Goals..Protein...Men

Hi all, Well, what a week I had last week. The whooshie fairy came to visit me and according to my non-digital scale I lost 6 lbs. Amazing how that stuff happens. I also spoke with Dr. Monica Ganz (Thank you so much) and she told me that I should be getting no less than 100 gr of protein a day. Well, I stepped up the protein and low and behold I started to lose again. I also have more energy and am sleeping better at night. Very good all the way around. I spoke with one of my best friends over the weekend and my newest goal is to run a 5k in the first weekend of October, right around my 47th birthday. Daryle has been a marathon runner for quite some time and she is incredible. She said she will send me a training schedule and that by October I should have no problem with a 5k run, she actually said I should be able to surpass it. I do not want to compete with anyone, I just want to do it and finish. Every year I stand on the sidelines and wish I was fit enough to do it...this year I will not be on the sidelines. I've had some emotional issues to try to deal with lately. Nothing new for me...sometimes I think I'm a real head case . It's incredible how different people treat you when you start to become a normal size. Men especially. I actually have men open the door for me now. Men opened the door before, but would never smile or even look at me. Now men actually talk to me. I'm not quite sure how to deal with the attention. On one hand it's kind of cool, but on the other hand it's REALLY scary to me. I'm not sure if I want to like it. Weird I know. A friend told me that I should just smile and enjoy it and then know that I'm coming home to the best man in the world. She's right, but I'm just not comfortable when someone asks me if I'm single yet. It doesn't help that my wedding rings are at the jewelers being sized to fit me. I'm sure I'm not alone on this one. My sister Tammy is doing great. She has lost around 78 lbs, so between the two of us we have lost more than I weigh now. How cool is that. Well I guess that's my blog for the day. I hope you have a great week. Take care...love to all Debra 240/158/125

Hi Debra, Congrats on uping the protien! I have to AGREE w/you on the MEN thing!!! I just posted this on the michigan board last week! I can NOT beleive the difference in the way I get treated! and it scares me too! Makes me like them more because they are being nice, then I have to step back and wonder if they just want in the pants! LOL.... So, enjoy the ride and just go with the flow, thats what I am doing, I deserve the attention, and its not like i have to marry them, just date, until i find the right one, no worries, I guess! LOL... GOOD LUCK! Tam 268/165/???

Hi Debra, I've been training to run a 5k too! I'm going to do my first one March 18. I've been training since November 28. I got the training schedule from Running Times Magazine's website. It's www.runningtimes.com. Check it out, it give you a great breakdown for beginners. Good luck on your training! I'd love to talk with you along the way, it's fun to share with others who are doing what you are doing! Cindy 234/161/134

Hi Cindy...You've got mail....Debra

Debra, how are U getting that amount of protein in per day??? I struggle to get 80 in, and most days it's more around 70. You and I had surgery at the same time; I've lost 78 pounds thus far. Am really starting to taper off (maybe 3/4 of a pound a week for the past month), and am now at 148 pounds. Would like to be about 120 so I'm hoping this is not the end of the weight loss. How many calories are you eating a day? Could you reply to me personally? [email protected] Thanks. I'd really be interested in knowing what you eat for 100 grams. Maybe I'm doing something wrong here...

It is strange going from being "invisible" to turning heads. I first noticed it when a young studly stock boy stocking the bottom shelves commented on my shoes. No man (except my boyfriend) had ever commented on what I was wearing before. I've always dreamed of running the Peachtree Road Race (a 10k) but I don't know if my knees could take it. I've gotten into bike riding instead and hope to enter a short race sometime this year. It's like a dream going from the sidelines to participating! Kim SW 305 CW 183 GW 150