Well I finally was able to get out there and start the program. So today was day 1 of week 1 and I must say it was easier than i thought it would be. I ran with a friend who is a little more out of shape than I am so maybe that's why it was easier, but hey i did it and i can't wait to see the improvements over the next few weeks!

Hi!! I think week 1 is easy (so far). I already looked ahead to other weeks so I know I'll be in here weeping within the next few weeks.


Such an active imagination! I think you should go for it. You're not going to fall and slash your face on a rock or have to be escorted off by ambulance. Even if you do (and you won't), everyone will look at you as the chick who had enough guts to sign up and run a 5K while they only stood on the sidelines and watched. You can do it!

I am very much all about imagining the worst case scenario and obsessing about it! You have no idea how bad it can get!

Thanks for the encouragement Sparkle!

Oooh!! Can I still join? I'm doing C25k right now. Tonight I'm doing W5D3 - the first workout without intervals of walking! 20 minutes of running! Exciting!

1. I haven't been doing anything. haha.. quite literally. I just all of a sudden stopped working toward my weight loss goals. I don't know why. I know I'm still fat.. I'm just too lazy.

2. My exercise program/routine USED to be as follows: c25k for 1 hour (basically, I doubled or tripled each day, ex: w3d1, I did 6 times instead of 3 times), 4-6 days a week, directly followed by 30 min of calisthenics, and full body weight training circuits of one hour 2 days a week. I really enjoy working out while I'm actually doing it... It's GOING to do it that's the tough part for me.

3. Motivation? haha.. basically I lost 40 lbs.. bought all new clothes (went from size 14 to a size 6) and then gained 20 lbs during the school year and can no longer fit into ANYTHING. I don't have money to buy a new wardrobe again nor do I want to buy clothes when I can simply lose the weight. And I hate being uncomfortable in my own skin.

Sometimes I feel like everyone is judging me.. "look at that fat chick jiggle" and that stops me from going out. I know that most people aren't even paying attention to me, but that's the thought that goes through my head.. and I get too embarrassed to go workout. I don't know how to change this mentality though...


I think you should DEFINITELY do it!!! If you finish it.. you will feel so great about yourself and this will only give you more motivation to continue working toward your fitness goals.
Worst case scenario: you can't jog the whole thing. No problem, walk for a short distance catch your breath and then jog to the finish. There are plenty of skinny people who can't jog for 5 minutes let alone 3.1 miles. And if you don't jog ALL of this one, you'll jog ALL of the next one!

So.. if you're taking a poll I vote "do it"!

DO IT!! Even if you don't think you can run it all, you can always walk it. I guarantee there will be other people who are run/walking it! (That's what I did in my first 5k, which was also on a small town! )

Like everyone else, I am also on the "Run the 5k!" train, Rochester! Seriously. Even if you can't quite run the entire time, so what!? Nobody on the sidelines can judge you, because it's notl ike they're out there running it, and you will probably feel SO amazing when you finish!!! You definitely deserve that!!!

Guys, it's never too late to hop into this thread. We like everyone and we don't bite... TOO much!

I was totally supposed to run tonight... And then one thing lead to another... And it was dark out. I'm such a freaking wuss about going out running after dark!

Welcome to all the new peeps! Good luck running everyone! And, Diana, get off your lazy butt!

@Emus - You'd really be surprised at how many people are actually impressed and silently cheering you on when you go out to exercise. And if I ever start to feel self-conscious, I tell myself that I'd rather they laugh at me for running than for stuffing a pizza in my face.

Did W3D2 this morning. Punched it in the face and kicked it in the %#^!!! (as Chubby Jones on my podcast says).

I definitely felt better than I did on W3D1 on Tuesday. By the time I finished that, I felt like there were iron bands squeezing my calves to the point that I could barely walk home afterwards. I didn't have that today, at least nowhere near as bad. I guess I need to stretch out more?

And I realized something today. I did W1 in the parking lot of the county fairgrounds which is right by my house. That weekend there was an event at the fairgrounds and I switched to the reservoir, and discovered that I really liked running by the water so I stayed out there. Well, this week I've switched back to the fairgrounds, because we've had quite a bit of rain and I didn't want to run in mud and wet goose crap. I just realized today that there are a lot of inclines in the parking lot of the fairgrounds. Certainly not hills, but it is not flat. So, not only have I progressed to doing W3, but I've also progressed to be able to do it on a not flat surface. Woot! (And it explains why W1 was so difficult!)

I think next week instead of going to W4 I'm going to try to do a full 5K and see if I have the endurance and any kind of decent time. Then I will decide whether or not to enter that race which you are all encouraging me to do! (Thanks! )

Did W5D3 - but couldn't run the whole thing. I ran the first 10 minutes and then took about 3 breaks where I walked for 15 seconds or so. Kinda disappointed in myself. Anyway, on to W6D1 - intervals are back. Yay!

W2D5 tonight...I know I only was suppossed to fo 3 days but I want Sundays to be D1 not D3. My dogs officially think I am nuts, the older one doesnt even come with me anymore and the other heads back to the house before I am done so much for my protectors, but there's really nobody around except the bugs and other wildlife that stay hidden....

PS--I think I am going to sign up for a 5k in September--benefits go to Habitat for Humanity....

Great realization, Rochester! And thanks for telling me to get off my lazy butt... LOL. I'm gonna go out soon here and get the running done earlier in the day so I don't have to worry about fitting it in!

kariatari, don't beat yourself up! W5D3 is a scary thing, looking at it. Most people aren't sure if they'll be able to do it going in, and I seriously doubt you're the only one that had to take a couple breaks... And your breaks were short, at least! It's a work in progress - Just remember that.

Jules, So much for your protectors, indeed! Clearly the intervals aren't working as well for them! And I am also looking at a September 5K! Mine is for the Me-One foundation. It's the only one I could find that was actually close to me anywhere remotely near when I should be done with the program. And since we lost my grandfather to leukemia/lymphoma back in February, it's definitely the kind of thing I feel good about.

Time for me to get my shoes on and get out there... It's almost eleven. Don't want ti to get too crazy hot on me! W3D2, here I come!

Eep! Look at us and our FIVE whole pages! Keep it up ladies!!!

I just got back from W3D2... I did it again!!! I was seriously, SERIOUSLY considering giving up on the last three minute run... I think it was a little harder on me mentally going into it today, just because of how hard it was on Monday. But I made myself push through it. I have a song recommendation for those who are interested:

Lucky(Hot Stuff Short Mix) - Lucky Twice

It's peppy and slightly Techno-Dance-y, but if you like that kind of thing once in a while(Or all the time!) I definitely recommend it... Mostly because it really helped me out at the end of the last run! It came on, I was trying to keep myself going... So while I was running, I considered things in my life(mostly pertaining to this running/weight loss journey) that make me lucky. The boyfriend who will love me, regardless of if I lose another pound or if I can't finish a run. The fact that there are many people with many more years on them than me who still haven't quite figured out how to make the changes they may need to, but I'm 19 and giving my all to finding my solution. The fact that I have managed to motivate myself to do something I never would have thought possible, because running was always such a foreign concept to me... Same with weight loss as a whole. The fact that my mom is working her way through C25K also, so she can celebrate and run my 5K with me in September.

It makes me tear up a little bit right now, thinking over it all. There's more to it than that that makes me lucky... But those are the ones I thought of in the last part of my run. It was really just... : I'm a happy girl!

Ninepaw, there are a few 5k's close by in July but I don't think I will be ready...there's a 50 Mile JFK Run in my hometown in November I KNOW I won't be ready to do!!! maybe next year...lol...

I love the 30 hour of me time...hubby is being supportive, hope he stays that way...he tends to get insecure when I start losing weight, but this time I don't care anymore. I will be 45 in December and it's time to do what I want. We've been together 24 years, you'd think by now he'd figure out I am not going anywhere.

the dogs BOTH abandoned me--I was on my own....

W1D2 complete! Legs were a lot less energized today so felt like more of a struggle but I think I went a little faster on the running portions, so thats good...