Allergic to exercise now totally addicted!!

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mwfannwy
mwfannwy Posts: 9 Member
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Just wanted to see if anyone else gets like me if I can't for whatever reason get my run in.

I swear going back a year the shear mention of a run would literally scare me, i'd have done anything to avoid it but now after loosing 3stone I got the confidence to start running with my dogs this febuary and haven't looked back, i'm half way through a half marothon training schedule but now its all I can think about, Where will I go, What time will I fit it in and oh god forbid I can't go for whatever reason, I get very uncomfortable, miserable and grumpy and am scared to eat in fear that the next morning i'll be fat and unfit again.

It worries me now that I will I always be like this, worrying I could return to my former fat self! Will I ever relax?

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  • Nikstergirl
    Nikstergirl Posts: 1,549 Member
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    Yup, that's me. Who'd have thought???? I'm going soon, just waiting for lunch to settle. I would normally go earlier on Saturday, but I had to work today, so it's an afternoon run! It's all good, it's absolutely beautiful out there!!! Little warmer than morning, but I'm ok with that!

    Good luck on your 1/2... my first will be in September, so I'm training now!
  • Elle408
    Elle408 Posts: 500 Member
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    I don't know if you'll relax (as I haven't after my 3 months at goal and running!) but I definitely share your running addiction!

    I find myself looking at the ground when i'm walking and decide whether it's good running ground or not and when I listen to music I hear the beat and decide if I could run to it.... it's crazy!

    A pretty nasty injury has me laid up for the past 3 weeks with a few more left to recuperate and I get so antsy now that I can't get out there and go!

    I love it because people who didn't know me when I was fat and very lazy, refer to me as a crazy fit person... I LOVE this description! lol If only they knew how before I could go for days and days without leaving the couch!
  • kieraellie
    kieraellie Posts: 4
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    Hi,
    I don't do running because I have bad knees, but I am exactly the same as you, this time last year I would go on a long walk with the dog for about 6 miles 2 3 times a week, and the thought of the gym and exercise, other then dog walking, was a huge no go area.

    Now I have been referred to the gym since March, been going twice a week and absolutely love it!! because of having children i find it hard to go, but i am determined and call on my Gran who's in her 80's to look after my 7 & 4 year old, just to get my fix!!
    I have also started doing Zumba, Boxersize, aerobics and pilates once a week and if I don't go I worry how I'm going to make up for missing one! I am dreading when these lessons stop because they are free for so long then stop, part of a government scheme!

    But I too worry about worrying about missing them and making up for it and Don't want to get back to my old self and oh the list goes on!!!!


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  • mwfannwy
    mwfannwy Posts: 9 Member
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    I'm glad its not just me, even on my days off and I walk the dogs I stomp it out like a woman on a mission and I can't go any less than 3 miles minimum , I have no idea why its 3.
    I actually like it when people pass by now and don't recognise me :laugh:
  • mwfannwy
    mwfannwy Posts: 9 Member
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    I worry that my anxiety might ruin a holiday or something though.
    Also I'm an army wife and next april my husband will be in afgan for 6 months so i'll have no-one to watch the kids for me so i can get out!!!:sad:

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