So I am sitting in my car at the trail head to my favorite running trails. Which I now live a 30 min drive from. And I am on my phone on 3fc. I need to be running. I havent been on that's trails on forever. It's a beautiful scenic foothills run. But I am dreading it! I can do this. I need to atop easily time!

Congrats to the success u ladies have been having. I'm taking a 4 day scale break. Tomorrow I weigh and want to see something exciting. So this run needs to happen and be a good one!

GO GO GO! Nothing beats a run in the foothills. I'll be leaving CO soon and boy, how I will miss these beautiful mountains!

I had eight inches of snow in my yard this morning, so running in the mountains has officially ended for me until the spring. I'm back to running on an incline at the gym. :)

Thanks ladies! My run was awesome! I did 68 mins. And the view was amazing and weather perfect. So happy right now. And I feel strong an good. I love Idaho. Great place to live :)

Idaho huh? Sounds prettier than I'd imagined. Not just potato fields? lol

I ran/speed walked half an hour on the treadmill @ a level 4 incline, did my 30 day shred and a few minutes of WiiFit.

About to take DS to school and go to my Dr's appt. Wish me luck!

ma26, where do you live in Idaho? My parents were living in Eagle and recently moved to Coeur d'Alene.

Hi feathers!
I had a good time at home and gained the few pounds I needed to (2-3) back between now and then. I'm just hoping I find my maintenance spot so I know what's "normal" for me.
In the meantime, I'm exercising pretty consistently--not quite as much as before, but still I'm doing some form of exercise every day of the week except Sunday.
Have any of you ever experienced dreading exercise? In addition to laziness, I often have to fight panic before going to out to run, because memories of how bad running used to hurt and how hard I was sucking wind (compounded by the fact that I used to run with my much slimmer/faster siblings and dad, so I spent the whole time being miserable and feeling like the fat one). I do this until I get going, and I tell myself it's okay to just jog, but then I get back and calculate my time and mileage, and I'm comfortably running at under 9 minutes/mile. And I LOVE running, especially the high you get afterward (which I'm experiencing right now!), but I have to psych myself into doing it each time because I always "forget" that I'm in shape now and it won't hurt so badly.
Does that resonate with anyone? How do you handle the fear of failing/being too out of shape to do some physical activity/it hurting?

one of twelve: I always dread exercise, If I can convince myself to actually work out then I feel much better afterwards but I HATE getting started! UGH so I completely understand where you are coming from.

Chelsey: It sounds like you are doing awesome, you already reached your Halloween goal, just imagine what type of damage you are going to do on your thanksgiving goal before November even hits! GREAT JOB. hang in there!

I hope everyone else is doing okay. I haven't been on here too much lately. Just a little update on me, I stopped counting calories a few or couple.. weeks ago, I am still watching what I eat and somewhat estimating my calories for the day... I am now down to 118. I am happy where I am at... but I haven't been trying to lose weight since I reached 120... I suppose I need to figure out a maintaining calorie range....

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Hi all-
Was reading this thread and would love to join :) I am trying to lose my final 10ish lbs and tone up before my wedding next september (newly engaged :) ) I used to post on a thread somewhere else and loved the camaraderie and accountability. Long story short I'm training for the nyc marathon (well it's almost here, 11/7!) I was very injured for awhile, on some days I could barely walk, and I have really given up my very regimented eating and weight training and I'm a bit out of wack...hovering around 146lbs (5'9). I was to start getting accountable NOW (the lowest i've seen since college is 140 and then i sabatoged back to 146ish, joy :) ) and would love to join your crew! I'm not weighing myself until I visit my dietitian after the marathon (my health insurance pays for her!!) 11/16. Then it's on!! I would like to start documenting my eating though, despite the fact that I have to be a bit heavy on calories and carbs next week to prepare for the marathon...it'll be good for me to get back on track! :carrot:

Hope I can join you all for the ride!!

Sara

5'9", cw 146ish gw 130-135

:welcome: nycskinny! That screen name cracks me up -- it seems to me like everyone in NYC is skinny! Good luck with your marathon -- keep us posted.

I have been MIA for a while. In short, I had such a blast at my reunion, it has taken me days to recover! I stayed up later than I usually wake up. The old girl till has some party left in her, that's for sure. Well, not this week. But I did on Saturday night!

Of course my weight is up from all the eating and drinking, and also some monthly timing. Grrr. Hate that.

I started strength training yesterday. I'm following the program from New Rules of Lifting for Women. I am so sore today! Apparently I overdid it a bit. I thought I was taking it easy, only putting 5 lbs on the bar for my squats. However, it turns out the bar alone is 45 lbs, and I did 4 sets of 15 reps. Ouch! I'm planning a short run tomorrow, hoping I'm OK on the hills. Pain is fear leaving the body, right?

It is great to see everyone doing so well! What is it about the Fall that is so invigorating? Congrats to each of you wonderful Feathers who is seeing the scale move in the right direction. For those who are struggling, keep up the good fight! Your day will come!

That sounds AMAZING Amy! Sounds like your reunion was bordering on "magical." What all did you guys do?

Also mentioning NYC skinnies reminded me - I found this article yesterday. It's 4 years old but probably still applicable. Interesting look into how LA's fashionable mainstream/ideal is so much skinnier than other U.S. cities.

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/l...icle691135.ece

Ugh. I couldn't get through that article. I found it incredibly sad. There's definitely a difference between being naturally thin and being skinny because of an ED. I posted this in another thread, but when I was in graduate school, I was stressed, harried, and smoking a lot, so I got down to under 100 lbs. I felt AWFUL. It was as if I'd stumbled into unintentional anorexia, and it was NOT FUN. It took me a lot of conscious, healthy eating to get back to a good state, but it also was very purposeful on my part because I looked and felt terrible. Considering that I was only that small for a brief period, I cannot imagine what these women feel like who maintain an unhealthy weight--on purpose--for years and years. :(

Good morning lovelies!

Wow, that article is really depressing. :(

So, I'm thrilled this morning! I took yesterday off my fast 5 diet just on a gut feeling that I needed it. Down back to 126 this morning! (I was up 1lb yesterday) I love it when my intuition proves itself to me.


My Dr.'s appt went ok yesterday. I came home with 6 new prescriptions and a referral to National Jewish hospitals immunology clinic. BUT on the upside, one of those scripts was for thyroid replacement and I think it's really going to make me feel better. Go fig, all my levels were totally normal but when I insisted, they found that I have thyroid antibodies! (and that's a sign of autoimmune thyroiditis) Hopefully getting my thyroid working will help this weight loss thing to get a little easier.

Tonight I'm going out with my girlfriends to celebrate my upcoming birthday so I'm planning a serious work out today. lol

Changed- we have potato fields down south ;). But we also have a good portion of the Rockies running right down the state. In fact Idaho has the second largest wilderness area to Alaska for the whole US of A.
Petite- I actually live near Eagle. In fact I work in Eagle. The foothills I love to run in are just outside Boise. And the base of that portion of the rocky mountains. Cour d'lene is beautiful.
Nycskinny- welcome and wow marathon. That's awesome.

Great news. Id taken a 4 day scale break to stop stressing about my two weeks of bouncing between 170 and 169. And when I weighed today it was 166.8! Yay! Maybe I just needed to stop focusing so much on the numbers.

Fall is my favorite.I think it does motivate success. Tree ripe crisp apples. Lovely fall colors. And that crisp chill on the air. Makes me want to wrap upbin warmth and enjoy the clear clean air outside!

Just finished that article. Wow. A good reminder why healthy needs to be part of the goal.