Since I got pregnant with my first daughter I have been losing the "weight-loss" battle. And now that my second child is 7 months old I have decided "enough is enough." So I bought some running shoes and I'm ready to hit the pavement!
I am going to start by Monday morning (I've got lots going on Saturday & Sunday mornings so I doubt I can truly fit it in). I am both very excited and nervous -dreading also comes to mind. I have had a love-hate relationship with jogging & running since I was a young kid. I am not the athletic type, but I do love the feeling I have all day when I have had a good run and when I am about half way through a run I always feel great. It's the first steps in and the last that are not so fun.
I have some fears about shin-splints (if you have ever had them you know what I mean) and I have a spastic colon, so I have to be careful of that too. I am often an "all or nothing" type, so it makes running hard for me. I want to go out there and push myself hard and if I don't ease into it carefully I will find myself bed ridden with colon spasms and burning pain in my shins. And if I have that happen it will take a long time to get back out on the pavement again.
I will post how my first day out again goes (it's been AGES since I laced up running shoes and went for a run).
Yeah, I used to get shin splints too! They are awful. So far, I haven't had any problems with them. I think because I eased myself into exercising again, I haven't had any injuries. I've always been an all or nothing person, and I think a lot of times that's what keeps me from accomplishing my goals because I give up. So I decided, this time around, that it's NOT going to be all or nothing. I'm going to be more like a turtle, just making sure I slowly progress and keep at it. I'm not going to freak out if I don't do perfectly here and there. So far, it's working.
ReplyDeleteI feel so frustrated because even with running, the weight is coming off SO slowly. But the more fit I become, hopefully, the more I'll shed. I can't wait to hear about your first day out! I hope you love it and feel invigorated! :)
Shari, it sounds like we have a lot in common. I have always had weight issues, but I could always loose weight if I tried. As I got in my later 20s it got harder to lose a few pounds fast, but not "that impossibly hard." Now that I have had two children it feels almost hopeless. But I know it's not. I will have to take the "slow and steady" method (like you) and just enjoy the whole process regardless of what numbers I see on the scale and no matter if I ever fit back into a pant size without a 1 in front of another number! lol
ReplyDeleteI am choosing to do something good for myself and to stop feeling powerless to change. :)
I am exhausted as I write this comment...long long long day with sick kids, but if I get at least 6 hours sleep tonight I plan to lace up tomorrow morning and see what this out of shape body can do. :)
Oh, and don't beat yourself up if you don't make it out there! Especially with sick kids right now. I've been trying to learn to give myself a break when I don't do as well as I want to, because when I beat myself up, I want to quit. So tomorrow is always another day.
ReplyDeleteI know. I long for the day of being a single digit size. I don't know if I'll ever get there but I'm going to keep trying. Lol.
I'm so glad you went today! An hour is long time to be out, so that's awesome.
ReplyDeleteI think it's so great that you prayed when you went out today. My prayer life has greatly improved since I started running. I pray for other people and my family and everything. But I also ask God for help with the actual running. Lol. I need all the help I can get.
I wish you lived down here so we could go out together. I have yet to find a local running partner. My sister's family might move down from Bakersfield but that will probably take a couple of years. I enjoy the solitude, but it would also be nice to have company. :)
Shari, I just wrote a long comment back and it got lost... UGH! Anyhow, in short: Thanks for the encouragement! I just completed day #3 out there and it's hard, but I am going to stick with it. I am praying a lot that God will help me stick with it and help me to not push myself too hard and yet hard enough. I did pray for others too, but a lot of it was for me in the moment. :)
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