Ready?
I, the girl who always describes herself as "not a runner" have entered a half marathon. It's in seven months. I haven't done any running for more than seven years.
It has to be said that I am of the larger boned variety of the female form. I make no excuses. I have had a desk job for the last nine years and I haven't done enough exercise to keep in the 'healthy' weight range. Maybe not even in the 'overweight' range. After years of trying out different diets (Slimming World, Dukan, Herbalife - all of which worked in their own way, it was my staying power that was the problem) and listening to hypnosis CDs (which are brilliant for getting you off to sleep by the way), I've decided the focus from now on will be exercise. Exercise and doing what I love - writing. This is my plan to combat emotional eating and get the figure that I know is in here somewhere!
Get Set
They say you need a fitness buddy to help achieve your goals. I'm going to fly solo on this one for the time being, at least until I'm fit enough to be a reliable running partner. Hopefully keeping this blog will keep me motivated! I've managed 3 interval runs on the treadmill over the past week so far, testing the waters so to speak. I've discovered I like running. This plan could just work. I've set up my exercise playlist on iTunes and the digital watch is due in the post tomorrow. The padded socks have arrived and I've already broken in the trainers. This plan is good to go.
Go!
The alarm is set to wake me up in 6.5 hours. I'm going to try an early morning run, on a treadmill. I'm not quite ready to be let out into public just yet! Watch this space! I'll be filling less of it very soon :-)
