| Lots of people, including myself, start running | | | | falling into this trap then have you ever though of |
| because they want to lose weight. Because | | | | keeping a food diary? The best thing you can do |
| running is probably one of the hardest | | | | is look at how much you're eating, when and |
| cardiovascular exercises you can do, for most | | | | where. |
| people it is a very good way to burn calories and | | | | The other main point with running to loose weight |
| start shedding the weight. | | | | is that you really need to run on a regular basis. |
| You need to remember that healthy eating should | | | | By regular basis I mean every day if you can! If |
| be part of your weight loss program because you | | | | this isn't possible, certainly to begin with you will |
| will only loose weight if you burn more calories | | | | need to ensure you rest adequately between |
| than you consume. So, for example if you loose a | | | | training runs, then I suggest 3 times a week or |
| pound in weight then you have to burn around | | | | more. |
| 3500 calories, which means you should think about | | | | Finally, after your body becomes used to your |
| running AND healthy eating to lose weight | | | | training program and you're finding that running 5 |
| efficiently. | | | | miles or so, 3 times a week is fairly comfortable |
| If your running, like mine, turns into a more | | | | for you, you need to start mixing up your training. |
| serious sport for you, then you could consider | | | | A good way to do this is to introduce speed |
| racing in 5K or 10K races, or even look into | | | | training to your routine - this sounds like more |
| training for a half marathon or even full marathon | | | | pain!? Speed training is essentially running very |
| distance, which is 26.2 miles. I'd recommend that | | | | fast for short period of time, having a similar |
| you first start building up you weekly training | | | | short resting period where you jog or walk, and |
| program and see if you can run up to around 10 | | | | the run very fast again for the same period of |
| miles. Of course the longer distance you run, the | | | | time. You should repeat this process so you are |
| slower your pace should be. | | | | running fast for 4 or 5 times, resting in between |
| Anyway back to healthy eating! Runners | | | | each fast run. This is called interval training, and it |
| sometimes start to eat more food and load up | | | | will help you burn more calories, plus increase your |
| with too many calories, putting on weight even | | | | slower, long distance running pace, over time. |
| though they're training! If you think you might be | | | | |