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Yupp. Mine didn't start showing until about 15% bf

All that matters is the balance of calories in/out. Don't worry about WHEN you eat them.

http://www.katheats.com/favorite-foods/overnightoats BOOM. I hope you aren't hungry. I love oatmeal and looking at all these recipes makes me drool :)

Eat back your exercise calories. If you're netting 800, that's what you're leaving for your body to perform it's basic functions, which is probably almost half of what it should be. I'm a runner also, and have found the most success if I net around/just below my BMR.

5:17 :) I run for my college

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As posted above-eat more! Or zig zag your calories to create the same deficit eating 1200 every single day would-keep your body guessing.

I would also like to know this. For example, today it said I burned 660 calories in the hour (I checked my heart rate every 5 minutes on the machine and had entered in my stats), but MFP just says 513 burned. You'd think the elliptical would be right since you have your heart rate thrown in there? I'd like to know what…

hahaha YES. Starving yourself doesn't get you anywhere.

Same thing happened to me. I went home for Christmas break, didn't do anything, ate 2000+ calories a day, and maintained my weight. Came back to school, started training 2x a day for track and eating 1800 calories a day, and gained 4 pounds. It came off in a week though once my body got used to the exercise and I upped my…

I am a runner for my college! I am 5'8, was about 150 when I started running, and it bugged the crap out of me that I was always the "biggest" runner on my team. I have slowly but surely become fitter and faster, at about 127 now.

I took this about a year ago and it worked amazing! 1 bottle with a strict diet and I had lost 10 pounds!

Yes depending on the workout, you need protein and carbs. I always like to have a protein shake with some oat bran or flax seed :) Seems to be working! I am a college runner and always do this after every run/strength training workout, and I am never sore when my teammates are, because I recover properly and they do not. :)

thank you for an answer! haha

I run 35-50 miles a week. I'm on my college's cross country and track teams. I've always just kind of followed what MFP had set, but want to set it to optimize my weight loss and running!

Ha ya I hope it's true! Probably takes a little longer though :/ Hope someone has some scientific evidence for us!

awesome! just saved this to make later :)

SO GOOD! :)

that was a spoonful of the protein. i used 3 little packets of splenda=barely any.

I appreciate an honest and informational answer!!! :)

Well maybe I'm dumb because I didn't grasp what I should do next and just want opinions from others with similar experiences.

yupp. PROTEIN POWDER. does wonders.

No it isn't for runners at all. You hardly get any carbs. I only did it because I had a 2 week break between cross country and track and wanted to maximize fat loss before I start running again and go back on my regular slow weight loss diet with running.

YAY I LOVE THIS! :) THANKS!

They say you don't need to carboload for such short races, but I have always found that if I eat my maintenance calories plus some the day before, I race WAY BETTER-have more energy and kick! Morning of, I always like to have something that will energize me, like oatmeal and a banana with peanut butter. Make sure you eat 3…

YES. I can have a small granola bar, or AN ENTIRE BAG OF CARROTS. I eat a TON of veggies compared to a little of something else.

Do you start up with higher mileage then what's comfortable? Start SLOW. Drastic increases can cause them. Also run on soft surfaces. Running through them isn't always a good idea. I did that for a few weeks and ended up with a full blown stress fracture in my tibia.

There was a study done once. A guy ate 1800 calories a day of twinkies, hohos, dohnuts and a lot of other crap-and he stil lost weight every week. It's all about the calories...

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SAME! I am confused when my clothes are hanging on me because I feel just as fat as before!