Hi guys. I just joined xc this summer, but I’ve lost about 8-10 lbs since then. I was never the biggest guy standing in around 5’8 and 130 before summer and now I’m about 122-120 lbs. I’ve been running before this point for about a year (I’m an incoming senior) and my weight never drastically changed like this. Should I be concerned, and should I eat more
Is your fitness improving? Has your strength gotten worse? If you r fitness isn't improving and you're getting weaker, eat more. If not, probably just loosing unnecessary body fat.
If you feel okay and you're getting faster, then your diet is probably fine. It wouldn't hurt to eat a little more though. 5'8" 120# is light even for an XC runner.
have you increased miles significantly since you started running with the team? if the answer is yes, you're likely in much better shape as a result and I think the weight loss should't be too much to be worried about. If you think you're too skinny, eat more.
If nothing has changed with calories in and calories burned and you are losing weight all of the sudden you might want to talk to you Dr about it.
It couldn’t hurt to have a check up with your doctor and/or a real physical before the season really gets underway.
You're probably experiencing RED-S which in time will get you injured. You should increase your caloric intake in order to not break your bones. Seriously, you can be underfueling even if you eat "a lot" compared to people who don't exercise regularly.
In how long of a time period have you lost this weight? You said it stated when you began doing XC this summer, but for how many weeks?
You may need to look at your caloric intake. How physically active were you before you started doing XC? What is the miliage you are doing right now and what types of workouts are you doing? If you were sedentary beforehand, doing XC and failing to increase caloric intake would lead to the weight loss as you are describing.
Like the poster directly above me said, RED-S would be the reason why you should be concerned. You may be ok now, but do not try to lose any more weight. Losing more weight as you are already very thin, would likely get you sick and injured rather than faster due to lack of sufficient calories and nutrients.
I would give advice, but I think everyone else has done a pretty darn good job already.
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