Sorry I've been gone so long. Glad to hear you're feeling better, Jenn! And Sheryl, it's good to hear that you've found a good spot to run, with a cute companion, too. I fell off the wagon. I was overwhelmed by life in general and had to back off for a while. Sorry I didn't tell you guys. I thought I had, but when I read through older posts, it turned out I hadn't. So I apologize for leaving with no word.

I finally got on Wii Fit. Thankfully, I only gained 2.6 pounds. I thought it would be more. But I also know that I've lost muscle, so in reality I've gained more than that because muscle wieghs more than fat.

We had a Noreaster here. Major flooding and damage. Did anyone else catch that storm? And my cat, Dude, chewed through my MP3 player. I need to buy a new one, but I don't have a lot of money. I was really eager to restart C25K, but I can't do it without my music. It sounds really weak to me, but I need the music to take my mind off of the physical stress and keep me motivated. Whenever I DO restart, I'm going back to week 1.

Okay, so I'm in such an upbeat mood about starting again (FINALLY!!!) that I went out and splurged on an MP3 player. It was only $40 for a 4GB, which is better than what I had before. I'm gonna try to go out an run tomm/today.

Originally Posted by 27112

Okay, so I'm in such an upbeat mood about starting again (FINALLY!!!) that I went out and splurged on an MP3 player. It was only $40 for a 4GB, which is better than what I had before. I'm gonna try to go out an run tomm/today.

Yay Betsy!!! i am so glad you are back! I feel off the wagon too, but we are back up now. It happens, lets move on and up now. We can do this we just have to keep on trying!

Didn't make it out today. Weather was rainy and, frankly, yucky. Gonna shoot for tomm.

It has been rainy here as well, did not make my run yesterday, TOM is here too .

Oh no! I hope it's not too bad. TOM's never fun.

Okay, so I've made plans, and I'm going running tomm...rain or shine! Huzzah! ^_^

Finally made it out today! Yay! I completed the Week 1 run and even had an extra spurt of energy, so I ran an extra 45 seconds on the last repetition.

Also, my friend taught me a trick, and I really felt the difference immediately. If you swing your upper body and shoulders back and forth while you run (it eventually becomes a natural rhythm to match your running rhythm), it works your upper body and abs. I felt a little dumb and exaggerated, and I got a little bit of a stitch, but I could feel it in my abs.

Hope everyone is doing well! Keep up the good work!

Originally Posted by 27112

Finally made it out today! Yay! I completed the Week 1 run and even had an extra spurt of energy, so I ran an extra 45 seconds on the last repetition.

Also, my friend taught me a trick, and I really felt the difference immediately. If you swing your upper body and shoulders back and forth while you run (it eventually becomes a natural rhythm to match your running rhythm), it works your upper body and abs. I felt a little dumb and exaggerated, and I got a little bit of a stitch, but I could feel it in my abs.

Hope everyone is doing well! Keep up the good work!

Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!! Proud of ya!!!!

Hi all - I'm interested in joining this thread! I am not going to start running until the week of the 29th, which is coming up... I need to ease into it a little with a week of walking. I'm also starting my own challenge that week, and this one will coincide perfectly with what I need to do for my own! I'm very excited to start week one, and I may be one of those that does 2 weeks of each week of exercises. But anyway, let me know if there's room for one more!


~Chelsea

Chelsea,
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