Tip #12

Beginner Running Tip 12 : Combine exercise with a proper diet Being overweight is often caused by a combination of not enough exercise and improper eating habits. Take your time to learn about your diet and what you can do to make improvements. So here's where I do a little bit of soap-boxing - by the way that may be a real expression or it may be something made up. Nevertheless, if you've been reading this, you know I usually start off with my commentary than put the actual tip. In this case, I was honestly not liking the way they had this tip written up so I just included the one line shown above. After that, they were pitching the latest and greatest - and there always a latest and greatest - weight loss process. I think theirs had you buying a book and a cd that would result in you losing no less than 10 pounds in some absurd amount of time. From my experience, and this sounds boringly simple but true, the proper combination is eating real food in reasonable quantities while training. Not tons more. And certainly not tons less. And who can help you do this? I still stand by my friends at WW to help you eat properly, get in the right amounts of fruits and vegetables and still be a little decadent as the mood strikes you. Deprivation of anything? Forget it. You'll be eating it off the walls in no time. Max carbs? No, just the right amount that you can convert to glycogen to store what you need for your runs, long and short. This months Runners World has something about going Vegan. Next month it will be Gluten Fee. The one after, who knows. Probably just depends on what book is hot. Trust me. Eat a balanced diet that you occasionally spike with a little something for the long ones and you'll be a happy, fit beginning runner.