Am up to week 8 on the challenge (having repeated the whole of week 7!) and am happy I’m now running 28mins non stop. However I’m disappointed that I’ve not seen much weight loss (aside from a couple of pounds- I know muscle weighs more but I’m not hench yet!!) so have started doing Joe Wicks HIIT sessions alongside the running. Week looks like run/rest/HIIT/rest/run/HIIT/rest. Has anyone else done the same or similar and has it made a difference? I’m eating healthily and have cut down alcohol. Any other tips for weight loss? Got a spare tyre post pregnancy that doesn’t want to shift! Thanks in advance!
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Weight loss is largely down to diet, although exercise has a limited contribution unless you are running considerable distances. You are setting the groundwork to enable you to do that and as you run further the body will develop the ability to burn fat, but C25K workouts are not long enough to make any significant difference.
Many people have considerable success using calorie counting apps, such as My fitness Pal alongside C25K, as mentioned in the guide to the plan healthunlocked.com/couchto5...
Hi Samtam , you might be expecting too much too soon. I'm 60 and have been running a little over a year now. While I lost a couple of pounds during C25K, I've lost more, and kept it off, since I've been running longer distances.
Hi Samtam👋 Getting the post pregnancy belly to reduce is tough! I had 2 kids 2 years apart with pretty much 0 exercise other than the household jobs and short walks, so hats off to you for being so amazingly disciplined! My sister-in-law runs 5k regularly and follows the Joe Wicks app. Not sure how often she does everything but she's in great shape and her youngest is 2. She got straight back into exercising as soon as she was ok to, but it's taken a year + of working out to get back into shape. As they say it takes 9 months to grow a baby, 9 months to get your body back...something like that anyway!!!
My youngest is now 4 and I've been exercising better in the last 2 years- dance class, yoga/post pregnancy Pilates videos, faster longer walks, and now couch to 5k. My stomach muscles still aren't back to normal and I've extra skin/flab on my tummy since pregnancies BUT the rest of me is looking good 😁 The running has toned me up and I'm fitting into jeggings and jeans without feeling squeezed in. So I would say, ditch the weighing scales and take out your tape measure and you'll see a change, or maybe you'll notice your clothes fitting better like me. 🤞😁 Even if you don't notice much of a physical difference, you can be sure all the exercise is doing wonders for your mental health.
Other than that, all I can think of is a friend of mine who struggles with her weight during pregnancies and post-preg snacks a lot, and during the night when she's up with baby. My food downfall during maternity leave was snacking on unhealthy snacks during the day and not really noticing the snacks add up, even though my main meals were healthy and nutritious.
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