| If there is one thing I didn't want to do as a young man | | | | running a marathon here, the harm is done by this form |
| was loose weight. My nick name at school was Stick. | | | | of exercise. 20 minutes of running or gentle jogging |
| Others were Skinny Ribs and Skelator. There were a | | | | every other day has seen a healthy steady weigh loss |
| couple of reasons why I was so thin. One was simply | | | | with this Fatty Arbuckle and as a bonus to shedding |
| because I was full of energy and always running | | | | those pounds, I feel absolutely fantastic too. |
| around, and the other must have been down to me | | | | On average I lost around 2 Kg a week for 3 months |
| having an ultra fast metabolism. Oh how I hated those | | | | then the weight loss became much more gradual after |
| nicknames back then, but I would have loved to have | | | | that. My obvious physical appearance changed in a |
| them back once I hit my mid 40's as I became as fat | | | | relatively short space of time which impressed my |
| as a barrel. Alas, I was to become a couch potato and | | | | neighbor so much that he now accompanies me on |
| my poor ole metabolism began to slow down with | | | | my runs most days, and the weight is dropping off him |
| age. But I did eventually find a solution to the middle | | | | just as it did with me. |
| age spread and that was simply by running to lose | | | | I will just finish by saying that I have not been on any |
| weight. | | | | kind of diet regime. I've always enjoyed my meat and |
| The thing I like so much about running to lose weight is | | | | 2 veg and continue to eat as much, if not a little more, |
| that it's easy. Apart from decent footwear there are | | | | than I did before I began running to loose weight. |
| no machines, gyms, or other fitness expenses to | | | | Having said that, I've never been a fast food junkie, nor |
| suffer. It can be practiced at your own pace, in your | | | | do I have a sweet tooth, but I do get stuck into big |
| own time, at a schedule that suits you. There is a | | | | helpings at meal times. So for me, loosing weight was |
| downside though which is I sometimes have to miss | | | | not so much about putting less in my mouth and |
| my run if there's a torrential downpour or worse still a | | | | getting more exercise, but more to do with just the |
| snow storm. But even with the unpredictable elements, | | | | exercise bit. Everyone is different, and only you know |
| there are very few days lost to inclement weather | | | | what you have to do, but what I can say is that |
| conditions. | | | | running to lose weight has really worked for me and |
| Running to lose weight and to get into shape gets a | | | | my neighbor Roger D. |
| bad wrap from some fitness gurus as being hard on | | | | Bye the way, if you don't fancy the outdoor jogging |
| the joints. No one can argue that poor footwear | | | | scene, you can always use a treadmill instead. Just |
| slapping down on hard concrete won't take its toll over | | | | remember, if you're serious about losing weight, there |
| time, but with a good quality pair of running shoes and | | | | are only 2 times when you really need to exercise - |
| a nice grass surface, no one is going to be turning into | | | | One is when you want to, and the other is when you |
| a cripple overnight. As I'm neither practicing for nor | | | | don't! Get out of that one if you can! |