Guess what I did while working out tonight!

[grandmaofone 411]

I ran on the treadmill for the first time ever. It was short bursts throughout my workout, but I did it. I would not have even thought about running 12 months ago!! I did it!!! I am excited that I could do it and that I actually wanted to do it!!! I was sleeved in June 2015 and I am down 91 pounds. I feel great and can do so much more than I ever thought I would be able to do!!! I am loving my "new life"!!!!!

[JamieLogical 8,711]

Couch to 5k, here you come! That's how I got started. Could't even do C25k at first. Just alternated 1 minute of running and 4 minutes of walking and repeating that several times until I finally felt like I could take on the first week of C25k. And now, here I am, a year and a half later, training for a half marathon!

[lilbeanie 52]

Congrats! I am trying to add in a little bit of jogging into my walks too and it only takes me about a minute before I get too winded to continue. At my highest weight I wouldn't have even bothered trying... so I know the feeling!

@@JamieLogical Thanks for mentioning how you got into starting the first week of C25K. I tried to do the first week but hurt myself just going into it right away. I had been looking up C25K on the boards here for a while and saw you post about it several times, which was definitely one of the reasons why I was motivated to start doing it myself. I don't think I came across a post where you said you had to work up to being able to do the first week too. For now, I am just going to try to work up my endurance just so I can do the first week like you did. It stinks that I'm not even in shape enough to start out at "couch" end of the C25K, but I'm really excited at the idea of even being able to jog for 10 minutes at a time someday

[JamieLogical 8,711]

@@lilbeanie The thing about C25k is even though it's meant for out-of-shape people, I don't know that it's meant for out-of-shape morbidly obese people. There's a big difference between starting from the "couch" with 10-20 pounds of extra weight and starting from the "couch" with 100+ pounds of extra weight. We put a LOT more strain on our joints and muscles by carrying all that extra weight. So it helps to build up endurance, lose a little of that extra weight, and THEN get started with C25k. The key is to always be progressing and not getting complacent. Even if that means you only run a minute at a time, 3-5 times in the beginning. As long as you keep pushing yourself a little harder each week, you can can get to where you feel comfortable and confident starting the official program.

Another important thing to keep in mind for if/when you do start C25k is that you should feel free to repeat days or even weeks if you feel you aren't yet ready to progress. I've done the program several times now and never actually finished it in 9 weeks. It usually takes me more like 14.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

@@lilbeanie The thing about C25k is even though it's meant for out-of-shape people, I don't know that it's meant for out-of-shape morbidly obese people. There's a big difference between starting from the "couch" with 10-20 pounds of extra weight and starting from the "couch" with 100+ pounds of extra weight. We put a LOT more strain on our joints and muscles by carrying all that extra weight. So it helps to build up endurance, lose a little of that extra weight, and THEN get started with C25k. The key is to always be progressing and not getting complacent. Even if that means you only run a minute at a time, 3-5 times in the beginning. As long as you keep pushing yourself a little harder each week, you can can get to where you feel comfortable and confident starting the official program.

Another important thing to keep in mind for if/when you do start C25k is that you should feel free to repeat days or even weeks if you feel you aren't yet ready to progress. I've done the program several times now and never actually finished it in 9 weeks. It usually takes me more like 14.

This would make a great stand-alone article: Traibing for C25K for the morbidly obese.

@@lilbeanie The thing about C25k is even though it's meant for out-of-shape people, I don't know that it's meant for out-of-shape morbidly obese people. There's a big difference between starting from the "couch" with 10-20 pounds of extra weight and starting from the "couch" with 100+ pounds of extra weight. We put a LOT more strain on our joints and muscles by carrying all that extra weight. So it helps to build up endurance, lose a little of that extra weight, and THEN get started with C25k. The key is to always be progressing and not getting complacent. Even if that means you only run a minute at a time, 3-5 times in the beginning. As long as you keep pushing yourself a little harder each week, you can can get to where you feel comfortable and confident starting the official program.

Another important thing to keep in mind for if/when you do start C25k is that you should feel free to repeat days or even weeks if you feel you aren't yet ready to progress. I've done the program several times now and never actually finished it in 9 weeks. It usually takes me more like 14.

This would make a great stand-alone article: Traibing for C25K for the morbidly obese.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

@@lilbeanie The thing about C25k is even though it's meant for out-of-shape people, I don't know that it's meant for out-of-shape morbidly obese people. There's a big difference between starting from the "couch" with 10-20 pounds of extra weight and starting from the "couch" with 100+ pounds of extra weight. We put a LOT more strain on our joints and muscles by carrying all that extra weight. So it helps to build up endurance, lose a little of that extra weight, and THEN get started with C25k. The key is to always be progressing and not getting complacent. Even if that means you only run a minute at a time, 3-5 times in the beginning. As long as you keep pushing yourself a little harder each week, you can can get to where you feel comfortable and confident starting the official program.

Another important thing to keep in mind for if/when you do start C25k is that you should feel free to repeat days or even weeks if you feel you aren't yet ready to progress. I've done the program several times now and never actually finished it in 9 weeks. It usually takes me more like 14.

This would make a great stand-alone article: Training for C25K for the morbidly obese.

@@lilbeanie The thing about C25k is even though it's meant for out-of-shape people, I don't know that it's meant for out-of-shape morbidly obese people. There's a big difference between starting from the "couch" with 10-20 pounds of extra weight and starting from the "couch" with 100+ pounds of extra weight. We put a LOT more strain on our joints and muscles by carrying all that extra weight. So it helps to build up endurance, lose a little of that extra weight, and THEN get started with C25k. The key is to always be progressing and not getting complacent. Even if that means you only run a minute at a time, 3-5 times in the beginning. As long as you keep pushing yourself a little harder each week, you can can get to where you feel comfortable and confident starting the official program.

Another important thing to keep in mind for if/when you do start C25k is that you should feel free to repeat days or even weeks if you feel you aren't yet ready to progress. I've done the program several times now and never actually finished it in 9 weeks. It usually takes me more like 14.

This would make a great stand-alone article: Training for C25K for the morbidly obese.