Thank you for the welcomes!
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Originally Posted by Beemer
Welcome to the group Jasmine!! That is the name of my latest favorite tea! It is always good to see a new face here!! I see you are a fellow runner. How did you get started? I really enjoy it now and had never thought I would.
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I first started running back in 2005, when my dd & I walked the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. My mom had died of breast cancer in Nov. 2004, and had participated in 4 races before her death. I was never able to participate with her...I had always thought "next year I will." After her death, my dd & I participated in it for her. (How I wish I had managed to do it with her before her untimely death!) While we were walking, we both got the urge to run (something we hadn't done before) and took off...we ran a little, took a walking break, ran a little more, and continued for the 3.1 miles. It was fun. Afterward, I started running here and there for exercise and even though I wasn't a "serious" runner, I ended up loosing 20 lbs. I stopped running and gained the weight back plus some.
This past May, one of my husband's coworkers talked me into signing up for a 10K in September. I did, because I knew that having a goal and a commitment was just the push I needed to get me back into it. I've managed to loose 15 lbs. so far, and am loving it. I feel so good after a run. The hardest part for me is getting myself out the door, but I haven't allowed myself to miss a workout yet, just knowing that 10K is around the corner!
Oh, my username is Jasmine, because I used to have jasmine growing around the last house I lived in, it would bloom in the spring and fall and had the most wonderful scent. It became my favorite flower!
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. I registered for FitDay and they ask me all sorts of questions like how much food did I eat?? I can figures measurements like cups and TB spoons but grams and ozs confuse me. 
