Weight loss by Jogging!

you lose weight in the kitchen and gain fitness through exercise.

also known as ' you can't out-exercise a bad diet'

that said, lots of people (myself included) jog and go to the gym frequently (for me i do an hour of cardio and strength training at gym 5-6 times a week and jog up 1.5-3 miles every night, depending on how im feeling and the weather.)

MajesticBlondee25 wrote: »

Well I don't know about these other people but as a long distance runner it has helped me. Food is more important than exercise but in my case exercise gives me a boost since I burn 600-1500 calories in exercise alone.. I know I'm not the norm

Don't get me wrong, I love the extra calories exercise gives me but if I use exercise as an excuse to eat what I want without tracking calories and still expect to see losses I'm likely to be very disappointed.

Jogging will only allow you to eat more because you're burning calories, you'll still lose some stone without it!

dont go hard on your joints

All of the above is true - calories out more than calories in etc.

But to answer the question in a bit more detail...Yes - walking/jogging/cycling/swimming can definitely all help.

But to make the most of the effort you put into exercising, particularly for weight (and more specifically fat) loss, keep it slow.

You should be able to hold a conversation whilst exercising...albeit with difficulty.

If you can get hold of a Heart Rate monitor, do so ( Polar, Garmin, Suunto etc there are loads...I got my last one for £3 off ebay!) - it takes all the guess work out of "going slowly". Plenty of resources on line...but your looking for an effort in "zone 1" (which is approx 60% of your max HR).

Also, my experience shows that the longer and slower I exercised, the more weight I lost (fancy that!). Best workouts were long slow run / walks of at least an hour (but definitely over 40mins).

I lost 30kgs in a year...so a stone is more than achievable.

I lost 65 pounds between Jan. 2013 and Dec. 2014 by creating a calorie deficit. You can create a deficit in one of two ways: eat more or move less. I did both. I averaged about 450 calories a day of exercise (measured with Garmin running and cycling computers, and checked against average results. That's the equivalent of running somewhat over 4 miles or cycling at moderate intensity for an hour.

As others have remarked, that kind of exercise makes you hungry. However, my experience was that exercising and eating 1850 calories every day was a lot easier than not exercising and eating only 1400 calories a day.

Unless you count calories, though, running by itself won't lead to weight loss in most cases.

If you do not increase your caloric intake, it will help. However, everyone is right...it does make you hungrier. I used to take a banana and a bottled water with me to the gym and eat it after workouts. It also helped with leg cramps. But I worked out before dinner so I would come home, shower and then I would really want healthy satisfying foods instead of junk.

IVe always felt that running a little more helped my in my weight loss. Plus the feel of my fat jiggling makes me go that much longer

It can definitely help you achieve a bigger caloric deficit, although I echo the PP who said weight loss happens primarily in the kitchen.

I've been running for the past year and have gone through periods of losing weight and gaining weight in that time. All comes down to CICO.

SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage wrote: »

Escloflowne wrote: »

Jogging will only allow you to eat more because you're burning calories, you'll still lose some stone without it!

Stone? LOL Eric...

Anyways, as others have said, weight loss happens in the kitchen. Personally I love burning lots of cals with running because then I get to drink more wine.

Preach.