Treadmill running 🏃🏻‍♀️

[DanniHall]

Hi, I have got one more run in week three to complete. I know it’s still early days, but I am still really struggling. I am using my treadmill as I can only do it in the evening when my four children are in bed. I am 33, 5ft 2in and four stone over weight. I work full time with children with autism so I am on the go all day. I am eating really strictly...as healthy as possible really and I drink three litres of water a day. My question is when does it get easier??

I do each run because I want to, but I really don’t enjoy it.

Danielle

[cheryl_couch_tatty Graduate]

Hello, I am in a similar position to you, just a few weeks on. I am still wondering when I will enjoy the run! Lol. I just get my enjoyment of running from when I finish and feel the sense of achievement and the weight loss! I keep thinking maybe I will start enjoying it but it hasn't happened yet but I am addicted to the side effects. It took awhile for the weight loss to kick in too but you will get there. Good luck with it, sounds like you have a very demanding life and now you are managing to fit in something for you that is going to make you feel great........ P.s. I hope you do start to enjoy your runs.... just because I don't especially doesn't mean you won't xx

[DanniHall in reply to cheryl_couch_tatty]

Thank you Cheryl I really hope so too. The same to you, I really hope it gets better for us both.

I lost 5lb initially but have stayed the same since. I very much like the feeling after the run too... I just don’t enjoy the actual running part haha.

[Sofabunny]

3 litres of water a day seems quite lot to me..but I'm not a health professional...I think you are doing well..it's not easy when you have a lot of other demands to meet. I did read that you should ordinarily be able to walk 30 minutes at a good pace before starting the couch to 5k.

Two things that help me..I'm on a treadmill in garage..are my music play lists and having a fan going to cool me down..I was really struggling before I bought the fan as you don't get the benefit of a cooling breeze indoors ..

The best advice in my opinion is don't think about the speed of distance..just the time ...keep at it..I have got further than I ever thought..I'm not finding it easy ..being a 57 year old who did no proper exercise for 20 years...but keep plodding 🐌🐌..every minute moving is progress..

[DanniHall in reply to Sofabunny]

Thank you for the advice, I really appreciate it. I will keep going and hope it will get better. I have a 1.5litre bottle that I drink at work and then refill it for the rest of the day at home. I haven’t be drinking anything else other than water. 😁

The fan is a good idea as I am in my conservatory (gets a tad warm in there haha).

Thank you 😊

[Greyspark in reply to DanniHall]

Best thing to make sure you drink right is getting a hydrate mate bottle, I work in an A+E department and once I started using it I realised how dehydrated I was! It has the timings on the bottles to make sure you don’t over drink at once!

[DanniHall in reply to Greyspark]

That’s amazing, thank you. I will look into it. I find now if I don’t drink the 3litres I become really thirsty. My body had become reliant on it almost. 😁

[ArthurJG Graduate]

Hi Danni. I work with kids on the spectrum too Two quotes you may find helpful: neither is mine, I read them on here but can’t remember who said them. One is ‘it’s not that it gets easier, it’s that you get stronger.’ And the other is ‘I’ve done some runs that I regretted starting at the time but Ive never ever done a run that I regretted after I finished.’

[DanniHall in reply to ArthurJG]

That’s amazing, thank you 😊 I will keep going and hope I get stronger soon 😁