Yay, C25K takes over the world :-) It is very good - a friend got me into it and I laughed at her.... the same friend then sent me a 10k one and I'm still looking very nervously at the later weeks and thinking something along the lines of errrr yeh.... ;-) But hey, she managed it and if she managed it then I can! She now considers running 5k to be a quick jog around the block rotten moo.
DanB, it will come :-) Don't forget to do reverse crunches as well as straight ones or you'll get all uneven. Its more about technique than number - I struggled with 10 when I started them but now can do quite a few more and they pull you in pretty quick - make sure you exercise your back too though, very important!
well I'm not supposed to go jogging, my spinal surgeon said it was a big NO, but then he also said I had to lose weight. And as I am plateuing after 3 weeks of 1000kcals a day, I've ordered an iphone arm band thing to start couch to 5k.
I must be more concerned with staring than most, because I'm currently trying to work out a 'jogging outfit' that will not show sweatyness or make me look like an idiot - all the joggers I see seem to think they suddenly have to dress in lots of lycra - not for me!
Wow I didn't realise that this thread would hit a nerve with so many forumites. Sneaks are you allowed to use the cross trainer instead of jogging? Stressed that is amazing progress -keep it up (up)
I achieved both goals 1 & 2 yesterday AND this morning my scales said that i was that I'm 0.7kg lighter!! Although I'm sure that's all just water.
So no gym today - just a long dog walk and then back to the gym tomorrow!!
I went away for the weekend and had (hangs head in shame) an indian takeaway, a meal out on the saturday and mcdonalds for lunch on sunday.
So back on the diet today. My armband thingy arrived and have persuaded hubby to do couch 2 5k thing, so we're going to start that at the weekend - he looks like a walking corpse he's so knackered from work at the mo, so don't want to make him do it after work this week.
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