When Your Fat Jeans Become Your Skinny Jeans

Hey Laura,

Didn't take me too long to get caught up on your diary. I see your man and the running are keeping you busy. Good job getting the runs in!! I went outside last night too and it was so nice compared to the treadmill.
I loved the story about the moon too - we enjoyed it on our patio on the ship -it was a special moment too. We tried to take some pictures of it but they didn't turn out so good.
My husband has a close group of friends too and I love it. At first I felt like they were just his friends but now I totally consider them my friends too and even email them or call them when I have something to tell them that I think they will like or make them laugh. It's great too because as they get girlfriends I make even more friends. It's so great when it's a girl I really get along with. When we throw a party it ends up being like 30 people and that is just my hubby's friends with their girlfriends or wives and a couple of my friends. I always feel bad though because I would rather party with his friends than mine because his entertain themselves while I'm always feeling like I have to entertain my friends. Our wedding was one of the funnest parties because of all the friends we invited - thanks to my husband.
Sounds like everything is going great. Keep it up and have a great weekend!!
 
chubbygirl said:
Hey Laura,

Didn't take me too long to get caught up on your diary. I see your man and the running are keeping you busy. Good job getting the runs in!! I went outside last night too and it was so nice compared to the treadmill.
I loved the story about the moon too - we enjoyed it on our patio on the ship -it was a special moment too. We tried to take some pictures of it but they didn't turn out so good.
My husband has a close group of friends too and I love it. At first I felt like they were just his friends but now I totally consider them my friends too and even email them or call them when I have something to tell them that I think they will like or make them laugh. It's great too because as they get girlfriends I make even more friends. It's so great when it's a girl I really get along with. When we throw a party it ends up being like 30 people and that is just my hubby's friends with their girlfriends or wives and a couple of my friends. I always feel bad though because I would rather party with his friends than mine because his entertain themselves while I'm always feeling like I have to entertain my friends. Our wedding was one of the funnest parties because of all the friends we invited - thanks to my husband.
Sounds like everything is going great. Keep it up and have a great weekend!!
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LISA! I said it already, but it’s good to have you back. We missed you! My race is officially NEXT MONTH. I’m terrified. At first I thought I was going to be responsible for a pretty hard group of runs, but now it’s looking like I’ll be doing one of the easiest ones. 6.7 miles + 2.4 + 4.5. AND if I get this grouping, that means I am the last person to run! Everyone will be cheering, and someone told me that last year a lot of people ran the last bit together so they could cross as a team (or at least as part of a team). So I think that would be pretty neat. I checked out my 10K route this morning… 3 miles of it is along the Atlantic Ocean, then we move inland (and uphill!) Weather is supposed to be 50 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy, and no rain. Perfect for running, depending on how windy it is. I am getting excited! Last year there were more than 1,400 runners. The more runners the better, that means it's more likely to have people my speed running near me.

About boyfriend’s friends - I actually broke down a little to him one day, partly because I’m an emotional girl, partly because I’d had a bit to drink (it was the day of our St. Patrick’s Day parade)…. I wasn’t a babbling mess, but I definitely let my guard down. First (and only, so far) time he’s seen me cry. Basically ex and I had close friends who moved out of state after college (they are married, and expecting a baby soon). I hadn’t spoken to them since the breakup and had learned the week before that she had a baby shower and I wasn’t invited. I thought I lost them as friends, and I admitted to new boyfriend that I was worried about getting attached to his friends and then losing them, too. We talked for a long time and he made me feel a lot better about everything, and I felt a lot more connected to him afterwards. [I always do when someone sees me upset for the first time and reacts well.] And then wouldn’t you know, the husband (who I am closer with) wrote me an e-mail the very next day. Thus making me feel like a jerk because here they are, getting ready for a baby and I couldn’t even be the one to reach out to them. Anyway, I was initially nervous about getting too close with his friends but now I’m just enjoying how awesome they are. The BEST part is that they are runners! One of them is doing a half-marathon the weekend of my relay race, and they’ve got a couple of obstacle-course type of events they’re doing this year that I’m invited, no, TOLD to attend. They’ll be a good influence on me! The bad thing is there are a lot of engaged couples, and I have a feeling once the weddings start happening I am going to hear that little tick-tock of my internal clock… I have to remember that they are all at least a few years older than me, though!! Oh, and also that I operate on my own timeline and not anyone else’s, haha.
 
Completed my first 10K today!!! Final time was 59:48, meaning I had a pace of 9:38 per mile. That's around 6.3 miles per hour, I think.... something like that. I walked a few times. I knew I was going to walk during a couple of water stops, so I stopped just long enough to drink up at mile 3 and at mile 5. Annnnnnd there was a steep hill :( I powered up through the first half of it, there was a little plateau, and I didn't make it up the second half. But hey, that just means when I was running I was running at a decent pace to still average what I did! It was pretty tough... I am now more nervous for the relay race, and almost rethinking my goal of completing a half marathon this year, haha. I obviously knew it was a long stinkin' way before, but to think that I would have to do twice what I did today.... sheesh! In all reality though, I'm excited for more training (hills, asap!).

Not only did I run 6.2 miles today... but I did a mile on the elliptical this morning as a warm-up, since I've been having problems with my ankle lately and the elliptical always helps. I felt pretty bad-a$$ going to the gym before a race! And then I walked 1.5 miles before the race.... 1/2 from the parking lot to registration, 1/2 to my car to put away my shirt, and then back to the start line. I got A LOT of exercise today!!!

I've gotta say, boyfriend is *really* good for my self-esteem. I usually go to the gym in a t-shirt and capris, most of which are a little too big for me now. But for my race today I was wearing tight running pants and a tank top, and he was very appreciative of the look, haha. He wanted to take a picture of me looking all race-ready and his first picture was from behind. :beating:
 
I spend my weekends with boyfriend, and Sundays are always a little sad because I hate saying goodbye. Well, I went to brush my teeth last night before bed and discovered this inside the medicine cabinet door...
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Aww he is such a keeper. I understand the mixed feelings of getting close to his friends but I don't think he's going any where anytime soon so just enjoy it! Great work on the 10km run too!
 
Aww what a sweetie! And I'm in awe of you running 10k, I hope to be able to manage that in 2 months but don't know if that's enough time...
 
Where are all the weight loss tracking tools kept please.

I am thinking about calorie counters. Perhaps a few different ones would be good. Some are too detailed. I'd like that shows the calories for basic foods rather than manufactured products.

Those weight scale thingys that people have on their pages

I saw someone who had a nice chart.

It would be nice to have links to all these tools in a sticky in this branch.
 
I didn't mean to make a new post on someone's thread. It can be deleted if you like. I was trying to start a new thread for the forum! Aaargh!
 
Hi Laura!

You are going to do great on your relay! Sounds like you are doing fantastic in your times as well. As for the post it, :beating: adorable! Glad that you have someone that appreciates you when you open up and let your gaurd down. You deserve that! Rooting for you!!
 
So many sweet comments, thank you all! He's so good to me :) I left the note up there, and probably will until I start remembering it's there. Right now it's just a fun surprise every time, even though I've already seen it!

Lisa, I think you're right... He's not going anywhere, so I am going to embrace these people and make them MY friends, too! I actually just committed to a Tough Mudder with them in November. Don't even know if boyfriend is even doing it, as he hasn't done much running since he got into a motorcycle accident a few years back. He's getting back into it, though, but he has to start out really easy. He used to run ten miles at a time, so if I'm lucky I'll have myself a running partner! Anyway, the Tough Mudder... It's a team challenge, not a race. Lots of crazy obstacles. Crawling through tires and through mud, running under low-hanging cargo nets, climbing over twelve foot walls, and running through a mess of electrical wires, some of which are live and WILL shock you! I'm most scared of the water obstacles... The water is supposed to be super cold, and in one obstacle you have to swim under all these things and I guess find the holes to pop up and breathe before going back under. Thank goodness I'm learning how to swim! And thank goodness I have months to train.
 
Wow that relay race sounds so cool. I wish we had events like around my area. Last year was the first year my town even offered a half marathon - usually can only find fundraising 5km walks and that's about it.
I hope you get really comfortable in the water before November or else that would be pretty scary. I'm sure you'll be a great team player and make the boys proud!
 
I have got to remember not to post pictures from my iphone. They look good *from* my iphone and then the next time I look at it from my computer it's like the size of the computer screen. Whoops!

Had a plan tonight of e-mailing some friends and organizing my to-do list, shopping list, etc, but instead finally got around to deleting/untagging pictures of me and the ex on Facebook. Realized he had already untagged himself in all of our pictures! Understandable, of course. I just don't do much with it these days, so I kept forgetting. I absolutely hate that Facebook has become a part of our relationship world. I read the "Love Letters" section of our online newspaper here, where people write in, the columnist gives her advice, and everyone else chimes in and gives their two cents. A few weeks ago there was a letter from someone whose new boyfriend wouldn't delete the pictures of him and his ex. The poor letter writer was getting bashed from all the people who commented, who said this wasn't a "real" issue, yadda yadda yadda. I agree wholeheartedly that it shouldn't be, but having Facebook complicates things, there's no doubting that! Maybe it's only because we let it, but it is what it is.

Oh, in addition to untagging pictures tonight, i also had my swim lessons and then did the shoulders and arms P90X video! I am going to be a little sore tomorrow. Swimming tired me out, my muscles are still recovering from Sunday. But I did manage to swim all the way from one end of the pool to the other (25 yards, I think) without stopping to grab the wall and rest. I need to remember to fix my hair up with bobby pins next time. I bought goggles but I refuse to wear them. Lifeguard gets "mad" at me every week for this. But I get freaked out when I lift my head out of the water to breathe and my hair is all in my face, so maybe if I use bobby pins and try to open my eyes a little underwater that can be our healthy compromise. Still having trouble jumping into the water and not swallowing water. I think I had only one good jump both this class and last (out of maybe 5 tonight, a few more than that last week since I was by myself). I do awesome when I just practice by sort of pushing myself up out of the water off the wall and going underwater while blowing out of my nose. But actually jumping is a whole different story!

I was also proud of myself because I tend to binge like crazy at night, and I avoided that today. I WAS hungry after swimming and working out, so I fixed myself a treat of 1 banana, 3/4 of a serving of walnuts, 1 container of fat free vanilla yogurt, and a half scoop of chocolate protein powder. DELICIOUS. Compare that to last night, when I was all proud of myself for not eating, then suddenly at 10pm I decided I'd have one chocolate covered marshmallow egg, which turned into that, plus the coconut egg, plus "just 20" gummy bears, plus another bowl of non-counted gummy bears. That 10pm binge, I have to get over that! It's mindless eating, I was definitely not even hungry last night. Tonight, though? Much better!
 
Dóchas said:
Aww what a sweetie! And I'm in awe of you running 10k, I hope to be able to manage that in 2 months but don't know if that's enough time...
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The 10k was my farthest, and definitely tough! The bigger races are great because there are so many people at all different levels doing it. Some people ran 7 minute miles, others did 14. Two months is a long time if you really commit and push yourself to train! And if you do it, don't be afraid to walk when you need to (and don't be down on yourself for it). Just moving for six miles is a good accomplishment!!!
 
Alta818 said:
Hi Laura!

You are going to do great on your relay! Sounds like you are doing fantastic in your times as well. As for the post it, :beating: adorable! Glad that you have someone that appreciates you when you open up and let your gaurd down. You deserve that! Rooting for you!!
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Thanks, Alta! I'm getting nervous about my relay but even if I walk/run some of the distance, looks like I'll be ok on time! Didn't you do a half or a full marathon?? Can't remember... I gain more and more respect for distance runners every day!
 
chubbygirl said:
Wow that relay race sounds so cool. I wish we had events like around my area. Last year was the first year my town even offered a half marathon - usually can only find fundraising 5km walks and that's about it.
I hope you get really comfortable in the water before November or else that would be pretty scary. I'm sure you'll be a great team player and make the boys proud!
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It's actually in New Jersey, and I live in Massachusetts.... I think someone said it's four hours away. We're going to have to grab a hotel room or two for the night. But the Boston area has a million running events, thankfully! Last year I didn't go more than maybe 40 minutes away for any races, and I did at least one every month from June to November. If I end up doing the half I want to in October, that will be maybe 90 minutes away but the view should be GORGEOUS so it's worth it to me. It's on an island, technically, with nothing but ocean all around! The first time I saw that area it legit took my breath away; I was speechless. I grew up in a land-locked state (with no mountains, either) and haven't gotten over my excitement at seeing ocean yet.

I have a pool in my apartment complex, and boyfriend loves the water, so I am planning on getting a lot of swimming in this summer! I need to start staying after my lessons to practice on my own. Thought about it last night but my legs were super tired and I had gotten a decent cramp in my calf while in the deep end. Figured I'd give my legs a break and do that P90X workout instead!!
 
Its fantastic that you are running in a race like this. I wish i could do that but I find it really difficult to find suitable groups to do stuff with. I never want to pay the money. Its all allocated for something else usually.

As to cramps, that can be deydration and lack of salt. If you are exercising a lot, its possible. This will depend on what you are eating. If you are eating a fair amount of bought food of any sorts, its unlikely to be loss of salt (because these foods are always full of salt) but if you are eating mainly home prepared food, its a fair possibility. If you are low in salt, and exercising, this can be what leads to the dehydration. More salt in, you will retain more water. But i hope you don't feel you need to go and starting eating a lot of salty foods to compensate.

Do you get leg cramps during the night ever? Same thing.
 
For me the closest cities where they offer runs are Toronto which is an 18 hour drive from me and Winnipeg which is an 8 hour drive from me. I've seen a few advertised in the US and that would be about a 5 hour drive. I did however sign up for a 5km run May 7th and a 5km walk supporting MS May 29th but I signed up with family and it's to support the causes so I probably won't run as if it's a race. It fun to get out though.
 
It's a little sad, but my stomach is growling and I am very excited about that! I like proof that my body *needs* food, and that it's not just my taste buds wanting something. I don't often feel like that :( Time for a roast beef sandwich, a banana, and a pre-measured serving of gummy bears (with the bag still at home, so no chance of binging!)

Oh, and in case anyone is wondering, boyfriend brought me a five pound bag of gummy bears on Valentine's Day... Thus the constant gummy bear binge reports. HE has self-control when it comes to sweets. He always has them at his place but can eat 10 and be done. Me? Not so much!!!
 
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