Addictive personality

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  • prettyface55
    prettyface55 Posts: 508 Member
    I think you can do it! I am looking to start a running program this spring., I ran on the treadmil today taking walking breaks and it felt amazing!!! I just have to come over my fear of my heart beating hard.

    Good luck pretty lady!
  • tendzz
    tendzz Posts: 9 Member
    You don't get addicted to the actual act of lifting weights or running on a treadmill for any amount of time, you get addicted to the after effects like the release of endorphins or the feeling of how your legs or muscles feel like goo and falling asleep later on :)
  • Spewze72
    Spewze72 Posts: 82 Member
    Aww, I'd love to become a "proper" runner (or as we call it in our house, a Runnist), I've completed C25k 3 times...but unfortunately, I suffer from CTHS (chronic tension headache syndrome), and eventually a lengthy spell of debilitating, exercise induced headaches throws me off track and I lose my running fitness all over again.

    For now, I stick to brisk walking...it's sustainable for much longer periods if you're a bit heavy as I am, burns plenty of cals if you don't simply amble, and gets you outdoors and moving away from the couch. And any headaches from walking tend to be short lived (the running ones were horrific!) and manageable.

    I have a dog so I've been a regular walker for 7 years, but I've gotten faster and fitter since I've been losing weight through diet. I've been at it 11 weeks (I said 15 weeks on a thread yesterday, no idea where I got the extra month from??) and I've lost 21 lbs.

    Go walk in the sunshine, that's pretty addictive. :)
  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,212 Member
    I've been at it 11 weeks (I said 15 weeks on a thread yesterday, no idea where I got the extra month from??) and I've lost 21 lbs.

    :bigsmile: All the walking is just fueling your imagination. It's a good thing. :laugh:
  • Spewze72
    Spewze72 Posts: 82 Member
    I've been at it 11 weeks (I said 15 weeks on a thread yesterday, no idea where I got the extra month from??) and I've lost 21 lbs.

    :bigsmile: All the walking is just fueling your imagination. It's a good thing. :laugh:

    Walking 10k out in the English countryside is certainly good thinking time...and maths was never my strong point :blushing:
  • SusanL222
    SusanL222 Posts: 585 Member
    OP.....You asked a question and got a lot of great responses.....and even though there were a few trigger words in the responses you seemed to keep an open mind, and responded with accountability and humor ........well done!

    Just wanted to give you a few websites that might work for you at home: for body weight training until you have access to weights, check out You are Your Own Gym, Convict Conditioning, and Al Kavadlo. I have no experience with any of these, but have seen them recommended often.

    However, I began my journey with the warm-up exercises (20 minutes includes PNF patterns, squats and push-ups at beginner level) from this website which I really enjoyed: http://www.wcgh.org/community-classes/exercise/exercise-videos/ [*Disclaimer: these exercises are done as a community resource and are the first that the exercise coach has ever recorded]
  • TJFreeman
    TJFreeman Posts: 96
    It happened to me almost a year ago. Only I don't think it is actually the exercise I am addicted to, but the euphoric feeling I get AFTER I exercise. There is nothing quite like it for me.

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