Losing weight without running

nicolecouch478 wrote: »

So I have a friend who tells me for my weight the best way and most effective way for me to lose weight is to run.....he encouraged me to do the couch to 5k......I hate running .....any advice?

Running for 3 miles is ~300 cals. It's much easier to just not eat those 300 cals, ie, skip a snack.

Run if you want to run. I think it's great, and I love doing it. You might too, and maybe, give the C25K a try.

JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »

colors_fade wrote: »

Don't do it.

If you hate it, you won't stick with it. Find something you enjoy doing and do that instead.

Everyone hates running to begin with, after a few month you soon fall in love.


But yeah eat less, move more. There is no reason to do something you really dislike, work out your numbers and eat at a deficit, you'll soon loose weight just going about your daily business.

This is really important to know as well. I fought through the first few weeks of the C25K, because I wanted to be able to run a 5K.

Now? I'm daily running 5-6 miles, and loving it.

You can lose weight without exercising at all, it's all down to energy balance ie consume less than you expend.

Having said that exercising is good for your body and your soul, it's just a matter of finding something you enjoy (I hated running at first, well I hated looking like a fat idiot shuffling down the sidewalk gasp for breath at first now I love it.....but it's not for everyone) Exercising regularly also improves your odds off keeping weight off in the long term too, even though you can't out run a bad diet.....

yirara wrote: »

coreyreichle wrote: »

nicolecouch478 wrote: »

So I have a friend who tells me for my weight the best way and most effective way for me to lose weight is to run.....he encouraged me to do the couch to 5k......I hate running .....any advice?

Running for 3 miles is ~300 cals. It's much easier to just not eat those 300 cals, ie, skip a snack.

Run if you want to run. I think it's great, and I love doing it. You might too, and maybe, give the C25K a try.

For you? Maybe. For me I burn about 400kcal running for an hour. That's quite a difference unfortunately.

That's why I said,"About"...

120lb 87 – 92 Calories
160lb 116 – 122 Calories
200lb 145 – 153 Calories
250lb 181 – 191 Calories
300lb 218 – 230 Calories

Source: http://www.bmrcalculator.org/how-many-calories-do-you-burn-running-a-mile/

Me? I burn ~270 cals in 25 minutes (3.1 miles). Please note, I stated distance, not time.

regardless, the point is still made: It's easier to just forgo a snack than running to lose weight. There's a reason the saying,"You can't outrun your fork" came about.

coreyreichle wrote: »

yirara wrote: »

coreyreichle wrote: »

nicolecouch478 wrote: »

So I have a friend who tells me for my weight the best way and most effective way for me to lose weight is to run.....he encouraged me to do the couch to 5k......I hate running .....any advice?

Running for 3 miles is ~300 cals. It's much easier to just not eat those 300 cals, ie, skip a snack.

Run if you want to run. I think it's great, and I love doing it. You might too, and maybe, give the C25K a try.

For you? Maybe. For me I burn about 400kcal running for an hour. That's quite a difference unfortunately.

That's why I said,"About"...

120lb 87 – 92 Calories
160lb 116 – 122 Calories
200lb 145 – 153 Calories
250lb 181 – 191 Calories
300lb 218 – 230 Calories

Source: http://www.bmrcalculator.org/how-many-calories-do-you-burn-running-a-mile/

Me? I burn ~270 cals in 25 minutes (3.1 miles). Please note, I stated distance, not time.

regardless, the point is still made: It's easier to just forgo a snack than running to lose weight. There's a reason the saying,"You can't outrun your fork" came about.

It's easier to forgo a snack, indeed!

It's also easy, if you haven't developed a good understanding of nutrition and exercise, to "reward" yourself for exercise by eating way more calories than you burned. My morning run is estimated by MapMyFitness at 500 calories burned (probably an overestimate). That's one donut, to undo all my effort running.

I suspect this sort of thing is what has lead some people to become good runners without actually losing weight - they increase their appetites, and eat accordingly, without every quite realizing the weight loss is 90% in the kitchen.

I am careful not to use food rewards anymore at all; that encourages a bad relationship with food. If i indulge in a treat, it's because i want to and i can work it into my calories; not because i've been "good."