OMG one of my goals was done today.

Hello all hope all is well with you all today. I am all most a year out now next month. For the past 6 months I would see people running on the treadmill or on the street and I would tell my husband I want to run.

He kept telling me I could but I smoked 21/2 packs of cigarettes for like 10 years and when I would try to run it killed I could not breath.
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But today I am so happy to say I jogged my first mile at the speed of 3.5 it took me 17.07 seconds but I did it I kept telling my self the whole time I could do this. I ran this after I walked 40 minutes after walking at 3.5 I was not ready to quit so running started.

Thanks all this group is great.

I can barely walk 3.0 for 30 minutes.  You are an inspiration.

Thanks but it took me 8 months to be able to do this. take your time it sure will come. I never though I could do this. I was so happy after I started to cry happy tears lol.

Valerie, that gave me chills and my eyes welled up !! I am so happy for you !!

One of my goals after surgery was to play soccer with my daughter. They had a parent/kid soccer game and I played !! It was one of the happiest times in my life. I cried like a baby. It was so awesome !! Congrats !!!

Congratulations!  That is so awesome!!

I still am not ready to start running yet.  I am walking faster and faster for longer and longer on the treadmill, but when I try to run, it just doesn't work for me.  One day!

Maybe one day you can make quitting smoking your next goal, then you'll be ready to train for a marathon!

Oh wait, my apologies, I think I may have read your post wrong.  It looks like you already did quit smoking.  I'm sorry!

So you're ready NOW to train for a marathon!!

That is ok. I quit smoking a year ago so I could have the wls. My surgeon told me if he tested me and found I did not quit smoking he would not do surgery on me. Because I wanted the wls so bad I put them down.

Quitting smoking was great.  It was so nice not to be tied to it anymore.  Being at work wanting a cigarette all day.  Being in a really good movie and dying to go out and smoke, but not wanting to miss any of it.  And I'm sure I smell way better, too!

Congratulations on both of your acheivements!!

Way to go!! I still don't run. I can walk for days, but running just isn't my thing - never was - even when I was a young, competitive athlete. Oh, well.

The last time I ran was when I was 16 in high school lol. I was never a runner after loosing weight I just wanted to be able to run at least a mile. Tomorrow I will try to run another mile if my legs will let me lol they kind of hurting now I am 46 years old so pain is setting in now lol.