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[LucyLooRuns]

I’ve had the app downloaded for 3months, and I read your posts everyday- but I haven’t plucked up courage to start yet. Any motivational words out there? I am overweight and unfit 😫

[WarGamesWiddow Graduate]

I thought the very same - but you CAN do it! You’ve absolutely got this! Be gentle on yourself, go at your own pace but keep trying! You CAN! Honest! ❤️💚❤️

[teexboos]

this is what pushed me to do it. a lady i know also was overweight and unfit is now smashing a 28min run. he confidence pushed me. you got this ♥️

[katherinejane1 Graduate]

I can guarantee that 😫 will be a 🙂 or even a 😊 once you do!

[Percyp73 Graduate]

You can do this. Like you I'm overweight and unfit. Just run for 20 mins solid today. If you'd have told me I'd be doing that 5 weeks ago I would've just laughed. I probably found the first run the hardest out of the lot so far. I was embarrassed at being seen out running and now quite frankly I don't care. This board is fab support. Take the plunge - you can do it!

[Hatman Graduate]

Hi LucyLoo. I too started off overweight and very unfit, but I did stop smoking four years ago. That was my start. It took a long time to get round to starting this course. I can’t see me in shorts a vest and yellow shoes imitating Mo any time soon. I put the podcast on an iPod with ear buds, in my fleece pocket,

Pair of trousers and trainers, then set off for a walk, brisk walk , early in the morning. Listen to Laura , when she says run now, just jog, it doesn’t have to be fast. There’s not much difference between my brisk walk and jog. Look at Japanese Slow Running Man on YouTube. That speed.

Do that speed as your “run” and no one will notice at all. Follow Laura’s words and the music. I went round a circled of circular routes to start with. Follow Laura and stick to it. By week four I thought my tum looked flatter. I noticed I got my breath back quicker at the end. I told close friends I was running. I even got proper shoes, black though. Now I have lost four kilos, tum is a lot tighter, sleep better, and I enjoy jogging along a few mornings a week. Just do the time, don’t worry about distance.

My grandkids were so impressed that I did a 5K park run last weekend. So was I. I never thought I had it in me at all. I still feel great about it today. Printing my certificate later today. First ever sport trophy! At 76.

LucyLooJogs first. I await the next instalment. Do yourself a favour. You don’t have to go fast. JUST GO!

[LucyLooRuns in reply to Hatman]

What an absolutely brilliant reply- thank you so very much😘. You’re very motivational- thank you!x

[Hatman Graduate in reply to LucyLooRuns]

When are you going for that “ walk” then?

Do let us know how you get on.

They aren’t thinking about you as you pass them.

They’re thinking “ Wow, I should be doing that! Isn’t she brave/ good/keen/fit/ losing weight/looking better/lucky to be getting fitter/etc..”

DO IT! START! GoLucyLoo! Go!

[Redcat19 Graduate]

Get those shoes on and go for it. You might be amazed by what you can achieve. This programme works. Be sure to have some motivational music with you. Let me know how you get on.

[Granspeed Graduate]

These folks have it right! Especially read Hatman’s suggestions. I do the Japanese slow running and it’s lovely. What I do to get going is put my gear on first thing - then it would be a waste not to go out the door! I also only told my Other Half I was going for a walk, in case it was all a colossal failure. 🤪 But it wasn’t! So get out that door. Really, that is the hard bit. Go, go, go. What have you got to lose? (Besides weight & breathlessness?) 👍

[MarkyD Graduate]

Oooh LLR, you have to start today. Do you plan to run in the morning, or in the evening (or during the day)?? The weather here in UK is great for running early or late just now, cool and beautiful with the sun coming up or setting. Going early in the morning - like 6am - is great since there are very few cars and people about. And you can get your gear ready the night before - have everything in one place - then in the morning, spring out of bed, have a small glass of water, get dressed and go. And then feel the joy of having started for the rest of the day

[Hatman Graduate in reply to MarkyD]

Hear Hear. That is so true. Me - first thing. Before the streets get full of smelly car exhaust fumes. Fleece doesn’t look out of place then either.

[Stevieplink Graduate]

I put off starting for months. I was and still am overweight, my cholesterol is on the high side and I have an 8yo who demands my interaction and I dont mean sitting watching youtube with him. So here I am 8 weeks later 10 pounds lighter and 3 park runs under my belt, not caring that im finishing outside the top 400 runners just knowing that starting the c25k was and is the best decision I have made in many a year. Get out there Lucyloo you will never regret it and despite what you may think, other people are too entrenched in their own lives to think about you take notice of you running past them.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Welcome to the forum.

This guide to the plan is essential reading healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

This training plan was devised by Josh Clark over twenty years ago to get his couchbound 50 something mother more active.............it has worked for , probably, millions since then including many just like you.

Don't waste another day of your life......

You can do this.

Enjoy your journey

[Hannarun]

Hey!!! I completed this two years ago - never ran in my life- 1 yr after I completed my first half marathon!!!! Today 8 weeks postpartum and c section I ran week 1 thought no way I could do it again!! I did just now!!! IT FELT AMAZING!!! just do it 😁