"Snoop" wrote in message
I've been on the low carb diet since the end of Sept.. I also started
walking 3-4 miles/day and doing some light weight lifting. I've dropped
26 lbs.

I probably should have started out walking, but since the motivating event
for my present "get in shape" effort is an impending need to run up and down
a soccer field, I went straight to a slow jog. Obviously I'm a lot older &
in a lot worse shape that I thought, because I'm seeing very little
improvement in the first month. I typically run the first 1/2 mile (uphill)
then walk/run back as my lungs allow. After a month of doing this every
second or third day, I'm still hitting that wall at 1/2 mile. Anybody wanna
offer some encouragement that I'll one day be able to run a mile in less
than 13 minutes and without my legs hurting for two days? :-)

Joe F.