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Minnie
I'm a 5ft 4in 28 year old female. I started at about 172lbs, I've always been heavy my entire life. My physician wants me to weigh 145lbs maximum. I've been teaching myself to run as a form of exercise and I am currently running about 1 mile a day & 1 mile walking. Working to build up to running one mile at this time. Last Monday I could barely run .25 miles when I started this. Focusing on distance not speed right now. My app says I'm running about an 11 minute mile.
I started running a week ago today in interval runs. Starting at .25 miles, then .5, now 1 mile. As a side note I've cleaned up my diet (no more soda, drink more water, aware of what carbs/fats, etc that I'm eating) I've already lost 7lbs which is a lot in a short period. Also, I've incorporated swimming a few times a week. How much weight could I realistically lose by running 1 mile per day? Will continuing to run a mile eventually cause a plateau in my weight loss if don't increase the amount of running?
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I'm your height, and I used to weigh at 160# am have been struggling to finally get to 145 (I also have a wonky thyroid).
Weight loss begins and ends in the kitchen. Technically, and realistically, you can lose weight simply by watching what you eat, exercise helps tone the muscles and boosts the metabolism.
Ballpark, you probably need to make sure your daily caloric intake would be under 2000 calories (there are tons (no pun intended) of apps, websites, sites like fitnesspro, etc., that can help you determine your daily intake.
As a rule of thumb, you should take the basic amount of calories you need, then deduct 500 calories, either from cutting the calories from your diet, or exercise, or a combo of both.
And here's where running/jogging can help, and a big SAD thing about running/jogging...
Running a mile uses on AVERAGE, 100 calories. 100. Sometimes less. So your daily mile run uses up about 600-700 calories per week.
I'm not sure what you mean when you mentioned interval runs - is this when you run a certain distance, then walk, or are you increasing your speed for a certain distance?
I'm assuming you mean the run/walk. When I started running 2 years ago, I used a free online plan called C25K, Couch to 5K, which helps those of us who never even liked to run (points to self), follow a plan where you start out walking more than running 3 miles, leading up to being able to run 3 miles without walking. Rest days are as important as running days, and as a beginner, you don't want or need to either get hurt running, get bored or overtrain (yes, you can overtrain even as a beginner). No, you don't need to enter a race to follow this program, sometimes it helps having a plan in place to help you learn consistency.
Good luck!!
I'm your height, and I used to weigh at 160# am have been struggling to finally get to 145 (I also have a wonky thyroid).
Weight loss begins and ends in the kitchen. Technically, and realistically, you can lose weight simply by watching what you eat, exercise helps tone the muscles and boosts the metabolism.
Ballpark, you probably need to make sure your daily caloric intake would be under 2000 calories (there are tons (no pun intended) of apps, websites, sites like fitnesspro, etc., that can help you determine your daily intake.
As a rule of thumb, you should take the basic amount of calories you need, then deduct 500 calories, either from cutting the calories from your diet, or exercise, or a combo of both.
And here's where running/jogging can help, and a big SAD thing about running/jogging...
Running a mile uses on AVERAGE, 100 calories. 100. Sometimes less. So your daily mile run uses up about 600-700 calories per week.
I'm not sure what you mean when you mentioned interval runs - is this when you run a certain distance, then walk, or are you increasing your speed for a certain distance?
I'm assuming you mean the run/walk. When I started running 2 years ago, I used a free online plan called C25K, Couch to 5K, which helps those of us who never even liked to run (points to self), follow a plan where you start out walking more than running 3 miles, leading up to being able to run 3 miles without walking. Rest days are as important as running days, and as a beginner, you don't want or need to either get hurt running, get bored or overtrain (yes, you can overtrain even as a beginner). No, you don't need to enter a race to follow this program, sometimes it helps having a plan in place to help you learn consistency.
Good luck!!
Will running on a cruise ship's track with my gps watch mess up the distance?
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Hi, I am going on a cruise soon and was wondering if when I run on the track that is on the cruise, will the distance and pace results of my Garmin Forerunner 450 (gps running watch) be messed up because of the ship's motion?
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Although I don't have such a watch, I'm quite sure the answer is yes. GPS determines the longitude and latitude and calculates distance, speed, etc from that. Your cruise ship should have a sign on the walking deck that states how far one lap is.
Although I don't have such a watch, I'm quite sure the answer is yes. GPS determines the longitude and latitude and calculates distance, speed, etc from that. Your cruise ship should have a sign on the walking deck that states how far one lap is.
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