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Update on my weight loss battle
9/22/06 05:45 pmPro:
++ Jogging 12 min at a stretch, 24 min in 30 min with two walk breaks
++ Today I jogged 25 mins -- 12.5 min each time, 5 min walk, then cooled down 1 min
++ Supposedly lost 2 lbs -- I'll believe it if I lose more next week
++ Smaller underwear! Mini boxers are great...
Con:
-- Nothing really.
I'm still totally amped about being able to run (well, jog slowly, but it's still both feet off the ground at the same time, so technically it's running!) for 12 minutes at a pop. I have never been able to do that, even as a kid! I think what's helping a lot is my yoga/zen approach to breathing while I'm jogging. I breathe only through my nose as long as I can, concentrating on slow, deep breaths. I time the breaths to my footfalls, so I inhale for four steps, exhale for four steps. When I have to start breathing through my mouth, I keep the same rhythm, inhale for four, exhale for four. It makes me concentrate on something besides how long I've been running, how much longer do I have to run, I'm hot/cold/sweaty/tired/all those things the fat-girl brain keeps saying to make me stop.
I also do another thing that is probably pretty weird: When I start to feeling the heavy muscle-tiredness in my upper thighs, I start talking to my liver, telling it that all the glycogen is gone, now it's time to metabolize some fat. I'll even gently massage my abdomen over my liver to bring some blood flow to it. We'll see next week if that has any effect. I'm a firm believer in mind/body interaction, and that to a certain extent your conscious mind can affect the unconscious workings of the body.
Ommmmmmm....
Lorri
RNY 11/04
343/253/below 200 some day
++ Jogging 12 min at a stretch, 24 min in 30 min with two walk breaks
++ Today I jogged 25 mins -- 12.5 min each time, 5 min walk, then cooled down 1 min
++ Supposedly lost 2 lbs -- I'll believe it if I lose more next week
++ Smaller underwear! Mini boxers are great...
Con:
-- Nothing really.
I'm still totally amped about being able to run (well, jog slowly, but it's still both feet off the ground at the same time, so technically it's running!) for 12 minutes at a pop. I have never been able to do that, even as a kid! I think what's helping a lot is my yoga/zen approach to breathing while I'm jogging. I breathe only through my nose as long as I can, concentrating on slow, deep breaths. I time the breaths to my footfalls, so I inhale for four steps, exhale for four steps. When I have to start breathing through my mouth, I keep the same rhythm, inhale for four, exhale for four. It makes me concentrate on something besides how long I've been running, how much longer do I have to run, I'm hot/cold/sweaty/tired/all those things the fat-girl brain keeps saying to make me stop.
I also do another thing that is probably pretty weird: When I start to feeling the heavy muscle-tiredness in my upper thighs, I start talking to my liver, telling it that all the glycogen is gone, now it's time to metabolize some fat. I'll even gently massage my abdomen over my liver to bring some blood flow to it. We'll see next week if that has any effect. I'm a firm believer in mind/body interaction, and that to a certain extent your conscious mind can affect the unconscious workings of the body.
Ommmmmmm....
Lorri
RNY 11/04
343/253/below 200 some day
