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Admin says:

I am currently helping someone learning to run (also for the benefit of health and weight loss).

WEEK 1
We start of with warming up (brisk walking) for 5 minutes and then we run for 30 seconds, repeat until we done about 40 minutes of total walk/run time. Use the last 5 minutes to cool down. Do some gentle stretching. When your running you should be able to carry a conversation, if not, slow down your pace a bit. Make sure your strides are small – this lessens the stress for your knees and shins.

WEEK2
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run 1 minute, run for 4 minutes, repeat till 35 minutes and cool down for 5 minutes walking
Gentle stretching afterwards.

WEEK3 (and 4 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 1:30 and walk for 3:30, repeat for 40 minutes of total run/walk time. Cool down for 5 minutes easy walking.

WEEK4
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2 minutes, walk for 3, repeat for total of 40 minutes. Cool down, easy walk for 5 minutes.

WEEK 5 (and 5 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2:30 minutes, walk for 2:30 minutes, repeat till 40 minutes of total run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 6
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 3 minutes and walk for 2, repeat for total of 40 minutes of run/walk and cool down easy walk for 5minutes.

WEEK 7
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4 minutes and walk for 1,
repeat for total of 40 minutes run/walk, cool down for 5 minutes of easy walking

WEEK 8
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4:30 minutes and walk for 30 seconds, repeat for total of 35 minutes of run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 9
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 5 minutes walk for 1 minute. Cool down for 5 minutes, stretch.

FOLLOWING WEEKS
increase your running by 1 minute per week and maintaining your walk for 1. Build up your distance no more than 10% per every 2 weeks – By WEEK 14, sign up for a local 5K run (you’ve most likely are running between 4-6K already)

Tips: keep hydrated, before, during and after (do not gulp down too much water, best to have a water bottle handy and sip as you go)
Wear comfortable, moisture wicking clothes – Walmart and Target got ppretty decent stuff for a great price for starting out – you don’t want to buy real expensive running clothes, because you going to loose you weight. Wait till you hit your goal weight.
If you hurt, ice sore muscles for 10-15 minutes 3X/day

At this point, don’t buy a heart rate monitor, a simple timex watch with split times/stopwatch or laps will be just fine. AS you said, its for health and weight loss, not racing.

ALWAYS invest in good running shoes – go to a specialty running store and get properly fitted according to your gait, foot type, form, etc.

http://www.runnersworld.com is a good website to get various info.
Good Luck…run happy and train smart:)

PS< my friend lost 5lbs in one week since we started this almost 2 wks ago 🙂

Admin says:

Your father sounds like the typical manipulative alcoholic in which he blames everyone else for his problems since he does not want to take any responsibility for his actions and sometimes in-actions regarding his health. Of course he doesn’t want to go to a doctor or hospital because that means they would find out he is an alcoholic and he could never drink in a hospital setting. It’s just that he became so sick from it that he had to go or he would be dead right now. You saved his life and there was nothing you could have done to make it any better than it was and is right now. Quit blaming yourself and falling into his blame game. It’s as old as the hills with drinkers. If the alcoholic is of sound mind, you cannot force them to do anything unless they are laying around unable to take care of themselves any longer. That’s exactly the point it reached that day you found him and you did exactly what you were supposed to do. Until then, you could do nothing. You did not put him on a vent. His bad health brought on by his own actions for the most part put him in that hospital and on that vent. He should thank God he has a daughter like you, but he probably won’t because he is quite manipulative and stuck in his own delusional world.

Sweetie, you won’t be an orphan if you lose him. Orphans are children. You are a grown adult and must understand that your father has some very serious life threatening medical problems that could take his life. I lost my father long ago to cancer. It would be the best thing in the world for your father not to return home because if he becomes well enough to go home, he will only go right back to drinking and his old lifestyle of abuse. Going home will kill him faster than anything else. If he has gotten to the point of not being able to breathe very well, serious circulatory problems from heart failure, very weak and debilitated, unable to control his bowels and bladder, then it’s time he be in a place that can give him the care he needs which is 24/7 care. He needs placement in a nursing home or assisted living if he improves and is discharged.

You have your own life to live and cannot take care of your father by yourself. He needs to be monitored 24 hours a day and no one can do that by themselves, nor should they even try. You would have to give up your entire life to meet your fathers needs which is totally selfish on his part to even expect. He is not thinking right. You did the right thing if you need that confirmation from us here. His medical problems put him on that vent and you certainly cannot stop a seizure. You have to have some common sense about this. If you wouldn’t have called an ambulance, he would be dead. Going to the hospital did not make him worse. They saved his life. You know that your father can refuse to be hooked up to the vent and breathe on his own. He can sign a DNR (do not resuscitate) order when means that should he go into respiratory failure, nothing is done to save him. They put him on a vent to save him. If he hates it so much and is mad at everyone for him being there, then he can sign papers and let the chips fall where they may so to speak. They will explain that if they take him off that he will have severe breathing problems and will most likely die, but he cannot be forced to be on it if he really wants off. He has the right to refuse medical treatment unless they feel he is not of sound mind, but doubt they would really object if he insisted it be removed. I might add that the seizure could have been him being an alcoholic who suddenly did not drink. Withdrawals can be quite severe for some alcoholics including seizures. The seizure did not cause him to be vented. Respiratory failure caused it which he had at home when he was being picked up and had for a very long time. Everything just escalated until it became life threatening. You had nothing to do with that and quit blaming yourself. You are a good daughter that did the right thing.

Admin says:

I am currently helping someone learning to run (also for the benefit of health and weight loss).

WEEK 1
We start of with warming up (brisk walking) for 5 minutes and then we run for 30 seconds, repeat until we done about 40 minutes of total walk/run time. Use the last 5 minutes to cool down. Do some gentle stretching. When your running you should be able to carry a conversation, if not, slow down your pace a bit. Make sure your strides are small – this lessens the stress for your knees and shins.

WEEK2
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run 1 minute, run for 4 minutes, repeat till 35 minutes and cool down for 5 minutes walking
Gentle stretching afterwards.

WEEK3 (and 4 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 1:30 and walk for 3:30, repeat for 40 minutes of total run/walk time. Cool down for 5 minutes easy walking.

WEEK4
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2 minutes, walk for 3, repeat for total of 40 minutes. Cool down, easy walk for 5 minutes.

WEEK 5 (and 5 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2:30 minutes, walk for 2:30 minutes, repeat till 40 minutes of total run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 6
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 3 minutes and walk for 2, repeat for total of 40 minutes of run/walk and cool down easy walk for 5minutes.

WEEK 7
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4 minutes and walk for 1,
repeat for total of 40 minutes run/walk, cool down for 5 minutes of easy walking

WEEK 8
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4:30 minutes and walk for 30 seconds, repeat for total of 35 minutes of run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 9
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 5 minutes walk for 1 minute. Cool down for 5 minutes, stretch.

FOLLOWING WEEKS
increase your running by 1 minute per week and maintaining your walk for 1. Build up your distance no more than 10% per every 2 weeks – By WEEK 14, sign up for a local 5K run (you’ve most likely are running between 4-6K already)

Tips: keep hydrated, before, during and after (do not gulp down too much water, best to have a water bottle handy and sip as you go)
Wear comfortable, moisture wicking clothes – Walmart and Target got ppretty decent stuff for a great price for starting out – you don’t want to buy real expensive running clothes, because you going to loose you weight. Wait till you hit your goal weight.
If you hurt, ice sore muscles for 10-15 minutes 3X/day

At this point, don’t buy a heart rate monitor, a simple timex watch with split times/stopwatch or laps will be just fine. AS you said, its for health and weight loss, not racing.

ALWAYS invest in good running shoes – go to a specialty running store and get properly fitted according to your gait, foot type, form, etc.

http://www.runnersworld.com is a good website to get various info.
Good Luck…run happy and train smart:)

PS< my friend lost 5lbs in one week since we started this almost 2 wks ago 🙂

Admin says:

Your father sounds like the typical manipulative alcoholic in which he blames everyone else for his problems since he does not want to take any responsibility for his actions and sometimes in-actions regarding his health. Of course he doesn’t want to go to a doctor or hospital because that means they would find out he is an alcoholic and he could never drink in a hospital setting. It’s just that he became so sick from it that he had to go or he would be dead right now. You saved his life and there was nothing you could have done to make it any better than it was and is right now. Quit blaming yourself and falling into his blame game. It’s as old as the hills with drinkers. If the alcoholic is of sound mind, you cannot force them to do anything unless they are laying around unable to take care of themselves any longer. That’s exactly the point it reached that day you found him and you did exactly what you were supposed to do. Until then, you could do nothing. You did not put him on a vent. His bad health brought on by his own actions for the most part put him in that hospital and on that vent. He should thank God he has a daughter like you, but he probably won’t because he is quite manipulative and stuck in his own delusional world.

Sweetie, you won’t be an orphan if you lose him. Orphans are children. You are a grown adult and must understand that your father has some very serious life threatening medical problems that could take his life. I lost my father long ago to cancer. It would be the best thing in the world for your father not to return home because if he becomes well enough to go home, he will only go right back to drinking and his old lifestyle of abuse. Going home will kill him faster than anything else. If he has gotten to the point of not being able to breathe very well, serious circulatory problems from heart failure, very weak and debilitated, unable to control his bowels and bladder, then it’s time he be in a place that can give him the care he needs which is 24/7 care. He needs placement in a nursing home or assisted living if he improves and is discharged.

You have your own life to live and cannot take care of your father by yourself. He needs to be monitored 24 hours a day and no one can do that by themselves, nor should they even try. You would have to give up your entire life to meet your fathers needs which is totally selfish on his part to even expect. He is not thinking right. You did the right thing if you need that confirmation from us here. His medical problems put him on that vent and you certainly cannot stop a seizure. You have to have some common sense about this. If you wouldn’t have called an ambulance, he would be dead. Going to the hospital did not make him worse. They saved his life. You know that your father can refuse to be hooked up to the vent and breathe on his own. He can sign a DNR (do not resuscitate) order when means that should he go into respiratory failure, nothing is done to save him. They put him on a vent to save him. If he hates it so much and is mad at everyone for him being there, then he can sign papers and let the chips fall where they may so to speak. They will explain that if they take him off that he will have severe breathing problems and will most likely die, but he cannot be forced to be on it if he really wants off. He has the right to refuse medical treatment unless they feel he is not of sound mind, but doubt they would really object if he insisted it be removed. I might add that the seizure could have been him being an alcoholic who suddenly did not drink. Withdrawals can be quite severe for some alcoholics including seizures. The seizure did not cause him to be vented. Respiratory failure caused it which he had at home when he was being picked up and had for a very long time. Everything just escalated until it became life threatening. You had nothing to do with that and quit blaming yourself. You are a good daughter that did the right thing.

Admin says:

I know exactly how you are feeling right now. I was in a car accident in January this year where I was hit at 40 MPH head on! There were some visible injuries, like my shoulder and my neck, but there were also some other injuries that could not be seen in standard imaging tests. I developed low blood pressure and a very slow heart beat after the accident. I already had migraines, but they worsened to the point that I had a migraine every day. I went through just about every migraine medication on the market with no relief. I finally ended up being admitted to the hospital in February for an intractable migraine after I passed out and smacked my forehead on my granite countertops in the kitchen. I was there for 4 days on a self administered Dillauded pain pump and several other medications that were given to me by the nurses, like DHE. While I was a little more comfortable, mostly because I was drugged up out of my mind, the migraine was still there when I was finally discharged and sent home. This went on for months. Finally, I was given a tilt table test, and they determined that I had Orthostatic Hypotension which is where your blood pressure suddenly falls after you have been standing for a couple of minutes. Mine dropped down to 52/35! And it was lights out for me. They also hooked me up to a Holter Monitor for 24 hours, which watches every single beat your heart makes while wearing it. They saw 45 Premature Valve Contractions and several times, even when I am awake, my heart rate drops into the low 50’s and mid 40’s. When I sleep it is consistently in the low 30’s. Once I started getting treated for the cardiac problems, the headaches resolved, for the most part. But I had to see, and fire, 5 neurologists before I got this diagnosis. While the problems are somewhat cardiac, they are caused by damage to my nervous system from the car accident, which is why I see a neurologist and am being treated by one of them and not a cardiologist.

I guess what I am trying to say is that your migraines could have a source that is not neurological in nature. There are instances where cardiac issues, such as a small hole in one of the heart valves, can manifest as migraine headaches. Ask you doctor for a few simple tests for your heart, such as an Echo, which is an ultrasound of your heart and the valves, a Holter Moniter, and a Tilt Table Test. Even if you do not pass out, a TTT can pick up problems such as Postural Orthostatic tachycardia, which is where your heart suddenly starts racing when you change position from sitting to standing. This can also cause migraines.

You need to be your own advocate. You know your body better than any doctor every will. If you find a doctor to be rude and disrespectful, fire him. He works for you. Find another doctor that is willing to listen to you and can think outside the box a little bit. These are the doctors that are great and will help you to find relief. Don’t ever let a doctor make you feel like your physical pain is mental if you know very well that it is not. While it is true that psychological imbalances can manifest themselves as physical pain, if you know that your pain is not at all related to your mental health, then you need to make sure you find a doctor that also believe this. If a doctor can not fix your problem with their knowledge and the drugs they know about, then they label you as being a psychiatric patient because God forbid that you have something going on that they are not smart enough to figure out!

Admin says:

I am currently helping someone learning to run (also for the benefit of health and weight loss).

WEEK 1
We start of with warming up (brisk walking) for 5 minutes and then we run for 30 seconds, repeat until we done about 40 minutes of total walk/run time. Use the last 5 minutes to cool down. Do some gentle stretching. When your running you should be able to carry a conversation, if not, slow down your pace a bit. Make sure your strides are small – this lessens the stress for your knees and shins.

WEEK2
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run 1 minute, run for 4 minutes, repeat till 35 minutes and cool down for 5 minutes walking
Gentle stretching afterwards.

WEEK3 (and 4 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 1:30 and walk for 3:30, repeat for 40 minutes of total run/walk time. Cool down for 5 minutes easy walking.

WEEK4
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2 minutes, walk for 3, repeat for total of 40 minutes. Cool down, easy walk for 5 minutes.

WEEK 5 (and 5 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2:30 minutes, walk for 2:30 minutes, repeat till 40 minutes of total run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 6
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 3 minutes and walk for 2, repeat for total of 40 minutes of run/walk and cool down easy walk for 5minutes.

WEEK 7
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4 minutes and walk for 1,
repeat for total of 40 minutes run/walk, cool down for 5 minutes of easy walking

WEEK 8
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4:30 minutes and walk for 30 seconds, repeat for total of 35 minutes of run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 9
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 5 minutes walk for 1 minute. Cool down for 5 minutes, stretch.

FOLLOWING WEEKS
increase your running by 1 minute per week and maintaining your walk for 1. Build up your distance no more than 10% per every 2 weeks – By WEEK 14, sign up for a local 5K run (you’ve most likely are running between 4-6K already)

Tips: keep hydrated, before, during and after (do not gulp down too much water, best to have a water bottle handy and sip as you go)
Wear comfortable, moisture wicking clothes – Walmart and Target got ppretty decent stuff for a great price for starting out – you don’t want to buy real expensive running clothes, because you going to loose you weight. Wait till you hit your goal weight.
If you hurt, ice sore muscles for 10-15 minutes 3X/day

At this point, don’t buy a heart rate monitor, a simple timex watch with split times/stopwatch or laps will be just fine. AS you said, its for health and weight loss, not racing.

ALWAYS invest in good running shoes – go to a specialty running store and get properly fitted according to your gait, foot type, form, etc.

http://www.runnersworld.com is a good website to get various info.
Good Luck…run happy and train smart:)

PS< my friend lost 5lbs in one week since we started this almost 2 wks ago 🙂

Admin says:

I know exactly how you are feeling right now. I was in a car accident in January this year where I was hit at 40 MPH head on! There were some visible injuries, like my shoulder and my neck, but there were also some other injuries that could not be seen in standard imaging tests. I developed low blood pressure and a very slow heart beat after the accident. I already had migraines, but they worsened to the point that I had a migraine every day. I went through just about every migraine medication on the market with no relief. I finally ended up being admitted to the hospital in February for an intractable migraine after I passed out and smacked my forehead on my granite countertops in the kitchen. I was there for 4 days on a self administered Dillauded pain pump and several other medications that were given to me by the nurses, like DHE. While I was a little more comfortable, mostly because I was drugged up out of my mind, the migraine was still there when I was finally discharged and sent home. This went on for months. Finally, I was given a tilt table test, and they determined that I had Orthostatic Hypotension which is where your blood pressure suddenly falls after you have been standing for a couple of minutes. Mine dropped down to 52/35! And it was lights out for me. They also hooked me up to a Holter Monitor for 24 hours, which watches every single beat your heart makes while wearing it. They saw 45 Premature Valve Contractions and several times, even when I am awake, my heart rate drops into the low 50’s and mid 40’s. When I sleep it is consistently in the low 30’s. Once I started getting treated for the cardiac problems, the headaches resolved, for the most part. But I had to see, and fire, 5 neurologists before I got this diagnosis. While the problems are somewhat cardiac, they are caused by damage to my nervous system from the car accident, which is why I see a neurologist and am being treated by one of them and not a cardiologist.

I guess what I am trying to say is that your migraines could have a source that is not neurological in nature. There are instances where cardiac issues, such as a small hole in one of the heart valves, can manifest as migraine headaches. Ask you doctor for a few simple tests for your heart, such as an Echo, which is an ultrasound of your heart and the valves, a Holter Moniter, and a Tilt Table Test. Even if you do not pass out, a TTT can pick up problems such as Postural Orthostatic tachycardia, which is where your heart suddenly starts racing when you change position from sitting to standing. This can also cause migraines.

You need to be your own advocate. You know your body better than any doctor every will. If you find a doctor to be rude and disrespectful, fire him. He works for you. Find another doctor that is willing to listen to you and can think outside the box a little bit. These are the doctors that are great and will help you to find relief. Don’t ever let a doctor make you feel like your physical pain is mental if you know very well that it is not. While it is true that psychological imbalances can manifest themselves as physical pain, if you know that your pain is not at all related to your mental health, then you need to make sure you find a doctor that also believe this. If a doctor can not fix your problem with their knowledge and the drugs they know about, then they label you as being a psychiatric patient because God forbid that you have something going on that they are not smart enough to figure out!

Admin says:

I know exactly how you are feeling right now. I was in a car accident in January this year where I was hit at 40 MPH head on! There were some visible injuries, like my shoulder and my neck, but there were also some other injuries that could not be seen in standard imaging tests. I developed low blood pressure and a very slow heart beat after the accident. I already had migraines, but they worsened to the point that I had a migraine every day. I went through just about every migraine medication on the market with no relief. I finally ended up being admitted to the hospital in February for an intractable migraine after I passed out and smacked my forehead on my granite countertops in the kitchen. I was there for 4 days on a self administered Dillauded pain pump and several other medications that were given to me by the nurses, like DHE. While I was a little more comfortable, mostly because I was drugged up out of my mind, the migraine was still there when I was finally discharged and sent home. This went on for months. Finally, I was given a tilt table test, and they determined that I had Orthostatic Hypotension which is where your blood pressure suddenly falls after you have been standing for a couple of minutes. Mine dropped down to 52/35! And it was lights out for me. They also hooked me up to a Holter Monitor for 24 hours, which watches every single beat your heart makes while wearing it. They saw 45 Premature Valve Contractions and several times, even when I am awake, my heart rate drops into the low 50’s and mid 40’s. When I sleep it is consistently in the low 30’s. Once I started getting treated for the cardiac problems, the headaches resolved, for the most part. But I had to see, and fire, 5 neurologists before I got this diagnosis. While the problems are somewhat cardiac, they are caused by damage to my nervous system from the car accident, which is why I see a neurologist and am being treated by one of them and not a cardiologist.

I guess what I am trying to say is that your migraines could have a source that is not neurological in nature. There are instances where cardiac issues, such as a small hole in one of the heart valves, can manifest as migraine headaches. Ask you doctor for a few simple tests for your heart, such as an Echo, which is an ultrasound of your heart and the valves, a Holter Moniter, and a Tilt Table Test. Even if you do not pass out, a TTT can pick up problems such as Postural Orthostatic tachycardia, which is where your heart suddenly starts racing when you change position from sitting to standing. This can also cause migraines.

You need to be your own advocate. You know your body better than any doctor every will. If you find a doctor to be rude and disrespectful, fire him. He works for you. Find another doctor that is willing to listen to you and can think outside the box a little bit. These are the doctors that are great and will help you to find relief. Don’t ever let a doctor make you feel like your physical pain is mental if you know very well that it is not. While it is true that psychological imbalances can manifest themselves as physical pain, if you know that your pain is not at all related to your mental health, then you need to make sure you find a doctor that also believe this. If a doctor can not fix your problem with their knowledge and the drugs they know about, then they label you as being a psychiatric patient because God forbid that you have something going on that they are not smart enough to figure out!

Admin says:

I am currently helping someone learning to run (also for the benefit of health and weight loss).

WEEK 1
We start of with warming up (brisk walking) for 5 minutes and then we run for 30 seconds, repeat until we done about 40 minutes of total walk/run time. Use the last 5 minutes to cool down. Do some gentle stretching. When your running you should be able to carry a conversation, if not, slow down your pace a bit. Make sure your strides are small – this lessens the stress for your knees and shins.

WEEK2
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run 1 minute, run for 4 minutes, repeat till 35 minutes and cool down for 5 minutes walking
Gentle stretching afterwards.

WEEK3 (and 4 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 1:30 and walk for 3:30, repeat for 40 minutes of total run/walk time. Cool down for 5 minutes easy walking.

WEEK4
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2 minutes, walk for 3, repeat for total of 40 minutes. Cool down, easy walk for 5 minutes.

WEEK 5 (and 5 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2:30 minutes, walk for 2:30 minutes, repeat till 40 minutes of total run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 6
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 3 minutes and walk for 2, repeat for total of 40 minutes of run/walk and cool down easy walk for 5minutes.

WEEK 7
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4 minutes and walk for 1,
repeat for total of 40 minutes run/walk, cool down for 5 minutes of easy walking

WEEK 8
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4:30 minutes and walk for 30 seconds, repeat for total of 35 minutes of run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 9
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 5 minutes walk for 1 minute. Cool down for 5 minutes, stretch.

FOLLOWING WEEKS
increase your running by 1 minute per week and maintaining your walk for 1. Build up your distance no more than 10% per every 2 weeks – By WEEK 14, sign up for a local 5K run (you’ve most likely are running between 4-6K already)

Tips: keep hydrated, before, during and after (do not gulp down too much water, best to have a water bottle handy and sip as you go)
Wear comfortable, moisture wicking clothes – Walmart and Target got ppretty decent stuff for a great price for starting out – you don’t want to buy real expensive running clothes, because you going to loose you weight. Wait till you hit your goal weight.
If you hurt, ice sore muscles for 10-15 minutes 3X/day

At this point, don’t buy a heart rate monitor, a simple timex watch with split times/stopwatch or laps will be just fine. AS you said, its for health and weight loss, not racing.

ALWAYS invest in good running shoes – go to a specialty running store and get properly fitted according to your gait, foot type, form, etc.

http://www.runnersworld.com is a good website to get various info.
Good Luck…run happy and train smart:)

PS< my friend lost 5lbs in one week since we started this almost 2 wks ago 🙂

Admin says:

I know exactly how you are feeling right now. I was in a car accident in January this year where I was hit at 40 MPH head on! There were some visible injuries, like my shoulder and my neck, but there were also some other injuries that could not be seen in standard imaging tests. I developed low blood pressure and a very slow heart beat after the accident. I already had migraines, but they worsened to the point that I had a migraine every day. I went through just about every migraine medication on the market with no relief. I finally ended up being admitted to the hospital in February for an intractable migraine after I passed out and smacked my forehead on my granite countertops in the kitchen. I was there for 4 days on a self administered Dillauded pain pump and several other medications that were given to me by the nurses, like DHE. While I was a little more comfortable, mostly because I was drugged up out of my mind, the migraine was still there when I was finally discharged and sent home. This went on for months. Finally, I was given a tilt table test, and they determined that I had Orthostatic Hypotension which is where your blood pressure suddenly falls after you have been standing for a couple of minutes. Mine dropped down to 52/35! And it was lights out for me. They also hooked me up to a Holter Monitor for 24 hours, which watches every single beat your heart makes while wearing it. They saw 45 Premature Valve Contractions and several times, even when I am awake, my heart rate drops into the low 50’s and mid 40’s. When I sleep it is consistently in the low 30’s. Once I started getting treated for the cardiac problems, the headaches resolved, for the most part. But I had to see, and fire, 5 neurologists before I got this diagnosis. While the problems are somewhat cardiac, they are caused by damage to my nervous system from the car accident, which is why I see a neurologist and am being treated by one of them and not a cardiologist.

I guess what I am trying to say is that your migraines could have a source that is not neurological in nature. There are instances where cardiac issues, such as a small hole in one of the heart valves, can manifest as migraine headaches. Ask you doctor for a few simple tests for your heart, such as an Echo, which is an ultrasound of your heart and the valves, a Holter Moniter, and a Tilt Table Test. Even if you do not pass out, a TTT can pick up problems such as Postural Orthostatic tachycardia, which is where your heart suddenly starts racing when you change position from sitting to standing. This can also cause migraines.

You need to be your own advocate. You know your body better than any doctor every will. If you find a doctor to be rude and disrespectful, fire him. He works for you. Find another doctor that is willing to listen to you and can think outside the box a little bit. These are the doctors that are great and will help you to find relief. Don’t ever let a doctor make you feel like your physical pain is mental if you know very well that it is not. While it is true that psychological imbalances can manifest themselves as physical pain, if you know that your pain is not at all related to your mental health, then you need to make sure you find a doctor that also believe this. If a doctor can not fix your problem with their knowledge and the drugs they know about, then they label you as being a psychiatric patient because God forbid that you have something going on that they are not smart enough to figure out!

Admin says:

Your father sounds like the typical manipulative alcoholic in which he blames everyone else for his problems since he does not want to take any responsibility for his actions and sometimes in-actions regarding his health. Of course he doesn’t want to go to a doctor or hospital because that means they would find out he is an alcoholic and he could never drink in a hospital setting. It’s just that he became so sick from it that he had to go or he would be dead right now. You saved his life and there was nothing you could have done to make it any better than it was and is right now. Quit blaming yourself and falling into his blame game. It’s as old as the hills with drinkers. If the alcoholic is of sound mind, you cannot force them to do anything unless they are laying around unable to take care of themselves any longer. That’s exactly the point it reached that day you found him and you did exactly what you were supposed to do. Until then, you could do nothing. You did not put him on a vent. His bad health brought on by his own actions for the most part put him in that hospital and on that vent. He should thank God he has a daughter like you, but he probably won’t because he is quite manipulative and stuck in his own delusional world.

Sweetie, you won’t be an orphan if you lose him. Orphans are children. You are a grown adult and must understand that your father has some very serious life threatening medical problems that could take his life. I lost my father long ago to cancer. It would be the best thing in the world for your father not to return home because if he becomes well enough to go home, he will only go right back to drinking and his old lifestyle of abuse. Going home will kill him faster than anything else. If he has gotten to the point of not being able to breathe very well, serious circulatory problems from heart failure, very weak and debilitated, unable to control his bowels and bladder, then it’s time he be in a place that can give him the care he needs which is 24/7 care. He needs placement in a nursing home or assisted living if he improves and is discharged.

You have your own life to live and cannot take care of your father by yourself. He needs to be monitored 24 hours a day and no one can do that by themselves, nor should they even try. You would have to give up your entire life to meet your fathers needs which is totally selfish on his part to even expect. He is not thinking right. You did the right thing if you need that confirmation from us here. His medical problems put him on that vent and you certainly cannot stop a seizure. You have to have some common sense about this. If you wouldn’t have called an ambulance, he would be dead. Going to the hospital did not make him worse. They saved his life. You know that your father can refuse to be hooked up to the vent and breathe on his own. He can sign a DNR (do not resuscitate) order when means that should he go into respiratory failure, nothing is done to save him. They put him on a vent to save him. If he hates it so much and is mad at everyone for him being there, then he can sign papers and let the chips fall where they may so to speak. They will explain that if they take him off that he will have severe breathing problems and will most likely die, but he cannot be forced to be on it if he really wants off. He has the right to refuse medical treatment unless they feel he is not of sound mind, but doubt they would really object if he insisted it be removed. I might add that the seizure could have been him being an alcoholic who suddenly did not drink. Withdrawals can be quite severe for some alcoholics including seizures. The seizure did not cause him to be vented. Respiratory failure caused it which he had at home when he was being picked up and had for a very long time. Everything just escalated until it became life threatening. You had nothing to do with that and quit blaming yourself. You are a good daughter that did the right thing.

Admin says:

I am currently helping someone learning to run (also for the benefit of health and weight loss).

WEEK 1
We start of with warming up (brisk walking) for 5 minutes and then we run for 30 seconds, repeat until we done about 40 minutes of total walk/run time. Use the last 5 minutes to cool down. Do some gentle stretching. When your running you should be able to carry a conversation, if not, slow down your pace a bit. Make sure your strides are small – this lessens the stress for your knees and shins.

WEEK2
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run 1 minute, run for 4 minutes, repeat till 35 minutes and cool down for 5 minutes walking
Gentle stretching afterwards.

WEEK3 (and 4 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 1:30 and walk for 3:30, repeat for 40 minutes of total run/walk time. Cool down for 5 minutes easy walking.

WEEK4
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2 minutes, walk for 3, repeat for total of 40 minutes. Cool down, easy walk for 5 minutes.

WEEK 5 (and 5 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2:30 minutes, walk for 2:30 minutes, repeat till 40 minutes of total run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 6
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 3 minutes and walk for 2, repeat for total of 40 minutes of run/walk and cool down easy walk for 5minutes.

WEEK 7
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4 minutes and walk for 1,
repeat for total of 40 minutes run/walk, cool down for 5 minutes of easy walking

WEEK 8
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4:30 minutes and walk for 30 seconds, repeat for total of 35 minutes of run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 9
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 5 minutes walk for 1 minute. Cool down for 5 minutes, stretch.

FOLLOWING WEEKS
increase your running by 1 minute per week and maintaining your walk for 1. Build up your distance no more than 10% per every 2 weeks – By WEEK 14, sign up for a local 5K run (you’ve most likely are running between 4-6K already)

Tips: keep hydrated, before, during and after (do not gulp down too much water, best to have a water bottle handy and sip as you go)
Wear comfortable, moisture wicking clothes – Walmart and Target got ppretty decent stuff for a great price for starting out – you don’t want to buy real expensive running clothes, because you going to loose you weight. Wait till you hit your goal weight.
If you hurt, ice sore muscles for 10-15 minutes 3X/day

At this point, don’t buy a heart rate monitor, a simple timex watch with split times/stopwatch or laps will be just fine. AS you said, its for health and weight loss, not racing.

ALWAYS invest in good running shoes – go to a specialty running store and get properly fitted according to your gait, foot type, form, etc.

http://www.runnersworld.com is a good website to get various info.
Good Luck…run happy and train smart:)

PS< my friend lost 5lbs in one week since we started this almost 2 wks ago 🙂

Admin says:

I know exactly how you are feeling right now. I was in a car accident in January this year where I was hit at 40 MPH head on! There were some visible injuries, like my shoulder and my neck, but there were also some other injuries that could not be seen in standard imaging tests. I developed low blood pressure and a very slow heart beat after the accident. I already had migraines, but they worsened to the point that I had a migraine every day. I went through just about every migraine medication on the market with no relief. I finally ended up being admitted to the hospital in February for an intractable migraine after I passed out and smacked my forehead on my granite countertops in the kitchen. I was there for 4 days on a self administered Dillauded pain pump and several other medications that were given to me by the nurses, like DHE. While I was a little more comfortable, mostly because I was drugged up out of my mind, the migraine was still there when I was finally discharged and sent home. This went on for months. Finally, I was given a tilt table test, and they determined that I had Orthostatic Hypotension which is where your blood pressure suddenly falls after you have been standing for a couple of minutes. Mine dropped down to 52/35! And it was lights out for me. They also hooked me up to a Holter Monitor for 24 hours, which watches every single beat your heart makes while wearing it. They saw 45 Premature Valve Contractions and several times, even when I am awake, my heart rate drops into the low 50’s and mid 40’s. When I sleep it is consistently in the low 30’s. Once I started getting treated for the cardiac problems, the headaches resolved, for the most part. But I had to see, and fire, 5 neurologists before I got this diagnosis. While the problems are somewhat cardiac, they are caused by damage to my nervous system from the car accident, which is why I see a neurologist and am being treated by one of them and not a cardiologist.

I guess what I am trying to say is that your migraines could have a source that is not neurological in nature. There are instances where cardiac issues, such as a small hole in one of the heart valves, can manifest as migraine headaches. Ask you doctor for a few simple tests for your heart, such as an Echo, which is an ultrasound of your heart and the valves, a Holter Moniter, and a Tilt Table Test. Even if you do not pass out, a TTT can pick up problems such as Postural Orthostatic tachycardia, which is where your heart suddenly starts racing when you change position from sitting to standing. This can also cause migraines.

You need to be your own advocate. You know your body better than any doctor every will. If you find a doctor to be rude and disrespectful, fire him. He works for you. Find another doctor that is willing to listen to you and can think outside the box a little bit. These are the doctors that are great and will help you to find relief. Don’t ever let a doctor make you feel like your physical pain is mental if you know very well that it is not. While it is true that psychological imbalances can manifest themselves as physical pain, if you know that your pain is not at all related to your mental health, then you need to make sure you find a doctor that also believe this. If a doctor can not fix your problem with their knowledge and the drugs they know about, then they label you as being a psychiatric patient because God forbid that you have something going on that they are not smart enough to figure out!

Admin says:

I am currently helping someone learning to run (also for the benefit of health and weight loss).

WEEK 1
We start of with warming up (brisk walking) for 5 minutes and then we run for 30 seconds, repeat until we done about 40 minutes of total walk/run time. Use the last 5 minutes to cool down. Do some gentle stretching. When your running you should be able to carry a conversation, if not, slow down your pace a bit. Make sure your strides are small – this lessens the stress for your knees and shins.

WEEK2
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run 1 minute, run for 4 minutes, repeat till 35 minutes and cool down for 5 minutes walking
Gentle stretching afterwards.

WEEK3 (and 4 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 1:30 and walk for 3:30, repeat for 40 minutes of total run/walk time. Cool down for 5 minutes easy walking.

WEEK4
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2 minutes, walk for 3, repeat for total of 40 minutes. Cool down, easy walk for 5 minutes.

WEEK 5 (and 5 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2:30 minutes, walk for 2:30 minutes, repeat till 40 minutes of total run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 6
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 3 minutes and walk for 2, repeat for total of 40 minutes of run/walk and cool down easy walk for 5minutes.

WEEK 7
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4 minutes and walk for 1,
repeat for total of 40 minutes run/walk, cool down for 5 minutes of easy walking

WEEK 8
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4:30 minutes and walk for 30 seconds, repeat for total of 35 minutes of run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 9
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 5 minutes walk for 1 minute. Cool down for 5 minutes, stretch.

FOLLOWING WEEKS
increase your running by 1 minute per week and maintaining your walk for 1. Build up your distance no more than 10% per every 2 weeks – By WEEK 14, sign up for a local 5K run (you’ve most likely are running between 4-6K already)

Tips: keep hydrated, before, during and after (do not gulp down too much water, best to have a water bottle handy and sip as you go)
Wear comfortable, moisture wicking clothes – Walmart and Target got ppretty decent stuff for a great price for starting out – you don’t want to buy real expensive running clothes, because you going to loose you weight. Wait till you hit your goal weight.
If you hurt, ice sore muscles for 10-15 minutes 3X/day

At this point, don’t buy a heart rate monitor, a simple timex watch with split times/stopwatch or laps will be just fine. AS you said, its for health and weight loss, not racing.

ALWAYS invest in good running shoes – go to a specialty running store and get properly fitted according to your gait, foot type, form, etc.

http://www.runnersworld.com is a good website to get various info.
Good Luck…run happy and train smart:)

PS< my friend lost 5lbs in one week since we started this almost 2 wks ago 🙂

Admin says:

I know exactly how you are feeling right now. I was in a car accident in January this year where I was hit at 40 MPH head on! There were some visible injuries, like my shoulder and my neck, but there were also some other injuries that could not be seen in standard imaging tests. I developed low blood pressure and a very slow heart beat after the accident. I already had migraines, but they worsened to the point that I had a migraine every day. I went through just about every migraine medication on the market with no relief. I finally ended up being admitted to the hospital in February for an intractable migraine after I passed out and smacked my forehead on my granite countertops in the kitchen. I was there for 4 days on a self administered Dillauded pain pump and several other medications that were given to me by the nurses, like DHE. While I was a little more comfortable, mostly because I was drugged up out of my mind, the migraine was still there when I was finally discharged and sent home. This went on for months. Finally, I was given a tilt table test, and they determined that I had Orthostatic Hypotension which is where your blood pressure suddenly falls after you have been standing for a couple of minutes. Mine dropped down to 52/35! And it was lights out for me. They also hooked me up to a Holter Monitor for 24 hours, which watches every single beat your heart makes while wearing it. They saw 45 Premature Valve Contractions and several times, even when I am awake, my heart rate drops into the low 50’s and mid 40’s. When I sleep it is consistently in the low 30’s. Once I started getting treated for the cardiac problems, the headaches resolved, for the most part. But I had to see, and fire, 5 neurologists before I got this diagnosis. While the problems are somewhat cardiac, they are caused by damage to my nervous system from the car accident, which is why I see a neurologist and am being treated by one of them and not a cardiologist.

I guess what I am trying to say is that your migraines could have a source that is not neurological in nature. There are instances where cardiac issues, such as a small hole in one of the heart valves, can manifest as migraine headaches. Ask you doctor for a few simple tests for your heart, such as an Echo, which is an ultrasound of your heart and the valves, a Holter Moniter, and a Tilt Table Test. Even if you do not pass out, a TTT can pick up problems such as Postural Orthostatic tachycardia, which is where your heart suddenly starts racing when you change position from sitting to standing. This can also cause migraines.

You need to be your own advocate. You know your body better than any doctor every will. If you find a doctor to be rude and disrespectful, fire him. He works for you. Find another doctor that is willing to listen to you and can think outside the box a little bit. These are the doctors that are great and will help you to find relief. Don’t ever let a doctor make you feel like your physical pain is mental if you know very well that it is not. While it is true that psychological imbalances can manifest themselves as physical pain, if you know that your pain is not at all related to your mental health, then you need to make sure you find a doctor that also believe this. If a doctor can not fix your problem with their knowledge and the drugs they know about, then they label you as being a psychiatric patient because God forbid that you have something going on that they are not smart enough to figure out!

Admin says:

Your father sounds like the typical manipulative alcoholic in which he blames everyone else for his problems since he does not want to take any responsibility for his actions and sometimes in-actions regarding his health. Of course he doesn’t want to go to a doctor or hospital because that means they would find out he is an alcoholic and he could never drink in a hospital setting. It’s just that he became so sick from it that he had to go or he would be dead right now. You saved his life and there was nothing you could have done to make it any better than it was and is right now. Quit blaming yourself and falling into his blame game. It’s as old as the hills with drinkers. If the alcoholic is of sound mind, you cannot force them to do anything unless they are laying around unable to take care of themselves any longer. That’s exactly the point it reached that day you found him and you did exactly what you were supposed to do. Until then, you could do nothing. You did not put him on a vent. His bad health brought on by his own actions for the most part put him in that hospital and on that vent. He should thank God he has a daughter like you, but he probably won’t because he is quite manipulative and stuck in his own delusional world.

Sweetie, you won’t be an orphan if you lose him. Orphans are children. You are a grown adult and must understand that your father has some very serious life threatening medical problems that could take his life. I lost my father long ago to cancer. It would be the best thing in the world for your father not to return home because if he becomes well enough to go home, he will only go right back to drinking and his old lifestyle of abuse. Going home will kill him faster than anything else. If he has gotten to the point of not being able to breathe very well, serious circulatory problems from heart failure, very weak and debilitated, unable to control his bowels and bladder, then it’s time he be in a place that can give him the care he needs which is 24/7 care. He needs placement in a nursing home or assisted living if he improves and is discharged.

You have your own life to live and cannot take care of your father by yourself. He needs to be monitored 24 hours a day and no one can do that by themselves, nor should they even try. You would have to give up your entire life to meet your fathers needs which is totally selfish on his part to even expect. He is not thinking right. You did the right thing if you need that confirmation from us here. His medical problems put him on that vent and you certainly cannot stop a seizure. You have to have some common sense about this. If you wouldn’t have called an ambulance, he would be dead. Going to the hospital did not make him worse. They saved his life. You know that your father can refuse to be hooked up to the vent and breathe on his own. He can sign a DNR (do not resuscitate) order when means that should he go into respiratory failure, nothing is done to save him. They put him on a vent to save him. If he hates it so much and is mad at everyone for him being there, then he can sign papers and let the chips fall where they may so to speak. They will explain that if they take him off that he will have severe breathing problems and will most likely die, but he cannot be forced to be on it if he really wants off. He has the right to refuse medical treatment unless they feel he is not of sound mind, but doubt they would really object if he insisted it be removed. I might add that the seizure could have been him being an alcoholic who suddenly did not drink. Withdrawals can be quite severe for some alcoholics including seizures. The seizure did not cause him to be vented. Respiratory failure caused it which he had at home when he was being picked up and had for a very long time. Everything just escalated until it became life threatening. You had nothing to do with that and quit blaming yourself. You are a good daughter that did the right thing.

Admin says:

I am currently helping someone learning to run (also for the benefit of health and weight loss).

WEEK 1
We start of with warming up (brisk walking) for 5 minutes and then we run for 30 seconds, repeat until we done about 40 minutes of total walk/run time. Use the last 5 minutes to cool down. Do some gentle stretching. When your running you should be able to carry a conversation, if not, slow down your pace a bit. Make sure your strides are small – this lessens the stress for your knees and shins.

WEEK2
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run 1 minute, run for 4 minutes, repeat till 35 minutes and cool down for 5 minutes walking
Gentle stretching afterwards.

WEEK3 (and 4 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 1:30 and walk for 3:30, repeat for 40 minutes of total run/walk time. Cool down for 5 minutes easy walking.

WEEK4
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2 minutes, walk for 3, repeat for total of 40 minutes. Cool down, easy walk for 5 minutes.

WEEK 5 (and 5 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2:30 minutes, walk for 2:30 minutes, repeat till 40 minutes of total run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 6
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 3 minutes and walk for 2, repeat for total of 40 minutes of run/walk and cool down easy walk for 5minutes.

WEEK 7
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4 minutes and walk for 1,
repeat for total of 40 minutes run/walk, cool down for 5 minutes of easy walking

WEEK 8
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4:30 minutes and walk for 30 seconds, repeat for total of 35 minutes of run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 9
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 5 minutes walk for 1 minute. Cool down for 5 minutes, stretch.

FOLLOWING WEEKS
increase your running by 1 minute per week and maintaining your walk for 1. Build up your distance no more than 10% per every 2 weeks – By WEEK 14, sign up for a local 5K run (you’ve most likely are running between 4-6K already)

Tips: keep hydrated, before, during and after (do not gulp down too much water, best to have a water bottle handy and sip as you go)
Wear comfortable, moisture wicking clothes – Walmart and Target got ppretty decent stuff for a great price for starting out – you don’t want to buy real expensive running clothes, because you going to loose you weight. Wait till you hit your goal weight.
If you hurt, ice sore muscles for 10-15 minutes 3X/day

At this point, don’t buy a heart rate monitor, a simple timex watch with split times/stopwatch or laps will be just fine. AS you said, its for health and weight loss, not racing.

ALWAYS invest in good running shoes – go to a specialty running store and get properly fitted according to your gait, foot type, form, etc.

http://www.runnersworld.com is a good website to get various info.
Good Luck…run happy and train smart:)

PS< my friend lost 5lbs in one week since we started this almost 2 wks ago 🙂

Admin says:

I am currently helping someone learning to run (also for the benefit of health and weight loss).

WEEK 1
We start of with warming up (brisk walking) for 5 minutes and then we run for 30 seconds, repeat until we done about 40 minutes of total walk/run time. Use the last 5 minutes to cool down. Do some gentle stretching. When your running you should be able to carry a conversation, if not, slow down your pace a bit. Make sure your strides are small – this lessens the stress for your knees and shins.

WEEK2
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run 1 minute, run for 4 minutes, repeat till 35 minutes and cool down for 5 minutes walking
Gentle stretching afterwards.

WEEK3 (and 4 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 1:30 and walk for 3:30, repeat for 40 minutes of total run/walk time. Cool down for 5 minutes easy walking.

WEEK4
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2 minutes, walk for 3, repeat for total of 40 minutes. Cool down, easy walk for 5 minutes.

WEEK 5 (and 5 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2:30 minutes, walk for 2:30 minutes, repeat till 40 minutes of total run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 6
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 3 minutes and walk for 2, repeat for total of 40 minutes of run/walk and cool down easy walk for 5minutes.

WEEK 7
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4 minutes and walk for 1,
repeat for total of 40 minutes run/walk, cool down for 5 minutes of easy walking

WEEK 8
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4:30 minutes and walk for 30 seconds, repeat for total of 35 minutes of run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 9
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 5 minutes walk for 1 minute. Cool down for 5 minutes, stretch.

FOLLOWING WEEKS
increase your running by 1 minute per week and maintaining your walk for 1. Build up your distance no more than 10% per every 2 weeks – By WEEK 14, sign up for a local 5K run (you’ve most likely are running between 4-6K already)

Tips: keep hydrated, before, during and after (do not gulp down too much water, best to have a water bottle handy and sip as you go)
Wear comfortable, moisture wicking clothes – Walmart and Target got ppretty decent stuff for a great price for starting out – you don’t want to buy real expensive running clothes, because you going to loose you weight. Wait till you hit your goal weight.
If you hurt, ice sore muscles for 10-15 minutes 3X/day

At this point, don’t buy a heart rate monitor, a simple timex watch with split times/stopwatch or laps will be just fine. AS you said, its for health and weight loss, not racing.

ALWAYS invest in good running shoes – go to a specialty running store and get properly fitted according to your gait, foot type, form, etc.

http://www.runnersworld.com is a good website to get various info.
Good Luck…run happy and train smart:)

PS< my friend lost 5lbs in one week since we started this almost 2 wks ago 🙂

Admin says:

I am currently helping someone learning to run (also for the benefit of health and weight loss).

WEEK 1
We start of with warming up (brisk walking) for 5 minutes and then we run for 30 seconds, repeat until we done about 40 minutes of total walk/run time. Use the last 5 minutes to cool down. Do some gentle stretching. When your running you should be able to carry a conversation, if not, slow down your pace a bit. Make sure your strides are small – this lessens the stress for your knees and shins.

WEEK2
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run 1 minute, run for 4 minutes, repeat till 35 minutes and cool down for 5 minutes walking
Gentle stretching afterwards.

WEEK3 (and 4 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 1:30 and walk for 3:30, repeat for 40 minutes of total run/walk time. Cool down for 5 minutes easy walking.

WEEK4
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2 minutes, walk for 3, repeat for total of 40 minutes. Cool down, easy walk for 5 minutes.

WEEK 5 (and 5 if needed)
warm up for 5 minutes of brisk walking, run for 2:30 minutes, walk for 2:30 minutes, repeat till 40 minutes of total run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 6
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 3 minutes and walk for 2, repeat for total of 40 minutes of run/walk and cool down easy walk for 5minutes.

WEEK 7
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4 minutes and walk for 1,
repeat for total of 40 minutes run/walk, cool down for 5 minutes of easy walking

WEEK 8
warm up for 5 minutes brisk walking, run for 4:30 minutes and walk for 30 seconds, repeat for total of 35 minutes of run/walk. Cool down.

WEEK 9
warm up for 5 minutes, run for 5 minutes walk for 1 minute. Cool down for 5 minutes, stretch.

FOLLOWING WEEKS
increase your running by 1 minute per week and maintaining your walk for 1. Build up your distance no more than 10% per every 2 weeks – By WEEK 14, sign up for a local 5K run (you’ve most likely are running between 4-6K already)

Tips: keep hydrated, before, during and after (do not gulp down too much water, best to have a water bottle handy and sip as you go)
Wear comfortable, moisture wicking clothes – Walmart and Target got ppretty decent stuff for a great price for starting out – you don’t want to buy real expensive running clothes, because you going to loose you weight. Wait till you hit your goal weight.
If you hurt, ice sore muscles for 10-15 minutes 3X/day

At this point, don’t buy a heart rate monitor, a simple timex watch with split times/stopwatch or laps will be just fine. AS you said, its for health and weight loss, not racing.

ALWAYS invest in good running shoes – go to a specialty running store and get properly fitted according to your gait, foot type, form, etc.

http://www.runnersworld.com is a good website to get various info.
Good Luck…run happy and train smart:)

PS< my friend lost 5lbs in one week since we started this almost 2 wks ago 🙂