Thanks Grog, I printed off the 6 week beginer schedule, even though I don't plan to run a 5k. That may be a goal in the future though. Wouldn't that be something.

As far as weight loss, I'm trying, and I have used sparkpeople but I am so nutrient dumb that I am not sure what I need so I have just been counting calrories and nothing more. I measure out my food and make sure I am getting acurate counts, but it is becoming very minotness (sp?).
I wear a heart rate monitor while working out on the treadmill or bike, so I can get a calorie burning count also.

Wow, I just got kind of excited about actually trying to run a 5k. Wonder if I could do it. I think I would be embarrassed because of my weight though.