So I am a fat lady of 36. I weigh 268lbs, yep I'm putting my weight out there for all of you. Scary but necessary. I want to be healthier for my 3 children and would like to enjoy fun years with my sweetheart. I have been through alot in recent years and all roads seem to lead to fat, fat, fat. I love to eat! I am not a chocolate person but ice cream is a weakness. I was recently hanging out with my sisters who live far away and we were talking about how fun it would be to run a marathon together. (One of my sisters is already a runner). We all thought it would be too hard because we are all hefty girls. But, since we were all interested in doing it we all started training together. So here I am, ready to give the gory details of a fat person training for her first marathon. I hope you enjoy and in some way leave this blog wanting to get healthy, cause if I can do ANYONE can do it! Let me know what you think.
Enjoy,
Rebecca
One crazy group
A stroll on the water
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Four sisters join forces for good
Robin, Renea, and myself at the half way turn around. What a beautiful moment
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good for you Becca! Earlier this year I ran a 5K. It was great and I felt so happy. My goal was to finish and run the whole race and I did it. Now four months later I couldn't run to save my life. I had a few problems with my calves called compartmental syndrome and it can only be cured with surgery so running is out of the question for me now. I am still walking because it makes me mad that I lost 15 lbs only to gain it all back.
Here are my tips -- not that I am an expert, but at the beginning I couldn't run more than 1 minute and then I ran the whole race after four months of training in 29 minutes so I did get better. Don't go too fast. It doesn't matter if you can only run 1 minute every 10 minutes of walking -- you have to work your way up to running longer and if you go too fast you will give up. Have some smaller goals along the way. Like I would say in a few months you should try to walk/run a 5K. Sign up for the race and it will motivate you to be ready for it. Lots of people in the 5K I ran walked the whole way. Just signing up for the race is a motivator. Then doing the small races along the way till you get to the 1/2 marathon will motivate you. It was very motivating to see old women, a blind man, and young kids running the 5K along side me. I wish I could run again. After I have this baby I will get the testing and surgery I need so that I can run again. It was a wonderful time in my life.
I am proud of you and will be following you in your process so know you have a fan in me.
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