I am in an F-cup too.

Funnily enough, as I have lost weight and, yes, my bbs HAVE shrunk, my cup size has gone up from a D to an F, although the band size has gone down from a 42 to a 34.

But my bbs have definitely shrunk. At the end of my pregnancy, I could not span one breast with both hands - they were that big (42D). Now I can easily with inches to spare. And yet I'm still in an F cup.

Anyway, back OT, does anyone know if you can do the C25K program walking/jogging on the spot? The weather has suddenly taken a turn for the worse and I don't have access to a gym. Having only just started, I don't want to stop - I wondered if I could do it indoors in an emergency.

Originally Posted by Robsia:
I am in an F-cup too.

Funnily enough, as I have lost weight and, yes, my bbs HAVE shrunk, my cup size has gone up from a D to an F, although the band size has gone down from a 42 to a 34.

But my bbs have definitely shrunk. At the end of my pregnancy, I could not span one breast with both hands - they were that big (42D). Now I can easily with inches to spare. And yet I'm still in an F cup.

I think that just means you lost more around your upper abdomen than in your chest, so even though your chest is much smaller, the difference is greater.

Doing the C25K on the spot will not be anywhere near as much exercise as actually doing it. But something is always better then nothing... Not sure on your living situation but there are tons of used treadmills out there if you can afford it. I'm in Wisconsin and hate running outdoors so I gave it and spent the money for one...

Do you have access to stairs on the days you can't get outside to run? Climbing a flight of stairs 20 times in a row is a crazy workout that you could do indoors!

Yeah, cup size is kinda weird - it's the relation between band and boobs that makes the cup size, as I understand it. So I could have the same size boobs as someone with a smaller band size, and I'd actually have a smaller cup size. Strange. I honestly was only a D, maybe a DD in college...I'd like to get back to that. I know for sure my boobs got bigger when I gained weight. I'm getting them reduced anyway, but still.

OT, Robsia, I'd agree with Julie that it wouldn't be *as* much of a workout. Still, the psychological benefits to not taking a day off would be well worth doing it anyway, in my opinion. Also, it occurs to me, how big is your living room? Maybe you can, not just do it in place, but do laps around your living room or kitchen or whatever space you have that's decently-sized. It'll let you have forward motion, while still being indoors.

Hmm - I went to see what the difference would actually be, to see if it would be worth forcing myself out into the cold, and according to this site:

http://caloriecount.about.com/activities-running-ac12

Jogging (general) burns 476 cals per hour, whereas jogging (in place) burns 544 calories.

However, I do think that doing it outside would give me far more incentive. The temptation to just stop if I got tired would be too great if I was doing it on the spot.

ETA: heh - my living room is nowhere near big enough to do laps around it!

Yeah, the band size is about how big your ribcage + back fat is (essentially, they also add a magic number in there), and the cup size is about how much your boobs stick out from your ribcage. For example, if I measure with measuring tape around my back and the fullest part of my chest, I get 36 inches. What that doesn't tell you is that I wear a size 30FF bra. Someone else could have a measurement of 36 inches total, but be a 36C or something like that.

Robsia, could you run laps around the entire inside of your house?

Originally Posted by paperclippy:

Robsia, could you run laps around the entire inside of your house?

In theory I suppose but I'd be forever stopping to go round stuff. You US gals probably have no idea how small the average house size is over here. And it's all divided into rooms too.

Well, the forecast for tomorrow isn't too bad so I should be able to find a window.

Week 2 Day 1 yesterday, was happy to make it through without stopping. :)

I need to get a new sports bra here. Mine was bought several years ago and worked fine for pre-kids milk-free boobs but isn't quite holding up the way it should be now. ;)

Originally Posted by Nikaia:
Oh. One last thing. Does anyone have advice on preemptively staving off shin splints? I tend to get those by around week 3, it's one of the things that has stopped me before.

I suffer from chronic shin splints too. The last time I tried C25K (before I got sick and had to start again) I did a few things that seem to have helped.

Don't run on concrete. Ever. Under any circumstances.

Lash out and get a pair of good supportive properly fitted shoes from a running store staffed by people who know what they are talking about. Not teenagers.

I warm up by walking to my local track, then do my program on the track (grass). No road running until my legs are fit enough to not scream at me.

Strengthening and stretching. Find a step and stand on it with your heels hanging off. Then lift yourself up on your toes as far as you can, and sink down so your heels are lower than the edge. Slowly repeat, and do this a lot.

I'm not sure which one of these things is helping the most, but I'm good so far and so I'm not going to stop doing any of them!

Thanks for the advice, Primm. Unfortunately, I can't afford really good shoes - I'm between jobs at the moment, euphemistically speaking. But the rest of that is good. I'm running on a treadmill during the week, and will probably do one weekend run on Saturday - I was going to go run laps around the cemetery down the street, and I'd planned on doing that on the roads in the cemetery, but I can as easily run on the grass beside the road. So no concrete, check. And I will work on the stretching too. Thank you!

Update: Just finished w1d2 about an hour ago. Honestly, the gym trip was atrocious - my usual area was crowded, so I tried the other area, where the only one of my usual type of treadmill squeaked so loudly I couldn't stand it, and after trying two other treadmills, gave up and went back to my usual area, which had room by the time I went back, but then about halfway through I knocked my iPod off the shelf onto the treadmill and it went shooting off behind me, so I had to stop and go retrieve it. By the time all was said and done, I'd done the warmup and first couple intervals at least three times, because I kept moving back in the time on the podcast I was using to track, to make sure I got the full workout.

Anyway, I completed the run despite setbacks, and I'm proud of myself for it. Unlike last night, I took the time to fully stretch out tonight, and I'm glad I did. My back still hurts a bit, as do my thighs, but I think it's just the new-to-exercising pains.

Oh - and I specifically made sure to do some of the anti-shin-splint stretches. Hope they help!

If ya scroll down a bit on THIS page, there are some Shin stretches and also treatments for when ya get them. I suffer from them too, but I've noticed it really helps to stretch my shins before and after, and I also ice them as soon as am done, whether they hurt or not for about 10 to 15 minutes each. :)

C25K - the indoor version

Well, I was going to do the C25K W1D2 today, but the weather is awful. Not actually raining but cold and very windy, 30mph with gusts of up to 50mph. And tomorrow is forecast to be more of the same so I couldn't put it off till then either. The cold isn't too bad, running warms you up anyway, but I wasn't going out there in the wind, so I got creative.

Instead of the first 5 minute warm-up walk, I did the 10 minute warm-up from my dvd.

Then when doing the running parts, I jogged partly in place in my living room and partly up and down the living room. My living room is small so I only managed 4 steps before having to turn round and come back again, but provided I turned round a different way each time I didn't get dizzy, lol!

In the walking parts I alternated plain old marching on the spot with box steps, and a step from my dvd which they call the Lambeth Walk. I was also able to add in some arms too.

So I did 20 minutes of those, then did the 10-minute warm up again as a cool down, then added on the 10-minute ab crunch section from the dvd (which I am getting better at).

So in total I managed to get a 50 minute workout out of a 30 minute one!

I would still prefer to do it outside, I feel like I am working harder outside, running properly, but I definitely worked up a sweat and it was good to be able to add on bits from the dvd. But it's better than nothing.

Great job with the indoor workout Robsia!

Week 3 day 5 (AKA day 2 #2) for me today. It's getting really cold out there! (Ha, I say that now, but in another month it will be 20 degrees colder...) My local running store doesn't have their winter gear in yet though. :( I could really use some good gloves. I talked DH into doing w1d1 yesterday since he needed the exercise. He has a weird tendonitis-type injury that kind of flares up when he runs, but he never actually puts effort into healing it, he just says "oh, my leg hurts, so I should just not exercise at all." :rolleyes: In any case he was glad I forced him out, but he needs to get used to running with headphones and with the dog.

Congrats Nikaia, Robsia and paperclipply.

Week 7, Day 2 done this morning. But it was NOT cold. It's supposed to be 97 today :mad: