Week four..... Very hard

so.....i am working on running for the entire first be minutes. I have not been able to complete run I in week four yet. This morning was try number two. I ran for five walked for five ran for five walked for five and had to stop. I will continue working on it for sure. I am also on a no carb diet as well. I cannot seem to lose the eight lbs i need to. So.....well....at least i am not smoking anymore.....

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Not smoking is good, congrats.

Some carbs help with running and once you’re graduating this you’re capable of using your legs as fat burning machines. The process of turning fat into glucose that your muscles need is a lot longer than the process of turning carbs to glucose. Carbs bridge the gap for you. So as you condition your body, the fat burning process is probably not fast enough just yet to supply glucose to your muscles before your stored glucose (glycogen) runs out, hence the struggle.

In short, you’ll get there soon, just waiting for the body to catch your legs up.

[Shakywakey Graduate]

Doesn’t sound like you are far off achieving it. Keep going and you’ll feel great when you have done it 😁

[Hidden in reply to Shakywakey]

I did it today!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Good job... enjoy the next

[Shakywakey Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Brilliant. 👏👏

[Jundal Graduate]

You can do it! If I can haul my fat ass through 28 minutes of leg based punishment then YOU CAN DO THIS!

[wyersmith Graduate]

Agree with unfitnomore on the fat burning. People tend not to lose weight on the plan but they can lose inches. That’s even better! In the struggling with completing the runs in w4 you are probably still going a bit quick. You need to be thinking snail and able to breathe ok. You will be surprised how slow you can go if you really try! Good luck!

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to wyersmith]

On my first run I almost had to check I wasn’t going backwards. Had no idea how fast I could run and complete a minute... I found out on the 6th rep, that one hurt.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

You do need fuel for your runs... check out the section on healthy eating in this post from IannodaTruffe

healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

Then... simply slow it right down

[Sofabunny]

No carbs...nooooo

Don't we need some carbs for fuel ..could that be contributing?

I'm having a bumpy road thru this too...my advice is just keep plodding...suddenly you will find small improvements..

I watched a telly prog..the Truth about Carbs about a month ago..might still be on BBC iPlayer?..Did you see it? Worth a look..

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Sofabunny]

Some runners fuel just on fats... but in the early days it’s not gonna work that way. Need all the 40 processes to go from fat to glycogen to turn in fast and run efficiently... and that takes time and training.