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Re: Upping the running, and a carb revelation
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sun, 3 Jun 2001 21:13:05 -0500 (CDT)
There *really are* legitimate reasons why it is important for women to
run correctly..especially heavy women. So YAY to the person starting to
run..you GO girl!! But, I think that the other poster is right
too..running is great *if sone safely*..think she was just looking out
for a cyster and not trying to deflate excitement.
Speaking of deflating excitment, tomorrow is Monday. Yuck!
KatieL
At Sun, 3 Jun 2001, anonymous wrote:
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>I'm sorry, but I think that anyone who can get excited about some kind
>of sport should be encouraged, not discouraged. Exercise is so
>important for all of us with PCO that it is truly a gift if someone can
>find a form of exercise that they can actually enjoy -- considering all
>the other crap we have to put up with with this syndrome. If someone
>can find a physical activity that actually engages them and doesn't feel
>like the torture we all associate exercise with, that is truly
>fortunate. So I think it's really uneccesary for someone who is not
>only not a medical professional, but whose only apparent experience with
>running is the remembrance of some high school track star to try to take
>the wind out of someone else's new-found sails.
>
>I'm sure you didn't mean this in any other way but helpful. But please
>consider the impact of showering discouraging and random hearsay
>"precautions" onto someone who is only beginning to like something that
>could be potentially very helpful and healthy for her. Consider for
>instance, ,if you were falling in love for the first time and then
>someone who's never even been in love came along and said, "Oh that's
>really bad for you. it could have all kinds of repercussions in the
>future. Maybe you should just be friends instead..." I mean, c'mon.
>
>At Fri, 1 Jun 2001, AdoptASAP wrote:
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>>Good for you. YOu should however walk fast instead. Running is not
>>good for the heavy and older-then-20-yr-old person. It puts extra
>>stress on the ankles and that does a ripple effect up the body. If you
>>must run, run on your tippy toes. Its landing on the heals that are not
>>good. Tippy toes will also work the calves more. We had a kid that
>>always beat in HS running. He would experiement and he got the best
>>speed on tippy toes.
>>
>>At Fri, 1 Jun 2001, jodi wrote:
>>>
>>>Whelp, yesterday I upped my running routine from 1 mile walking warm-up,
>>>2 miles (8 laps) alternating walking and
>>>running laps, and 1 mile walking cool down to 1 mile warm up, 2 laps
>>>running, 1 walking, 2 running, 1 walking,
>>>3 running, and 1 mile cool down... the 3 lap part was because my mind
>>>tends to wander and I couldn't
>>>remember if I was on the first or second lap, so I did an extra to be
>>>safe... then remembered that I had in fact
>>>been on the 2nd when I went the extra lap... Yay me, I am actually
>>>capable of running 3/4 mile :-) But I am
>>>going to keep it at 1/2 mile chunks for a few days, maybe go up to 3/4
>>>mile chunks on Tuesday or so...
>>>
>>>Soon I feel I'll be able to call myself a runner and really truly mean
>>>it!!! My goal of running a mile + at a time
>>>WILL be met this summer!! I know it!!!
>>>
>>>The thing is, yesterday I was wondering at my uncontrollable - and
>>>recent - carb cravings, unsure if it meant
>>>I needed to be stricter, or if maybe my energy output (35-42 miles a
>>>week walking/running) was too high
>>>to be limiting carbs as I have... Well, yesterday, after my previous
>>>night's cookie pigout, I had more energy
>>>while running, ran faster, felt better, yada yada yada... So I wonder.
>>>Maybe that really was it. Maybe
>>>my carb cravings mean I really need to start listening to my body more
>>>and the diet books/advice less? Gosh,
>>>that's hard to do... I've gotten so used to thinking of my cravings as
>>>being a bad thing, something to control...
>>>Whodda thunk they actually just meant I need more food???
>>>
>>>So I am going to eat a pack of cookies EVERY night, and see what
>>>happens.
>>>
>>>Just kidding. :-) But I am going to increase the amount of GOOD carbs,
>>>and see where this goes. Wouldn't it be
>>>a hoot if that kicked my weight loss back in? Maybe it's not the BCP
>>>that has stalled it after all. It does seem, in
>>>retrospect, that I lost the bulk of my weight BEFORE I got more serious
>>>about cutting out carbs. So let's see how
>>>this goes... wish me luck. :-)
>>>
>>>- Jodi
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