How To Take Those Pounds Off
Posted on Oct 19, 2007 under Training Tips |Every runner knows that in order to be the best that they can possibly be, they have to take off those extra pounds. Trying to lose weight may be one of the hardest things to do. If you try to eat less during the day, usually by the time night comes around you are craving sweets like crazy and stuff yourself.
Thankfully for us runners, running burns alot of calories. But for the serious runners, just running isn’t enough. To lower that race time you may have to shed some pounds. A good rule is to lose no more than 1 pound per week, so you will have a calorie deficit of 500 calories per day.
Here is a sensible way to lose weight:
First figure out how many calories you require per day:
Desired Weight x 15 + Miles run per day x 100 = Calories Required/Day
Calories that should be eaten per day = Calories Required/Day — 500.
This way you’ll lose the weight gradually and will not have the hunger pains. You’ll also be more likely to keep the weight off.
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