Comments on: Gain Weight From Running? It’s Possible

By: Annie

Annie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:18:15 +0000

I have gained 10lbs since I started running again (about one week ago)!!! I am 5′2 and very petite (was 100lbs, but now am 110lbs). And I am definitely eating less. My legs have turned into stocky tree-trunks, bulky and almost completely muscle. I want to look more feminine! I am going to continue to jog every day and massively cut my calorie intake and see if this works!

By: D

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:45:14 +0000

Life and Path This is such a great post. Dietary changes help (think BETTER calories, not just lower calories), but some weight gain from water will happen. Your body knows it needs to be able to use glycogen stores and needs water to do that. Omega 3’s will help reduce inflammation related gains. Happy Running Everyone!

By: D

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:44:18 +0000

This is such a great post. Dietary changes help (think BETTER calories, not just lower calories), but some weight gain from water will happen. Your body knows it needs to be able to use glycogen stores and needs water to do that. Omega 3’s will help reduce inflammation related gains.

Happy Running Everyone!

By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:12:51 +0000

HI again,
I can completely relate to you Asha, l used to run every single day, and l used to eat more carbs, then one day l said to myself, that’s it l am only going to run 3 times per week instead, and my weight just fell off me, and looked less bulky and really ate according to my hunger which went down, and l have stayed this way for 8 years. I would never go back to running each day, but l one thing l have changed is my eating. I eat so much less, but l eat what ever l want during the weekends and am pretty strict with myself during the week. Try it for a few weeks and see how you go. I am at a stage where running is just so hard for me now, and l often wonder why l push myself so hard, l find that even 3 times per week of running is far too much for my body. I would love to just give it all up and just walk, but l am scared l would gain weight.
Now when l do run, l actually mix it up with sprints, so it is harder, but l do hate it.
I know quiet a few women who were complete exercise freaks, and when they gave it up, they actually looked and felt better, they were pushing there bodies way too far.
So maybe we need to listen to our bodies more, and do what it sais.
Cheers Sue

By: Nancy in MI

Nancy in MI — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:46:27 +0000

Yes. Well. What can I add. When I run I bulk up and feel horrible. I’m muscled up with a butt J’Lo would envy. I’m not FAT, but I get BIG and BULKY… when I stop running I lose all that muscle, but I get FLAB —- so what do I do? BIG and BULKY like a lazyboy chair ??? or choose small and soft and flabby like a bean bag chair? Mostly I run for my head… but at 5′4″ (think gymnast build) … boy, I really feel like a klunkin’ loser when one of those 6′ tall male marathoners WHIZZZ by me – (no breasts, no butt, nothing to weigh them down)…. I hate the feeling. Running is for my HEAD now… other people tell me I look great (not thin) but great. I don’t want great. I want thin. I eat healty just like all of you do… and I have the BOOTAY that is rock solid hard at OUT THERE – the kind people PAY to have – but on my height it looks absurd. I’ve gone through long periods of walking, only to need that “high’ of the run again. I eat carbs – with no carbs = no energy and no regular bathrooming habit / not for me… talk about bad mood!!!!!!!!!! Okay… so I run. And I hate the physical results. I eat what I want NO JUNK and I gain and gain – I don’t eat to excess. Honest. I’ll probably always hate my body – I think I just have to accept it. I feel bad and SO I go for a run and I feel better – at least in my head. NO one talks about this. Nike almost hit the nail on the head with it’s latest ad campaign (this is my butt ads)… when is bigger (hard muscle bigger body ) going to be okay in the USA? I feel so sad that something I love so much betrays me (even mocks) my own efforts with getting bigger. I can see why people quit. I really can.

By: Mark Patson

Mark Patson — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:40:25 +0000

I’ve tried many weight gainers over the years and the Dr Max Powers Anabolic Stack is amazing. It goes down super easily with water without any residue or particles. It doesn’t fill you up or leave you bloated, apparently that’s how it kickstarts your body’s anabolic processes. The fact that it isn’t heavy or bloating also allows you to keep eating and really pack on those calories you need to build muscle.

Give me great work outs.

By: Asha

Asha — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:36:51 +0000

I have one more thing to add.
I would really love to hear from anyone who has cut back on their running and EXACTLY how it all went. I love running but I NEED to stop doing it every day-it’s just not possible anymore, and I’m scared of the wear and tear my body might be feeling. I think three times a week sounds like a wonderful amount of exercise, so can anyone tell me how to do this? On those three days, should I do sprints instead of distance for less time? Should I use weights and do other workouts? I want a life where I can run when I FEEL like it, not because I think I have to, but I’m scared to start.

By: Asha

Asha — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:32:47 +0000

Sue! I feel you one hundred percent. I’ve been running for five years now, and I’m up to an hour a day. I love it…but I hate it, because it’s really started to take over my life. But I’m basically very afraid to stop and gain a bunch of weight. When I AM forced to not run, I do notice that my weight drops (quite a bit) and that I feel incredibly thin. But then I feel like, after a period, it begins to creep back on with a more permanent vengeance. I would love any advice as to how to keep fit, but run less and still maintain my current weight (or less). I do love the running-just not the feeling of needing to run that I’ve developed.

Asha

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:44:07 +0000

Hi
I would love to stop running and just walk on my treadmill instead at a steadier rate, but am scared l will gain weight, but going on what everyone is saying l probably won’t. But why am l so scared of stopping? How can l get motivated to stop for a while and just see what happens to my body? I just want to walk, as l know that l cannot maintain this intensity forever, and l am probably doing it all for not much.
Can anybody suggest a way that l stop running for a few months and stay on track? Is there some sort of website that can motivate me to do that. I still want to exercise but only moderately and not go so hard. I just find running to hard now.

Sue

By: Connie

Connie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:42:50 +0000

I am so glad I found this! I started running a month ago…to boost my metabolim becuase my weight loss had plateaued. I have gained every week since! While I am glad to see I am not alone, and I perplexed by this. At any rate, I feel better knowing this is not just my problem. I was worried something was medically wrong with me.