weight stall/gain after starting to run

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  • Marianna93637
    Marianna93637 Posts: 230 Member
    2snakeswoman: no I haven't researched anything before and actually this was the first time I ever heard that our body retains water due to a running program. It all makes sense, I just wish I knew it before, I wouldn't have given up running in the past when I tried.

    I think it's always interesting to remember how we used to live thousands of years ago, because even though our civilization evolved / changed, we haven't changed with it. For example I always thought was fascinating that our knees are so week, because we used to not be upright, so our knees had to carry only half of our weight. Since then we stood up, but our knees haven't changed :)
  • Marianna93637
    Marianna93637 Posts: 230 Member
    Umm, I'm not sure why the picture of the beer. I don't drink beer, can't stand the taste lol. whatever weight issues I have, it has nothing to do with beer :)
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    Marianna93637 wrote: »
    2snakeswoman: no I haven't researched anything before and actually this was the first time I ever heard that our body retains water due to a running program. It all makes sense, I just wish I knew it before, I wouldn't have given up running in the past when I tried.

    I think it's always interesting to remember how we used to live thousands of years ago, because even though our civilization evolved / changed, we haven't changed with it. For example I always thought was fascinating that our knees are so week, because we used to not be upright, so our knees had to carry only half of our weight. Since then we stood up, but our knees haven't changed :)

    The human skeletal structure has actually changed quite a bit. The major benefit is that we can stand upright with little to no effort, and walking at a casual pace is very efficient. Primates have to spend much more energy to walk. We've evolved to be more lazy. LOL

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_skeletal_changes_due_to_bipedalism
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    Marianna93637 wrote: »
    Umm, I'm not sure why the picture of the beer. I don't drink beer, can't stand the taste lol. whatever weight issues I have, it has nothing to do with beer :)
    Fine. Wine then. LOL Perhaps I'm self-projecting.

    I could stand to lose about 10 pounds but then my girlfriend complains that I'm too thin. I want it for vanity reasons and also the fact that you're about 2 seconds faster per mile for every pound that you lose. This is the real secret as to why professional marathon runners are so thin. It's not because running makes you thin. They do this on purpose. Calories in and out still dictate your weight.
  • Marianna93637
    Marianna93637 Posts: 230 Member
    So the mystery may have been solved. After 3 weeks winter break I went back to work, and by the 5th day I lost 2.5 lbs. Maybe it wasn't the running or the added cardio that retained water. I could easily tell that I was burning so much more calories, because i was on my feet all day and even just mentally I was on constantly. I increased my calories to 1400 from 1300 and still. Even though i was doing cardio every day and ate less while on break, I still burned less than working.

    At least the scale has moved. But in the meanwhile I must have lost many many inches, people commented, my clothes fit or became too big, so it's all good :)
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