Has running helped you lose weight?

Yes, definitely. I run twice or 3 times a week, clock between 50-70kms a month. I also swim once a week. I am 5ft7 and weigh 147lbs. Used to be a LOT bigger (over 180lbs). I like running too.

Hi,

Yes I think running has helped with my weight loss, combined with calorie deficit. I tend to eat the majority of my calories back. I run three times a week, around 3 miles a time so roughly 9 miles a week, sometimes more sometimes less.

Have you been measuring? If you're running alot it's likely that you've built muscle but dropped fat.

Running helps me more to maintain my weight, than losing it. In order to lose, I need to cut my calories drastically.

I run 2-3x a week. Not fast, and not terribly far (3 mile average), and I went from 219 in March of 2013 to 182 in October 2013. Been maintaining since. I always ate back every single exercise calorie I burn. And, sometimes more.

I don't think you can do it wrong, Weight loss is calories in calories out. If you are burning more calories than you are eating you will lose. Keep running!

I started running in January, had a couple of weeks off due to injury and back to it in February. I started at 3 miles 3 times a week, increased half a mile a week. I am now running 5 miles 3 times a week and will increase up to 6 miles (10k).
I haven't changed my eating habits, it's not terrible. I have lost 8lbs so far but I have noticed big differences in my body, stronger legs, losing my belly, haven't measured but sure it must be inches!

Running is awesome for weight loss but you won't simply lose weight from running if you ignore other factors.

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Weight loss = caloric deficit

running = burns in ballpark of 100+ cals a mile + happy cardio system fun time

but

If you eat back what you burned when you ran then running will not really help you with weight loss. Cardio system will still be happy though.

I agree with this with one caveat. Eating back your running calories, it's true, won't increase your weight loss (since it's really calories in vs calories out). But, what it will do, is make it FAR easier to hit your daily targets. I get to eat so much more when I run. The other thing running did for me was change my shape. It really seemed to focus the weight loss on my belly and chest (both big areas of jiggle - I think it was a survival mechanism LOL). On both counts, that was a good thing for me.

Definitely! I love running, I usually run 4-5 miles a day, with maybe 2-3 rest days a month. I've lost 20 pounds in 56 days due to running and calorie deficit (and I wasn't very overweight to start with). Now I'm taking a week off because my right knee started hurting, and I'm concentrating on 30DS. Hopefully it won't be long before I get out to run again.

Added running about three months ago, and my weight loss has not changed much in that time. I'm progressing at about the same rate as I was with just calorie counting.

HOWEVER, I have noticed the greatest difference in how I look since I started running. I'm starting to "firm" up gradually, and I can no longer feel my butt and stomach bouncing all over the place when I run.

Running definitely helped me lose weight. At first I wasn't eating right to support running and stopped losing but once I started eating right through trial and error the weight melted off but I started at 220 and I'm 5'4. I am just now restarting after a really severe sprained ankle though so I have to take things slow.

I love running, and ithelps me get fitter.

But I dont think it's been that big a factor in my lsing weight - that's really down to diet.

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Running has proved to be the best way to lose weight for me.
Right now I have added weigt training to my routine and I have not seen the weight come off as quickly as when I would only run

Running= 3 miles 4/5 times a week

When I started this journey I was doing good just to walk a few miles a couple times a week. As I lost weight and got healthier I had to up the exercise and eventually began to run. In November of last year I was running 4-6 times a week 3 to 3.5 miles per time and in between grabbing about another 10 miles in walking here and there. I had back surgery in December and mid January the neurosurgeon said I could start walking slowly again. From December until the middle of January despite the fact that I was eating very healthy I only lost 2 pounds. From January until March I was stuck in a plateau that would not break, I could not jog nor do the eliptical or other machines. I could only walk. March 10th I got the OK to start jogging again and since then I have jogged several times a week averaging about 20 miles a week. I have once again started losing weight. So for me, yes running has helped.

Running has been a part of achieving my weight loss goals; right after the foods I eat to fuel my runs.

However - what I have gained from running far outweighs the number of pounds lost on the scale.

Confidence.
Endurance.
Balance.
Clarity.
Strength.

And not all of these are just in the physical sense.

Running has been good for me in a lot of ways other than burning calories. I tend to eat them back, but I am pretty much maintaining now, and want to actually get better at sport, so I have to eat. I went from a 130kg unfit person to a 80kg long distance runner in about 2 years. I've made a lot of new friends along the way and become a lot happier and more positive a person. My resting heart rate is now about 45 which kind of blows my mind as it was over 60. I am fit enough now to do just about anything I want to - long hikes in the country, climbing up lots of stairs, running marathons.

Currently I am running 30 - 50 miles a week (to answer the original question).