How did you start your exercise journey? I used to run cross country in high school but it's not the same after being almost 300 pounds for 4 years. How do you get back in shape? How do you train? I'd love to one day be able to do a Tri-Athlon or 1/2 marathon or even a marathon!

Wow, great to hear such accomplishments!

I had never heard of the C25K app but after reading this thread I just downloaded it. Running any kind of distance has always seemed like a pipe dream to me, but I'm motivated to give it a try. I'm less than a week post-op right now but since I'm just now starting walking again, this may be a great time to slowly incorporate this program into the routine. Thanks everyone and keep up the great work!

I'm pre-op and have about a month to go. I would love to get some endurance up and am going to just put one foot in front of the other. I am 300 lbs and get out of breath really easy---just going up the stairs in my house will do it---so I don't expect to be able to do much but anything is better than not doing it. Right?

I did Day 1 of C25k yesterday and it felt like I was jiggling all over the place. I was actually very surprised that I could run for 60 seconds at a time, though I was really slow. My form is probably bad and I probably looked like a carp in the throes of death. I was really just testing it out because I planned on trying to get down another 20lbs before even trying. However, it was very doable and I plan on moving forward with it. Best part about it was that it really was fun!

I'm doing c25k and will probably be on week one for a bit. I have a goal of doing an actual 5k in early February. They have a ton of themed runs in my area and they look really fun.