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If you've lost your exercise/running mojo, come on in for a Christmas countdown .....

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lechatnoir · 22/10/2022 10:24

I've not done any significant exercise for the past 9 months, have put on 1.5 stone, taken up smoking again after years away and feel like shit as a result plus add peri-menopausal symptoms SadWorking from home , lack of money and general feeling of negativity everywhere hasn't helped and I'm sure I'm not alone.

In a fit of madness I signed up for a HM for next March but need a kick up the arse and a serious overhaul before I can even start to think about following a running plan. Ive got 7 weeks before I start training but think 8 weeks is more realistic and will also tie in nicely with the festive season (right now I just want to hibernate not party).

So aims are:
Get basic fitness levels up and gently resume running
Build some strength and flexibility
Stop smoking (day 3 and countingSmile)
Include some proper self-care - early nights, hair colouring more regularly, just a bit of pampering occasionally.

Get back in the habit of regular exercise with some sort of weekly timetable.

Anyone want to join me and post for support, encouragement, ideas and give each other a proverbial kick up the arse along way?

OP posts:
LetUsPonce · 22/10/2022 14:05

I'm in! I haven't been to the gym since, ahem, February and am now 10kg heavier 😭than I was then. If I could just get back to a decent amount of walking each day and gym three times a week then I'd be thrilled.

CherrySmiler · 22/10/2022 13:59

I’d like to join. I’m an on-off runner. Have signed up for 2 halfs next year and have a 10k in December that I really want to improve my time at.

drinkwithanumbrellainit · 22/10/2022 13:56

Just did a 35 min dance cardio video and think without this thread I wouldn't have bothered. Easy enough on a Sat when I have nothing on though.

SydneyCarton · 22/10/2022 12:27

I definitely need some help with motivation! Have been running on and off for years (mostly off!) but really stuck at it during lockdown and was seeing some real gains. Fitness generally takes a dive during summer but the heatwave this year knocked me for six. September was disrupted with my youngest starting school and doing half days for two weeks which meant my usual working pattern was disrupted, and I have not got back on track.

I’ve been redoing couch to 5K but not really getting anywhere. I read some articles about “jeffing”, where you do a run-walk ratio throughout the run, so I might give it a try. I need to get back out there while the autumn weather is still nice, because come the freezing arse-end of November it’ll be ten times harder!

drinkwithanumbrellainit · 22/10/2022 10:51

I'm in! Do a reasonable amount of exercise on school runs but nothing proper that builds muscle. Overweight by at least a stone (probably two) and just no muscle tone. Cant face many diet changes yet but really want to get firmer and fitter at least.