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steph, I am laughing over your nail nazi! No nail for you! 1 year. Now go! I have two beautiful little girls, i am not looking foward to the age that they get checked out. My sleep is so screwed up, i've been going to bed around 2am and getting up at 6 to get my dd ready for school, then drag, I ging all day, i fell asleep 3x today the phone kept waking me. hate that. tomorrow is my first 20 minute run, i'm nervous. I found my ipod. i put it in a bag and put it on a kitchen chair and put the chair back under the table, you know know slid in, and didn't know it was there. So we looked high and low for this bag and today I went to go sit down to eat and there was the bag! duh. I'm so forgetful it's crazy. I feel like dory from Finding Nemo.

jill, did you send the packages with a specific name on them? The military just discards packages address to "any soldier". It's a safety thing, i guess they may of had terrorists attempts through the mail. brandi- good for you for saying no! He is pretty cute though. You are saying no because it's the right thing to do. Do the wrong thing and Karma will come and get you! I know you know that, that's why you were strong enough to say no. too bad he's a sleeze, he seems like he would be a great catch too. that sucks. but go you for having and accomplished cutie be so interested!

beautiful pics ! way to go on the 2 miles and the swim, i love swimming.

no body bugg yet, i had to have it shipped to my family and then have them ship it on to me, so it will be a while. Military mail is ridiculous

brandi you are hilarious! what heck where his intentions!? In the course of conversation, he says he's married? lol. It's funny how european men will look you up and down like that. My last fill I had to wait a few hours for the dr, so decided to go for a walk, so i'm walking the streets of frankfurt with my two kids in tow and this man just stops and looks me up and down! so i just keep walking and couldn't believe it so i turned around and he was still staring and then winked at me. It's funny how bold these men are. The difference was in my case, he was not hot. He was nasty, probably a bum. Ok, I love how you were there to go to VS. 1 year ago that would not be the case. It's awsome. I wish we had one here. Actually most german stores do not sell D cups!

mine has shipped! i ordered it on sunday

i know how you feel. at almost 250, i thought if I was just under 200 I would be happy. If I was a size 14 i'd never complain again. Now i'm a 12 and under 200, and i nit pick on every area of my body! my tummy does this, my stupid thighs look like this. I feel just as big as i did at my highest! Knowing myself, at 150, it will not be enough, i'll be mad about something on my body and obsess about it. currently it's my stomach. After a TT (someday), i know it will be my butt and thighs. My friend is scared for me that I'll become obsessed. Little does she know that I already am! I just got done trying on everything in my closet, to see if it got any bigger on me an how the stomach looked ect. I'm bad. i don't know how to fix this problem of not being happy with my body other than getting it to look a certain way. I try to keep in mind that my goal is not a means to an end. Its the start of another goal. Like chickie put so well. I will find another aspect of myself to better. Set new goals, and achieve them as well. Maybe they won't even be fat related.

yeah. where is everyone?

great job whosya!! I am so worried about week 5 workout 3 the 20 minute run. I hope i can do it. My shins are better since i've slowed things down. I am still running most of the time at 4.5 and am now a 1.0 incline. I think i'll just focus on speed and incline after I can run the 5k.

good luck on the interview va!! My fingers are all crossed for you. My body bugg has shipped!

hey guys, workout 2 week 5 couch to 5k. Yeahh. I did it wrong, i couldn't find my ipod, so i just glanced a the schedule quickly before going to the gym and I did an extra 5 min run. I was so red in the face, i wondered why, now i know. I don't know if I can do the whole 20 minute run without stopping on friday! it came up so fast. So how is everyone. I am doing great. My hubby is having another knee surgery in january, so that makes him undeployable for probably another 6 months! yeahh. I got some Rome travel books, I can't wait for our trip. I have not lost another pound in the past month, but I decided to take my measurements and I lost 3" off my tummy. NOt all in the same spot so i don't know how to count it, i measure around the biggest part, yoiu know the hips and pooch, then where I wear my pants and then my natural waist. I lost 1" off each spot. I also lost 1/2 " on my calves, which is strange, because i've always had thin calves. My tummy is so screwed up, my natural waist is 31" then where i wear my pants is 34" and tehn where the giant pooch is, it's 39"! I really need a TT.

haha, the comment about the chins made my roll. Well you have a beautiful neck now! I can't even tell that is the same person! amazing.

steph, I wanna see the photo!

oh man jlm! how's the toe? I hope it's not really broken. That would put a damper on the couch to 5k. so i did workout 1 week 5 and taking that week off really hindered me. I felt that run, 5 minutes felt like an eternity! I don't know how I will make it on the 20 minute run on friday.

i bought one just now!! I've been reading this thread forever, I can't wait to start

podcasts still not working i'll pm you my email, thanks jlm!

i ordered it, the body bugg!! $235. I hope that I made the right decision. My hubby is going to kill me. we just spent a crap load this week and are off to rome in less than 3 weeks! Man are we broke!

hey guys! did you guys know body bugg is on sale for 249 this weekend at 24 hr. fitness? I am wanting to buy it.

booboo- sorry to hear about your blow out with your husband. The fact that he wants to change is awsome! If he acknowledges that then you are 1 step ahead of many many marriages I can think of. Getting professional help makes a huge difference. I know from experience. We went to counseling for a while after my huband was deployed an entire year. It was a tough homecoming, we lost our passion too. If you pray, I would say the best thing I did was pray for that passion to return. At first I was ice cold, didnt care anymore, and my DH worked and worked and worked on our relationship, I did nothing except praying to soften my heart towards him. Then one day a few months later, I looked at him cooking breakfast for our girls and nearly cried. I was in love again. I love him, I forgave him for whatever I thought he did wrong, ( I can't even remember details anymore, and most of it sounds so petty to me now, it was important to me then) I held no more resentment and was just in love. counseling completely saved our marriage. Looking back, all we needed was our frienship back, we weren't best friends anymore, a year apart changed all that. Being friends really makes a difference. I know your situation is a lot different, but I'm proud of you for willing to give it another shot and get help, be proud of him for being willing to change. A lot of men aren't.

so i was on vacation for week 5 and I go on monday to do my first run and all my podcasts have diappeared from my ipod! How could that of happened?? so i made up my own thing, ran 5 mins, walked 90 secs. ran 10 mins walked 3 mins ran 5 mins faster at 6.5, walked 5 minutes. Then the next day I got the 24 hr. bug and then my husband got it the next day, and then my littlest, and then my oldest! so we spent out beautiful Bavarian Alps vaca sick in a very pricey cabin! Needless to say, I didn't get to finish week 5. I went on today to try to download week 5 podcast again, and the site doesn't work?? anyone having issues with this? I don't know how I can run with out my buddy ullery! I need him! I can't wait to finish week 5. I thought I would be a real runner by now, i hate that I ended up skipping 2 workouts. I love this program.

hey girls, I'm home! Looks as if hubby is not going to iraq. We never heard anymore about it. so i'm thinking they sent another guy who wansn't hours away on vacation. OH my gosh Boo!!!! That black dress is hot hot hot. Great pics, you look like a million dollars. I love the red toes in those cute little heals. Your legs look great. I love jack canfield he is actually a member of my church. I've never met him though. congrats on the book stuff. I'm pumped for you. I haven't had a chance to read all the posts I missed so i'll post later on with all my comments. so on vacation... we got there late saturday night, we grocery we went sledding on sunday, grocery shopped monday and went swimming at the hotel. Tuesday I get the 24 hr. stomach bug, wed. my husband, thurs. my youngest, fri. my oldest. sat. we go home! so the first two days were great. The rest were sickening! It was breathtakingly beautiful though and didn't even rain an ounce until we were leaving.

wyd, no I haven't been to London yet, I'm hoping to before we leave here. I am an American from Rhode Island, and just stationed here in gorgeous Europe. We only have 19 more months to enjoy it! thanks jlm! great job to you too!! i love reading your posts, i've been following your progress for a while, and it's unbelievable the difference in your pictures!

ok, so we are going on vacation anyway. DH has his leave paperwork in hand and says we are going. so if they need him they know where to find him, lol. So we are still unsure if they are going or not, and when. Thanks for all of your support I really appreciated it. Week 4 couch to 5k done!!! I've been slowing it down to 4.5, but the last 5 minute run i ran it at 6.5! It felt so good, and I wasn't even tired, i just got out of breath so i know that I'm not quite there yet. I am pumped for week 5 it's already on my ipod waiting for me! I am really loving this program. Week five work out 3 is all running! crazy that i'll be running for real in just 3 work outs. brandi, I totally agree with you. I have no idea what our men are doing there. I can't say I completely disagree with the war, a lot of good has been done for iraq, i would just like to see an end in sight. I'm praying that our president has our best interest in mind and that he prays before he makes these decisions. Which is one reason I would like to see Mitt Romney actually make it in the running, not sure if he will though. You are so right about these guys having to put serious relationships on hold, and that is probably why they choose be drunk and sleep around everynight. If I were in their shoes I might too! lol. Serving the country is quite a sacrafice and we don't do it for the itty bitty paycheck we receive. We do it because we love our country and I'm sure your Marine feels the same. I am so greatful especially for those Marines, they do the hard hard stuff that noone else will do. Be proud of that man!

i finished week 4 !! I am pumped for week 5. Of course I will be on vaction skiing, luckily the resort has a gym.. I sure hope i'm motivated to actually go and work out though. Good job everyone!

hey girls, so week 4 work out 2 down! Tomorrow is my last day of week 4. I can't believe one week from now i'll be running 20 min. without stopping. Yesterday I messed up the ipod while running and did my first five minute run twice! I ended up running 10min without stopping. i was scared, i figured i would just slow it down to a walk when i couldn't take it anymore but I finished. I slowed down my pace to 4.5 and that is making a big difference in my endurance. I feel like i could go forever at that pace. My last 5min run i set it at 6.0 and add .1 every minute until i'm at 6.4 and that kicks my butt. brandi- that is so hilarious! And you know what, cell phones are a huge huge no no when in uniform! so he was probably really flipping out. lol. That is hilarious. steph-woo hoo, you look great girl! I also like your shoes. great job. boo and claud-have a great time! Are you guys the first steady's to meet? Who will be the first to make it out to germany? so yesterday was a sad day. My husband called me from work and told me that he is orderin his Desert dress uniforms, he is going to Iraq next week. surprise! unbelievable. 3 months. there goes skiing and Rome. so we had a sad day. Put up the christmas tree together. Then last night we hear, well now he is an alternate and may not go. hopefully we will know more today. Pray they keep my man home! However, I hate to say that and sound like i'm complaining, it is his job, he is serving his country so if he goes I will feel proud of him. Just why does it have to be such a surprise?????????????????