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[quote=Anonymous]I did Couch to 5k about 11 years ago. It gave me a great fitness base to build from, but I didn’t start losing weight til I started tracking calories and eating at a deficit. Running gave me a lot of perspective about what I was eating, understanding that a mile “only” burned about 100 calories or so. Understanding the effort I had to put in to burn 100 calories made me a much more mindful eater.

The good news is running definitely contributed to a 25lb weight loss, but it was only with calorie tracking. I went from 160 to 135 in about 18 months.

Running does not build as much muscle as you may think. Some in the legs, particularly if you weren’t in shape to begin with. Running (and a calorie deficit) made me smaller, but it didn’t transform my shape until I added strength training in. I’m now settled at 125 with a lot more muscle/lower BF% than when I was running exclusively.

Congrats on getting this far with C25k- it changed my life! It’s just so good to establish that fitness base you can build on, or use as a weight loss/weight maintenance tool. [/quote]

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