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
I just found this thread and I'm going to try that pizza recipe.
There's been research since this thread started, and yes, swimming does take weight off. Some people complain that swimming makes them hungry, but in my experience that's true of any exercise, and I've never felt hungrier from swimming. You need to keep hydrated. That's something many of us who are newbies forget. I keep a water bottle by the lane and drink throughout my workout. I eat 1/2 cup of yogurt with fresh fruit and flax and drink a lot of water after swimming. Mostly, I'm sleepy after a swim, but I feel that way after a bike ride, too. The toughest thing for me is to avoid sugar and not over-indulge in carbs in the evening, and that's something I'm still working on.
I just found this thread and I'm going to try that pizza recipe.
There's been research since this thread started, and yes, swimming does take weight off. Some people complain that swimming makes them hungry, but in my experience that's true of any exercise, and I've never felt hungrier from swimming. You need to keep hydrated. That's something many of us who are newbies forget. I keep a water bottle by the lane and drink throughout my workout. I eat 1/2 cup of yogurt with fresh fruit and flax and drink a lot of water after swimming. Mostly, I'm sleepy after a swim, but I feel that way after a bike ride, too. The toughest thing for me is to avoid sugar and not over-indulge in carbs in the evening, and that's something I'm still working on.
