Get Fired Up!

Kaitlyn, I'm so proud of your accomplishments! Great motivation for the rest of us!

Jennie and I are going to train for the Little Rock Marathon to be held March 15, 2009. We are walking it, not running. The training lasts for 24 weeks with 3-4 days during the week walking 3-4 miles and then a group meet every Saturday morning at 6:00 a.m. to walk as a group for distances ranging from 6 to 20 miles. The web address is littlerockmarathon.com or you all can look up one in your neighborhood. There's a schedule for the training on the website. It starts next Monday (9/29).

We'll keep ya'll posted on our progress.

Eight days a week

Well, I can proudly say that I've been putting in 1-2 hours daily since Sept. 12. I had one of those miserable "fat" days and said to hell with it, I'm doing this thing! Yesterday, I told myself that I was going to run a mile in 15 minutes. But, by God, I shaved two minutes off and did it in 13! As soon as I hit the mile marker and saw my time, I grinned so big that I bet the quaint little exercise room glowed for miles. I couldn't wait to get on here and GLOAT!

I haven't been able to do that since high school! I'm not even sure I could do it then. I did a lot of running in soccer but I was no track athlete.

I don't have a scale but I don't need one to feel this good. As far as dieting is concerned, my body has become a telephone to my consciousness, saying, "Nuh-uh, you don't need those fries," or Jill's favorite, "Once on the lips, forever on the hips." It hasn't been hard to say no to excessive eating and junk food, which is a really nice motivator. 

I run a mile and then walk a mile, I do the Stair Master for 10 minutes, and then leave some good ol' sweat stains on the seat of the weight machine. I concentrate on my arms there because my legs are too busy humming! I lift 50 pounds pretty smoothly. I think John can bench, like, 100 pounds but I don't think I'm going to aim that high. I just want to lose that flap of skin under my arm that whips with the wind. And it's nearly gone! 

So, here I am. Bragging. I hope this motivates you guys. :) :) :) :) :)

And............another week. Only, this time it's different. I am not in Texas. Tony and I are mountainizing in Breckenridge, CO. I still haven't lost any weight, but I want to! Does that count?
I had high hopes and aspirations of walking on the trails in the mountains. But, since I can hardly breathe this 10,000 high air, THAT certainly is not going to happen! I actually bought some "altitude adjustment" herbal something or another. I hope it helps. I'm not sure, but I think Tony & I are getting really old.
So, I bet Erin is totally partying with mom & dad away.
Anyone else having any progress losing weight?

And....another week!
Okay, for real. I have been attempting to walk. I have even gotten on my treadclimber for the past 3 days. PLUS,! I have had salads for lunch 2 days in a row. How 'bout that?!
I am going to confess- At night when I sit down to watch a movie or whatever, I start out with a 100 calorie pack of whatever. Later, I say to myself "well, it was only 100 calories." So, I go get another 100 calorie pack of whatever. (there's lots of good choices) Anyway, pretty soon the 100 calorie packs have defeated their purpose. I might as well just eat a big ol' bowl of Blue Bell chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. Geez!
What's anybody else doing?
I wish I had some thyroid medicine.