Running ruined my metabolism?
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hilaryalice
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I maintained a weight of 145lbs for a few years and decided I wanted to lose weight and took up running in 2014. Did it for the summer, didn't lost weight, got discouraged and stopped.
Over a year and a half my weight slowly packed on, (didn't change my routine from before running at all) all the way to 165 lbs and I haven't been able to lose it, ever since.
I tried cutting calories, being active outside more often and last month I went to the gym 4x a week (cardio and weights for an hour) and I am seeing zero results. Not one budge!
Did running mess something up? What's your opinion?
Add me if you'd like! @hilaryalice I need all the motivation I can get
Over a year and a half my weight slowly packed on, (didn't change my routine from before running at all) all the way to 165 lbs and I haven't been able to lose it, ever since.
I tried cutting calories, being active outside more often and last month I went to the gym 4x a week (cardio and weights for an hour) and I am seeing zero results. Not one budge!
Did running mess something up? What's your opinion?
Add me if you'd like! @hilaryalice I need all the motivation I can get
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How much water are you drinking daily?1
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Are you counting calories or not. You don't say?
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2 litres a day during the week, not including the water I take in while exercising. Weekends are a struggle for water tho, barely anything other than coffee and tea.0
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Were you counting calories when you were running?
And if you didn't change your eating habits and then lowered your activity by not running, you were probably eating too many calories, resulting in weight gain.
If you're not eating less calories than your body burns (based on your stats and activity level), you're not going to lose weight.9 -
Weight loss starts in the kitchen. Exercise gives us a little extra room for what happens in the kitchen, but it's for fitness.
Just because you start running doesn't mean you'll lose weight. Losing weight comes down to consuming fewer calories than you burn.
How are you tracking the calories in part of the equation?18 -
no running did not ruin your metabolism28
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About metabolism, maybe serious exercise "resets" something. I had a big time regain years ago when I suddenly stopped exercising, and I have never quite been able to even get back to my pre-exercise weight. I don't know. I wonder if anyone else has experienced this. Hope you find success here!
running for the summer is not serious exercise...9 -
rileysowner wrote: »Are you counting calories or not. You don't say?Were you counting calories when you were running?
And if you didn't change your eating habits and then lowered your activity by not running, you were probably eating too many calories, resulting in weight gain.
If you're not eating less calories than your body burns (based on your stats and activity level), you're not going to lose weight.Weight loss starts in the kitchen. Exercise gives us a little extra room for what happens in the kitchen, but it's for fitness.
Just because you start running doesn't mean you'll lose weight. Losing weight comes down to consuming fewer calories than you burn.
How are you tracking the calories in part of the equation?
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About metabolism, maybe serious exercise "resets" something. I had a big time regain years ago when I suddenly stopped exercising, and I have never quite been able to even get back to my pre-exercise weight. I don't know. I wonder if anyone else has experienced this. Hope you find success here!
Thanks!! Glad to hear I'm not alone. I get what you mean by "resets". That's what it feels like.
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Despite what everyone says, It depends if your age!2
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Change in metabolism caused by a bit of running I would think very unlikely to be the cause.
My guess is that the exercise made you hungrier but while you carried on running you were in a calorie balance.
Then stopped running but carried on eating at the same level - bigger portion sizes perhaps?
Start weighing and logging your food and find the calorie balance that results in weight loss.
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Change in metabolism caused by a bit of running I would think very unlikely to be the cause.
My guess is that the exercise made you hungrier but while you carried on running you were in a calorie balance.
Then stopped running but carried on eating at the same level - bigger portion sizes perhaps?
Start weighing and logging your food and find the calorie balance that results in weight loss.
Great advice. Thank you!0 -
My guess is that the exercise made you hungrier but while you carried on running you were in a calorie balance.
Then stopped running but carried on eating at the same level - bigger portion sizes perhaps?
I think this is likely. Back in the 1990s, I lost a serious amount of weight by trying to eat less and taking up running. Then, in 1997, I got a new job in a place where I couldn't walk to work the way I used to, and didn't make time for regular exercise. I slowly gained about 75 pounds, because I was still eating like someone who walked 2-4 miles a day and ran 14-18 miles a week.
I finally took it off by serious calorie counting: weighing solid food, measuring liquids, logging everything (even half a handful of wasabi peas), and making sure my exercise calorie burns were realistic. Now I'm back to what I weighed nearly 20 years ago.14 -
JazCopycat wrote: »Despite what everyone says, It depends if your age!
What depends on your age?0 -
It sounds like you've already figured out the issue-more calories were sneaking in than you thought. It happens to all of us at one point or another
Start accurately tracking your food/calorie intake, accurately do portion sizes (this is a biggie, and it's where people seem to struggle the most with-start using a food scale set to grams), and then hit the calorie goal that MFP sets for you. That's it!1 -
No. Running did not ruin your metabolism. You ate more and moved less ( or some combination of the two) to gain weight. Your metabolism likely didn't change much at all.2
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myheartsabattleground wrote: »How much water are you drinking daily?
Why?0 -
3dogsrunning wrote: »JazCopycat wrote: »Despite what everyone says, It depends if your age!
What depends on your age?
The number of birthdays you've experienced?
I'm 44 and have yet to peak. I'm more of a fine wine though.12
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