Woggers Team - JOIN US!!!!!!!!

Kidvicious28

For not being into exercising today, 3.5 miles in 45 mins is great! Good job

Hope everyone's having a great weekend :flowerforyou: Keep on woggin :happy:

mskellyw

Hi, I'm brand new to the site and just came across this thread.

I started the couch to 5k plan several years ago, but gave it up after a few weeks because my knees and hips were getting really sore. About a year ago I discovered I have an allergy to gluten and since eliminating it from my diet my joints are in much better shape. I've decided to give "wogging" another shot and am planning on starting the couch to 5k plan in about a week after my 8am summer school class ends.

My plan is to start slow, wogging 2-3x/week and staying at 60 seconds jogging / 90 seconds walking for several weeks to make sure my joints can handle it. I'm also planning to swim a few times per week. I was doing master's swim last summer and swimming for an hour 3x/week, so I'm hoping to be able to quickly build up to that point again.

I'd love to join your group to stay motivated and have some accountability. I don't think I've run a mile straight in my entire life (I was a fat kid with asthma, so I always got out of running in gym class), so that's definitely my first goal!

kimss

welcome mskellyw,
we are happy you could join. there is no pressure here for us woggers, you just go at your own pace and do the best you can. if you have any questions , were here and will do our best to help answer them.
I know I had never run a mile straight without walking in my life either. so I totally understand what a rush it is to finally do it. and now after almost 3 months I can run 2 miles without stopping. so you keep up the motivation and the training and you will be doing it too before long.
just start slow and work your way up, you'll do great.

take care and have a good weekend,
:happy:

Kidvicious28

Welcome mskellyw! Good luck to you! :flowerforyou:

Kidvicious28

I went for a wog today Wogged for about 31mins/2ish miles. My knees are killing me today!:frown: I didn't eat many carbs before wogging, which I don't ever do. I think eating carbs helps me out...I've never had problems with my knees before. :ohwell:

kimss

wow kid,
your out here early this morning!!!! good job on getting your exercise in so early on a sunday morning. Be sure to get some ice on your knee and take some ibuprofen to help with the inflamation and the pain. put it up if you can. I hope it feels better soon
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Its noon and I'm still in my bathrobe, drinking coffee. :drinker:

I haven't decided if I will work out today or not. I've wogged 5 days this week for a total of just over 20 miles, so I'm thinking I should take a day off so I can be fresh for this coming week. But as the day wears on, I sometimes start missing the walking, so I might just go out a do a little walk on slow motion.
I hope you all have a great day today, and I will check in later to see how everyones been doing this weekend. KEEP WOGGING !!!!!!:bigsmile:

P.S. My hubby is a Navy sailor, and he told me that, in his profession, a WOGGER, is a person who has never crosssed the Equator. :glasses:
Well, I don't know about any of you, but that fits me. how about any of you? anybody here been south of the equator?

fitgal411

wow kid,
your out here early this morning!!!! good job on getting your exercise in so early on a sunday morning. Be sure to get some ice on your knee and take some ibuprofen to help with the inflamation and the pain. put it up if you can. I hope it feels better soon
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Its noon and I'm still in my bathrobe, drinking coffee. :drinker:

I haven't decided if I will work out today or not. I've wogged 5 days this week for a total of just over 20 miles, so I'm thinking I should take a day off so I can be fresh for this coming week. But as the day wears on, I sometimes start missing the walking, so I might just go out a do a little walk on slow motion.
I hope you all have a great day today, and I will check in later to see how everyones been doing this weekend. KEEP WOGGING !!!!!!:bigsmile:

P.S. My hubby is a Navy sailor, and he told me that, in his profession, a WOGGER, is a person who has never crosssed the Equator. :glasses:
Well, I don't know about any of you, but that fits me. how about any of you? anybody here been south of the equator?

lol! I didn't know that! I've never been south of the equator (actually, I've never been out of the United States)

abuelita60

Wow, tell your husband I am Navy retired and I was one of those sailors that never set foot on a ship for duty, but I was stationed in Panama and thats the farthest south I ever went/gone. I took the weekend off from wogging, went to pick up my son from Camp Pendleton, he had overnight liberty.

kimss

Panama, sounds cool. must be nice to be retired. we have 5yrs to go.
Today was my day off, but I wogged 20 miles this week so I needed a rest.:happy:

Nlongenecker

I was gone several days on a camping trip. I didn't do any wogging, but I hiked (which I discovered is way harder than just walking) and kayaked. I missed this group of people and the support. The weather here is very stormy today so I doubt I will get to go outside to wog, so I will have to get on the treadmill. Now that Spring/Summer are here I'm beginning to hate my treadmill! I want to be outside enjoying the weather.

chrissyh

I finished day 2 of week 5 in Couch to 5k....today is supposed to be 2miles all at once or 20 minutes....I am going to try the 20 minutes today and if I can do it then I'll try the distance with my next "run" - this one's no walking break in between....yesterday was 3/4 mile jog, 1/2 mile walk, 3/4 mile jog - I ended up with a total of 2.5 miles after I added in a few laps at the end and 1 warm up to start. But to do 2 miles all at once - I am scared!!

Kidvicious28

Don't be scared! You can do it :happy: You're off to a great start! Keep up the good work :flowerforyou:

MTGirl

Hi guys - I decided over the weekend that I am going to start the Couch to 5K this week. I didn't drag myself out of bed early enough this a.m. to do it, but we will go to the Y tonight so I will start on the treadmill. Kind of disappointed I didn't get started this a.m. - but all is not lost yet :laugh:

chrissyh

MTgirl - I love the C25k program so far....I started on the treadmill but now I try to alternate with outdoor runs too - it's amazing what a difference a couple little hills and sunshine will do to you....you can do it!

kimss

morning ,
:happy: sounds like you all had good weekends. me too. glad to see your all getting yourselves reved up for the week. I am hoping to run the 2mile in 20 min. agian this week. I was only able to do it twice last week, " I was hoping for 3 times" but I will put that as my goal this week. I tend to have stiff and sore front quads, so I need rest in between my long runs. I was still happy with my total for the week of 20 miles. I hope to repeat those numbers this week.
I wish you all good luck on accomplishing your goals
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In the next couple of weeks I would like to expand my goals to include some outside running if I can get away from the kids.:happy:

abuelita60

Hi everyone: I couldn't bring myself to wogg today, but I did do a three mile walk at my own pace (short legs). The weather outside was cloudy/foggy, damp, it didn't help with the motivation. But hey, something is better than nothing. I won't be able to wogg tomorrow cause I'm going to Camp Pendleton to watch my son graduate from Marine Combat Training School, maybe, just maybe, I will go for a walk after we come back into town.....

fitgal411

Impressive, you guys!!!! (ahem, girls )

Well, I had not such a good day today. Basically, people who I thought were my friends have been backstabbing me. I got really depressed and didn't have enough motivation to exercise at all. I don't want to ruin your good days, so I'll stop ranting now.

High point of the day: A REAL friend said I looked a lot skinnier and asked me what my secret was:

WOGGING!!!!!!:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

abuelita60

Hey there fitgal411: Just remember, God loves you and isn't He the ONE who is there for us no matter whats going on in our lives.....a true friend. So SMILE.....you are blessed today and always....

Kidvicious28

wogged 4 miles today :happy: woo! it totally kicked my butt tho. I'm ready for a bubble bath now!

fitgal411

Hey there fitgal411: Just remember, God loves you and isn't He the ONE who is there for us no matter whats going on in our lives.....a true friend. So SMILE.....you are blessed today and always....

Thank you!!!!!!! :flowerforyou: That is good advice. The "backstabber" called and tried to apologize, but it didn't sound very sincere. I will just keep my head held high and try to move on.

Kidvicious28

I hope you're feeling better. I just had a similar experience. It's a crappy feeling, but ya just have to keep your head up and forget about those horrible ppl. They obviously aren't worth your time and effort...if they were your true friends they wouldn't have back stabbed you in the first place.
Just remember, you're a great person with a fantastic personality .. and heck, you'll be in better shape than them soon so to hell with them lol!
Keep on woggin chica :happy:

easy2lov3

Hello woggers, i have not wogged in a few days now:blushing: i jus cant get up to do it in the morning anymore. i want to but have been so depressed lately that i lost my motivation:sad: same backstabbing situati0n...:grumble:

any advice, tips, motivation? :flowerforyou:

i was doin soo well and now im fallin again:frown:

kimss

hey girls,
please try to remember that generally speaking, most of the people in our llives do not want us to change. and when we do they will fight it to keep us where we are. they may not even know that they are doiing it, but it still hurts the same.
and if they are the people that you normally hang out with, or go to eat out with, the fact that you don't want to go now because of calories, can make them mad. Also, I find that I am very into this lifestyle. and I have to be careful not to talk about it all the time. I am proud, and happy and frustrated, and feel deprived and so many other feelings that I can kinda go on and on about it. So I really know who I can talk with without getting that eye rolling effect and who I should keep things to myself.

I 'm wondering if your backstabbing friends might be feeling that your abandoning them with your new lease on life? If so, you can't let them get you down. you are doing what is best for you and you know it. You can only be tolerent and patient, and if they really mean that much to you talk to them, If not, who cares what they think of you, their just jealous that your looking better and getting healthy everyday and they are not.
oh please stay strong and do not let those people sabatoge your progress. In the end, who is living inside your body, you are, and so doing what makes you happy is all that is important.

I did my wog today and i also did my 2miles without stopping. so now I only have to do it 2 more times this week. But I was happy I wogged my 4 miles. I am also doing a slight fast to hopefully jumpstart myslelf out of this plateau. I only ate 800 cals today. tomorrow I will go back to my regular 1200 . then I will alternate this for the rest of the week. I hope my trainer is right and this works.
I am starving here!!!!!!!:ohwell: :ohwell: :huh:
well, I will be off to bed here soon, so I can get up for breakfast before to long.
:yawn: :frown:

merrfinney

ha ha ha.. wogging.. I love it... I am a wogger too.. I shouldn't be, but I'm physically not yet ready to run the mile and a half I'm supposed to for the military PT, but I did wog 2 miles yesterday.. so I was proud of that... I had a baby 4 months ago by c-section and it still hurts sometimes so I know I have to take it easy, but I'm trying to get to a good pace for the mile 1/2 run.

chrissyh

I finished day 2 of week 5 in Couch to 5k....today is supposed to be 2miles all at once or 20 minutes....I am going to try the 20 minutes today and if I can do it then I'll try the distance with my next "run" - this one's no walking break in between....yesterday was 3/4 mile jog, 1/2 mile walk, 3/4 mile jog - I ended up with a total of 2.5 miles after I added in a few laps at the end and 1 warm up to start. But to do 2 miles all at once - I am scared!!

Well I was scared but I did it!!! 2 miles without stopping - very slow pace but I did it.

Kidvicious28

yikes! Don't put your body into starvation mode! I used to do that and it doesn't work! It won't jump start your body..it'll just get worse if you do.

I'm quoting Banks on this. He said, "Losing weight by extreme malnutrition just makes us lose muscle, which gives us a higher body fat %, which makes it harder to lose weight, which lowers our metabolic rate, which adds more fat...etc. vicious cycle."

Read this:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/20343-how-i-have-avoided-plateauing-length-warning


Also, from my experience, if you want to jump start your body again, try eating a little more than you're supposed to (healthy tho), but please do not eat less! You have to eat AT least the number of cals MFP tells you. It's prob one of the worse things you can do to your body if you don't.

Or try changing your exercise routine. Do some interval training. Walk moderate pace for 3 mins, run 1 min (as fast and hard as you can), walk slow pace for 3 mins, run 1 min (as fast/hard as you can), and so on...do this for a half hour. Make sure you give yourself a 5 min warm up and a 5-10 min cool down.
One of the guys on here helped me out when I was plateauing. He told me to do this routine and I'm losing weight again:

Monday: Interval training on treadmill (3 mins @ mod pace, 1 min running fast/hard, 3 mins slow pace, 1 min running fast/hard, 3 mins @ mod pace...repeat up to 30 mins)
Tuesday: is lifting (circuit training---workout entire body with little/no breaks between sets...12/15 reps for 30 mins).
Wed: "endurance" cardio.
Thursday: lifting (circuit training)
Friday: Interval training on the elliptical or bike
Saturday: lifting (circuit training)
Sunday: completely taking off

Kidvicious28

I'm really really surprised your trainer gave you that advice! My brother is a trainer and he just about had a heart attack when I told him that lol.

kimss

Ok, day 1 of the " fast" completed:
I had planned on 700 cal yesterday, but I ate 800, that is ok though. that was the hardest thing ever and sleeeping at night really was hard too. I dreamt of eating, and of eggs and toast all night , and kept waking up throughout the night. I ate throughout the day so it wasn't like I was physically starving,stomach grumbling or anything like that, but I never felt like there much food in my tummy. slimfast shake, fresh veges, watermellon, 2 times I had a small amount of meat, but that was basically it. and tons of water.

so fist thing this morning 6;am, I got the oldest off to school and had a peice of toast. then I went back to bed and got some nice sleep until the little one woke me up at 9am. "yay... she let me sleep in " First thing we did was make eggs and toast and milk for breakfast. I am amazed at how full I feel. but I feel better. I did step on the scale before eating and , low and behold. it said 156, a 1 pound loss. but I will only count that as a loss if it holds on for 3 days in a row. I am going to eat my normal 1200 cals today, and then try for the 700 cal. again tomorrow. and see fi my weight can start going down and keep going.

I walked/run 4 miles yesterdday, and of that time 2miles I ran without stopping. I have to do it 2 more times this week to fullfill my goal. yay....I am happy to see myself really putting myself out there and working hard. I haven't felt like this in 5 yrs.

thanks kid, i know it sounds harsh, but i'm not starving myself. My trainer says that it isn't long enough to go into starvation mode, and i will only do this for 1 week. It is like a "fast" and it is very common and safe if done right. I continued to get in all my vitamins and fat,carb,proteins, fiber. so I wasn't really lacking anything but the extra calories. thanks for the advice though, I am willing to try this to see if I can start making some progress again. I have only lost 3lbs in the last 10 weeks. and I have only 7 pounds to my goal. I 've increased my execise and changed up the routine, i do strength training , beleive me I have tried everything. so this is just one more thing I will try to get the scale moving.

easy2lov3

:flowerforyou: kimss thanks for the advice

today i feel better and am ready to pump it up a bit. I will do tnis for myself and try not to care bout wa my soo called friends say:happy:

thank u soo much

fitgal411

Remember to send me your exercise minutes on Thursday! I'll post them on the thread so we can see how everyone did (don't feel bad if you didn't exercise alot . . . I'll probably win for least amount of minutes:grumble: )

Ok, day 1 of the " fast" completed:
I had planned on 700 cal yesterday, but I ate 800, that is ok though. that was the hardest thing ever and sleeeping at night really was hard too. I dreamt of eating, and of eggs and toast all night , and kept waking up throughout the night. I ate throughout the day so it wasn't like I was physically starving,stomach grumbling or anything like that, but I never felt like there much food in my tummy. slimfast shake, fresh veges, watermellon, 2 times I had a small amount of meat, but that was basically it. and tons of water.

so fist thing this morning 6;am, I got the oldest off to school and had a peice of toast. then I went back to bed and got some nice sleep until the little one woke me up at 9am. "yay... she let me sleep in " First thing we did was make eggs and toast and milk for breakfast. I am amazed at how full I feel. but I feel better. I did step on the scale before eating and , low and behold. it said 156, a 1 pound loss. but I will only count that as a loss if it holds on for 3 days in a row. I am going to eat my normal 1200 cals today, and then try for the 700 cal. again tomorrow. and see fi my weight can start going down and keep going.

I walked/run 4 miles yesterdday, and of that time 2miles I ran without stopping. I have to do it 2 more times this week to fullfill my goal. yay....I am happy to see myself really putting myself out there and working hard. I haven't felt like this in 5 yrs.

thanks kid, i know it sounds harsh, but i'm not starving myself. My trainer says that it isn't long enough to go into starvation mode, and i will only do this for 1 week. It is like a "fast" and it is very common and safe if done right. I continued to get in all my vitamins and fat,carb,proteins, fiber. so I wasn't really lacking anything but the extra calories. thanks for the advice though, I am willing to try this to see if I can start making some progress again. I have only lost 3lbs in the last 10 weeks. and I have only 7 pounds to my goal. I 've increased my execise and changed up the routine, i do strength training , beleive me I have tried everything. so this is just one more thing I will try to get the scale moving.

I know that some religions fast for spiritual reasons, but fasting to lose weight???? I'm not sure about that. Just make sure you stop after one week, and don't get addicted to fasting. You said that you felt starving all day, and you really shouldn't deprive yourself of food. That sounds like aneorexia, and i've come close to that before. I just ended up feeling starving and horrible and ended up eating twice as much the next day.

Lucky you have a trainer, though. My motivation is just me and MFP.