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I run three times a week religiously, typically a 10km, a 5 miler and a 5km. I lift weights in combination with a body weight routine 4-5 days a week for around an hour a time. I also walk 5 miles each day during the week. When I'm bored I also walk on the treadmill, usually adding an extra 15 miles a week. I average…

Congrats! I was in the same place as you. When C25K ended I was well short of 5K in 30 mins. I basically ditched the pre-program approach and kept up running three times a week, adding a couple of minutes to each run each week. I finally got to 5K at 42 minutes. I gradually built the distance in this way and worked in a…

I started at 371 and now I'm at 196 (5'11"). At a higher weight I ate back probably 0-25% of my exercise calories daily. Now I'm at 196 and running 20 miles a week I HAVE to eat back the exercise calories due to the training load and the fact that being lighter I have many less calories to play with. I use an Apple Watch…

I have to admit to keeping a spreadsheet also. I looked back at it yesterday and saw an entry from July last year which read "first day of NHS C25K today. Started at week 3. Not too bad". I was 22st 11lb then. Now I run 3 times a week, sometimes more and usually 10K distances. I'm at 201 lbs now. My NSV this week - my son…

You're getting perilously close to Week 5, Day 3! I completed C25K in July last year having never run before. I was way too slow to actually be at the full 5K distance after the 30 minutes prescribed by the program but I stuck at it. It took me another month or so to nail it. I was considering a bridge to 10K program but…

Awesome before/after. You look years younger too. I'm coming to the end of my WLJ with 167lbs lost and 8 to go. What's your goal if you don't mind sharing?

1. Swimming gets so much harder. The last time I swam before yesterday I was at #315. Yesterday I was at #205 and nearly drowned because I don't have the positive buoyancy that the fat used to provide. I understand the physics of it all but it really hit home how much the loss really effects so many things. 2. I can see…

I went in to a well known shop that I wouldn't have ever dared enter before and bought a pair of jeans off the rack. 34" waist down from my 46" when I started :) I still can't quite wrap my brain around it all. A co-worker saw me today and said "hey skinny". Wah. Who, me?

After losing 150lbs... 1. A weight loss journey can turn in to a juggernaut 2. Exercise becomes addictive. Especially running 3. People's reactions are all different. Some genuine, some not 4. My *kitten* hurts from sitting on wooden chairs 5. Old clothes have great comedy value 6. Seat belts no longer worry me 7. My knee…

I get this too. As soon as I log an exercise using the watch (via HealthKit to MFP), the exercise appears correctly in MFP and in the process it zero's the step calories for the day. It won't even add additional step calories if you earn any after the exercise session. Sadly it doesn't add them to the exercise count…

My Nordic Track T17.2 has a max user weight of 350lbs. I don't think it's still available but I think a lot of their models are in the same range. Some are available with big discounts. I started out on mine at 371lbs and it's been a great tool for me. Apart from a replacement motor and belt in three years it's been…

I started C25K with 6.0kmh walk and 7.0kmh run intervals. I now run at 8.2kmh but it feels much easier than it used to at 7.0 when I started out! For context however: I'm happy with not pushing the speed element as I'm concentrating on improving resilience and endurance; I followed the wisdom of other C25K posters here and…

Just a thought, but perhaps the treadmill was set up in kilometres per hour and not miles per hour?

I started 2 years ago age 40 and 371 pounds (6' male). I struggled to walk too far and suffered back and hip pain. The circulation in my legs was bad and I had recurring cellulitis in my lower legs. I was also diagnosed with arthritis in both knees. I couldn't kneel if I wanted to. I proceeded to drop alcohol altogether…

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