11 weeks to 11 miles - Challenge Details

Period ended: 31 Mar 12

Week 11

Journal Entry - 31 Mar 12

"Inaugural run with new Garmin 405CX today! Parked by the truck route and ran out on my bike path to Farm Island & back. ..."

Journal Entry - 30 Mar 12

" Turtle cake I made in February 2009 for a friend's birthday. She mentioned liking turtles. orchidannie Lets see that hello ..."

Journal Entry - 30 Mar 12

"HAPPY FRIDAY! My butt hurts again. Birthday party last night - had 3 glasses of beer instead of 2, but they were smaller ..."

Journal Entry - 29 Mar 12

"Good run last night! Was able to do my 3 miles @ the 10min/mile pace that I use for my standard. A bit uncomfortable, but ..."

Journal Entry - 28 Mar 12

"Just a funny entry this afternoon - and a word to the wise. Before texting something of a sensitive nature it helps to be ..."

Journal Entry - 28 Mar 12

"Poop! I didn't win mega millions of dollars. Last night couldn't make myself run. That means I have to do my 3 miles to ..."

Journal Entry - 27 Mar 12

"1 down, 38 to go! Began the 10 weeks training program to my half marathon last night. I hope to be able to STAY ON TRACK. ..."

Journal Entry - 26 Mar 12

"Out of depression today I * Ate too much: already at 2000cal, supposed to eat 1600. * Slacked off at work * Complained and ..."

Journal Entry - 26 Mar 12

"fuck :-( 4-5 pounds. That's what a weeks of sickness, replacing cardio workouts with walks, and lessening your caloric ..."

Journal Entry - 25 Mar 12

"WARNING THE FOLLOWING JOURNAL CONTAINS MATERIAL OF A GRAPHIC NATURE After losing 100+ lbs I had a saggy belly skin that ..."

Weigh-in: 188.0 lb

This Week: 1.57 % ( Down

3.0 lb)

Total Progress: 1.05 % ( Down

2.0 lb)

Period ended: 24 Mar 12

Week 10

Journal Entry - 24 Mar 12

"Test. Test. Thanks to an informative forum post I am going to try to upload a photo here. This is me a couple years ago ..."

Journal Entry - 24 Mar 12

"Last night = awful night sleep. Without any functioning nostrils (both completely closed off due to allergy sinus conges ..."

Journal Entry - 23 Mar 12

"I've been home sick for 4 hours. AND IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY. I am bored. And feeling guilty for not working out today. This ..."

Journal Entry - 23 Mar 12

"Yuck! I didn't do anything last night. Calorie restricting to 1600 per day this week because of it. Still up a couple po ..."

Journal Entry - 22 Mar 12

"Things that piss me off = fake claims from diet products. I have a facebook friend make the status update that she is r ..."

Journal Entry - 22 Mar 12

"This sucks. looking back at my desk calendar for the month - Thursday is always my fattest day. Weird. I've been restricting ..."

Journal Entry - 21 Mar 12

"Walking from my house to the gym = 3.46 miles round trip. I did that last night. And coincidentally met up with a coworker ..."

Journal Entry - 20 Mar 12

"Blehk! It may be the first day of Spring, but I'm sure feeling dumpy today. Combo of man-trouble, PMS, and allergies. I ..."

Journal Entry - 19 Mar 12

"Warning -- this maybe TMI, and a bit on the personal side. Choose to read at your own risk. Hmmm...reading some other b ..."

Journal Entry - 19 Mar 12

"Completed my 1st race of the year on St. Patty's day. 3 mile Shamrock Shuffle in 29:30 something. That's with 2 hills. I'm ..."

Weigh-in: 191.0 lb

This Week: 0.80 % (

1.5 lb)*

Total Progress: 0.53 % (

1.0 lb)

Period ended: 17 Mar 12

Week 9

Journal Entry - 16 Mar 12

"3.3 mile run last night with a friend down by the river. I think she'll be a great running partner for me. We are pretty ..."

Journal Entry - 15 Mar 12

"A friend made the comment to me that the free-weights section of the gym is where you see all the fit/thin people, while ..."

Journal Entry - 14 Mar 12

"Mega sore glutes & hamstrings today. I was kinda sore yesterday. I blamed that on the 2.25hrs of exercises - the Jillian ..."

Journal Entry - 13 Mar 12

"Last night = 30 minutes of Jillian Level 1 at 5pm with a couple other secretaries at the office. We are lucky enough to have ..."

Journal Entry - 12 Mar 12

"The Good - Friday at 5pm rather than go pig out on chinese food with my sister, I went and ran hills with a a friend. Goal ..."

Period ended: 10 Mar 12

Week 8

Mini Challenge - By end of week 8, be able to run/walk up to 8 miles in one workout session. - Successful

Journal Entry - 09 Mar 12

"The trouble of working in an office situation: birthday donuts! I noticed a box of unfamiliar-looking ones in the breakroom ..."

Journal Entry - 07 Mar 12

"First outside run of the year. Felt AMAZING. I took a puff on my inhaler beforehand as a precaution. And set off along the ..."

Journal Entry - 05 Mar 12

"Excitment = saw 187.6 on the scale this morn...but I fear that might still just be dehydration from the massive amount of ..."

Weigh-in: 188.0 lb

This Week: 0.53 % ( Down

1.0 lb)

Total Progress: 1.05 % ( Down

2.0 lb)

Period ended: 03 Mar 12

Week 7

Mini Challenge - By end of week 8, be able to run/walk up to 8 miles in one workout session. - Successful

Journal Entry - 02 Mar 12

"I've been naughty at night :-( Tracking all my food, getting in my protein, meet my calorie burn goal almost everyday -most ..."

Journal Entry - 28 Feb 12

"I normally rest on Monday, but had to workout last night because we are expecting a monster blizzard today (at least acc ..."

Weigh-in: 189.0 lb

This Week: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Total Progress: 0.53 % ( Down

1.0 lb)

Period ended: 25 Feb 12

Week 6

Mini Challenge - By end of week 8, be able to run/walk up to 8 miles in one workout session. - Successful

Journal Entry - 24 Feb 12

"My employment has us do a health assessment, then we are contacted by a health representative to go over our results. this ..."

Journal Entry - 22 Feb 12

"Well it's Lent. I'm not a Catholic, but still this time of year can serve a great motivator to kick some nasty addiction ..."

Weigh-in: 189.0 lb

This Week: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Total Progress: 0.53 % ( Down

1.0 lb)

Period ended: 18 Feb 12

Week 5

Mini Challenge - By end of week 8, be able to run/walk up to 8 miles in one workout session. - Successful

Journal Entry - 17 Feb 12

"Well well the blood donation really must have wiped me out! All I could manage to do yesterday was walk. I walked on my ..."

Journal Entry - 15 Feb 12

"Must try very hard not to buy half-price valentines day candies. But damn, no man got me a heart-shaped box of chocolates ..."

Journal Entry - 13 Feb 12

"I kinda started on a new diet/exercise tracker website thru my gym. I like it better so plan to use that one. The commun ..."

Weigh-in: 189.0 lb

This Week: 0.18 % ( Down

0.3 lb)*

Total Progress: 0.53 % ( Down

1.0 lb)

Period ended: 11 Feb 12

Week 4

Journal Entry - 08 Feb 12

"My left knee hurt terribly after Monday night (when I did 40minutes of Turbo Jam Cardio Party then ran/walked 5 miles). As ..."

Journal Entry - 06 Feb 12

"Well that was an entertaining wonderful weekend with a few crappy things. The cowboy culture is sure fun, and huge gathe ..."

Period ended: 04 Feb 12

Week 3

Journal Entry - 02 Feb 12

"I have a meeting with a fitness consultant at my gym tomorrow at 9am...workout...then it's off for a weekend of fun and ..."

Journal Entry - 01 Feb 12

"I changed my RDI to 1600cals. Hopefully seeing how much over that I'm eating will keep me from just having the mentality ..."

Journal Entry - 01 Feb 12

"V02 Max is what I am trying to learn about now. With my attempting to become a better runner, I suppose I'd like to know ..."

Journal Entry - 31 Jan 12

"Too rest a second day or not? Long run was Sunday, so I relaxed yesterday. I didn't get up today to do a morning workout, ..."

Journal Entry - 29 Jan 12

"Accomplished my first ever double-digit mileage day! 10 freakin' miles on the treadmill baby! Right on schedule. The run ..."

Period ended: 28 Jan 12

Week 2

Mini Challenge - By end of week 4, be able to run/walk up to 4 miles in one workout session. - Successful

"8 miles last sunday. 10 is the plan for tomorrow!"

Journal Entry - 27 Jan 12

"well i just figured out there is an "other" setting for entering your exercise! sheesh. i was kinda estimating on time/c ..."

Journal Entry - 26 Jan 12

"I made the command decision I needed an unscheduled break from the gym today. I try to take 2 "rest" days per week, but the ..."

Journal Entry - 25 Jan 12

"Well, I researched and found another discouraging thing hindering my weight loss goals. I guess I have been overestimating ..."

Journal Entry - 24 Jan 12

"I used to be one of those morning workout people, getting up at 4:30am to do my 1.5 hr workout before going into work at ..."

Journal Entry - 22 Jan 12

"Worked out like Eminem movie today - 8 mile. 84 minutes total, over an hour of running, the rest walked. It felt good. I ..."

Weigh-in: 190.0 lb

This Week: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Total Progress: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Period ended: 21 Jan 12

Week 1

Mini Challenge - By end of week 4, be able to run/walk up to 4 miles in one workout session. - Successful

"My run/walk program is 4 minutes running per 1 minute walking, repeat. Did 7 miles Sunday, 4 miles on Tuesday & Thursday. "

Journal Entry - 20 Jan 12

"I bought a new scale that uses BIA (bioelectrical impedance analysis) to give your body fat % in addition to your weight. ..."

Journal Entry - 19 Jan 12

"well, the scale really hasn't been budging more than it's normal 5 pound fluctuations. i can see that i have more definition ..."

Journal Entry - 18 Jan 12

"Tried yoga for the second time today. I have the balance of a drunken baby and none of the flexibility. Yep, still hate ..."

Journal Entry - 18 Jan 12

"Inched my way up the leg press machine 200 2x 220, 240, 260 and finally 280. I woulda tried 300 but after 6 sets of 10 reps, ..."

Journal Entry - 15 Jan 12

"Today was long run/walk training day. 7 miles total done at 4min run 2min walk, repeat as necessary. Finished in 76 minutes. ..."

Weigh-in: 190.0 lb

This Week: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Total Progress: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Start Weight

Weigh-in: 190.0 lb

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