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[tymm]

I feel much better now.  I went to the gym and ran 3.7 miles, at an 8:34 min/mile rate with 1 minute 8:00 intervals.  From the 5K my mile pace was 8:39, so my goal for the next one I do is to be under 8 minutes per mile.

Yesterday I got the Biggest Loser Cardio workout. Stop laughing.  I am entering phase 2 of the weight loss.  Weight loss, the

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[danabnrml9]

Good luck. I know how hard it can be to lose that last 20 pounds. I lost 50 pounds awhile back (2000, I think?) and I got to 180, but where I really needed and wanted to be was 160, but I just never got past that barrier and eventually crept upward again a few years later. Now I'm back down to 188--close to where I started, and lower than I've been in at least 4 years--but my goal this time is to work like hell until I get to that 160. I've never seen those numbers before but I know I can.

[tymm]

Huzzah for 188!! It's so good when you can say 'I haven't been this weight in...and measure in years." I instituted the "scary weight" system. Once I got into a 5 pound range, I am not allowed to go above it, and if I do I crack down on diet/exercise. I just got lazy about letting myself occassionally get about 170.

[kimmercake]

phase two is so fucking hard. i really hope that i can keep myself motivated enough. i've been thinking about it a lot lately. we should discuss later.

also, and call me crazy, but i don't think you even have 20 lbs on you to lose. seriously.

[kimmercake]

you could try powering through it. it takes a solid 6 months to a year to get over and running related body stress i think. or if you can't take it elliptical and arc training are good. you probably know that.

[kimmercake]

me and the elliptical = bffl's

[kimmercake]

i think am arm could only be like 8, tops.

[tymm]

Maybe the weight can stay the same, if muscle replaces fat. Or lightweight aluminum robot arms replace my fleshy bone filled ones.