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| Fitness | Back on the wagon--going to finish the Couch 2 5k once and for all, care to join? | Aug 23 2011 13:14 (UTC) |
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Howdy world--thanks for your notes of encouragement! I just did my first morning--I thought I was way in better shape than this. I am totally wiped! But it felt good to commit to something and do it. I woke up an hour and a half later than I wanted, so I wasn't going to do it--but then I decided to just go into work later. And so I did it! Hopefully next time will be easier... All I know is: Lesson 1--before going out, hydrate first! Also, I think I need to get new shoes.... |
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | May 13 2008 16:06 (UTC) |
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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!
Sigh... good luck to you all! Hey punky you still out there? |
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| Fitness | Why can't I run? | May 12 2008 21:45 (UTC) |
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Howdy, Join us at LEARN TO RUN--look for that thread in the fitness forum There's a bunch of people who are going through the program to "learn to run"--it helped me break through my 30 sec barrier!
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | May 08 2008 15:42 (UTC) |
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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! |
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| Motivation | For all the women: Thunder thighs--> Amazon thighs! | May 08 2008 15:35 (UTC) |
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yoon girl thats how I feel on my good days, trust that I still have my bad ones! It's hard in this world to make your image of yourself be stronger than the images that others/media/world project onto you. But if we keep on encouraging each other in the positive way, we'll learn to normalize that language within ourselves. That's my goal anyway! So go on witcha bad selves!!! |
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| Motivation | For all the women: Thunder thighs--> Amazon thighs! | May 07 2008 20:18 (UTC) |
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bump! |
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| Motivation | 160's club | May 07 2008 19:49 (UTC) |
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hI yall, still at 160/162 even tho i've uped my exercise for a month...sigh... |
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| Young Calorie Counters | I can't stand some of these topics. Oh and.... | May 07 2008 19:47 (UTC) |
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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 |
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | May 07 2008 03:40 (UTC) |
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Girl I'm here, just been gone over the weekend! So last weekend, I went to another state park (I'm loving exploring this country's national treasures--so beautiful and for free!!) and walked for about 2-3 hours around and up and down hills, etc. We had to take it slow because we were going with people who had bad, bad knees but it was fun, refreshing and beautiful!
My goal this week is to run 3xs. I did one today, I will try to do one Thurs and then one on Saturday. I am also planning to go dancing this Thurs night and get my salsa on so that will be a nice boost! I just love that the 3/2s were a breeze though--accomplishment feels grand!
Also, I hope you'll survive these next 25 months too! What is going on with everyone else? |
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | Apr 30 2008 20:36 (UTC) |
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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.
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... |
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | Apr 24 2008 15:46 (UTC) |
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heather My legs and calves esp feel heavy when I finish my run so the charlies were prolly cuz of all the contraction and when you suddenly been over they have to extend quickly withiout enough oxygen and then they spasm. great time by the way!! |
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | Apr 23 2008 16:03 (UTC) |
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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!
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | Apr 22 2008 16:12 (UTC) |
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So i'm going to take today off and be back at it Wednesday. punky never fear! CC is here! We'll help you keep on track as best we can , esp when life just seems to sweep sweep sweep you away! |
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | Apr 21 2008 17:23 (UTC) |
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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! |
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| Motivation | 160's club | Apr 17 2008 20:58 (UTC) |
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oops i just did that wrong--sorry about that! I'm now 162 and have decided to start exercising again. Last year I decided to make the change and started at about 162 and went down to about 155 before coming back up now to 162. I'd like to fit into my jeans again (I wear them all unbuttoned) and I'd like to get to 144. I'm 5'4'' too! So i'll join here with you! GOOD LUCK!!! |
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| Motivation | 160's club | Apr 17 2008 20:55 (UTC) |
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Original Post by twocutekids: |
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| Motivation | For all the women: Thunder thighs--> Amazon thighs! | Apr 17 2008 20:48 (UTC) |
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I've recently started going back on CC and I remembered I posted this a year ago. I read it over and it made me feel good (again) and since I'm still proud of my Amazon legs--and have a new partner that appreciates my figure as well!!!--I thought I'd bump it back up.
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | Apr 17 2008 20:27 (UTC) |
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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!
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | Apr 14 2008 22:38 (UTC) |
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mrsdagle, def you gotta take care of your toe! How's the nail? sorry no running this last weekend--bee away at a symposium. I was supposed to go out this morning but didn't---I'm so much better as a runner in the afternoon! but today I am too busy... so i will try for TOMORROW MORNING!!! (or at least tom afternoon when I have time)
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | Apr 10 2008 05:25 (UTC) |
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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...
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WOOOOOOOOO!!! I ran my 3 miles yesterday and granted I only did 2.7 (time constraint) the 3/2s were totally doable. After I ran my first 2 min, I was like--wow, that was nothing! So yay! Progress!! I've been eating pretty decent too, watching the cookie-intake (darn those cookies! and my roommate makes them ALL THE TIME!)
