No improvements while running – is it my diet's fault?

DavPul

I can never figure out how people can give advice without having a bit more info. What was the calorie intake before? I don't know if 1480 cal is more, drastically less, or about the same from before the running drop off. How long has she been running? This could just part of the normal ebb and flow of a beginners progress, or overtraining, or calories, or the product of an ineffective training regimen. Although some of these suggestions could be correct, this is mostly throwing random stuff against the wall.

You´re right- I see now- that I didn´t answered the question about calorie intake. I startet on MFP at 1200 calories, but have calculated my BMR and TDEE and it says that I should eat about 1500 calories a day (1577, to be precise.) I mostly go over with a little bit but below 1600. And I have been running since april.
And I must say that I highly appreciate others advise and experience and take it into consideration. Especially since they mostly tell me to talk to my doctor. Offcourse a guess is a guess, but I´m pretty sure some of the MFP´s on here have more experience than me or maybe know a link to some knowledge I don´t know about. I´m thankfull for every comment I get, yours included!

I'm sorry Leah, my post was under yours so it may seem directed at your situation. I was actually speaking more about the OP. For your particular situation, I have no personal experience, but the advice you were given seemed well thought to me, and I completely agree that you should get advice from a medical professional. I have friends that have had to try several different prescription combinations to get the side effects in line. The more communication they had with the doctor the sooner things got sorted out.

Best wishes

leahartmann

Thank you.