Biggest Loser 9 Spring challenge -- Part 2! HERE WE ARE! :)

[50sjayne]

Wow.... my life is SO boring, I can't think of anything! When I was about 21, I worked as a First Responder with the American Red Cross for a few years. We had the responsibility/privilege of going to New York to provide First Aid support for the 200th anniversary celebration of the Statue of Liberty. On the evening of the big fireworks celebration down in Battery Park, I had to drive our ambulance through massive crowds of people (imagine MK after the last fireworks of the evening, every one trying to leave, times 1,000!!). It was one of the scariest/most thrilling times of my life. Sadly, because of where our truck was positioned, I barely saw any of the fireworks. But it was a HUGE thrill just to be there during all of this excitement.

I hope everyone is having a great day. I worked today, but it was an early release day, so I was home by 12:30pm. I ate lunch, did some picking up downstairs, got the dishwasher, washing machine, and dryer running, and now I'm having a snack (having a huge snack attack today!) and catching up on things here. I've got my circuit training class tonight. It will be ending at the end of the month and I will be VERY sorry to see it end. It really kicks my behind and I need that! I intended to do a 5K run at the Y last night, but my bladder issues kicked in (worse at the end of the day) and I ended up doing walk/run and then incline/flat intervals. I kept it up for 60 minutes, but it still didn't feel like enough of a workout, so I added 15 minutes of stretching and abs at the end.

I cashed in my change bucket (MK popcorn bucket that sits on my dresser) and my most recent pay check today and will be stashing the money away for the upcoming Mother/Son trip to WDW. It's creeping up quickly and I am so excited. I purchased the Verizon Mobile Magic Disney application for my phone yesterday and had a bit of fun playing with it. Even if it isn't the most helpful, for $10 it is still a great way to build the excitement about the trip (not that we have any trouble getting excited!).

I am hoping to find some time this week to type up our intinerary (yup, I'm one of those neurotic over-planners who carries a daily itinerary around with her!! ). We have our parks per day planned and our list of priority rides. We decided to opt out of any sit-down meals. DS is more of a grazer and since it is such a short trip, we didn't want to give up park time to sit in restaurants. As much as I LOVE to eat, I'm not a big foodie. I'm content with a veggie burger and salad or chicken wrap sandwich. I KNOW from experience that you can find relatively healthy foods at the Disney counter service areas, if you try hard. If we decide last minute we want to have a sit-down meal, we can always use my new Mobile Magic app to find us a place to eat! (That sounds like a BL product placement ad!)

Okay... I'm off to catch up on a few other things! ...........P

Yeah I think I'm gonna do that this trip too as when we go it will be so busy. Well..it's more like guidelines y'know. (keep to the code)

We take all our food and only eat in the park if husband is set on it--or for convenience's sake. I have to be sure he takes snacks and sandwiches lol to keep him happy. Just found out my cousin is back working at the Blue Bayou though so I might have to ask about her schedule and eat lunch there one time this time. She's my second cousin and has been a hostess there for 30 years. She had some kind of cancer though but it is doing well now.

 

[flipflopmom]

Wed. QOTD: You mean there is somewhere other than WDW?? Ha! I think my favorite was to Oak Island, NC. Great small beach, just hanging out with the girls and DH. Took a couple of day trips to Wilmington, NC and Southport, NC. Both beautiful towns. OR our half week vacation this past New Year's Eve to Disney's Hilton Head Island resort. It was just like being at 4-H camp, campfires, singalongs, crafts, smores, and a really fun NYE party. First time I smiled since my Daddy had died, we loved it so much we hope to make this a yearly tradition to visit over NYE.

 

[donac]

Find a book or a magazine. Find a quiet room and read for at least 5 minutes.

 

[cclovesdis]

Morning!

Planning to have a very OP day! I'm going to take the advice I was given yesterday and put it to good use. I'll definitely be drinking my water and tracking. Thanks again for all the support!

Today's QOTD: Do I have to pick just one non-Disney vacation? Let me preface this by saying that when my mom takes a trip, we take a trip. We've been known to fly into one airport and fly out of another one. There was the year we flew into Rapid City, SD and visited Mt. Rushmore. We then drove across Wyoming to Yellowstone and exited through Montana. We flew out of the airport in Bozeman. We had a great meal at the Old Faithful Inn. That was a great trip. The drive across Wyoming was split up over a few days. We spent one night in Cody and spent hours at the Buffalo Bill Museum. We spent another night in Sheridan and took a trolley ride around the town.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[tigger813]

Tuesday' QOTD: Haven't been on many vacations other than Disney in many years! Have done weekends away that have been fun like last month to the Cape! Our honeymoon to the Bahamas was fun 12 1/2 years ago.

GOt a busy day and hopefully DD2 is feeling better. She ate something that she just couldn't digest. Got sick twice but was better almost immediately after getting sick both times. Also had complained about her tummy really hurting and I could hear it grumbling.

Work, taking DD1 and friends shopping, pick up DD2, dancing for DD2, home for supper and then head to work around 5:30ish! Think we'll have take out as there's no time to cook before I head to work. I do plan on doing a 2 mile workout after putting DD1 on the bus this morning! That will be it for exercise except for the 2 hot stone massages I give!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Throwing in a quote from earlier in the challenge. Redwalker posted: I think everyone on this thread is making a commitment to better themselves, their lives and showing good examples to those around us. It doesn't matter if you have over 100lbs to loose or 10lbs. The fact is that we are all making the effort...you wouldn't be here if you weren't making the effort! You recognize that a change must happen, and are working toward that change. We all must look to the future, the future of ourselves. Let go of any shame or bad feelings of ourselves. Focus on what is going to come next, how we are going to better ourselves. We are doing this for ourselves-first and foremost. Then for our families and friends..so that we can enjoy life with them as long as we can. You all have no idea how many lives we touch, and becoming a healthy active person is not just good for ourselves, but for everyone around us.

How is Redwalker? I haven't seen a post from her in a while.

QoftheDay--When Ds was in elementary school we took him and two of our nieces to Chincoteague/Assateague for the running of the ponies. DS loved the Misty books. We had a great time and lots of funny stories. We've done lots of more exciting vacations, but that one was really special.

Have a great day!

 

[tigger813]

How is Redwalker? I haven't seen a post from her in a while.

QoftheDay--When Ds was in elementary school we took him and two of our nieces to Chincoteague/Assateague for the running of the ponies. DS loved the Misty books. We had a great time and lots of funny stories. We've done lots of more exciting vacations, but that one was really special.

Have a great day!

Redwalker is doing ok, just really missing her puppy! She's still trying to get back on track. She's leaving on vacation tomorrow to go to VA with her family. Massachusetts starts vacation on Friday.

I will send her a text this morning and let her know you were asking!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Redwalker is doing ok, just really missing her puppy! She's still trying to get back on track. She's leaving on vacation tomorrow to go to VA with her family. Massachusetts starts vacation on Friday.

I will send her a text this morning and let her know you were asking!

Thanks! Glad she is doing ok and hope they have a great vacation!

 

[jenanderson]

#1- 3.56% - maiziezoe - Congratulations on being our BL this week!

Morning everyone! I have not been doing all that great lately. Each week I have seen little bad habits coming back and I felt how I am relaxing way too much with the choices I make. I have been fighting the diet and especially the exercise. While I have struggled before for a day or two, I have not gained any weight back....until now. The scale has been up by 1.5 pounds for 3 days and I know I need to admit that I am making really bad choices at this point. So, if I type if here, I will feel like it has to happen. Here is what I will do for the rest of the week:

1. I WILL move the large bag of M&Ms that are sitting next to my bed. Yep, I have a large bag on my night stand and I have been eating right out of the bag. If I feel like I really have to have the M&Ms, I will get the from the kitchen, count out the 10 that it takes to satisfy my chocolate cravings, write it down in my food log and then eat only the 10.

2. I will log all my food again. I have not been measuring at all or recording my food at all. I keep saying that I can do it in my head and that I know what a serving looks like. Ah...no I can't log it in my head! What am I thinking? I am going to go back to the very beginning of when I had to measure EVERYTHING. Plus, logging my food means that I look at if I am eating balanced meals and I know I am not right now.

3. I will not make any excuses for exercising. I know that running is not enough right now and that I need other exercise as well. This week I will bike to work each day. This will be 6 miles of biking. I will also work on lifting weights and doing my Wii Active.

4. I will log my water again. I have not been logging my water and I have been trying to convince myself I am drinking enough. In reality, I know that I am not getting enough. I know that I do better when I drink 8-10 glasses of water.

5. I will think more about what has been the reason for why I have allowed myself to stop many of the wonderful habits I had created. I need to continue to learn more about why I allow myself to first be so successful and then allow myself to make excuses and slip so quickly into the bad habits again.

Alright, I am feeling better already. I am a "must have a plan" sort of person and I obviously need a plan again.

QOTD: Favorite Vacation: It would have to be my Costa Rica trip. The jungle is so amazing, totally hard to put into words all the things you see and hear. I would love to go back there with the family one day.

 

[tigger813]

Congrats, Maiziezoe!!!! You had an amazing week! Keep it up!!!!!

I finished 4th again!!! WOOHOO YEAH ME!!!!

Still working on getting rid of my weekend weight but I'll be fine by Friday as long as I behave today and tomorrow! Did 2 miles and I think that will be it today due to my schedule!

Have a great day everyone!!!!!

 

[jennz]

#1- 3.56% - maiziezoe - Congratulations on being our BL this week!

Morning everyone! I have not been doing all that great lately. Each week I have seen little bad habits coming back and I felt how I am relaxing way too much with the choices I make. I have been fighting the diet and especially the exercise. While I have struggled before for a day or two, I have not gained any weight back....until now. The scale has been up by 1.5 pounds for 3 days and I know I need to admit that I am making really bad choices at this point. So, if I type if here, I will feel like it has to happen. Here is what I will do for the rest of the week:

1. I WILL move the large bag of M&Ms that are sitting next to my bed. Yep, I have a large bag on my night stand and I have been eating right out of the bag. If I feel like I really have to have the M&Ms, I will get the from the kitchen, count out the 10 that it takes to satisfy my chocolate cravings, write it down in my food log and then eat only the 10.

2. I will log all my food again. I have not been measuring at all or recording my food at all. I keep saying that I can do it in my head and that I know what a serving looks like. Ah...no I can't log it in my head! What am I thinking? I am going to go back to the very beginning of when I had to measure EVERYTHING. Plus, logging my food means that I look at if I am eating balanced meals and I know I am not right now.

3. I will not make any excuses for exercising. I know that running is not enough right now and that I need other exercise as well. This week I will bike to work each day. This will be 6 miles of biking. I will also work on lifting weights and doing my Wii Active.

4. I will log my water again. I have not been logging my water and I have been trying to convince myself I am drinking enough. In reality, I know that I am not getting enough. I know that I do better when I drink 8-10 glasses of water.

5. I will think more about what has been the reason for why I have allowed myself to stop many of the wonderful habits I had created. I need to continue to learn more about why I allow myself to first be so successful and then allow myself to make excuses and slip so quickly into the bad habits again.

Alright, I am feeling better already. I am a "must have a plan" sort of person and I obviously need a plan again.

QOTD: Favorite Vacation: It would have to be my Costa Rica trip. The jungle is so amazing, totally hard to put into words all the things you see and hear. I would love to go back there with the family one day.

Ditto!!! To all except the m&m's but that's only because I don't have them.

QOTD: My favorite vacation was when we went to Scotland a few years ago, it was so wonderful we were ready to move there! Or at least I was.

 

[mikamah]

It's been fun reading everyone's replies. Congrats Maiziezoe on being the biggest loser!!!! And a big congrats to all the losers here,and hugs to those struggling.

I'm a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts, this is my 35th year...I started as a Pixie, it was a pilot program for 1st graders before they had 1st grade brownies or Daisies. I'm not active now, but I credit GS with giving me alot of my drive and organizational skills. I earned every junior badge in the book (this was before the book got bigger!).

This is so awesome. I was a brownie and there weren't enough leaders for us to continue into girl scouts, so that's as far as I went. My son is loving cub scouts, and the group we're in is 2 schools, but it's grown a little too big, so I think next year we'll split in 2 dens, and I have a feeling I'll become a den mother. Scouting is so good for the kids.

Wow.... my life is SO boring, I can't think of anything! When I was about 21, I worked as a First Responder with the American Red Cross for a few years. We had the responsibility/privilege of going to New York to provide First Aid support for the 200th anniversary celebration of the Statue of Liberty. On the evening of the big fireworks celebration down in Battery Park, I had to drive our ambulance through massive crowds of people (imagine MK after the last fireworks of the evening, every one trying to leave, times 1,000!!). It was one of the scariest/most thrilling times of my life. Sadly, because of where our truck was positioned, I barely saw any of the fireworks. But it was a HUGE thrill just to be there during all of this excitement.

That must have been amazing to be in nyc for all the excitement. I worked as an emt for while, and my least favorite part was driving emergently into boston. I always preferred to be in the back, and most of the times, I didn't do the driving.

The mustache tattoo is because I am odd. LOL I want to be able to put my finger under my nose and have a handlebar mustache. It's called a "fingerstache". I used to draw a mustache on my finger all the time with a sharpie marker... when I was a kid I was sent to the office at school because my teacher thought I was making fun of her. I wasn't. LOL

So funny. When I first heard mustache on your finger, I thought of my son who is constantly drawing eyes on his finger, and lips around the thumb and forefinger and making a face to talk, if you know what I mean. I might have to share the moustache idea with him. He'd love it.

QOTD for Tuesday: Since today's (yesterday's ) question was thought provoking and serious, I want today's to be fun. So tell us something about you that we don't already know.

I had a hard time thinking of something too. When I was 26 I bought a brand new condominium at a foreclosure auction. It was after the real estate crash in the late 80s, and there were 13 units up for sale in this one building. You would bid and the highester bidder would have his pick of the units. Well I knew I wanted 302, and figured everyone did since it was the best one in my eyes, but didn't bid on the first one. The guy who won picked a different unit, so I bid during the second auction. My hand was shaking so much as I bid. My dad was with me, and after we all went to a conference room and filled out all the paperwork. It was so scary and exciting.

Thanks! Now I have a few quick questions. First I want to make sure I'm in the right place. I don't want to drag you all down. I have a lot of weight I could lose, and I would currently consider it a victory to order the kids burger and fries rather than the extra value meal! I wouldn't fit in very well with an "Oh my goodness, I put too many sugary raw carrots on my salad" group. Not that I don't applaud people who are so self-controlled. It's just not anywhere near where I am at. I could never understand it when people were at WW complaining that they just couldn't eat all of their points. I'm thinking "just go grab a ho-ho and you'll be there"! Okay, kind of kidding on that one, but I've never had a problem fitting in enough food! That being said, I know that you do need to make changes to have real (and permanent) weight loss.

You are definitely in the right place. Welcome. So much inspiration and support here on this challenge. I haven't had a ho-ho in a while, but I did eat 5 boxes of girl scout cookies myself, and never once did I have trouble getting all my points in either. We are all trying our best, and fitting good, healthy living in with our normal, chaotic at times, lives.

Wednesday's QOTD: Looking back at past vacations, what was your favorite Non Disney vacation?

Cabo san lucas, Mexico. We went when michael was 4, and never left the resort. We went with a friend, another single mom and her son, and we'd go to the pool in the morning and have a fruit plate and juice, and then the boys did the kids activity, paper mache, ceramics, pirate treasure hunt, so much fun, and then we'd have lunch by the pool, and head back to the rooms to take an afternoon nap/rest, and around 4 we'd go back to the pool for happy hour- 2 for 1 frozen drinks, hit the restaurant for dinner, and to bed. It was such a relaxing trip.

Find a book or a magazine. Find a quiet room and read for at least 5 minutes.

I like this one today.

Tigger- hope your dd is feeling ok. Michael was sick sunday, seemed ok mon, but got the call midday he was sick again. He's better now.

I love reading about the other vacations spots. Chincoteague is amazing. A girl I worked with had gone several years in a row they loved it so much.

Have a nice day.

 

[redwalker]

How is Redwalker? I haven't seen a post from her in a while.

QoftheDay--When Ds was in elementary school we took him and two of our nieces to Chincoteague/Assateague for the running of the ponies. DS loved the Misty books. We had a great time and lots of funny stories. We've done lots of more exciting vacations, but that one was really special.

Have a great day!

Thank you Rose&Mike/LuvBaloo/Tigger and all of you with well wishes. I honestly have been having a really hard time getting back into my zest for exercise. I know it is what I need to do, I am inconsistent. One day I walk 7 miles, the next none. Am I watching what I eat, yes...I am not drowning my sorrow with food because honestly, it doesn't make me feel better, I remember in the past, it would..at least for the moments that I was having my peanut M&Ms...but now..I don't even like them. My brain switched over to the exercise to make me feel better. I think that is why I am having such a hard time with this. My dog Xena was my walking buddy, and it was my joy to be doing something for her and myself at the same time that made us feel good and healthy. Now, when I walk outside I just feel miserable, I miss her. I know that she was a dog, and that dogs die and that she isn't human, yet still a soul that was my friend. I some how need to find the joy again in something that made me feel so happy to do, even though right now, it is painful to do. I have made contact with a wonderful breeder in Northern Mass, and I am on her list for a litter of yellow lab pups. I wish I didn't have to wait as long as I do. I know getting another dog won't replace my Xena, but the hole in my heart that wants to share my love and care for a dog needs to be filled. Part of me feels like how could I ever get another dog after all this pain of loosing her. The amount of joy that we had with her over the course of her life out weighs the pain of loosing her, and it is a lot trust me. I am sorry I have been so reluctant in posting to the disboard here. I think you all are wonderful people, truly. I need and want your encouragement, and I need to turn my focus to this, and you here. I will be going on vacation with my family tomorrow for a week, putting more distance between the day she left our family. I hope that it will help. I will be traveling all around today, shopping and packing. I will walk for an hour during my oil change. Here is what I know. I will be ok. I will be sad, but I will not let it envelop my life. I know my dog was here for very important times in my life. She helped me loose 45lbs. I wouldn't want to let her down by ruining all the good she helped me achieve. I am going to weigh in now. Thank you all so much!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Redwalker--

maizezoe--Congrats!

jenanderson--sounds like a good plan! And the Costa Rico trip you described earlier sounded very cool. Dh and I are starting to look into trips like that. Were you nervous or scared at all. I used to be very adventurous, but some life events as an adult have made me very cautious. I am trying to rediscover the adventurous part of my personality!

I did something not so smart today. I went to the y and did an hour on the elliptical, despite the fact thay my upper thighs (not sure which muscle) are still really sore from my workouts earlier this week. The weird thing is, I had no soreness while on the machine, but now walking across the room is uncomfortable. The steps at the baseball stadium tonight are going to be loads of fun. I guess I'm taking tomorrow off. I hate to do that, because today started my off week with my jobshare and I like to get a lot of really hard workouts in. Oh well.

The good news is, when dh and I bought new running shoes on Saturday I talked to them about electrolyte replacement, because I'm sweating so much on the elliptical. (I usually drink 20-24 ounces of water during the workout and my weight doesn't change). Anyhow, she suggested some caplets to take with water instead of gatorade or another drink. I took one today and my heartrate came down quicker and I'm not having any of those funny heartbeats when I take my pulse. I have a doctor's appointment Monday, so I'm going to talk to her about it.

Have a great day!

 

[lecach]

Wednesday's QOTD: Looking back at past vacations, what was your favorite Non Disney vacation?


It's hard to pick a non-disney trip since those are my favorites. But Iguess I would have to say our honeymoon in 2000. It was our first cruise and it was on Royal Carribean Voyager of the Seas. It was the largest ship in the world at that time I think. It was the perfect honeymoon. Great food, relaxation, sun and sand. In fact we're going on Royal's Freedom of the Seas next week for our 10th anniversary.

 

[my3princes]

Wow! I just now realized there is a new thread. March was a bad month for me! A lot of sickness in my household and events going on that I got a bit sidetracked and did not do all that well. I did not gain any weight but I didn't really lose either. I was happy for NOT gaining though!

I am getting my butt back in gear now and am really glad to see the challenge has been extended!! Gives me more time to reach my own personal goal for this challenge!

With all that you've been going through You should consider not gaining a huge success. Sometime life doesn't cooperate with our plans, but your still hanging in there and that in and of itself is wonderful

I'm loving all of the vacation stories

 

[pjlla]

MOrning friends! I had a bunch of multi-quotes highlighted earlier, but I'm at work and had to hop off the computer quickly. Not time to go back again... so sorry.

QOTD: Well... Our very best vacation ever did include Disney, but that wasn't the whole vacation.

We took a 10 day trip out West in 2005 for a niece's wedding. We flew into NM, where the wedding took place. We were just there from THursday night through Sunday afternoon, but we did some sight seeing and of course, there was the wedding! From there we drove into Arizona to see the Grand Canyon. We spent one short night in Williams, AZ and got up very early to drive to the Canyon. We spent most of the day viewing the canyon and then drove from there straight through to Las Vegas. We spent the evening seeing sights on the Vegas Strip (we aren't gamblers) and then spent the night at the Luxor hotel (really neat!). THe next morning we were up early again and drove to the Hoover Dam and did the underground tour and such. Left there mid-afternoon and drove straight through to Anaheim and had dinner at Goofy's Kitchen that night and spent the next three days at DL and DCA. Flew back to NH from LAX. It was a whirlwind trip, but it was SUPER!!! The kids were 10 and 7 at the time and were SO good and SO patient with all the driving. It really was a once-in-a-lifetime trip....even the parts that didn't include Disney!!

I had a great "double" workout last night and had some thoughts about it. I started with the intent of doing a run/walk interval warm-up on the TM before my circuit class, but ended up doing a full 5K run instead. Then, the other ladies from the circuit class didn't show up initially, so the class started out like a personal training session. I completed a full circuit of upper body before a few of the other ladies came in late. We did another full circuit of upper body and then a circuit of abs and then stretching. I was feeling so pumped up when I was done. Not only was it a relatively LONG workout, but it was really intense. And here are my THOUGHTS about it..... two years ago I wouldn't have even CONSIDERED trying to run 3 miles.... never mind doing it as a WARM UP to another workout!! Walking for 30 minutes was a big workout for me when I started this.... now I consider it a day off!! I need to start being proud of how far I have come with respect to the fitness portion of this healthy lifestyle journey. I've spent so much time lamenting lately about these last few stubborn pounds that refuse to move.... but I need to start concentrating on my SUCCESSES instead of my temporary failures.

I hope you ALL can take a moment to consider how far you have come on your personal weight loss/healthy lifestyle journey. Spend some time concentrating on how well you are doing... get pumped up about your successes. I know that I never take the time to do that and I NEED to, or I will get burned out concentrating on what I am NOT accomplishing.

Just my thoughts for the day!! .............P

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Wednesday's QOTD: Looking back at past vacations, what was your favorite Non Disney vacation?

We love to cruise! My favorite family non-Disney vacation was a cruise to Bermuda, we all loved the island and had a great time. My favorite "dh and I" vacation was also a cruise, this time of the Western Caribbean on the Explorer of the Seas to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary.

I'm so happy I got up this am and ran my 6M! It just felt great, and I'm sure that's helping me stay on track with eating!

Some of these vacations sound really fun! Getting some great ideas!

Maria

 

[Octoberbride03]

I have really got to do better keeping up with the thread. My life has been a roller coaster the past month or so and it had better pull into the station soon. There's just no shortages of crises in our house lately. That being said. I am largely staying OP with my exercise and have found that it really clears my mind and helps me cope with whatever is going on at the time. I am down 10-11lbs since starting here and though it's taken longer than I'd hoped I know its never coming back.

Question about measurements: Is there a difference between the waists of men and women?

I ask because when i use my measuring tape i get a 40 inch waist. But needed new work pants yesterday and because I prefer men's pant for work(they're sturdier and last longer in my job) I now find that I fit into a 38 waist I just want to make the measurements match

TY

QOTD: My favorite vacation was to Busch Gardens, Williamsburg almost 8yrs ago give or take. That's where I met my DH for the first time off the internet and we'll be married 7yrs. this Oct.

Redwalker: I wish you the best in moving on. I don't run but coming home after work and walking my Onslow as a warmup to whatever DVD I do is a highlight of my day. And he's a big reason why I'm still sane at the moment.

 

[princessbride6205]

Posted by corinnak: This upcoming Saturday is the Challenge Obesity 5K! I believe that a few of us on here are planning to run it? You guys still in? I'm going to try to get there early and will be wearing WISH green. I'm trying for a new PR, so I hope it's not too crowded a field. I was looking at the difference between 2008 and 2009 and it seems like this event really grew between those two years! I am starting to get very excited! I had a great run last night and can't wait to pull out the stops on this race!
I'll be there, but I'll be walking and pushing the jogging stroller.
I'm a little bummed that I can't run, but that doesn't mean I can't participate. (Trying to force myself to be positive about this!)
I'm still figuring out the issues with my hip/knee. I think I'm on the right track now that I've got new running shoes and I'm doing daily exercises and stretches for my hip. I'm supposed to give the exercises 14 days to work their magic, then go see the doctor if I'm not improved. Here's hoping!

I'll be back later to catch up on QOTDs.