Crabapple

That's true - small successes are still successes.

So, how are you doing? Are you out there doing it?

That's great!

I was researching something about coffee (I forget what) and came across something that said coffee leaches calcium from your bones. A friend of mine says it doesn't leach very much, but I think it might not hurt to just not drink it anymore. Now, if I loved the flavor, it might be a different story.

It would be easier to make guesses if we had more information, but I'll give it a shot. The following is what I've learned from studying, and my own experience with my own body. Your mileage may vary. What you want to cut out if you want to lose fat and water, and gain muscle, is most of your carbs. Most of us have a high carb diet, and carbs (especially if you eat carbs and fat at the same time) will create fat. Protein is very helpful when you're working out. Your body needs more protein when you run or do weights or swim and so forth. Meat is an obvious source, but amaranth and buckwheat contain all eight essential amino acids. Amaranth also has three times the calcium of milk and millet has 15% protein, plus it's high in vitamins and minerals. Quinoa is supposed to impart energy and strength, as well as having a lot of nutrition and minerals in it. I hope this helps.

I've been watching my weight steadily creep back up, especially during the last month or two, so I'm making this post as a form of accountability. I want to succeed while I still only have around 20 pounds to lose (at one point I only had 3-5 to lose [cry] ). I intend to do my best to stay away from wheat, dairy (except for the little bit I put in coffee three times a week), candy, and alcohol (except for religious purposes). I am also going to see about getting back into intermittent fasting better than I have been doing it (which is actually half-assed right now). I'm thinking the eating window will be between 1-7 p.m. not counting the coffe days (and I intend to wean myself onto black coffee or run with no coffe once I get into the IF groove).

By the way, my post was meant to encourage you not discourage you. I hope it did what I intended.

I did week 1, then week 1, then week 2 then tried week 3 and went back to 2, then did week 2, and today finished week 1 again. So that's a total of 6 weeks to date - and I'll be starting week 2 again on Monday. I'm at the point where most of the time I can run for a full minute and, if it's not up hill and I'm having a good day, I can run for a minute and a half. An important note if you are keeping track of your runs: When you do a day or week over, it erases what you've done, so you might want to write down your runs (dates, times, and distances) on paper or in a program like Fitbit or Google Fit, etc.

Another thread recommended the HungerGym app as something that helps.

I think I'll look into HungerGym. I only had a few pounds left to lose, but the scale kept going up so now I have 10 lb more weight to lose than I did a month or two ago.

I think they recommend that you can start about that week since you've already run a lot. If you do that week and it's too easy, then just skip forward again. If it's a little bit hard then you could just go back a week.

That's a lot to overcome! You can totally do this!

Me, too.

I've been thinking about why yours shows a map and mine doesn't. I think it's because my C25k app never picks up on the GPS signal. I have it on every single time I run and it never picks it up. I know it's not my phone, because the Nike app which I use at the exact same time almost always picks it up. It seems like it should show you previous runs' maps. Perhaps you should go into feedback and tell them about your problem. Maybe they will help you. I know they are really good about answering me even if they can't always solve my problem.

You've got this. [Thumbs up]

I've been getting them a little bit, but only when I go uphill. I did leg stretches today after running/exercising. I think doing the right stretches after running/exercising might help. (I'm hoping.) Maybe drinking at least 2 quarts of water a day (or more if you need it) and making sure you have minerals like calcium and magnesium and so forth will help. I really hope yours go away. They are not fun!

Dang. I can't put a :O at the bottom of your post. Here's to spring. (Raises a glass) May it come soon.

Today begins week 6 for real. I tried week 4 day 1, but running 3 minutes, then 5 minutes was too much. I stopped the run, reset it, then finished it doing day 1 week 1. The upside is that that day was a lot easier this time around. When I began the first time, I couldn't run for a whole minute more than once iirc. Today's run (after I reset the app) was almost easy. I think part of why it's taking me so long is that I'm running up hills during the first half of the run. Not super steep, and not tall at all, but enough so I have to work harder. I could start in the direction that is downhill, but then I'd be running uphill when I'm tired. I can do this. WE can do this!

Thanks. This morning, the app said to run 3 min, rest, then 5 minutes. Not doable at this time, so I reset the whole thing and did week 1 day 1. The positive thing is that 1 minute seems very doable, almost easy, so there has been improvement since the first week 1 day 1, 6 weeks ago. Let us know how week 3 goes this week.

You can do this!

That's great that you're here. Perhaps your success with running will make it possible for your doctor to stop the meds. (here's hoping)

You're right. That is totally NOT a reward.

I totally don't blame you for running inside. That is really really cold!

I did week 3 this week (my 5th week with the app, I think). I never did make it up to 3 minutes. I was planning on just going on to week 4, but it might be good to do week 3 again. At this point, I seriously doubt I will ever run for 3 or 5 minutes straight, let alone as much as they expect us to run at the end of the app. (Dang, there are a lot of I's in that.)