Runner's Training Tips: weight loss..a problem

Are you using a food log?  I suggest using something like calorie-count.com.  For me, I always UNDERestimate how much I am eating when I am not logging it.  The site isn't perfect and often I am still left wondering how many calories I have eatten but the site helps alot.  I suggest that you are probably not burning as much as you think and you are probably eating more than you think.  There really so NO secret to losing weight - you just HAVE to eat less than you burn. 

Congrats on your efforts to get into shape and live a more healthy lifestyle.  Don't give up.  Don't rely solely on the scale.  Take your measurements (bust, waist, stomach, hips and thighs) as well as monitoring how your clothes fit. 

I began training for the San Antonio Marathon in January and have lost only 7 lbs but I have dropped a size in my jeans.  Cut yourself some slack and take a break from the scale.

Keep up the good work!

It could be you are building muscle which is more dense than fat, therefore your weight may actually increase although body fat is decreasing. Taking measurements should help.

You need to carefully monitor your diet - looking at what foods you eat on a calorie calculator could help as you would be amazed where the calories lie. It's quite easy to overeat when you are running as you may feel you have burnt more calories than you actually have. Those little rewards can add up.

I'd also start doing some weights to build your upper body and core, building lean muscle will help you lose weight, lean muscle burns more calories. Plus vary your running workouts - do some hills , some speed workouts, etc. that will increase the calorie burn too.

Good luck, and don't be too preoccupied with weight loss - you need to set yourself other goals - races or runs, speed, general fitness, etc.

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I'd have to go along with a lot of what others have said. Weight is only one measure to look at and you don't want to get too hung up on it. I wouldn't check out the scales any more than once every two weeks.

You can also gauge things by how you feel, how your clothes fit or girth measurements. If you belong to a gym you can always get one of the staff to work out your body fat percentage. As someone else mentioned muscle is heavier than fat. So, as long as you feel that you're looking better & feeling better what the scales say isn't so important.

Muscle also burns more calories than fat so if you're wanting to burn more calories then developing some more lean muscle using weights and core exercises will help with that.

Another step in calorie burning is the effort you put in. If you are only ever running within yourself then you wont improve as quickly as you would if you push it. So, mix up your runs, try to include some hill training (that'll make you a lot stronger a lot quicker) and speed work. Speed work includes runs like intervals, time trials or fartlek (like intervals except the faster periods are more randomised).

 As for diet, personally, I work as a personal trainer and in my opinion (and according to all the nutritionists I've met)  try to aviod these fad diets. Eating sensibly with a wide variety of foods and just trying to keep your calorie intake down is the best way. The 1600 a day someone else emntioned isn't a bad idea, if you use more calories than you put in, you will lose weight. However, when you're exercising regularly you need to get the energy to do it from somewhere.

 Hope that helps.