Running ruined my metabolism?
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Change in metabolism caused by a bit of running I would think very unlikely to be the cause.
My guess is that the exercise made you hungrier but while you carried on running you were in a calorie balance.
Then stopped running but carried on eating at the same level - bigger portion sizes perhaps?
Start weighing and logging your food and find the calorie balance that results in weight loss.
I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that this is probably bang on.1 -
Sarcopenia... it is a real thing... the loss of muscle tissue begins for most at around the age of 30... and as the decades pass so does the acceleration of muscle loss...as one poster suggested.. you can delay the onset... and quite naturally Genetics play a role... BUT just as we begin our march to death's door the moment our Mama's drop us on our heads for the first time... We all fight a war of attrition... and as we age... the battle gets tougher and tougher... thankfully as we get older... we also learn the benefits of developing resolve and determination.
TO the OP... your older... losing weight and getting in shape becomes a harder battle... so oyu will have ot work harder to maintain the status quo... that is simply biology... BUT keep the intake in check... get your calories from nutrient dense sources an dpick up running again... nothing maintains bone density like hard work
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I did read somewhere that the body adapts in the most optimizing way possible to a regular regime. With a fixed running schedule, your body might have started to burn fat in a manner that might have been having little effect on your weight and this disheartens many and they leave, but as sijomial wrote that you might have continued to eat as in your running days and so your intake became more. One way which I know is to surprise your body with your workouts and not let it stabilize and increase your intensity regularly. Let me know what you feel.0
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I did read somewhere that the body adapts in the most optimizing way possible to a regular regime. With a fixed running schedule, your body might have started to burn fat in a manner that might have been having little effect on your weight and this disheartens many and they leave, but as sijomial wrote that you might have continued to eat as in your running days and so your intake became more. One way which I know is to surprise your body with your workouts and not let it stabilize and increase your intensity regularly. Let me know what you feel.
That does not sound right.0 -
My husband is a runner. He's tried to change my ways for years. 25 years of marriage this June and he still hasn't. Thanks for the encouragement though.jofjltncb6 wrote: »kimdawnhayden wrote: »Go lift weights. Seriously. I'm 45 and it's about the only thing that helps me. Also I really hate running. Makes my face red, I sweat, and I'm always out of breath.
Sounds like your conditioning could use some improvement.
A great way to improve that is by...
...yup...
...running.
(You would also benefit from my basic approach to fitness/self-improvement which is, "that which is hard, do.") I think I have decided some people are weight lifters and some people are runners. Different goals. 0 -
kimdawnhayden wrote: »
My husband is a runner. He's tried to change my ways for years. 25 years of marriage this June and he still hasn't. Thanks for the encouragement though.jofjltncb6 wrote: »kimdawnhayden wrote: »Go lift weights. Seriously. I'm 45 and it's about the only thing that helps me. Also I really hate running. Makes my face red, I sweat, and I'm always out of breath.
Sounds like your conditioning could use some improvement.
A great way to improve that is by...
...yup...
...running.
(You would also benefit from my basic approach to fitness/self-improvement which is, "that which is hard, do.") I think I have decided some people are weight lifters and some people are runners. Different goals.
and some are both...like me.1 -
kimdawnhayden wrote: »
My husband is a runner. He's tried to change my ways for years. 25 years of marriage this June and he still hasn't. Thanks for the encouragement though.jofjltncb6 wrote: »kimdawnhayden wrote: »Go lift weights. Seriously. I'm 45 and it's about the only thing that helps me. Also I really hate running. Makes my face red, I sweat, and I'm always out of breath.
Sounds like your conditioning could use some improvement.
A great way to improve that is by...
...yup...
...running.
(You would also benefit from my basic approach to fitness/self-improvement which is, "that which is hard, do.") I think I have decided some people are weight lifters and some people are runners. Different goals.
I lift for strength*.
I run/cycle/row for health.
(*and to look good naked. Yeah, probably that more than anything else. Even more than that health nonsense.)2 -
Ha ...jofjltncb6 wrote: »kimdawnhayden wrote: »
My husband is a runner. He's tried to change my ways for years. 25 years of marriage this June and he still hasn't. Thanks for the encouragement though.jofjltncb6 wrote: »kimdawnhayden wrote: »Go lift weights. Seriously. I'm 45 and it's about the only thing that helps me. Also I really hate running. Makes my face red, I sweat, and I'm always out of breath.
Sounds like your conditioning could use some improvement.
A great way to improve that is by...
...yup...
...running.
(You would also benefit from my basic approach to fitness/self-improvement which is, "that which is hard, do.") I think I have decided some people are weight lifters and some people are runners. Different goals.
I lift for strength*.
I run/cycle/row for health.
(*and to look good naked. Yeah, probably that more than anything else. Even more than that health nonsense.)
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JYereRun79 wrote: »JYereRun79 wrote: »About metabolism, maybe serious exercise "resets" something. I had a big time regain years ago when I suddenly stopped exercising, and I have never quite been able to even get back to my pre-exercise weight. I don't know. I wonder if anyone else has experienced this. Hope you find success here!
I experienced this, but it was due to inactivity on my part. From 2008 to 2010 I was training for marathons consistently, which resulted in serious weight loss. I was a vegan for most of that time, which helped in getting lean. In early 2010 I was transferred to a new job for the Army and started packing on the pounds, but this was due to my work schedule and lack of exercise. Once I started training again, I noticed the weight started falling off and I really monitored my nutrition, which aided in my weight loss. As someone said, "weight loss begins in the kitchen."
For the original blog creator, running would only help you lose weight. Though, without proper nutrition and rest you will see very little results. Good luck with losing the weight, you should pick up running again, but monitor your nutrition closer.
being a vegan does not help you get lean....otherwise the change in the job wouldn't have mattered...
Being a vegan will help with exercise. The information that I left out was the fact that I went back to eating dairy and fish. This change in dieting habits increase the possibilities of gaining the weight back. Which ultimately occurred. Also, sociological factors were at play too. But a vegan diet and proper exercise will increase the likelihood of weight loss.
No, it doesn't. Otherwise there'd be no fat vegans. And there are.
You can lose weight without going vegan. I just had a delicious steak for dinner and I've finished the day just at my calorie goal.
Well, I didn't make a blanket statement about "other" vegans. I was talking about my nutrition and how it worked for me at the time. Also, your diet is your diet, and I'm sure you worked out your nutritional needs in order to lose weight. See how I indicate you versus everyone else? My original post was to share MY story, not that being vegan is a blanket cure for weight loss. I'm older now and know what I need to eat in order to lose weight. Therefore, I'm no longer vegan.0 -
JYereRun79 wrote: »JYereRun79 wrote: »About metabolism, maybe serious exercise "resets" something. I had a big time regain years ago when I suddenly stopped exercising, and I have never quite been able to even get back to my pre-exercise weight. I don't know. I wonder if anyone else has experienced this. Hope you find success here!
I experienced this, but it was due to inactivity on my part. From 2008 to 2010 I was training for marathons consistently, which resulted in serious weight loss. I was a vegan for most of that time, which helped in getting lean. In early 2010 I was transferred to a new job for the Army and started packing on the pounds, but this was due to my work schedule and lack of exercise. Once I started training again, I noticed the weight started falling off and I really monitored my nutrition, which aided in my weight loss. As someone said, "weight loss begins in the kitchen."
For the original blog creator, running would only help you lose weight. Though, without proper nutrition and rest you will see very little results. Good luck with losing the weight, you should pick up running again, but monitor your nutrition closer.
being a vegan does not help you get lean....otherwise the change in the job wouldn't have mattered...
Being a vegan will help with exercise. The information that I left out was the fact that I went back to eating dairy and fish. This change in dieting habits increase the possibilities of gaining the weight back. Which ultimately occurred. Also, sociological factors were at play too. But a vegan diet and proper exercise will increase the likelihood of weight loss.
no it won't.
exercise is not required for weight loss and vegan WOE does not increase the probability of weight loss either...calorie deficit does that and you can get that eating twinkies all day or MacDonalds...
ETA: how does eating vegan help with exercise???? that makes no sense at all...as well most vegans are deficient in B12 so there is that...B12 helps with energy...
Exercise is not required for weight loss? So if weighed 400 pounds and consumed a 4000 calorie diet, how would I lose weight? I would probably need some sort of exercise and a change of diet, correct?
In any event, blogs don't always contain factual, statistical, researched, studied, or medical information. Everyone has an opinion and can create a blog related to said opinion. So, I took it upon myself to find an actual research article from a medical journal. This article discusses the benefits, and medical research that leads physicians to prescribe all plant based diets. You're welcome.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662288/0 -
JYereRun79 wrote: »JYereRun79 wrote: »JYereRun79 wrote: »About metabolism, maybe serious exercise "resets" something. I had a big time regain years ago when I suddenly stopped exercising, and I have never quite been able to even get back to my pre-exercise weight. I don't know. I wonder if anyone else has experienced this. Hope you find success here!
I experienced this, but it was due to inactivity on my part. From 2008 to 2010 I was training for marathons consistently, which resulted in serious weight loss. I was a vegan for most of that time, which helped in getting lean. In early 2010 I was transferred to a new job for the Army and started packing on the pounds, but this was due to my work schedule and lack of exercise. Once I started training again, I noticed the weight started falling off and I really monitored my nutrition, which aided in my weight loss. As someone said, "weight loss begins in the kitchen."
For the original blog creator, running would only help you lose weight. Though, without proper nutrition and rest you will see very little results. Good luck with losing the weight, you should pick up running again, but monitor your nutrition closer.
being a vegan does not help you get lean....otherwise the change in the job wouldn't have mattered...
Being a vegan will help with exercise. The information that I left out was the fact that I went back to eating dairy and fish. This change in dieting habits increase the possibilities of gaining the weight back. Which ultimately occurred. Also, sociological factors were at play too. But a vegan diet and proper exercise will increase the likelihood of weight loss.
no it won't.
exercise is not required for weight loss and vegan WOE does not increase the probability of weight loss either...calorie deficit does that and you can get that eating twinkies all day or MacDonalds...
ETA: how does eating vegan help with exercise???? that makes no sense at all...as well most vegans are deficient in B12 so there is that...B12 helps with energy...
Exercise is not required for weight loss? So if weighed 400 pounds and consumed a 4000 calorie diet, how would I lose weight? I would probably need some sort of exercise and a change of diet, correct?
In any event, blogs don't always contain factual, statistical, researched, studied, or medical information. Everyone has an opinion and can create a blog related to said opinion. So, I took it upon myself to find an actual research article from a medical journal. This article discusses the benefits, and medical research that leads physicians to prescribe all plant based diets. You're welcome.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662288/
Nope, you can just cut calories and lose weight. No exercise needed. Now, that's not to say exercise isn't beneficial but from a calorie standpoint, you can simply change how much you eat and lose weight.
In the real world, exercise is super beneficial from a health standpoint.2 -
JYereRun79 wrote: »JYereRun79 wrote: »JYereRun79 wrote: »About metabolism, maybe serious exercise "resets" something. I had a big time regain years ago when I suddenly stopped exercising, and I have never quite been able to even get back to my pre-exercise weight. I don't know. I wonder if anyone else has experienced this. Hope you find success here!
I experienced this, but it was due to inactivity on my part. From 2008 to 2010 I was training for marathons consistently, which resulted in serious weight loss. I was a vegan for most of that time, which helped in getting lean. In early 2010 I was transferred to a new job for the Army and started packing on the pounds, but this was due to my work schedule and lack of exercise. Once I started training again, I noticed the weight started falling off and I really monitored my nutrition, which aided in my weight loss. As someone said, "weight loss begins in the kitchen."
For the original blog creator, running would only help you lose weight. Though, without proper nutrition and rest you will see very little results. Good luck with losing the weight, you should pick up running again, but monitor your nutrition closer.
being a vegan does not help you get lean....otherwise the change in the job wouldn't have mattered...
Being a vegan will help with exercise. The information that I left out was the fact that I went back to eating dairy and fish. This change in dieting habits increase the possibilities of gaining the weight back. Which ultimately occurred. Also, sociological factors were at play too. But a vegan diet and proper exercise will increase the likelihood of weight loss.
no it won't.
exercise is not required for weight loss and vegan WOE does not increase the probability of weight loss either...calorie deficit does that and you can get that eating twinkies all day or MacDonalds...
ETA: how does eating vegan help with exercise???? that makes no sense at all...as well most vegans are deficient in B12 so there is that...B12 helps with energy...
Exercise is not required for weight loss? So if weighed 400 pounds and consumed a 4000 calorie diet, how would I lose weight? I would probably need some sort of exercise and a change of diet, correct?
In any event, blogs don't always contain factual, statistical, researched, studied, or medical information. Everyone has an opinion and can create a blog related to said opinion. So, I took it upon myself to find an actual research article from a medical journal. This article discusses the benefits, and medical research that leads physicians to prescribe all plant based diets. You're welcome.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662288/
no it's not. In your scenario you would cut calories...no exercise required. So just a change in eating quantities.
and your study/article does not conclude being vegan helps you be lean...but it does confirm that being vegan requires special planning to ensure you are not deficient in micros such as iron and b12.1 -
Running will not have ruined your metabolism, if anything it would have helped it....0
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