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You're not losing fat because you're too sedentary. You absolutely can outrun your fork. You just have to run a lot further than you think. Show me a fat person who runs 50 miles a week.

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I agree in general, but most people that run 50 miles a weeks also eat healthy. So there's a lot of correlation there. IE show me a person that runs 50 miles a week but also eats mostly process foods and drinks lotsa soda.

If one is running 50 miles per week one needs to orient eating around the runs. It's difficult to run right after a full meal. The result tends to be restricted eating to have a comfortable run in the first place.

PS: A bunch of extra work is near mandatory to maintain weekly mileage like this. Proper stretching and recovery--maybe some yoga. Lots of distractions from eating too much in the first place.

You don’t really need to do anything extra at 50. 50 is a basic baseline for a lot of folks running 3-3:30 marathons. I stretch for about 3 minutes after I run, and little else, for instance, and I’m at 60-70mpw, old, and a bit overweight.

I know very few people at this mileage doing serious “extra” work.

Have you ever had runner's knee? I'm dealing with it for the first time at the moment. Looking for a quick fix.

This isn't the place for medical advice. See an orthopedic surgeon.

Yes - for me, it was a strength issue. I spent a couple weeks running hills to even things out and it faded relatively quickly.

It's not running but Fred Becky was known to eat whatever is cheap, frequently fast food.

That demographic is Marines in bootcamp if they're from Appalachia.

Most people with a postsecondary degree who do something like use a gym or jog probably read Omnivores' Dilemma, may shop for organic food, and are more likely to be vegetarian. This demographic is largely incongruous with behaviors like tobacco and substance abuse, and frequent consumption of fried and ultra-processed food.

> One randomized controlled trial assigned overweight men and women to different amounts of exercise. More exercise did lead to more body fat loss, but even in the group exercising the most — equivalent to 20 miles (32.0 km) of jogging every week for eight months — people only lost about 7 lbs

From https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2021/07/11/a-chemical-hunger-p...

This is the kind of thinking that lead to the show biggest loser. Not a single one of those people maintained their weightloss because youre not going to turn a 600lb person into an Olympic distance runner overnight. Its unmaintainable! Not to mention they have to keep eating an insane amount of food to push 50 miles a week which means if they stop running they gain all the weight back because they never fixed their eating habits. This is the wrong way to think about losing weight. You first need to develop a healthy relationship with food and exercise.

Not a single one of those people maintained their weightloss

A lot of websites seem to contradict you. Several contestants kept the weight off so your comment is just inaccurate.

https://healthyeater.com/biggest-loser-then-now https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/health/biggest-loser-weig...

You have to do a ridiculous amount of exercise compared to you know, just not eating another snickers bar.

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