Hello all! I'm new to this site and am anxious to join in the support system!
I actually jogged for the first time in the summer of 2000, while weighing about 227 pounds. I started out with 100% walking first. Then, I began walking the straight parts of the lap and jogging just on the curves of the lap. Then, I started walking the first half of the track (the straight and curve part) and running the second half. By the end of two weeks, I was running 1 mile continuously. I continued to run just 1 mile per day/4 to 5 days per week, without going on any type of diet. My appetite automatically decreased and I craved healthier foods and lots of water. By the end of 8 weeks, I had lost 35 pounds. I then became pregnant with my first daughter and that's all she wrote...until now!
I am about to begin running again and can't wait. I don't do diets very well, so this was my answer to weight loss. I felt great, my knees stopped hurting, my appetite was suppressed and I accomplished something that I never thought I could do. I felt empowered and the weight was just melting away.
Congrats to all of us who are taking on this challenge of running/jogging. It is not easy, but is so very rewarding with every single milestone, big or small. And as someone else noted, slow is just fine. I lost that weight jogging at a slow speed. The key was to listen to my body and to not push too hard. When my body told me it was ready, I increased my speed a little. At times, my husband was WALKING alongside me while I was 'jogging'! Didn't matter, I felt like I was pushing as hard as I could, and that's all that mattered. Don't worry, you'll know when you can do more, and when you shouldn't
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Good luck to us all!
~Hope~
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And I found out that I can last for so much longer. I wish I would have known that before. Just basically go painfully slow, it will be harder mentally to go that slow, but you'll last longer physically
