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Long term runner can't lose weight

Posts: 59 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Ive been running about 8 years.
Upto marathons and still can't shift the excess weight.
I would love to be lighter to help with it.
I am eating under calorie as a rule.
Any suggestions

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  • Posts: 1,594 Member
    How long have you been tracking your calorie intake?
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  • Posts: 59 Member
    How long have you been tracking your calorie intake?

    Been trying to track everything for most of last year. Came off over the start of winter but back with a bang as I want to get light for a long race in may
  • Posts: 59 Member
    apullum wrote: »
    Running does not cause weight loss. A consistent calorie deficit causes weight loss, and being athletic does not ensure a calorie deficit. If you are not losing weight in a month of trying, then you are not in a calorie deficit. You can ensure a calorie deficit by weighing and logging ALL food, consistently staying within your MFP calorie goal.

    I'll be counting every crumb 🙂
  • Posts: 59 Member
    How many calories do you eat on average per day? How many exercise calories do you burn a day? How do you calculate those exercise calories? What is your height, weight, and age? What is your goal weight?

    I tend to eat 1800 calories.
    I track my exercise on strava that is attached here.
    I'm 5'9
    45 and 14 and a half stone, big frame but want to lose 2st or 28lbs
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    mbaker566 wrote: »
    if you aren't losing weight, you aren't eating at a deficit. the above posted chart is a good flow chart to figure out your sticking point. typically, bad measuring habits leads to eating more than thought

    Thanks. It looks a good chart. I'm pretty sure I'm accurate with measurements. But I'm trying the more meals with less fat and calories method, rather than 1 one off larger meals
  • Posts: 11,233 Member
    bozzasean wrote: »

    Thanks. It looks a good chart. I'm pretty sure I'm accurate with measurements. But I'm trying the more meals with less fat and calories method, rather than 1 one off larger meals

    play around what what you eat. i found higher overall dietary fat helps me feel full longer and satisfied. other people feel protien does that for them.

    i also am a grazer, never really eating a "meal" unless we are going out to eat.

    however you decide to do it, staying under your calorie goal while accurately measuring your food is the only way to lose weight
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