Running, Dieting, Not losing...

Open your diary.

This. $20 says OP isn't eating enough.

That and I've read a few times that just running, all the time, you'll plateau. I used to go to the gym and only run and/or do the elliptical and kept wondering why I wasn't losing any weight. Quite frankly, it takes a little more than that. Start picking up some weights, you'll see definition and start losing weight.

That and I've read a few times that just running, all the time, you'll plateau. I used to go to the gym and only run and/or do the elliptical and kept wondering why I wasn't losing any weight. Quite frankly, it takes a little more than that. Start picking up some weights, you'll see definition and start losing weight.

:huh: :huh:

Are you actually accurately weighing a logging your food?

^^^THIS! I'm so with you on this. the more/harder I exercise and better I eat, the more I gain. It's ridiculous and frustrating, and I wish I had an answer.

^^^THIS! I'm so with you on this. the more/harder I exercise and better I eat, the more I gain. It's ridiculous and frustrating, and I wish I had an answer.

Seriously. If anyone ever had an actual answer for why it happens, I would pay them money. But I'm a details/data freak, so I track every single thing down to the smallest details. I have a spreadsheet that tracks calories consumed, workout calories, net calories, weight, macros, etc. I have charts, graphs, trendlines, and more. All of them show me that I lose weight when I don't regularly workout, or at least don't run, and that I lose when I just eat within my calories and possibly do the occasional, light, workout.

My best loss trend was when I didn't work out at all, ate a nutrition bar for breakfast, a frozen meal for lunch, a mix of processed and fresh snacks, and cooked dinner each night while keeping my macros around 50-55% carbs and an even split between fat and protein for whatever remained. Definitely not inspiring to keep working out at all.

Sadly, the main reason I continue to work out is because it helps with some chronic shoulder and knee pain that I have. The working out keeps it from hurting all the time. I just haven't been able to find a balance with just enough exercise to keep the pain at bay but not so much that it stops the weight loss.

One word - INTENSITY - ramp it up. If JUST running isn't doing it well guess what - DO WORK do more harder - what speed are you running at? 7.5mph? Or 4.5mph? How INTENSE you workout dictates a lot about your fat burn. Toss in proper eating habits clean foods and ENOUGH foods.

Personally, I run 5mph on my easy runs and typically about 6mph on my "training runs". Then I tend to run at about 6.5 mph during the actual races.

My speed intervals alternate between walking at 3.5mph and running at 9mph. My hill intervals alternate between 0-15 incline on the treadmill.

I lift heavy, typically no more than 8 clean reps per set, sometimes as few as 2-3 reps if I've just increased the weight.

And, as stated above, I've done the "as clean as possible" eating. For almost a year I cooked every meal from scratch and my snacks were all fresh veggies that I'd cut each night to bring with me to work. I was probably close to 90/10 on clean eating to processed eating. During that time I was netting about 1700 calories a day.

Still never lost weight until I got past the race I was training for, cut calories down to 1450 a day and stopped working out. In fact, I gained 15 pounds (not muscle) during that year. I did five races, two of them half marathons over the course of that year and coached two people through the Couch to 5K program. But the only time I lost weight was when I wasn't working out.

you're not eating nearly enough just to live. you're eating way way way to little to be a runner.

Try at least getting to 1200 calories a day, net for a week. See the green "300 extra calories a day" try to eat em all and see what happens.

Are you drinking enough water? I am also in week 7 of C25K and I noticed on running days if I don't drink at least 12 glasses of water I retain water. Also, I think you should add some strength training.

I hate to be a horses butt, but weight loss is all math. If you have a calorie deficit you lose weight. Even if you put your body in "Starvation Mode" you still can't maintain or gain weight with a big calorie deficit. If that were true no-one would starve to death.

When I just looked at the diary most days were blank or incomplete.


Flame away.

The diary looked pretty well filled out to me....

Don't know... are you missing logging something obvious - alcohol or fizzy drinks?

There’s a Jessica in every gym. Spotting them is easy. They’re the women who run for an hour or more every day on the treadmill, setting new distance and/or time goals every week and month. Maybe they’re just interested in their treadmill workouts, maybe they’re training for their fifth fund-raising marathon, or maybe they’re even competing against runners in Finland via some Nike device. Doesn’t matter to me, because years of seeing my friend on the treadmill has exposed the results, which I’m not going to sugarcoat:

She’s still fat. Actually, she’s gotten fatter.

Her metabolism had slowed to a snail’s pace, and the fat was accumulating. This was her body rebelling. When Jessica asked for my advice, I told her to do two things: To schedule a second test for two weeks later, and to stop all the goddamned running until then.

Read for the rest: http://athlete.io/5343/why-women-should-not-run/

Yea, I see lots of fat runners and triathletes.

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I ran long distances for almost two years. For more than half of it, I didn't count calories, and the above info described me to a T. When I started counting calories, I was always miserably hungry, even when I had eaten at maintenance cals for the day.

When I ditched the processed grains and sugars, I started losing more and feeling a lot better. I also run much less now as well.

Best Wishes.

The diary looked pretty well filled out to me....

I just went looked at the last week and found three days (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) where she didn't log...

There’s a Jessica in every gym. Spotting them is easy. They’re the women who run for an hour or more every day on the treadmill, setting new distance and/or time goals every week and month. Maybe they’re just interested in their treadmill workouts, maybe they’re training for their fifth fund-raising marathon, or maybe they’re even competing against runners in Finland via some Nike device. Doesn’t matter to me, because years of seeing my friend on the treadmill has exposed the results, which I’m not going to sugarcoat:

She’s still fat. Actually, she’s gotten fatter.

Her metabolism had slowed to a snail’s pace, and the fat was accumulating. This was her body rebelling. When Jessica asked for my advice, I told her to do two things: To schedule a second test for two weeks later, and to stop all the goddamned running until then.

Read for the rest: http://athlete.io/5343/why-women-should-not-run/

What a crock.......

billsica AND trogalicious - Last time I had my RMI checked professionally, I had a VERY low metabolism (around 1080), and that's when I was in high school swimming competitively 5 days a week and eating my heart out. I'm a little reluctant to rely on being able to cut calories unless I have a deficit AND i'm working out. Plus I have a desk job, so unless I work out, I'm not burning much more calories than my RMI anyways.

1. you're not in high school now.
2. metabolism changes.
3. If you're burning more than your resting metabolism, you're gonna have a bad time.

Here's a thought. Stop running until you figure out what you need to eat to maintain. Once you have a good grasp on that, then consider running with a HRM and eat some of those back. If you're not losing right now you're either at too much of a deficit, or not enough. With what you're eating, I seriously doubt it's "not enough of a deficit."