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Found out what my health is really like..

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Just started day 1 of the NHS 12-week fitness plan.

It really made me think (and look at myself) about how bad my health really is. The first run, not gonna lie, it hurt. I suppose it'll improve over time, but I'm not going to give up on this! Bring on tomorrow, lets see how I do with 'strength and Flex'!

Side Note - Thanks to all who commented yesterday on my post, some really great advice, I appreciate it!

James

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jiggles7Graduate

I think we all got that slap in the face when we started. The good news is that your fitness will build really swiftly. Great that you are starting strength and flex too. Observe the running rest days they are critical to avoid injury. Happy running 😀

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jameshanks50 in reply to jiggles7

Thankyou :)

Am doing 3 days running, 3 days strength & flex and a day off a week.

Hoping the above, with me now eating healthier and getting ride of coke out of my life (yes, I used to drink ALOT of fizzy) this will aid weight loss.

I do have an appointment on 30th for the doctors to see if there's anything they help with (even just weighing me), but if this works well, I'll just cancel and continue :)

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misswobbleGraduate in reply to jameshanks50

Good for you that you’re going to turn your health around 💪😃👍. Pop is rubbish. Water is fine. You soon get used to not drinking pop Lots of stuff we can do without and we don’t miss 🙂

Good luck with C25k it’s fab 👍

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jameshanks50 in reply to misswobble

Yeah, fed up of waking up and wanting to drink fizzy drinks.. makes you think how it ruins your insides..

Thankyou :)

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misswobbleGraduate in reply to jameshanks50

Well,it’s famously good for cleaning lavs 😬. You won’t miss it honestly.

I gave up fags, booze and eating junk, took up running to improve my health. Joined fat club, ditched nearly five stones and now run like a girl. Which I ain’t, not by a long chalk 😁😎

C25k teaches you to run from a standing start. You only need go ever so slowly. There’s no point in trying to hurry or short cut the programme. Slow runs build legs. Anyway, you’ll see It’s huge fun by the way Good luck 😃👍

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jameshanks50 in reply to misswobble

Thanks misswobble and congrats on the weight loss :D

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misswobbleGraduate in reply to jameshanks50

Ta 😃. Still on it like a car bonnet. Got to goal 8 years ago yesterday. I lost more weight though since running. You do! 😁

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jameshanks50 in reply to misswobble

:D

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jiggles7Graduate in reply to jameshanks50

Well it sounds like you have this in hand! Keep us posted and good luck quitting the fizzy stuff, I drink a lot of water now and have dropped my pop consumption to one diet one a day-your dentist will be thrilled too 😀

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jameshanks50 in reply to jiggles7

I sure will jiggles, thankyou!

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate

Great job... I swear that run tried to kill me 8 times... so it does improve over time, I survived and graduated this, so will you. The fitness will rise faster than you think, keep pushing to the end of these early runs, it gets easier! Enjoy the strength and flex, and of course run 2

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jameshanks50 in reply to UnfitNoMore

Thanks unfit, appreciate it!

I'm VERY unfit, and this morning showed it. It gave me a kick up the bum, which is what I need!

James

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate in reply to jameshanks50

I was too... soon you’ll be amazing yourself out there... keep the legs loose on your rest days, find some low impact work to do from S&F and you’ll benefit from the cross training.

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jameshanks50 in reply to UnfitNoMore

perfect, thanks :)

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donttrustaskinnycookGraduate

You will be so surprised how quickly your fitness improves - I still can't quite believe I can run non stop for 28 minutes, 8 weeks ago that seemed impossible.

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jameshanks50 in reply to donttrustaskinnycook

It won't be long until I hopefully do aswell :)

My finish date will be 6th February, which is 2 days before my birthday so I'm hoping to feel much better and healthier then :)

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donttrustaskinnycookGraduate in reply to jameshanks50

You definitely will, you will start to notice it very soon

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jameshanks50 in reply to donttrustaskinnycook

Fingers Crossed (y)

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