JCC 2015 Fitness Goals

*is hit by the sudden realization that Sriracha contains sugar*

 

we walked 12 km today and my tiny dog's barely tired. i'm not sure what breed she is anymore.

 

Just to make it clear that I don't really hate white wine, I bought a bottle of riesling today. It's not very cold yet but I'm already halfway through my first glass.

 

Oops, wrong thread.

 

Congratulations! I tried doing push ups yesterday, I will keep trying. If I can add one more every two days, that'll be good.

 

I just started doing the "couch potato to 5k" program today. I hate jogging/running, so it was difficult. All the dogs in the neighborhood, including my own St. Bernard, ran up to their fences and barked at me.

 

It's good that you started, keep at it and it'll get better. Also, I hate running on residential areas because of the dogs. I know 99% of them are unable to actually get at you but boy it is really distracting. Parks are where it's at.

 

Yeah, the dogs were distracting. I wish I lived in a larger city that actually had a park.

 

The marathon I've been training for is now just eight days away. I'm in the taper phase of training now. It's always the same. I spend months looking forward to a bit of down time and then when it arrives I drive myself crazy worrying about getting sick or losing fitness! We're an emotionally fragile lot, marathon runners. Anyway, hopefully we'll get some decent weather for the big day.

 

Depression has spiraled out of control yet again, so I'm going to try running twice a day.

 

Ah, the joy of double ups! Hope that works out for you.

 

i ran my personal best mile the other day! 7:30! i was super pumped.

 

From doing walking / squats, along with a better diet, my stomach is a lot flatter than it was a month ago. Better than it has been in many years. I do not need to lose weight, but tone and stamina are what I am going for.

 

Meh. I may need to put off running I guess.

 

It's just really hard to get motivated. Relapse always sucks. I hope I can get out of it.

 

I Are The Internets, hope things improve for you quickly. Walking alone helped me get out a lot of anger / depression I'd been dealing with all winter, I do not know if that will help you at all, but I sympathize and wish you well.

 

It might. I do need to be tested to see if I have any personality disorders.

 

I am not a nutritionist but I've noticed that changing my diet was the other factor that bolstered my mood (and mood swings.) The walking made a considerable difference at first, but reigning in my diet has made me a complete different person. The two together are working wonders. I've been super sensitive to certain foods (like sugar) for a very long time, but it took this winter to really confront it.

All that said, perhaps before you go get those tests done, try an allergist and see if you're allergic to certain foods? My apologies if I'm coming across like a Mack truck...not my intent. Just wanted to share.

 

Run/walk is a good way to start. Even if it's just a minute running to two walking to begin with. Before long it's 1/1, 2/1, 5/1 and then boom, you're running!