Weight Loss and Running (Read 1355 times)

Of course there's probably a bell curve of set points for women of a given height. I'm very familiar with a woman whose "set point" was in the 170s at 6'3" at age 25. .

Gaby Reece was those stats at competition form....and HOT. I was going through a "hating being short phase" when she was playing and wanted to be her so badly.

One of the biggest things that I see regarding weight loss and endurance training is calories consumed during training. I have seen people who will religiously take in gels and sports drink on runs of an hour or less. They then proceed to have a post-workout meal/snack/whatever, too. Yet they can't understand why they struggle losing a few pounds (For the record, this is not an indictment of anyone here, since I have not seen that level of detail displayed). I think people way over-think nutrition for training and for long runs. One of the bonuses of becoming more efficient is that you now need less fuel. So, you can probably reduce the intake to offset the training, which is something I think some people miss out on.

That being said, taking in 500 calories during a run and then eating a huge plate of pancakes with syrup right afterwards isn't going to help at all, I agree with you there.

Very true. So often people reward themselves for working out inappropriately. Example: 30 minute run; calories burned ~450 Post run treat: DQ Blizzard; calories consumed: >1000 That's not going to get it done.

I kind of read through the thread quickly. Was there mention of the increased metabolism gained for each pound of muscle added, about 30 calories/day? I trained for my first marathon fall of 2006. Maxed around 55 m/wk but never got below 175. Started doing two days/wk of weights in July 2007 and was down to 165 by October. Trained same mileage fall of 2007 and this spring and am currently at 162. Base metabolism rises as you add muscle mass.