How nice that there is such a sub-forum, isn't it? Let's get to the subject.
Around this time of the year, 12 months back, I had lost about 25kg after a 9-10 month diet. Pretty neat, and it wasn't hard at all to be honest. But then I got tired. I dropped the diet and thought now I can finally eat as much I want, and also stop exercising. Really dumb of my past self, I know. I'd punch him right in the face if I had the chance. After a year of eating carelessly (I'm a college student and ordering junk food is one of my "addictions" I'm currently cutting off) and starting again diet "next" week, I've finally achieved (that's one way of looking at it) to gain back my 25kg and 2 or 3 extra.
I don't think it's as sad as it may sound. If anything, now I know better not to allow me roll downhill again and I think it's only a matter of time, being organized and sticking to the shedule to lose my extra mass.
Last year except following a diet, I used to excercis. All I did was basically walk. Walk for 40-50 minutes, 3 times a week (that's extra to the walking I did anyway). I believe (althought I'm not quite sure) that I'm fitter than when I first started walking, in the summer of 2015. That is because back then I'd get tired and puffing after 1.5km of normal/quick walking. Now it seems that walking isn't exactly efficient for me since I can walk for more than 4km and not sweat as much as I (probably?) should. My question is, how much should I value the intensity of exersice over my personal taste of "easy" and "hard". Let me explain.
(jump here if you don't want to read my intro-backstory)
People say you should enjoy excercising. But I don't, sometimes.
I started running the really easy way. One minute of running and four minutes of walking. This was supposed to be suitable for beginners, but I couldn't keep doing this for all the kilometers I used to walk, so I ended up running about 4-6 "one minutes" and walking the rest. And I suppose this should be okay, if I could keep doing it without being affected. But there are several problems with this.
First of all, sometimes I get side stitches. Really bad ones. When this happens (sometimes after the third minute I run, others later) it hurts to breath and is really disturbing. I come back to normal after I walk for a while, but it un-motivates me from running another minute. It also un-motivates me from running ever again. This, along with other kinds of aches I get in different parts of my feet and legs each time.
I get that I should work on this and face one kind of ache at a time until I can run without a problem, but right now I'm feeling that establishing the habbit is more important than being all efficient and losing more mass each week. I want to know your opinion on this. Should I keep walking (maybe increase the speed) and try running sometimes and for short periods when I feel like it or am I just making excuses to not push myself? I'm afraid of dropping it if it's too unpleasant. Running makes me feel better afterwards, but it keeps me from getting up and going for it in the first place.
