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Toquerville,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Mar 21, 2008

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Male

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Other

Running Accomplishments:

None as of yet, we will see how this goes!

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get into shape and get some endurance going again.

Personal:

I am married, I have four kids and one on the way. I am a nurse in Southern Utah and was told about this site by some work buddies.
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Wed, Apr 09, 2008
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Another treadmill day.  I have 2 kids down with the flu, not fun, thank goodness for a wonderful wife.  Good news though, today at work I took my blood pressure and it was down to 107/71.  I think this running is really helping me.  Is it normal to be gaining weight while running?  I am up to 180, I know muscle weighs more than fat, but that is ten pounds in 3 weeks?  Any ideas?

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Comments
From Lybi on Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 23:20:11

I gained weight the first month of running too. Couple possible reasons: sore muscles hold extra fluid, blood volume increases, muscles grow, and my favorite--tired people eat more. Don't worry, you will be back where you were in just a bit. You are still getting healthier. A month from now, I am confident the scale will start showing you what you want to see.

From MurseR on Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 23:41:31

I hope you are right! At the rate I am going I will weigh 300 lbs and need to go in for liposuction!!!

From Superfly on Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 22:11:25

Good to see some more activity on here... It sounds like you've been busy with a lot of other things. How is your diet? 3 years ago when I first started to run again I was 196 and had to lose 50lbs. When I first started I really watched my diet close- only eating very healthy foods and running at least once, 6 days a week. My mileage was only about 4-5 miles a day but within 3 months I pretty much lost most of the weight.

So long story short- Watch your diet and don't skip days. Then after about 3 moths you'll be able to eat anything and everything.

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