I'm fat. What can I run if I lose 30 pounds?

fdsafdsa wrote:

Currently 178 pounds (5 foot 6). I ran a 19:40 5k. What could I run if I lost 30 pounds?

17:00

Only one way to find out ... I ran 18:50 / 1:26 half / 3:04 marathon at 195 pounds. I always wondered "what if"...but now it's 9 years later and even if I lost the weight, well I'm 9 years older. I suspect I could still PR if I wanted to put the effort in though. (5'11, age 47).

19:40 seems like a crazy fast time for your weight and height. Imagine what you could run if you lost 50-60 lbs.

Go for it!

Ya, I was easily the fattest person in the top 15 of the small race I ran. One of the oldest, too (I'm about 40).

I imagine you'd drop the weight first, then do a bit of training. 30lbs must be brutal.

I have a 40lbs vest for doing squats and that is heavy AF.

Make up any number. No way a guy as fat and old as you will lose 30 pounds and keep it off. You’ll always prefer to dream about your pretend potential, as evidences by you starting to this thread. You “if only’s” are the worst. Always have an excuse.

I used to run competitively, and was likely faster than you, so, you are round, you do not quite know what you are talking about.

A guy who is 40 and runs a 19:40 5k is the kind of person that could lose weight and maintain if they want to (especially a 19:40 with that much extra weight). Obviously the weight is mostly a result of diet and lifestyle, and those things can be hard to change once they have years on inertia behind them, but it’s totally possible for someone with discipline.

I would love to see this guy go beyond losing the first 30 lbs., and I would love to see what happens with his running as a result.

Damn..Very similar height, age, weight, and 5K time :). I have also managed to run a few marathons in the 3:05 - 3:10 range at this weight.

Will follow your story if you chronicle here as you try to lose weight. Maybe it will give me some motivation to change some stuff around me.

All the best!!

I agree. The doomsayers point to out of context statistics of heavy people.

Very commonly athletes climb out of poor fitness, against 'odds' derived from less capable people.

The Jack Daniels formula has you dropping almost 1 minute per 10 bls...so maybe as much as 3 minutes.

2 seconds per pound per mile is a common rule of thumb

19:40 is a good masters time as is. You would win most masters races if you dropped the weight. Low 17s, high 16s I would guess.

fdsafdsa wrote:

Currently 178 pounds (5 foot 6). I ran a 19:40 5k. What could I run if I lost 30 pounds?

They say that every pound you lose will make you go 2 sec faster per mile. So, 30 lbs would be 60 sec/mile x 3 miles. So, I'm going to say 16:40 is possible.

I'm 5'6" and was 170 lbs 3 years ago with PRs of 3:59 (marathon), 1:45 (half marathon) and 21:47 (5K). After losing 30-40 lbs pounds I improved those times to 3:13, 1:29 and 18:07. And I'm 10 years older than when I ran those previous PRs (now 47).

Losing the weight has made my running more enjoyable by a factor of 1,000 because the running feels so much easier. Plus, due to the near non-existent wear and tear on my joints at my current weight, I'm able to crank out 70 miles per week with relative ease, whereas 40-55 seemed impossible before.

Lose that weight and you might have a shot at winning local races, or at a minimum finishing within eyesight of the winners. The way I lost the weight was calorie counting with the My Fitness Pal app, shooting to attain, then maintain a BMI of 20-21. Do what works for you.

It is possible to lose 30 pounds in a short time. If to convert lbs to kg, it is about 13 kg. I am a personal trainer at the gym, and I had clients who were able to lose so much weight in four months. The most important is to be a responsible person and follow the regime created by your trainer. The most important in losing weight is the responsibility, the right alimentation and also the right exercises. It is important to regularly visit the gym and have a special alimentation plan that includes protein and other important substances.

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fdsafdsa wrote:

I used to run competitively, and was likely faster than you, so, you are round, you do not quite know what you are talking about.

What do you mean by competitive? Times?

How was the comment not accurate, because you used to be fast? I don't know how that would change anything. Also, given your desire to only get down to 148 pounds, which is not a competitive weight for 5 foot 6 and the 5000m (you aren't Ben True, who was also taller), your proclaimed lack of knowledge around weight and performance makes me disbelieve you were ever competitive. But feel free to give details - give us your PB's. But once you do give us those PB's, then please explain why you are unable to figure out on your own potential for what you can achieve at a lower weight, since you would seemingly already have done so back when you were competitive.

I say you are fat, lazy and likely also dishonest.

He just wants to know what time he could run if he lost weight. So what if he didn't run very fast when he was younger and so what if he doesn't lose the weight. He has asked a question and you have attacked him

despite probably living a very similar lifestyle to you.

you are not a very nice person.

fdsafdsa wrote:

Currently 178 pounds (5 foot 6). I ran a 19:40 5k. What could I run if I lost 30 pounds?

15.40 eventually maybe.

18:05.