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Re: Upping the running, and a carb revelation
From: Becca (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 6 Jun 2001 22:36:03 -0500 (CDT)
Running is awesome exercise (the only reason I no longer do it is my
congenital foot problem finally caught up with me). However, it is
important to run correctly. If you do decide you want advice, go to an
expert. Running on "tippy toes" is not good for you, but as to what is,
don't take my advice or any other amateur advice. Many towns have
running clubs, with long-time runners who can mentor and coach. Running
incorrectly can cause life-long and permanent injury (particularly to
knees and cartilage). However, when done correctly running is great!
Keep up the good work! And you are doing the right thing with walking,
too. Walking helped me gain the strength and endurance to go from
running 1 mile 3-4 times weekly to running 4-5 miles 3 times weekly plus
a 6-9 miles run on Sunday...and that change happened over just 2 years.
You are probably right on about your carb needs increasing with more
exercise. I used to eat twice what I do now when I ran, and I weighed
30 pounds less. My friends in training for marathons always out-ate me.
At Sun, 3 Jun 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>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:
>>>
>>>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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