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Hi runners or future runners, My name is Linda, I'm from Florida. I'm 43, 5 foot 2. I was 144 lbs when I started this program, if my scale is right im about 140 now, so I have lost 4 lbs. I'm out of shape, high cholesterol ( total 296) Was on statins (simvastatin) it made me feel horrible, and my ar...

Rachel You are doing great, and you will do great tomorrow. Looking forward to hearing how it goes. We're you just to curious to see if you could do it and couldn't wait? :lol: lol, thats funny! You seem just as worried as I am. Im glad it confirmed to you that you can do it, Try to rest on your res...

Rachel, my week four starts monday the 14th. I did wk 3 twice cause i was so scared. Lol.

Rachel, That was wild, :shock: your post just popped up when I submitted my last post. It was exactly what I need and right on time. Thank you so much. I am so grateful for this forum and app. I know what you mean when you said you looked back to see how far you had run. I did the same thing last we...

My last run of this week (week 3 again) , I did great, but it was still hard. I am feeling a little down. Next week I will start week 4, the 5 min run terrifies me, and i so much don't want to disappoint myself, i really need to get strong and healthy. My family seem uninterested in my running, only...

Monday went fine,seemed a little easier than last week, Today(Wednesday) seemed a little hard for me today, maybe because I ate a lot of junk food the day before. Im still having trouble believing i can run for 5 min next week, a little scary :? Hope everyone is doing great on their runs this week. ...

I have decided to do week 3 again. Just dont feel ready for the 5 min runs. I really think I would do so much better if could just get some air through my nose, maybe I should try nose spray, im not sure. Completed my run this evening instead of my regular morning run. Lost my iphone Sunday, and fou...

Thanks Andy, the post are really encouraging. You are doing great!
Linda

Andy, tell me a little more about your first run in week four. How was it?

"I am really proud of myself" :D hope that's not to boastful. Today was my week 3 run 2, did it early this morning before it got to hot. I am doing much better than I thought I would. It does seem I don't have enough breath sometimes. Does anyone else have this problem, does this improve o...