I'll put it out there. I'm fatter than I want to be, and much less fit than I'd like. I used to be super fit - running 3 times a week without fail, some low level cardio and weights - all in all, I worked out 5-6 times a week. But then something happened - I got sick. Again and again and again.
It started with coughs and colds, runny noses etc. There was always the background noise of stomach pain, digestive issues and just generally feeling under-nourished and super hungry - so hungry that I'd feel like I needed to run another 5km just to work off what it took to fill me up.
When I slowed down, inevitably I began to gain weight. Now I'm at a point where my health is much better than it has been in ages, save for a few hiccups here and there, and I feel like I'm ready to lose the extra pudge. 10kg to be exact.
I have been working on implementing more Primal movements into my week. I love Mark Sisson's Workout of the Week posts - they are functional, easy to start but challenging to complete workouts that don't take ages! I'm being as diligent as possible (the crazy Sydney weather is my nemesis currently) with walking the dogs as well, which gets me about 30-45 minutes of low-moderate cardio daily. But what I really want, and what I'm struggling with, is to run. I LOVE to run. But the Primal Bluprint is really more about some sprint sessions and the rest low to moderate cardio.
Mark says it is ok for me to have some running sessions a few times a week. My friend (and running buddy) still goes out twice a week and I'd be fine to go with her - but I'm worried about the stress response and what it will mean for my weight loss efforts. Of course, worrying is probably not helping me either. I think since they are only 5km lunch time runs, they will probably be ok, and fall outside of the "chronic cardio" realm - or does it? It seems to me that almost any and every exertion above a stroll is too much on the cardio side. So maybe I am better off huffing and puffing through a fast moving weights workout...
The other challenge I have is that if I run and I have committed to joining my friend, I know I will most probably go and do it, as long as nothing crops up at work. However, it is very easy to sit on the couch and not do anything when it comes to my low to moderate workouts. So is nothing at all sometimes better than a run twice a week?
I'm raising more questions than I am providing answers... Time for some more research. I'll return more scholared than ever before.
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