Week 8 Run 1 completed yesterday. Yesterday I also noticed that my legs felt a bit thinner. This morning my belly (huge sugar baby belly) also feels a bit less. Last night my brain told me when I'd had enough to eat (a first) and this morning I stepped on the scales and noticed a few pounds have dropped.
As someone who could do with losing four or five stones I am praying that this is the start of some weight loss. I am making healthier food choices because I really notice how food makes me feel, particularly on a run.
Fingers crossed for this positive effect. 😊🏃🏻😊🏃🏻😊
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Excellent! Generally the program tones you up rather than causes you to lose weight, but you are right, it does start to change the choices you make and those 2 things together can make a big difference! Keep it up, now you have started, things will only get better
It appears patience is the key. I was all ready to declare that running did nothing for my weight and perhaps it's too soon to declare it a miracle cure but I do feel good. 😊
The benefits can be unexpected, look out. I started C25k 10weeks ago after nearly five decades believing I was " allergic" to running. I wasn't over weight and didn't really expect to see much change ( but you can't help hoping!). My teenage daughters ( ever the source of " tell it how it is" honesty) started to comment on my bum. Now I should say, that I never really hated it, it was just there and I got on with life. Looking in the mirror yesterday, I decided that it looked like my old bum, but it was wearing the rear end equivalent of a bra!! Seriously, it looked like the same stuff had been lifted up a couple of inches. I like it😀😀😜
Well done getting to week 8, see you at the finish line next week!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🥇🥇
I think the exercise and the better diet naturally go together. I found that by doing exercise I was automatically veering towards the food choices which complemented the work I was putting in.
If I have just worked myself to near exhaustion running 5k then the last thing I am going to do it throw it all away by eating a load of c**p.
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The build up.... Or am I just obsessed?
Ok so this might sound silly....
Made a start 
W9R3 and 5K. This is the greatest day!
