slinky

Hi all. I havent been here in FOR EVER!!! Just wondering if the chat rooms still exist? Ive tried to go on but when i do i get a message that says you must log in to enter chat rooms. ummm i'm already logged in. sent a message to admin but waiting for a reply. anyone out there? thanks, Slinky

hmmmm yup been running. doing my own thing. ive been posting my runs on facebook - "i just ran" is the app i use. i post my playlist distance and the time (i add up my playlist times. i add time between songs too.) ive gotten bk up to 2 miles and a lil more. i do long sprint intervals at least once a week. just to confuse my metabolism. i read somewhere that it helps. my band is at a good fill level, and despite the band eating much better than b4 surgery, and running...im still at a standstill. i might have mentioned that i gained 10 in oct/nov. im only down about 5 of that... every day i go thru my list of goals that are basically the same as Kathy's. and im squeezing into some 12s but mostly 14 sizewise. im much healthier and have lost inches for sure. BUT im getting fairly discouraged that the scale is not moving. i really need the reinforcement. im afraid to get another fill next month. i dont have any specific runs planned right now. just trying to get bk up to 5k. i still have a goal to RUN the entire 5k. no walking and no matter if it takes me as long to run as it did to walk. i know im slow but i feel such a satisfaction about being an athlete at this point. so thats great. i want to look as good as i feel too. and right now i dont. o well enough about me. Kathy, i was so disappointed for u with the Olympics. if i could wave a magic wand i would make it be what u want! GA, wow how frustrating for u. i definitely feel your pain. and Suzanne, i know how hard it was for u to do what u know u needed to to to preserve your feet. my next door neighbor just had that surgery and i dont wish it on anyone after seeing what he went through. can u do other forms of exercises instead? if any of u want to "friend" me on facebook im carol podwill spring. would love to have the additional support and be able to give it bk to y'all. tc, Carol

geez ive been gone a long time. i do keep up with the posts, but havent been into the posting. maybe time to get bk to my basics... its coming up on a year that ive been running. still having some probs w/ my feet, but thankfully nothing as serious as Suzanne. Im soooooo sorry Suzanne, i really hope it gets better soon. Havent run much in the last month. several reasons, like lost my job beginning of november and it took a while for the depression to set in. Not to mention the reality that ppl just dont tend to leave their jobs during the holidays. then...i got sick, first with a cold then with bronchitis which is my norm, but still annoying. i still have a lingering cough but im off the antibiotics. the really cool thing is that yesterday i worked out my schedule around the kids so i could get in what i had planned to be a walk with a few long sprints thrown in. (when i was in shape to run this past month thats what i did...id warm up for 2 songs then run 1 then walk for a song...etc) kinda like a modified C25k cuz i knew id come farther than restarting the program from the early weeks, but not wanting to pressure myself too much and expect too much if i wasnt up to it. so, yesterday i expected to walk/run for the first time in about 2 weeks i did my warm up which was a bit longer than 5 mins. and did a 1.75 mile straight run. the music was motivating me and i just didnt feel like stopping. i probably could have run farther, but knew id need to cool down a bit and i didnt feel like i could go another full lap. my total distance for the exercise was 2.4 miles, and i felt sooooo psyched. im hoping that that means i'll continue to build. not planning any 5k runs though there is a cool one this weekend to fight childhood obesity. just dont think im ready. have been doing a bit of reading on shoes too. i wound up getting some from Target that are working well for me except i think i need the boy's 5 1/2 instead of the ladies 7. and the cheaper lower heeled shoes seem to do better for me...go figure. lol. Kathy im really happy for you. you got to change up your dream a little bit but still get a wonderful reward for all your hard work! its coming up soon, and id be excited to see some pics posted!!! hint hint! Suzanne...feel better. i know how frustrating a wt gain can be especially when u feel like you have a solution at your fingertips if not your feet. im working on relosing the 10 i gained in oct/nov. i had a fill and maybe just maybe im back on track that way too. hope i'll get to talk to y'all sometime soon again. TC, Carol

wow. id like to welcome the newbies too. and for th rest of my C25k friends welcome back to all of us. kathy and suzanne im so happy to see y'all its been a while. since i hadnt run for over a month, i felt like i needed to get back to basics. i jumped back to w2 so i could see how far ive come and sure enough it was totally a breeze. so i jumped ahead to W5D1. again i did fine. so then i went to D3 and did ok. did that 2x. today i decided to move ahead to W6D1 and it was a bit more challenging. i'll do this one a cpl days make sure i can and move on. ive missed talking to y'all. my puters are fixed so im happier. will check bk with everyone in a few days. tc Carol