Right on!

4 miles done. 10:20 pace. i had to walk 2 times. it's OK with me! i finished and the best news is I am home now wiht my feet up... lol

thanks everybody! first part is done, wife's niece's wedding is over and am now just chilling at the wife's parent's. beach days start tomorrow hopefully.

wow I've been slacking on the blog. not good! ack!

anyhow, here I am with 23.5 miles for my first week into running. I should be well into the 30's in no time at all. I need to go slow though 'cause my joints are a problem and I CANNOT push the speed.

Eating is a bit of a struggle in that I have times of serious temptation at night. But that's what a weight loss plan is about, it's a challenge. If it were as easy as I wanted it to be, I'd simply maintain my weight.

Anyhow I did well this week. NOT BAD for my first week off of school!!!

On a thread discussing faux food sold as LC staples, we are thrashing out the value of LC creations like Cleo's Oopsies and Melle's Cheatos - foods made of nutritious protein (eggwhites) that is not the faux food that bars/shakes and other commercial low(er)-carb foods - used to excess - seem to be. Lower carb foods are all right as an occasional food, not a staple food, for a healthy LC plan. So the exchange thrashes on. This post by Rory struck me as a brilliant summary of what I hope to achieve at journey's end: Not only a lighter weight body, but a brain that thinks like a thin person thinks! Yes! I read somewhere that thin people do not regard 'hunger' as an urgent summons to eat. Some thin people regard 'hunger' as a transient and not terribly significant feeling. Can you imagine that? What a perspective! I am trying sometimes to sit with my 'hunger' and to regard it as a feeling that is transient, rather than as an alarm that I must find food to quench/quell that feeling. Nicely sums up what my goals are - not just to lose the weight, but to lose the thinking that created the excess weight that weighs me down in body and spirit. Thanks, Rory, for your glorious avatar and for this excellent summary of what my own LC journey hopes to achieve. Bless you!
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Stats: 5'10"; 64; 508.7/402.2/199
WOE: Atkins+ALG; BMR:2423cals; 182gProtein; 128ozWater
432.4(2/8) 426.2(3/8) 413.2(4/8) 402.2(6/8)
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432.4#(2/8/08)... Feb -5# ... March -13# ... April -5.8# ... May -6#
June: 402.8(6/1) 401.2(6/2) 401.6(6/7) 402.2(6/8) 401.8(6/14) 402.2(6/21)
Interim goals: 432.4 430 420 410 399 390 380 370 360 350 340 330 320
310 299(2/5/09) 290 280 270 260 250 240 230 220 210 199

Have a safe trip !!

I will keep you, your family, especially Grandma, in my thoughts and prayers

Congratulation on your engagement !!

Very sorry to hear of the loss of your Dad.

Good luck with everything !!

Feel better