I am a 25 year old male, who is in a military branch… About two months ago I broke my leg… I am obviosly not able to run… Now my weight is becoming a concern… I am a bigger sized guy with a bigger sized appetite… I want to become solid again and lose fat without running… I am able to work-out the upper half of my body but can not workout my legs yet… What exactly can I do…

u can take diet pills or eat those 1 foods that r good 4 u!!!

my mom took a diet pill and lost 60 pounds!!!!

I want to lose about 30 pounds adn Ive been running for about 9 months and i haven't lost that much weight, i feel healthier and ive lost about 10 pounds but i dont feel like im getting much of a workout. So lately ive been doing sprints and my legs and stomach are extremely sore, I was just wondering will doing sprints help me lose more weight.

I also eat mostly fruits, vegetables, and lean meat. No bread or candy either.

Sprints are in the catagory "high intensity training," or HIT, to use the ever popular acronym. You can burn way more calories in a much shorter time using this method. There are even a few machines that are supposed to do HIT training on your whole body, giving you a full workout in like 3 minutes. The great thing about sprints and high intensity exercise is that it's just cool. You not only loose weight, you develop your psyche…it's all about how hard you can push yourself. You could do it with dance or martial arts too. You will get stronger, shapelier, and cooler. Of course, if you develop muscle, you may look thinner and better without necessarily loosing weight.

I am willing to do anything else, except running. I hate it.

I hate running to.. but I have to do it for swim and have developed a tolerance and now do it on my own

for losing weight.. for one make sure your eating healthy.. don't try to starve yourself, you'll mess up your metabolism while keeping fat. get foods from all the food groups! lots of grains, fruits, veggies, and water.

to burn fat, you need cardio exercise. running is included, but there's other ways! do you belong to a gym? if you do, you can do eliptical training, stairmasters, whatever. also, walking is great! playing sports will help too, even if you just want to shoop some hoops around or play a game of soccer..

to tone, do weights. however, you'll only see the muscle results after fat's burned.

good luck!

Will running make you lose weight faster ?

if you have alot of belly fat and want to lose fat in legs AND gain muscle then running is definitely beneficial for all of these things.

good luck!

Happy 4th!

I'm 16 and am currently running 3-5 miles everyday, with the exception of Sunday. I am a total health nut and I eat all the right food. I would like to lose some weight. Will this get me there?

This will definitely get you there. You need to make sure you are consuming less calories than you use in a day to lose weight. I'd recommend tracking your running and food intake on a calorie counting site that also tracks your activity (I use fitday.com). Then you can make sure that you are getting the right foods as well as burning off enough calories. The site takes into consideration the amount of calories your body burns each day just to keep functioning (basal rate) and also the amount of calories you burn based on your lifestyle. I definitely recommend it!

I am a former high school and college runner that has spent the last six years neglecting my body because of working 2-3 jobs at a time plus going to graduate school plus helping my wife raise our three year old son. I have recently started to run again because I want to be able to compete again by next spring. While I know I'm out of shape and can't keep my same pace, I've had two physical problems that make running almost unbearable. The first one is my thighs rub together and really start to hurt and burn. The second one is that in the spot of the stress fracture I got in college, after a few minutes I start to feel pain. I am almost afraid to keep going but its a bearable enough pain. Any suggestions on how I can solve these issues? I would love to get back to focusing on how good running felt. Thanks.

I know how that is I started running in April 2005 to get into shape and weighed a whopping 300+ plus.

First, loosing weight and running don't always go hand in hand. If you are looking to loose weight then think of running only as a fitness means. So don't worry about spring racing season next year concentrate on just getting out there and moving.

So set a very slow comfortable pace. This could mean alternating running and walking in the same work out. As a Learn To Run instructor this is how we get folks moving again whether then are runnig for the first time or coming back to it after many years away.

You will need of course to learn about healthy eating, I recommend the American Diabetes Associations web site. Read up on how much food is enough, I would not recommend anything less then 1600 calories a day.

Instead of running right away, do what I did which was to walk 2x per day 15 minutes each time. Then do a longer work out on either a stationary bike or eliptical where there is less stress on your body.

You are going to have aches and pains in areas where your msucles are weak. This is to be expected, so the stress fracure area is more then likly a musclar issue or perhaps a gait issue caused by the stress. You may find it goes away. if not you may have to have your gait analyized for orthotics.

At the very least go out and make sure you have good solid running shoes that are madie for running. Get them fitted in a running store where they have sales folks who know how to fit a running shoe. If they don't know what pronation is you may want to try another store.

As for your chaffing issue, you can use a product called Body Glide, this helps reduce the friction in those areas prone to chaffing, Body glide is not greasy and goes on much like a stick deoderant. Vasoline works in a pinch, but tends to be greasy and can stain your shorts etc…

Another soloution would be spandex compression shorts, These are great for support and reducing chaffing, through if you are a large guy getting a pair your size may be an issue. XL tends to be 38" - 40" waist.

Good luck

Harry
http://thediabeticrunner.blogspot.com

I'm about to run on the treadmill (Probably 4 miles)
Ive heard that there are things to do before running (or exercising in general) that help you to lose more weight.
What are these things?
Ex…
Drink water before instead of during running?
Drink some water before and some during running?
Eat right before running?
Eat a few hours before running?

Basically anything you know that would help…

THANKS!

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Age 18
Height 5'5"
weight 127
I want to lose 7 pounds to get down to 120…
I burn about 300 calories a day so I eat about 1300 calories a day and since I work off 300 I end up with 1000

Eating 1000 calories is a good way to get *ill*, not thin. Also, if you starve yourself, you make it *harder* to lose weight because your body goes into starvation mode and hangs on grimly to every calorie.

If you eat a *sane* amount, then the running should help you to get thinner by a dress size per month or so. The way to measure yourself is by size, not weight, since while you are getting fitter, you may lose fat but build muscle, which is heavier than fat. Measure your waist and ignore the scales.

If I just ran on my treadmill every day, will I lose all the weight that I need to? Or must I do a different range of exercises?
I'm eating healthy as well and watching my calories. About 1500 a day.

Yes, running will definitley help you lose weight. If you run every day at moderation, yes, it will make a difference. Especially your legs will be more muscular and you'll be leaner, swifter and have more energy. Don't run too much though, because that could be dangerous. I recommend running and yoga because running requires energy and good cardio, and yoga can help you unwind, balance, and improves flexibility.

im trying to get toned up, bigger arms etc, and lose weight at the same time… is it even possible?? im taking my fair share of supplement's, but im also running 3-5 times aweek and workin out 3-5 times aweek… im currently taking

Hydroxycut hardcore.
omega 3 fish oil
multi-vitamins.
whey protein
l-glutamine
amino aicd pills

i bought creatine, but i havent taken it yet, i was thinking it would counter-affect my hydroxycut hardcore and i woudln't really lose weight.. am i right?

hodroxycut makes you lose wheight but once you stop using it you will gain it back. creatine will make you gain wheight but in muscle not fat as long as you burn of som of the excess fat and calories. the scale gives you a number but that number isnt inportant you should try getting a fat caliper. they sell them on bodybuilding.com.