"ccaCoty" wrote in message
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Hi all, I'm an 18 year old, 5'9'' and was around 178 pounds a week
ago.
After not doing much exercise at all and not watching what I eat,
not
liking the size of my gut etc, a few days ago I decided I was going
to
lose about 15-20 pounds. My BMI sits at around 26, therefore being
overweight. It should be noted I have quite a lot of muscle in my
upper
body.

Anyway, I started running on Tuesday for the first time in ages, and
have now been running each day with my dog for around half an hour
walking him after for another half hour, also walking later on for
around 15-20 minutes. Unfortunately, going from nothing to much more
has
caused the muscles in my legs to get really worn out. They ache and
it's
hard to walk down the stairs or get up, the pain is in my thigh and
I
researched this as overuse. The same pain has developed in my lower
leg.

I initially thought eating next to nothing would be a good idea, but
ruled this out yesterday when someone told me it was only a very
short
term solution and dangerous in the long run. So I've started a new
eating pattern, where I have shredded wheat and black coffee in the
morning, maybe pasta and some kind of salad with grapefruit, melon
and
grapes for lunch and dinner is never anything set if you will.

A problem (more physiological than anything) is that I've become a
little obsessed with measuring my weight. It measured 179 pounds
just
over a week ago, and after my first run (two days ago) decreased to
173.
This really encouraged me, but it went up to 176 by the day's end.
Yesterday after my run it measured 172.5, going back to 176 at the
end
of the day. After my run today, I weighed 171.5 pounds, but was
really
angered as it went up to 178 a couple of hours after. I figured it
was
just because I'd eaten, but it showed how obsessive I'm getting over
weight measurments.

Like I said, I want to get down to about 162 pounds, so am I on the
right track to achieve that fairly quickly? I'll have to cut down on
running to maybe 4-5 times a week but I'll continue to walk
everyday.

Overall, is my new lifestyle healthy? I know the way I eat is a lot
better, but I'm worried about this muscle pain I've been getting.




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ccaCoty

Even though you are young and have amazing recouperative powers, ramp
up a little more slowly. I was reading about exercise and they said
watch out for the 2s, too much, too often, too intense, and I forget
the last one. sorry.

Back off, or you will injure yourself and have to stop while you
recover. Then you have to start all over.

I would suggest you look at some of the training programs for non
runners that are planning to be in a race. That would give you some
idea of how to ramp up your program.

del