squidlebees Member

Also, muscle weighs more - you could be shrinking in size but replacing fat tissue with muscle tissue. You'll be denser!

There's a great book called Running for Women that my sister has - she loaned it to me when I was trying to get on board with running. I always hated it, particularly because my dad would set goals for us that I would always fail. But it's a pretty great book, and it's encouraging! I liked its running plan for building up…