Thanks, gals! Yes, I'm having a nice birthday. The girls are VERY confused as to why we aren't having cake, they want to decorate, and keep asking when people are coming! I told James I didn't want to do anything special since I just got back from a trip and am leaving again tomorrow. I'm sure he'll do something "special" for me later on!:D Josh made sure I had a very special birthday training session. Whole body workout with lots of new core work that I will feel for a couple days to come!

Rhonda - the birthday list is on the bottom of the main page of the forum.

Chellez - I didn't know you were sick. Is that common in your area? We don't get much of it out here, but I do send blood out from time to time to test for it.

SAD news about my nephew who has the low RBC issues. I went to Dornbecker (children's hospital in Portland) with my sister last week. We were holding out hope that it was caused by viral supression of RBC's, but that's not the case. They are doing a bone marrow aspiration and biopsy next Tuesday, but hematologist is 90% sure that Lucas has Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond-Blackfan_anemia. This is a very rare (600 documented cases) disease and there is no easy cure. Either steroids every day of you life together with regular RBC transfusions, or a bone marrow transplant and possibly more than one.

Oh Nori, I'm so sorry to hear about your nephew! That's just terrible.

Congrats blue team!!!

I went out of town this weekend, and managed to be mostly OP, which I am excited about, though I did gain a little water weight. I never overate or had too many calories, but I dad have more diet soda and processed food than usual, which I expect accounts for the bloat. Next week I visit my family in Savannah and I am bouncing back and forth between being super anxious (we are dysfuctional at the best of times) and excited (I do still love them!).

way to go blue team
 

Wow two weeks in a row - can't say I helped but wow for everyone else's losses!

michelle - very fun new pic

Happy Birthday!


Linda

Oh, Nori, I am so sorry. I will keep your family in my thoughts.

Nori, that's sad about your nephew. My best wishes to him :hug:

Nori-Happy Birthday! :bday2you: I'm so sorry about your nephew. I will keep your family in my prayers. :hug:

Nori--I am so sorry to hear about your nephew!

I ran 3.5 today. I was way fast at the 2.7 mark, so I decided it just made sense to run the time and not the mileage! I have no doubt I can make the 4 mile mark by August 6!

Nori, I am so sorry to hear about your nephew.

Anna, awesome run!

Well, I am working from home today, which used to be a special treat. Now that we have upstairs neighbors with a set of young twins... Well... it's not so special anymore. Being underneath two boys who crawl and bang and thump and roll is a little trying.

PLUS, some construction just started outside our front door, our landlord wants to dig out the yard and put in a deck and a patio. Fine with me, means we won't bring in so much garden into the house. But talk about distraction. Yikes.

...On go the headphones.

Last night we managed a 2.5 mile run/walk. It felt great. I had to keep telling myself while I was running, "just because you can stop doesn't mean you should. Just because you're tired doesn't mean you need to stop running." My brain likes to tell me that life would be oh so much better if I just maintain the status quo and not push myself to improve with the running. I feel like I actually did really well with the running yesterday - DH was out of breath, that's always a good sign! :D

That is funny, I tell myself when I run, "The key to running farther is simple.....don't stop."

Good morning, Bluesers!

I had another on-plan day yesterday, but no exercise again. I had to return books to the library and run by the pet store. Well, when I came out of the pet store, my truck wouldn't start. My battery was dead and I couldn't find anyone around who had jumper cables. I had to wait for 30 minutes for Hubby to drive from home to jump the truck. By the time I made it home, it was after 9:00. Today, I am determined to exercise!

Nori, I'll be saying prayers for your little nephew and his family.

Hope everyone has a great on-plan day.

All this talk about running really is making me want to start. I have this 200 pounds mark in my head as a good weight to start at. Spoke with Josh about it yesterday and he said he thought I should get my body fat/bone mass tested and if my bones are "good" and could support it to start now. I honestly wasn't even thinking about my bones. I was thinking joints! Of course, he thinks I'm on glucosamine since he told me to start it months ago and I never did!

Thanks for all you good thoughts for Lucas. My sister Amy is sort of in denial right now and not allowing herself to think/research. Her husband is a wonderful man and I know they will come through this stronger. And of course nothing is 100% diagnosed yet until the bone marrow biopsy.

I'm headed out of town for a few days again...I'm also in those few days before AF and I'm STARVING. I know once AF comes my appetite goes away, so I just need to keep a level head here. Going to my parents house scares me a little since there's some "junk". Not "bad" junk - but stuff I like, like breakfast cookies, yummy organic blue corn tortilla chips, TONS of fresh fruit like local cherries. I will not binge. I'm in that week before AF so am retaining like crazy. A binge will only disappoint.

I see a lot of people around here, Nori, who start running over 200 - I wasn't much over 200, but I was definitely over 200 when I started. It has definitely helped me lose better since I started doing it regularly, better than living room DVDs have. Definitely if you think your bones/joints can support it you should go for it. Even just taking it slow would be something to be proud of - when I started jogging I was jogging at about the same pace I was walking!

I am the same way around my parents' houses too - I still haven't managed to convince myself that parents' houses do not equal permission to eat absolutely everything. Good luck with it!

I started running over 200 also -- I wouldn't wait and I wouldn't worry about your bones, unless you have some sort of special condition. Just take it slow and steady and don't rush anything. :)