So I have been trying to lose weight for – well since I
turned 12 and I am 44 now so . . .you do the math. After 40, with 2 kids and a
couple bouts of depression, where I stayed in bed for months I was in really
bad physical condition and I decided to make a change. It took 2 years of
trying different workout methods, and eating plans before I realized that I
couldn’t make myself work hard enough to change alone – I got a trainer 3x a
week and she made me hurt every day. I love her – she saved my life.
It took 12
months to lose 50 pounds, and then we moved. So I lost my gym, my grocery
store, and my workout buddies. I got settled and started again – thankfully I
didn’t gain any of the weight back, unfortunately I didn’t keep making progress
either. So here I sit with really another 50 pounds to lose to be healthy,
again trying to make a go of it on my own. (I hear the song “All By Myself”
playing, hmmm).
A local friend is a runner and got me to try a race with
giant inflatables.
I started the couch
to 5k program using this app so that I wouldn’t slow down the real runners too
much.
It went well in 4 weeks I got to where I could run for 90
second intervals at a pretty good pace. On day one of the program my 60 second
run on a treadmill showed my heart rate going to 188,(might have been close to
a heart attack, but since I didn’t pass out it’s all good) by the fourth week I
was running faster and my heart rate only made it to 170 and my recovery was
much faster. We did 3.5 miles with 11 obstacles in just under an hour – not bad
for newbies.
We finished the race and I didn’t have another one on the calendar
so I didn’t run for 3 weeks – I walked and did the elliptical but it was a
half-assed effort. Truth be told I really dislike running, but I found it was an easy way to knock out 300+ calories in 30 minutes, then 30 minutes on core work and some weight lifting and you have real progress in 1 hour. I returned
reluctantly to the gym, and decided to start again at week 1 but day 3, I
thought maybe I had a little conditioning left – WOW I was shocked I ran the
whole routine at my faster speeds and without any extra recovery time, and no
slowing down WOO-HOO!!!
I am back to the gym, on my way to being in great shape!!
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