Phidippides

posted: 8/11/2008 at 11:17 AM

OK Everyone - I almost hate to bring this up, but I have been back running since March and have gotten my weekly distances to 20+ and am slowly working my way up to the 30 MPW level. When I started out, I weighed around 163 which is way to heavy for my 5'6" frame...... I almost immediately lost 12 lbs (couple of week)...and as I increased my running one would think I would continue to loose weight.....ALAS - I have gained up to around 156 and have maintained between 155 and 157 over the past month or so...... If you look at the BMI for my height I should weigh around 135 or so.... So it looks like I 'should' be able to loose 20 lbs and surely 10 should be easy...but it doesnt seem to be coming off 0 even with 20 MPW..... I can only imagine how much better I could/would run if I were to loose 10 and then 20 lbs (which seems reasonable for my height). Though not dieting, Im also not stuffing myself Where am I going wrong?????

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mamaofthree

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posted: 8/11/2008 at 11:46 AM

I know that no amount of running made much of a dent in my weight. I had to actually restrict calories in order to lose weight. If think about it, even 30 miles a week doesn't account for all that many calories in a day. This fits too with the research that says that exercise alone doesn't work very well for weight loss, but it does contribute to successful weight loss and then maintenance.

JakeKnight

posted: 8/11/2008 at 11:49 AM

Quote from Phidippides on 8/11/2008 at 11:17 AM:

If you look at the BMI for my height I should weigh around 135 or so.... So it looks like I 'should' be able to loose 20 lbs and surely 10 should be easy...but it doesnt seem to be coming off 0 even with 20 MPW.....

Trent. You're on. --------------- John, you're not alone. I'd race better 10 pounds lighter. Probably much better. But food is good. Run more. Or eat less. Or both. I have trouble with that second option.

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posted: 8/11/2008 at 1:43 PM

FWIW, when I got back to running in Aug 2007 after a year off, I weighed 210. My weight dropped pretty steadily over the next several months with very little change in diet. The weight loss seemed to level off around 190 and just sort of stayed there for a while. Since then, the weight has slowy come off again, albeit at a much slower rate. My weight this morning was 182. I have changed my eating habits slightly, but nothing dramatic. My weekly milage is 30-50.

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posted: 8/11/2008 at 4:37 PM

Quote from Phidippides on 8/11/2008 at 11:17 AM:

Though not dieting, Im also not stuffing myself. Where am I going wrong?????

You kind of leave the platform wide open here as we don't know anything about your diet. If you're eating a lot of processed foods, you'll get a kick start simply by scrapping most of the boxed, canned or frozen foods and replacing them with fresh or dried. Still eating white bread and rice - get thee some whole grains pronto. If you're already eating cleanly, then perhaps it's a portion issue. Of course we all burn more when heavier and plateaus require something new in your routine to break through. So maybe it's time to introduce your family to some new recipes and see if that helps. I'm certainly not an expert, but I have reinvented myself with diet and exercise. Running has done wonderful things for me, but it works in tandem with my food choices. I've never been one of the lucky ones whose appetite disappears after a long run. Smile

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RunZRun

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posted: 8/11/2008 at 5:04 PM

Quote from Maplefly on 8/11/2008 at 4:37 PM:

You kind of leave the platform wide open here as we don't know anything about your diet. If you're eating a lot of processed foods, you'll get a kick start simply by scrapping most of the boxed, canned or frozen foods and replacing them with fresh or dried. Still eating white bread and rice - get thee some whole grains pronto. If you're already eating cleanly, then perhaps it's a portion issue. Of course we all burn more when heavier and plateaus require something new in your routine to break through. So maybe it's time to introduce your family to some new recipes and see if that helps. I'm certainly not an expert, but I have reinvented myself with diet and exercise. Running has done wonderful things for me, but it works in tandem with my food choices. I've never been one of the lucky ones whose appetite disappears after a long run. Good luck!

+1 everything. My weight loss kicked off when I got rid of processed food, especially anything that contains HFCS and you will be surprised how many "good for you" food items contain HFCS. Running motivates me to eat healthy.

Phidippides

posted: 8/11/2008 at 10:18 PM

Quote from RunZRun on 8/11/2008 at 5:04 PM:

+1 everything. My weight loss kicked off when I got rid of processed food, especially anything that contains HFCS and you will be surprised how many "good for you" food items contain HFCS.

Thanks to you and maplefly -- as a general rule, I eat pretty well.....probably too big of portions.....and the occasional ice cream or cookies (but thats not every night).....so Im guessing it portions....... What is HFCS? Im not familiar with the acronym....

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Phidippides

posted: 8/11/2008 at 10:19 PM
modified: 8/11/2008 at 10:23 PM

RunZRun --- tell me a little about your YOGA??? Yoga is something I have toyed with but not really gotten into, but I am interested in it....

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posted: 8/11/2008 at 10:35 PM

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posted: 8/11/2008 at 10:36 PM

Quote from Phidippides on 8/11/2008 at 11:17 AM:

Where am I going wrong?????

I believe in calories in must be less than calories out in order to lose weight. So you must be eating more now than you did before you started running. When you first start running your eating habits may not have changed much so you lost weight. In time you slowly but surely must have started eating more.

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wee_little_me

posted: 8/12/2008 at 4:30 AM
modified: 8/12/2008 at 4:35 AM

Running makes me hungry as!!! I might be one of the lucky ones that loses appetite after a run but it comes back the next day and brings friends. Without noticing it I find that running makes me want to eat more. Also, and I'm not saying running is bad... just in terms of weight loss, running isn't the very very best choice. In general resistance based and interval training along with something very low hr but lots of it like slow slow running or walking. It it good for all sorts of other things but you might want to down the mileage and add in that other stuff for 3 months or so while you take off some serious pounds and then, when you up the mileage again carefully watch your food intake and weight and see what happens. I think that for me, running might be good at helping me maintain but not lose weight and I love running and NEED to lose weight so it is sort of unfortunate.

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posted: 8/12/2008 at 5:30 AM

There are a million diet theories out there on the internet. Big grin

One thing that helps is to count every calorie and record in in some sort of log - otherwise the mind could play tricks on itself and we might really eat more than we think we did. Cross training in addition and alternate with running might also help with weight loss by using different muscles to increase calorie burning.

Phidippides

posted: 8/12/2008 at 9:14 AM

Quote from Hefty on 8/12/2008 at 5:30 AM:

There are a million diet theories out there on the internet. One thing that helps is to count every calorie and record in in some sort of log.

I know about this and have never done it - until yesterday. I bought a little notebook just for this purpose and am going to log everything for a while...and see where it takes me. I know that in almost every diet or loose weight program, logging it all is a main component....... At least Ill should know if I'm fooling with myself about my eating habits..... Wink

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posted: 8/12/2008 at 9:23 AM

Quote from RunZRun on 8/11/2008 at 5:04 PM:

you will be surprised how many "good for you" food items contain HFCS.

Yes...my MIL firmly believes that low-fat = healthy and buys a lot of "healthy" stuff that replaces natural fats with HFCS. She has very high triglycerides...surprise!

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posted: 8/12/2008 at 9:27 AM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 8/12/2008 at 9:23 AM:

Yes...my MIL firmly believes that low-fat = healthy and buys a lot of "healthy" stuff that replaces natural fats with HFCS. She has very high triglycerides...surprise!

I firmly believe that this is the reason there is an obesity epidemic in this country..... JMHO.

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