Has running helped you lose weight?
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If it has, how much weight did you drop with running?
How many miles do you run per week?
If it hasn't helped you lose weight, do you know why?
I've been running a bit for a few months now an it has not helped me lose weight. I don't eat the exercise cals back.
Point blank: no. Running has improved my cardiovascular fitness and my mental resiliency. My resting heart rate is 49. My blood pressure is below average (110/67 when last checked). My respers are so shallow, the machines at the hospital think I have quit breathing (per the nurse when the machine kept going off after my c-section almost 4 years ago - I've been running since 2007). All through 2011 I ran 6 half marathons and lost not a single pound. For the last 4 months I've been training for a marathon with zero pounds lost. In 2013, prior to training for half marathons number 7-10, I lost weight using diet and heavy strength training. When I started training for races again, the diet remained the same but the weight loss stopped. When the diet relapsed into poor choices, the weight crept back on - despite running 4 half marathons during that period of time.
of course, YMMV.0
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