RE: 10,000 Steps Challenge Progress Update - May 13, 2018
Congrats on meeting and exceeding you steps goal and I'm always happy to see other people post about their fitness journey here on steemit. It's a good way to keep ones self and others motivated to stay healthy through exercise.
One thing I would like to note about the weight tracking is that some people's bodies tend to retain (or even gain) weight when they start to run regularly. It's odd because many of us other runners lose weight until we get to a certain equilibrium point (my weight has been the same 155-160 pounds for years now).
My wife, on the other hand, tends to put on weight when she runs a few times per week because it makes her need to eat more than she normally would and her body retains more calories than it would if she weren't running. It's really weird but I know plenty of runner who have this same issue--they actually gain weight when they train for a race or increase their mileage. I'm not sure if it's muscle mass increase contributing to weight gain or retained calories due to the body demanding more food to replace what's burned off during the run. I'm sure it varies from person to person but it does happen.
Keep on with those 10K steps per day buddy!
Thank you very much, I was lazy before been planning to change my lifestyle for the better, just starting right now and I have done it for 2 weeks now, hopefully I can make it a habit.
Yeah I think that is right, instead of losing weight you will gain because fat gets turned to muscle which is much heavier than fat. Thanks for informing me so maybe I wont lose that much weight then, I just want to lose some fat in my midsection haha.
I see, maybe it is with the muscle mass increase, when days I do not run I do Intermittent Fasting, so I have just an 8 hour interval of eating during the day. So maybe that can do the trick for me to lose some weight hopefully.
Thanks man, I will continue and try to update whenever I can. Awesome comment man, thank you very much.