Posts by sparrownezt

Welcome vega, always nice to have new people on!

mrsdagle I have been unable to complete my full 3 miles either--sometimes it's because I'm too wiped out or because I'm running with others who just want to do the 2 miles. I think it's because of this sporadic running that I've not been able to progress to week 3 (3run/2walk).

Yesterday, however, I did do 3 miles and it took me like 45 minutes. I was tired by the end, but I pushed myself to do my last but of running in 3 minutes instead of 2 minutes. hard but I did it! So now I have to keep pushing that extra minute in, and I guess I'll be at week 3!

the funny thing is this morning I biked to work (i live a lil over 2 miles away from where I work) and it was killing me! A guy on his bike lugginga kiddie cart and a dog was going faster than me! Darn those road bikes! the thin tires offer so much speed!!

Sigh... good luck to you all! Hey punky you still out there?

Hey all

So on Tuesday I did my three miles and it felt delicious (albeit it took me like 50 minutes). YEsterday I did 1 mile to warm up for weights and it felt horrible. Geez...

So yesterday was core, arms and some legs. Mostly it was core though. And this time last year I was much stronger--I can't even do standing planks (when you lay face down on the floor and hold yourself up by your elbows, entire body lifted off the ground). Today I will probably try to get in a 3 mile and I'm going to try those still plank exercises again.

Btw, I still on the treadmill at my gym and when I do I watch Work Out or Top Chef and find it very satisfying!

Yoda is a great idea to go with running though--I love stretching and integrative strength exercises. I'm goign to hunt for yoga tapes now...

Best to you all!

bump!

Hi guys,

It really hurts me to read when young growing women refer to themselves or parts of themselves as "disgusting" etc. etc. I know that sometimes we exagerrate but really the words we use really hurt us in the long run. I was looking at a picture of myself the other day and my immediate response was, "Oh my god I'm so fat, my ass is so wide" and my partner no the other hand was like "no way you looked good in those pictures"(ps i'm 5'4'' at 160 trying to get to a toner, healthier me in the 140s/150s). Didn't really matter what he says tho, I still see myself as a  way, label myself that way, and feel worse for it.

Everyday I remind myself to love my body the way it is, and to work on it like a neverending project. Eating healthy, exercising and all that jazz is going to make me a better person as a whole. I try everyday to stop attaching negative terms to myself. And really, I think we'd all be better off if we did that.

oh and to read more on my issues with my thighs see my post on Amazon thighs

punky Indeed that sounds pretty intense. I wouldn't beat yourself up either, if you want, you can set different goals for different parts of your life--if you're too busy, you can readjust your gaols. When I get too busy to not eat right or exercise, that in and of itself makes me feel pretty gross.

Sometime life doesn't permit, but I try to not let my days go by without at least an hour of me time. I hope you make it through strong!

As for me, I'm being sloppy this week and its wednesday and still haven't done anything. I hope to get a run in tomorrow morning. We'll see as Thursdays I work over 14 hours...

Hi guys,

so this thing about shin splints--that's what put me out of commission the first round of running--I got them so bad that I would go for runs and they would just hurt hurt hurt and I had to stop. So what do we have to do? I don't understand how calf stretches help shin splints...aren't those the ones where your shin (the  bone area below your knee) hurts? **confused** Any way I can avoid those I will cuz I don't want to be deterred from the 7minutes running and onward again!

woot woot! I will not begin stretching after running...I don't know whats up with me, sometimes I just slow at a walk and then go into weights without stretching....bad bad bad...

Wow--I missed alot! Yay i'm so glad that the thread is getting more hits!!

Congrats mrsdagle on your week2 accomplishments! going back to one of your last comments--you're totally right! the "I can't run" mentality was drilled into me back in middleschool when I was expected to just up and run 1 mile at gym rather than build my ability to get there and pass it! No wonder I always though gym sucked!!! So LearntoRun was great for me because I realized I CAN do it! It's great!!

heatherx those times are seriously impressive! I swear, I did a 2.7 mile run the other day and it took me like 44 minutes...how poopy is that!

Thanks for your cheering Punky. when you are running now are you going full 14-18 minutes of running?

About running partners--because I'm at a starting point I feel too self conscious about how slow I go and how low my endurance is to try to run with someone else. Running partners are good though because you keep each other up. Once though I ran with my roommate (this is around when my endurance was about 5 minutes of running) and literally he was running ahead of me, BACKWARDS. granted he was cheering me on, but darnit---backwards?? lol its funny.

So last weekend, no running but I did take a 3 hour hike up and down a pretty steepish hill/mountain(?) so that was awesome--I'll count that as an exercise day! So that means last week I got in 3 days of exercise! GOAL accomplished!! To motivate myself I do things like put stars on my calenders and then highlight it... this is week 3 back on a more conscious effort to exercise!

Today I plan to do another 3 miles hopefully with some weights too. I'm going to push to do my week 2 today--WOOT WOOT!

onward and upward!! Good luck all!

Original Post by twocutekids:

I didn't see a 160's club so I decided to start one. I'm in need of some motivation to keep the weight loss going!

I lost 30 pounds last fall but I've been completely slacking the past few months and ended up gaining a few pounds back.

I NEED to keep losing!

I weighed in at 168 this morning. My first goal is to get to 150. I'm 5'4" and I'd like to ultimately get to 130-135lbs.

Anyone else want to join me in the 160's club? (hopefully not for too long!) :)

Hello all,

so I'm back. Last tuesday I tried to start at the beginning and ran about 1.5 miles but it was a mixture of not having enough time and wanting to do weights so not wanting to tire myslef so I just stopped after that. I was surprised that the 1 minute. I can do the three min walk and 2 min job but i find i don't have the endurance yet to go all the way. Plus running three miles takes me up to 45 minutes... I find I don't have time for that and other exercises! So then I feel like not running as much, but then that's inhibiting my endurance ability....Ahhhh!

So today I have about 2 hours and I'm going to do a full 45 minutes. When I did this last time I usually started slower and then into it I would bump up the time I ran and then lower it as I got more tired.

Welcome heather! I'm glad you're starting--like punky said, you should totaly do what feels right to you! Punky I am ever impressed at your abilities! Last time I tried the program I only got up to 7minutes of running but not consecutive. SO in one run I'd do 3 min/5/7/5/3 or something you know? Sigh, I hope I can build up my endurance...

Happy running to you all!

nancy

Pooped out!! Sorry about that punky. Yea I think I can't run mornings because my body has nothing in it either--it's really always hard for me to get going...

So today I did only 2 miles, walking 3, running 1 and then towards the end bumping it to 2 minutes of running. It took me forever--man I'm out of shape! But it felt pretty good. I think for me now it's allotting enough time to work-out... Any tips?

I hope everyone else's run went well! I will try again on Friday morning (late morning!)

Nancy

Hi, I'll post with you

So this week I want to:

1) start the cuoch to 5 k thing. So i'm supposed to run M/W/F. I already missed this morning's run (too sleepy) so I'm going to try tonight to do it after work.

2) eat less sweets!! They kill me!