Hey Everyone!
I've noticed that it was so much easier to loose weight with running, as opposed to swimming. It seems even though i'm swimming hard, the 13 or so pounds that I need to loose haven't budged. When I was running, my diet didn't have to be really clean...in fact I ate pizza at least once a week, and found that it helped me during high mileage. During running, my weight was very low despite the pizza habit. While swimming makes me hungrier, and I'm probably burning more calories per workout, the weight loss isn't there.
Why is this?
Thanks,
Jerrycat
Parents
Former Member
The fundamental rule of weight loss is
3500 calorie deficit (surplus) = 1 pound weight loss (gain).
This equation holds true whether your calorie expenditure is from swimming or running, and whether your calorie intake is in the form of pizza or alfalfa sprouts. The equation is also true whether your weight loss is from lean tissue or fat.
If you want to lose weight from swimming, and don't mind doing a little arithmetic, (1) Figure out how many calories you need in a day (2) Keep a daily log of what you eat and how much you swim, (3) ensure that you maintain a (let's say) 500 calorie defict each day. That would put you on track to lose one pound a week. There are free websites for doing all of the calculations above.
I lost 30 pounds myself using this approach. It's not that difficult, and there's a certain satisfaction.
The fundamental rule of weight loss is
3500 calorie deficit (surplus) = 1 pound weight loss (gain).
This equation holds true whether your calorie expenditure is from swimming or running, and whether your calorie intake is in the form of pizza or alfalfa sprouts. The equation is also true whether your weight loss is from lean tissue or fat.
If you want to lose weight from swimming, and don't mind doing a little arithmetic, (1) Figure out how many calories you need in a day (2) Keep a daily log of what you eat and how much you swim, (3) ensure that you maintain a (let's say) 500 calorie defict each day. That would put you on track to lose one pound a week. There are free websites for doing all of the calculations above.
I lost 30 pounds myself using this approach. It's not that difficult, and there's a certain satisfaction.
