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
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Former Member
When I hear that people gain weight swimming because they get hungry and wolf down whatever they want, I throw my hands up in the air and say, "dude" or "dudess." Anyone who knows about basic nutrition and exercise in any form will tell you diet is 90% of it.
I think you can lose weight, and still scarf down food (as I did), but it means you have to put a lot more time/effort into your daily exercise. I was swimming 5x week for 2ish hours. It was actually pretty great to not have to worry about calories. However, it was also really tiring... So, like #9 in the article, I ate and napped. I would even nap in my car during lunch break.
When I hear that people gain weight swimming because they get hungry and wolf down whatever they want, I throw my hands up in the air and say, "dude" or "dudess." Anyone who knows about basic nutrition and exercise in any form will tell you diet is 90% of it.
I think you can lose weight, and still scarf down food (as I did), but it means you have to put a lot more time/effort into your daily exercise. I was swimming 5x week for 2ish hours. It was actually pretty great to not have to worry about calories. However, it was also really tiring... So, like #9 in the article, I ate and napped. I would even nap in my car during lunch break.
