also, have you checked into the couch 2 5 k program? It's awesome, and it will no longer cheat the runner inside you!

I just take it an incident at a time. Sometimes I do well and overcome, sometimes I cave. My goal though is to make the times I do well outnumber and outweigh the caves.

@israel – Just STOP sounds easy enough, why didn't I think of that before?

@diana – maddy photo to be up soon (just realized I spelled wrong in post)

@violet – glad I could be part of your inspiration, this is good for me to be reading, I should be inspiring myself right now and I am not. Vacuuming up my food is an apt description. Writing about it again is first step.

@alexa – damn straight it's a process. and at times a long and arduous one at that. Good info on sugar, I think you are spot on. Now to do something about it.

@john – this has been a bad winter for colds a flu, hope you didn't try to come back too early.

@jemi – thanks for the bravo, I'll take it!

@jolynn – nothing wrong with being a walker, and I am assuming by paced walker you mean walking with a bit of a pace. I think that's probably better on the joints that running and just as good.

Sounds like you're really enjoying getting back into your running groove, hope it all goes well for you.

then.. well.. alot has happened

Getting back on the horse is hard but it feels good once you see yourself progressing and even surpassing what you've done before

Go you John.. for your honesty, for the progress you make just by showing up and sharing with us, and for knowing what the issue is and doing what you've got to when you catch yourself slipping

bravo!

You are not the only one. I just took of two weeks due to illness. Today, I could barely run 3 minutes. Pathetic. In my defense, I don't think I've entirely kicked this cold.

I have actually been doing a lot of reading on sugar lately and what I found out is that sugar not only lets you gain weight, but that it is also a major cause in binge eating. The other thing I found interesting is that in the process of producing sugar, all nutrients are taken out. There is no vitamin or mineral in sugar. On the contrary, your body needs especially B-Vitamins to digest it and it takes them straight out of your body, leaving you with even less nutrients than you had before you ate the junk.

Learning to eat healthy is really one of the best things you can ever do for yourself.

Since losing 13 pounds in 7 months, I've gained back 5 in the last two months – it's frustrating and I'm trying to stop the slide.

I notice that like you, I eat something yummy without really thinking about it, it's like my brain sees a sweet or high-fat food and just vacuums it up without consideration of a bigger picture.

I think one thing I will try to do this upcoming week is stop myself from popping something in my mouth without thinking at least once a day. Maybe you can try the same?

One of my favorite weight loss quotes is "Discipline is remembering what you want."

Good luck this week! Thanks again for the post.

I've been working out a lot lately and I do think about how the food will affect my workout so I do think this is a great way to look at things.