C25K- those who have done it, what was your starting weight, end weight, and did you complete it in 9 weeks?

[TidyDancer]

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Starting this programme on Monday night. I am determined to do it but I'm terrified basically that because I'm so overweight I won't be able to do it. I am over 100kg (yes I know, I'm embarrassed enough about that) but am fairly active day to day so I'm not going into this from no physical activity at all but I haven't run since I was about 12 (am mid 30s mum of 2 now).

Weight loss is my ultimate goal but I really just want to be able to run 5k and build up my fitness at the same time as losing weight, if that makes sense?!

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help!

I've done it a couple of times. I'm in week 6 at the moment. I've never lost weight from it.

I did the park run on Saturday (only 4k of it!) and was running behind a really large woman. She absolutely smashed me and did the whole thing in about 35 mins. She runs marathons apparently. She was still very overweight but clearly fitter than me!

nostaples my park run was disappointing- the slowest woman still finished in 40 mins, most were in the 30 31 category. I was last by some way so dropped out at 4k (by my car!) Dh had finished long before me (22 mins!) I did enjoy it but could have done with a few more tailrunners!

I think I lost 2 stone through the time of C2K (I’d started cutting out junk from the January and started running in the March) - I then ran a 5k in the July, 10k in the Oct then a half marathon the following May.

Once running becomes a habit and part of your routine there’s also the acknowledgement of when a bad run follows a day of eating junk or whatever and I’ve found I think a lot more about food as appropriate fuel to help me have an enjoyable and consistent run rather than thinking I’ll just eat whatever I want because I’m burning the calories.

That said I am training just now and going for a 9 mile run later, so I will be enjoying a hearty meal and dessert tonight!!