Hi Limerent Nurse and Lovisa.

Welcome Limerent Nurse! Great to hear about your “wogging”. I have started to really like running, when I am running, it is just me and the outdoors, post run, I try and do some meditation, it is very therapeutic. I think my running really helped me in my LE, to feel not so bad, God knows how I would have felt without it. I love food too, so I try to have cheat days 1-2 days a week. New Balance shoes are really good, I had a pair many years ago.

I was able to get in a couple of good runs during the holiday weekend, so that felt really good.

Dancing is a great exercise too, I do not have much of a talent for it, though.

Great to know that your husband is feeling much better, and to hear about his exercise regimen. I need to incorporate weights into my training, will do it soon.

Happy running to you both!

I love how you call your pace wogging. That’s clever. Sorry that you don’t get to go salsa dancing anymore. When I was single I spent a lot of time in dance clubs, too. It is a great workout and so much fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Shameless third wheel here. 😉 I like to jog. And walk. I call it ‘wog’.

I did a half marathon ages ago before I was married and had children. I was proud of myself for completing it and doing the months of training beforehand, but unfortunately a few weeks prior to the event my left knee got really sore and I barely completed the event.

I was in the best shape of my life when I met my husband and got married. Now,
after thirteen years and three daughters later, I have rekindled my *love* for jogging. No music. No watch. Just me and the pavement around my neighborhood. I started jogging a couple of years ago. I hadn’t done any formal exercising in about a decade. When I jog, it’s usually for 35-40 min at a time. I love my New Balance shoes — good shoes make such a difference.

I wish I could say I see a lot of change in my weight, but I don’t. That’s because I wanna eat what I wanna eat 🙂 But I know internally and cardiovascularly I am much healthier, and my body feels great, too. It helped kick start my libido as well, which has been a nice change of pace for my husband and me.

Earlier this year my husband landed a week in my hospital due to complications of diabetes. It finally motivated him to take care of himself and his diabetes. He’s lost about 40 lbs and looks and feels better than he’s ever felt since we’ve been married. I am enjoying his *hotness*. But he likes kettlebells and jujitsu and stuff like that. Not my thing. And he takes diabetes medication that actually helps him not feel as hungry, so he can’t eat as much. It’s a good regimen for him.

One thing I miss a lot is salsa dancing. I did it for ten years before marrying my husband, whom I knew would not be into it (nor would he let me dance with other men because he’s not that type of guy.) If I could, I would get back into it again. But I won’t because I don’t want to start any issues with my husband.

So, I go wogging instead 😉

So sorry for the misunderstanding, ABCD. I ran 4 miles at an 11 minute per mile pace. It took 44 minutes. Oh my that would be fast to run 4 miles in 11 minutes. I don’t think humans can do that.

I’m glad you are connecting with other runners in the apps. I’m only on Garmin and I am too shy to connect with anyone. LO3 was my only connection, but he isn’t using Garmin Connect for his current training plan so it’s a ghost town now. He is mindfully training for his 100-mile race. I don’t know if we will reconnect after his race. I’ve thought about connecting to other people, but I kind of don’t want to. I liked when it was just me and him.

Enjoy your real coffee. I hope you have a great day! I will see you soon.

Hi Lovisa. Great to meet you here for coffee. In fact, I am having a real coffee right now.

Yeah, Garmin watches are the best. I have been really pleased with mine. I am on Garmin connect, Strava, and Nike Run club. Feels nice to post ones runs on these apps, plus its great motivation seeing the progress of other runners.

I am seeing decent weight loss results after running, however, my diet part could be better :), working on it right now. I totally agree, diet is probably more important in weight loss than exercise. They are kind of related, as when I know I have a run, I tend to not eat so much.

Great to know that your knees are better. 4 miles in 11 min is too fast, awesome job!

I have SO, with 2 kids. I am working in the industry, in the tech field.

I will try to tackle the half marathon soon. Garmin has a half marathon plan, so I might try that. See you around.

That is a lot of great information. Your 65-minute time for an 11k sounds good. I like your plan, too.

Thanks for sharing information about your shoes. I like Saucony, but your shoes sound great, too. I’m just not familiar with them.

No music huh? Good for you. When I started running, I didn’t use music either. Sometimes I mindfully run without music, but I usually use music or a running podcast.

You can definitely lose weight running, but you can’t outrun a bad diet. I have found that diet affects my weight more than exercise. Are you seeing good results?

You might be ready for a half-marathon distance. I remember my first half marathon distance. It was about a year and a half ago. I hadn’t planned to run that distance. I started planning my run the night before. I knew I had a busy morning ahead, but I wanted to do a morning run. I also slept on the trampoline with my daughters. I slept in my running clothes: tank top and running shorts. When I woke up, I took off. I just kept going because I felt so good. I turned around at 6.55 miles and ran home. It felt amazing! I had no idea that I could do that. I think my pace was 11:32 per mile. I am so excited for you to experience the half marathon distance! By the way, after my first summer of running, I learned a lesson about sun protection. My tan lines never fully faded. When spring came along and I still had leftover tan lines from last year’s running, I decided to take sun protection seriously. I wear sun shirts and sun stockings now. I even wear sun gloves. I have naturally pale skin, but I tan easily so tan lines really stand out on me. I don’t like them.

You have a Garmin? I love my Garmin watch! I am addicted to it. I love it, I love it, I love it! Did I mention that I love my watch? I have the Forerunner 955. I wish I would have bought the solar because I have had problems with mine, but my LO has never had a problem with his Solar 955. He bought his a few weeks after I bought mine. Garmin has amazing customer support, so I’m not disappointed in my experience, but I am a little jealous that LO has never called customer support about his watch. REI didn’t have the solar in stock when I bought mine otherwise I would have purchased the solar. Are you on Garmin Connect? I love Garmin Connect! My friend likes Strava, but I’ve never used it so I don’t know if I would like it.

I did 4 miles on the treadmill tonight. My knees feel totally fine. I did it at an 11:06 pace (5.4 mph). It was the recommended run from my Garmin. It felt good. I watched music videos on YouTube instead of looking around at my messy basement. My daughter leaves her toys everywhere.

Tell me more about yourself. I am a housewife with 5 kids. Four of my kids were our foster children who we adopted.

Thanks for meeting me for coffee!

Thanks a lot for your really helpful advice in the other forum. Well, here I am 🙂

I started running some time back, as a means to lose weight, and have really begun to enjoy it now. I do not run a lot, due to time constraints, but I am fairly consistent, I run 50 – 60 KM per month.

I am trying to build up both my stamina and speed. I can now run 11 K, looking to extend it to half marathon. My 11 K times are in the 65 minute range. I tend to mix up my runs – long run on weekend, shorter and faster runs on weekdays. I try to run 3-4 times a week.

As far as shoes are concerned, I used to run in an Asics. Now, I use Adidas Adizero XL for short runs, and Adidas Boston 11 for the longer runs. Both shoes are great.

In addition, I wear Garmin Forerunner 245.

Generally, I like to run without music.

Would love to chat in this forum.

https://livingwithlimerence.com/the-best-cure-for-limerence/#comment-49843

We shall see if he shows up…

Marcia,
I had dreams of hurting my LOs, sure. After the LEs were waning. (Except the one who became a boyfriend. Tbh, I just wanted out.) But you can’t hurt someone who barely cares or doesn’t care at all.

Marcia,

“Do things however you want to, but it sounds like you playing a game where you’re the only one in the ring.”

Dance floor! Dance floorrr!!!! Get it right!!!! 🙂

Queue up Billy Idol…

“Dancing With Myself” (1982)

https://youtu.be/cCCQu5ozxuM