Running makes me fat

[Anonymous]

Running is terrible for your joints and heart. I would find a new form of exercise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Being hungry after a workout is normal. You just need to change what you are eating.

Try a massive bowl of plain, sugar free yogurt with some blueberries, walnuts, and maybe some of those lower sugar dried cranberries. It gets you a lot of protein with low calories and sugar in a meal that is digested very slowly and keeps you full for hours.

How many ounces of yogurt in a ‘massive’ amount?

One cup to 1.5 cups depending on how hungry you are.

[Anonymous]

I like my body SO much more since I switched from running to barre/Pilates and some walking. I maintain my weight much easier and it feels more gentle. I looked bulkier as a runner

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Running is terrible for your joints and heart. I would find a new form of exercise.

100%. Sitting on the couch with you potato chips is far healthier

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for all of the suggestions. For clarification, I do eat fairly healthy (low but not no carb but the carbs are high quality - fruit or whole grains), tons of vegetables, lots of lean protein, healthy fat like salmon or avocado or nuts, very little processed or prepackaged food. I just eat too much of it, especially on days I run, and the 10 pounds of overweight isn’t enough to make me struggle with restricting since that would be very hard for me. I like the suggestion to run later in the day, since that way there’s less time to be hungry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Running is terrible for your joints and heart. I would find a new form of exercise.

Shut the f ck up. This trolling / stupidity is tiring. Grow the f ck up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t need intense cardio, it’s not good for someone if your age with your hormone profile. It not only spikes hunger but also cortisol. You need to do steady state cardio, like walking. Not a leisurely stroll but enough to get your heart rate slightly elevated while still being able to talk. Doing that 30-60 minutes a day has huge fat burning and cardio benefits, moreso than running.

That's an idiotic take.

No, it isn’t. It’s documented that high intensity cardio will have this exact effect on women ages 40+. She needs steady state cardio, not high intensity high heart rate cardio.

Cite the studies or go away. It's well documented that increased running increases hunger in everyone. That doesn't mean it's bad for someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don’t need intense cardio, it’s not good for someone if your age with your hormone profile. It not only spikes hunger but also cortisol. You need to do steady state cardio, like walking. Not a leisurely stroll but enough to get your heart rate slightly elevated while still being able to talk. Doing that 30-60 minutes a day has huge fat burning and cardio benefits, moreso than running.

That's an idiotic take.

No, it isn’t. It’s documented that high intensity cardio will have this exact effect on women ages 40+. She needs steady state cardio, not high intensity high heart rate cardio.

Cite the studies or go away. It's well documented that increased running increases hunger in everyone. That doesn't mean it's bad for someone.

Mature runner here - unless we are talking 1.5 hours or more faster than maybe 7:30/mile, running alone doesn’t really change my normal level of hunger. Everybody is different.

As for OP, I train a lot. I train around regular meals mostly because otherwise it’s a pain in the ass. I eat four times a day and titrate somewhat based on activity level but on a long-ish day (like today) I don’t go out of my way to eat back ~2500 calories of output. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, pre-bed snack. I’ve been doing this for a long time, and when I’m not training and taking some time off, I’ve found I can just taper off the volume and it works out fine. My experience is that this is all more manageable the more you do it. Then again, everybody is different.

[Anonymous]

Would also agree with hydration. Lack of hydration definitely presents as hunger sometimes for some people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like my body SO much more since I switched from running to barre/Pilates and some walking. I maintain my weight much easier and it feels more gentle. I looked bulkier as a runner

Does Pilates build muscle mass for you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I like my body SO much more since I switched from running to barre/Pilates and some walking. I maintain my weight much easier and it feels more gentle. I looked bulkier as a runner

Does Pilates build muscle mass for you?

DP but it did for me. I do reformer pilates and abs/arms/butt are stronger than ever.

[Anonymous]

I get the same feeling. Somebody's mention of exercising late in the day was revolutionary. I only just realized that evening exercise makes me lose weight and morning exercise makes me gain. Morning exercise makes me hungry while evening exercise suppresses my appetite. Thank you to the OP who asked the question and the PP who mentioned time of day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get the same feeling. Somebody's mention of exercising late in the day was revolutionary. I only just realized that evening exercise makes me lose weight and morning exercise makes me gain. Morning exercise makes me hungry while evening exercise suppresses my appetite. Thank you to the OP who asked the question and the PP who mentioned time of day.

DP, I'm a morning exerciser, and I've been beating myself up for not running lately because I hate running in the cold dark. I've never liked running later in the day, but maybe I need to give it a try, before dinner when it's still light out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get the same feeling. Somebody's mention of exercising late in the day was revolutionary. I only just realized that evening exercise makes me lose weight and morning exercise makes me gain. Morning exercise makes me hungry while evening exercise suppresses my appetite. Thank you to the OP who asked the question and the PP who mentioned time of day.

DP, I'm a morning exerciser, and I've been beating myself up for not running lately because I hate running in the cold dark. I've never liked running later in the day, but maybe I need to give it a try, before dinner when it's still light out.

DP. Like so many things, this is a preference that will vary by person. I hate running in the afternoon/early evening. I tend to get cramps from food I’ve eaten throughout the day, whereas this never happens when I run first thing in the morning. I also have a harder time falling asleep when I run later in the day, but YMMV.

[Anonymous]

Look up the studies about sprinting and visceral fat reduction. More effective.