Running On Empty
Today's Weight 206.0lbs
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What is it with weight loss bloggers at the moment – they all seem to have got bitten by the running bug.
Shit, what if it’s contagious?
At work a couple of my co-workers are runners, and I must confess that I’m getting mighty tempted to strap on some serious udder control and have a bash myself. A couple of things are putting me off, but I don’t know whether to ignore them or not. Am I just being a big Jessie?
The first problem is my gimpy foot, which becomes sharply painful whenever I walk any sort of distance. I can tolerate this when I’m just walking, but I’m a little concerned that running might be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
Ditto with my right knee – it bumps and grinds worse than a second-rate pole dancer, and I suspect that subjecting it to high impact activity when I’m still 206lbs may be its undoing.
Third problem is with my neck and shoulders – for some reason jogging has always given me a stiff neck (now why is that??). I don’t want to stir up dormant problems from my old back injury, so this makes me a little leery of throwing myself into a jogging schedule.
Boy, I sound like the worst kind of hypochondriac!
I don't want to be a wuss, but my aches and pains are something I'm going to have to think about before I just take the plunge - I am 40 after all!! Heh heh. Its not that I'm particularly pain averse (at least no more than the next person I don't think), but I don't want to make poor exercise choices and knacker myself completely. Experience has taught me that regular exercise is THE most important factor in weight loss for me - it underpins absolutely everything, so I can't jeopardise that. I think I'll have to look into this running lark a bit longer before I commit myself...
