interval training once a week is key i think.

Thanks all!! YEs Froggi you can...even being a girl.. Eating: I am NO saint when it comes to eating. I have really learned it comes to choices. When i want to snack do i pick a Twix or a granola bar? things like that. And ye i have picked the Twix sometimes. My exercise is the big factor here. I just am very active now. The more weight i lose the easier it is. Stay away from Soft foods!! i do cal count on Sparkspeople in the day when i am at work. I just want ppl that are really high weight to know that 12 months makes a WORLD of difference. Georgia Girl: I remeber you from some of my early days...keep it up! Keep working out...

Thanks Cera!!!! I agree we are pretty close. i been in the same 275-265 for the last 3 months but i have stepped up my game a little and my waist keeps shrinking even though not much weight loss. I need to work out like that P90X stuff but on my own program. I not going to do DVD's. I get into some XL's not all.

there are loads of heart rate monitor watches out there. either with a chest strap or no chest strap. Nothing beats a finger on the neck and a stopwatch.

Hey i started running on the couch to 5k program when i was 370lbs! Now i am 269 and i am still running with no problem. Now I kNOW this is not the case for everyone. MY passion now is Triathlons!!! I just LOVE them, i limit myself to one a month because they can get to be 50-70 Us dollars a shot.

OK my latest NSV's Ran a 5k in under 30mins Ran a 10k Did a Triathlon Did a Duathlon Can fit into XL shirts now. This time last year it was 6XL and 60" pants now im in 40"pants!

Hey thought i would update. I am down about 170LBS now and loving life. I am coming up on my band 1 year date. And now i am a TRIATHLETE!

Gerogia Girl: YOull be fit in no time at all and banging out those 5k's the 10k's the 15k's then half Marathons.

Anyone using one of these for running? I stayed away from the ipod one because i dont like ipods. But the new one seems way nice. Mixed reviews online. Only 59.99 though! go to nikeplus.com to check it out. Also how do you put the sensor in your shoe if its not a nike one? Just put it on the laces somehow?

Yeah i have had mine for 2 weeks now and i still love it! Whats your name on nikeplus maybe i can challange you.

WOW!! Look at that waist!!! Truly hour glass!

Yeah there is alot of crazy therioes. I train with a Triathlete USA coach and i have talked to him about this. Basically let it go...it VERY hard to over train. Lifting weights for women is AWESOME but so many are afraid of it. YOu wont bulk up..you will lose weight quicker also. Its almost impossble for women to bulk up lifting weights unless they are taking steroids. But when you have 'harder, stronger' muscle it takes more cals to burn them and you lose weight faster. I would advice lifting weights to all women. One thing my coach said is 'it is VERY difficult to overtrain' so dont worry about it. The only way you can tell is to take your pulse when you just wake up before you even stand then take it again when your standing. Use the diff between those 2. If the diff starts to get smaller your overtraining. Its complicated...just KEEP exercising!!!

Happy Aniversary!!! I actually Rode to work today...12 miles. And i stopped at the gym on the way to lift weights and swim. So i left my house at 4.20am got to the YMCA at 5am (about 10 miles) left the YMCA at 6.20 and got to work at 6.40am Good thing i have a locker and shower in my office. And the best part is i have another 12miles to go home:)!

Here is Julys list:July 1 45mins weight lifting/45 mins swimming July 2 5k run/45 spin class July 2 (evening) ElpitiKILL 30 mins/ 30 mins swimming July 3 30mins weight lifting/ 45 mins swimming July 4 5k run and 2 hours playing Yard football July 5 45 min spin Class / 30 mins swim July 6 10k Run (1hr 17mins superslow!) July 7 Weight lifting/45 min spin class July 8 4mile run, 20 min Elpitikill, 45 min swim, 60 pushups July 9 Running Interval training with a USA Traiathlete! 1 hour (5miles) July 10 Running 4 miles July 11 Weight lifting 45mins / Spin Class 45mins July 12 6 milers running 20 miles cycling (Duathlon) July 13 3 mile run / 8 mile cycle July 14 Weight lifting 45mins / 45 min Spin Class July 14 (Eve) 5K run / 45 min swim July 15 30min weight lifting/ 30 min swim/ Rode bicycle to work! 24miles

cool pictures chicka