Is Sitting Killing You??

I love running, I was injured recently and have missed it so much.  I need the activity to clear my head and “turn off” from the mundane tasks.  I feel refreshed and settled afterward and can go about doing the necessary work more clearly. 

I would encourage anyone to at least go out and take walks no less than 3 times a week.  I love to run, but since becoming injured…I take walks, and while I prefer to run, I cannot deny the benefit of walking. 

I lost 70 lbs a couple of years ago.  It has been worth all the work and I feel so much better about being a good representation of the self control we are to have as believers as well as discipline. 

Get out…move…

There is a fantastic parallel here too…I mean how much are we moving spiritually?  or are we comfortable with just sitting back and “feeding” at services?  We easily become spiritually obese because we sit stagnantly by and expect others to be the active ones…just a thought.

girltaristhan,
I’m no expert on asthma, but the Get Running App is good because you are not required to run a certain distance or speed, just move faster than you would when walking for a set time.

At the halfway point you are told to turn around if you need to, which is great for me, as I have the advantage of running along the edge of fields away from everyone especially the local fireman who train running up and down the highstreet .

If you can’t manage the next week, perhaps because of asthma, you just go back to the week before.  However I surprised to find I could manage each time, especially as the first run on week one felt so difficult. I think the rest days really help to allow your body to grow stronger.

All the best.

These stats are frightening!

I worry about sitting and re-planned my room to allow for standing but it didn’t happen. I tried running last January and progressed to about 10 minutes of running in half an hour of exercise. I was pleased with this as I hadn’t done any major keep fit since school. I began to swim too but then unaccountably gave both up. I’ve lost 2 stone + since last year and shrunk out of my sports clothes so I’ll have to reinvest and start again. I found activity did get the feel good chemicals pumping, but I struggled to keep up with it without anybody to tell me what a good job I was doing!

My daily routine has changed since last Jan and I’ve tried to implement positive life changes here and there, so maybe I’ll now be able to plan some exercise in such a way as I don’t burn out. I’m terrible at giving into whim, either to pound the streets until I ache and frazzle/collapse, or not to go because it’s raining, I don’t feel like it, my muscles hurt, my hair will frizz. Running is symbolic to me of a loss of control. I am trying to cultivate more self discipline which operates, miraculously, without reference to how worn I am feeling. My doctor says exercise should help release endorphins.

Overall I’m pleased with my year health wise. I know there is more I could do to stay healthy and heal better but I think committing to small changes, such as standing for an hour a day, eating better, walking more, taking supplements, can really help. I’d love to do a big event like “Race For Life” with other women one day . Do you have any plans? Thanks for sharing your running journey. It helps make running seem more do-able. I always worry my technique is wrong. Every time I hit the pavement I worry I am doing damage to myself, and have tried various methods of stepping and laying my feet on the ground without making my back jar, but it’s a bit “ministry of silly walks.” Suffice to say everyone else is always doing it better. I thought new trainers would help but I still run like a duck, when I was hoping for cheetah.

Seriously, I am grateful for the encouragement to do better. Thanks for prompting me.

I thought I had replied but my comment vanished! I’m going to take a look at the app when I get home and who knows I might start using it! 

I have problems with my eyes and neck which are definitely exascerbated by sitting at a computer…as a writer I need to make a conscious effort to break away otherwise I don’t notice until pain kicks in.

I have the statistical information at the top of the post on the wall at my office.  Quite a few people have read it and have started using some of the suggestions made.  I try to stand for at least 40% of my day at work.  Thanks for posting this information.