I keep gaining weight but I'm still running fast

PIECE OF BREAD AT EVENING SNACK DEFINITELY NO GOOD. FORGOT IT IN MY PREVIOUS POST BUT YOU GET THE IDEA.

To answer a question you asked earlier, some healthy sources of fat are almonds, avocado, salmon, and other fish. But a meal that always fills me up and is high fat is stir fry vegetables with almonds and chicken. Pretty much just stir fry broccoli, spinach, bell peppers, and onions and cook them in olive oil.

It might help to lift more. This will rev up your metabolism even more if you include it with running.

It's also possible that your daily caloric expenditure has went down. I would think it would have

something to do with your lifestyle.

I did not believe this at first but your digestion of food is better if you don't drink until after eating.

As a runner I will often drink a lot after running. Then at night I become very hungry.

I hope it's been said, but that's kind of life. I am your height, but was a skinny guy in high school, even lifting and playing cutting sports I was 135. But now if I get carried away with eating I shoot up to 150 no problem, your metabolism is slowing down. The best way I've found to fight it is doubles and being on your feet a lot outside of running, good luck!

I break 18 all the time for the past few years and I'm close to 180 lbs at 6'0!

Training is king, way more important than diet. 50 mpw was not training like a madman.

Live to run wrote:

I break 18 all the time for the past few years and I'm close to 180 lbs at 6'0!

Training is king, way more important than diet. 50 mpw was not training like a madman.

Training is the key if you have the right genetics, and just how close are you to 180? If you're almost 180 on a 6 ft frame, you're breaking 18 at that size because you have very good genetics...so don't flatter yourself.

In 35 yrs of coaching I've haven't seen many 6 ft 180 pounders break 18 without superb genetics. Round-up hundreds of guys at 6-0, 180, train them for years on end and see how many break 18. Many will be saddled with injuries before coming close to breaking 20. 180 lbs on a 6 ft frame results in high impact forces that brings on injuries. There was a kid a couple years ago in Colorado who was a 2xXC & 1600m champion coming in at 6-1, 185 with a bulky build...there's freakish genetics for you.

Thank your genetics kid.

RunninAD wrote:

I hope it's been said, but that's kind of life. I am your height, but was a skinny guy in high school, even lifting and playing cutting sports I was 135. But now if I get carried away with eating I shoot up to 150 no problem, your metabolism is slowing down. The best way I've found to fight it is doubles and being on your feet a lot outside of running, good luck!

Some good advice here. Always keep moving -- don't give your body a reason to store fat.

Ignore the advice about the Keto nonsense. There isn't a good runner in the world who is on that diet. Look at the Kenyans -- the leanest, fastest group in the world. They eat corn, sugar, fruit, oats, etc. Their insulin is fine. Stick to a high-carb, normal-amount-of-fat diet and you'll be fine.

That can be said of all of us to some extent. Part of each of our relative running success stems from the genetic gifts with which we started our lives.

While I get your point is that he should not hold himself out as representative of the fact that weight need not be a limiting factor, your comment seems to go even further ("don't flatter yourself") to imply that he has no basis for being proud of his times. To that extent, none of us do. Except we obviously do take pride in our times, in large part because those times don't just come from genetics, they also come as a result of a lot of hard work.

So yeah, he made a dumb point, but cut him a break.

Update from OP. Over the last few days I've experimented with cutting some carbs out of my diet. I've lost a couple of pounds, probably just water weight, but I'm feeling a little less bloated. Main changes:

Old breakfast: Greek yogurt, banana, and a bowl of bran flakes with skim milk

New breakfast: Greek yogurt with flaxseed and chia seeds mixed in, banana, eggs with salsa

Haven't needed a morning snack since I changed my breakfast

Old lunch: Tuna or turkey sandwich, big bowl of mixed veggies with kidney/black beans, sometimes a bowl of oatmeal as well if still hungry

New lunch: Same as old lunch except put the tuna or turkey in a salad instead of on bread. Olive oil as salad dressing.

Still have the afternoon snack of apple and almonds.

Old dinner: Varies from day to day, but usually rice with some meat (chicken or beef) along with potatoes and vegetables. Sometimes beans as well.

New dinner: Still eat whatever main course my wife cooks me, but instead of having seconds of whatever the main meal is, I'll just have a salad if I'm still hungry.

Old evening snack: Piece of bread with peanut butter

New evening snack: A spoonful of natural peanut butter. If still hungry, a bowl of mixed veggies.

Running is still ok. Had a good hard 10 miler Friday night. I'll keep this up for a while and see if I can shed some more weight.