Help! I got fat

Also if it matters, I'm a college aged guy.

Quit your job .

Run 20 miles a day .

Binge .

Purge.

Purge.

Don't let your boyfriend get you pregnant .

Purge.

Purge .

look into fitzgerald's racing weight book. It was practically written for athletes like you.

As a runner, losing 10-15 lbs is really no big deal and simply requires a little moderation.

Look at your diet, find 300-400 calories a day that are easily cut out - i.e. a post run snack before dinner or two snacks throughout the day.

That's your calorie deficit right there, as long as your training and still slowly increasing mileage. Drink 16oz+ water before meals, and never stuff yourself.

there's approximately 3500 calories in 1 lb of fat... as a runner it's incredibly easy to loose weight.

Just calculate your TDEE,

http://www.iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

, and subtract at what pace you want to loose the weight.

I personally figure, conservatively, 100 calories burned for every 1 mile ran, and I'm trying to drop 20 pounds before my late May marathon, down 7 lbs so far since the New Year. I use myfitnesspal for logging calories, and I log everything including the 3 grams of butter I put on the pan for my eggs.

Loosing weight is incredibly easy... not eating when your bored and reducing calorie intake can be difficult.

I'm in the same boat. +20lbs after an injury. Im current working on losing it by cross training as much as I can between running

kinda fat wrote:

Anyway, what's the best strategy to getting back to my old self by losing the fat and not the muscle?

Cut all grains and fruits, and eat only as much veggie as your need for vitamin. Eat a lot of animal meat, especially red meat rich in sat fat. You will lose fat without losing the muscle.

eat like a kenyan duuuuuuh