Taking a Page
Sep. 12th, 2010 10:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bewizeA friend of mine started the Couch to 5K with me. In an effort to Do Things Right, she went to her doctor, who told her that if she exercised everyday for 90 days, it would be a lifetime habit she'd never break.
While my schedule is crazy, I kind of think that I'd better get a grip on some health issues. I know not everyone feels the same way about being overweight that I do, and that's fine. But I just got off the phone with my mother, whose father is dying from diabetes problems. And diabetes is linked with being overweight.
My father's side of the family is filled with diabetes from being overweight. And I don't want to die from that sort of illness, not that way. Yes, this is morbid, but so was the conversation that I had with my mother.
And so I went running. My iPod died about 10 mins into the run, leaving me to run in relative silence (except for my wheezing asthama-y breathing), but I kept going for two miles.
So 1/90 complete.
For the record, my friend doesn't run everyday. Some days she lifts weights or does other things, but the requirement is 20 minutes a day, every day. I figure that this is a workable plan.
No excuses.
While my schedule is crazy, I kind of think that I'd better get a grip on some health issues. I know not everyone feels the same way about being overweight that I do, and that's fine. But I just got off the phone with my mother, whose father is dying from diabetes problems. And diabetes is linked with being overweight.
My father's side of the family is filled with diabetes from being overweight. And I don't want to die from that sort of illness, not that way. Yes, this is morbid, but so was the conversation that I had with my mother.
And so I went running. My iPod died about 10 mins into the run, leaving me to run in relative silence (except for my wheezing asthama-y breathing), but I kept going for two miles.
So 1/90 complete.
For the record, my friend doesn't run everyday. Some days she lifts weights or does other things, but the requirement is 20 minutes a day, every day. I figure that this is a workable plan.
No excuses.
Here via a random search for something else, hope that's okay
Date: 2010-09-13 11:16 am (UTC)Re: Here via a random search for something else, hope that's okay
Date: 2010-09-13 01:40 pm (UTC)Thank you so much!