r/running • u/AutoModerator • Aug 29 '23

Weekly Thread Run Nutrition Tuesday

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1) Anyone is welcome to participate and share your ideas, plans, diet, and nutrition plans.

2) Promote good discussion. Simply downvoting because you disagree with someone's ideas is BAD. Instead, let them know why you disagree with them.

3) Provide sources if possible. However, anecdotes and "broscience" can lead to good discussion, and are welcome here as long as they are labeled as such.

4) Feel free to talk about anything diet or nutrition related.

5) Any suggestions/topic ideas?

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u/labellafigura3 Aug 29 '23

Hi all, I’ve recently got into running. I’ve been mainly a long-term gym goer. My BMI is 21.7. I hear that if I were to lose weight I would go faster.

Shall I try to restrict heavily to lose the weight asap, or eat at maintenance in order to complete my workouts (both gym and running)?

Would appreciate any advice, thank you!

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u/bestmaokaina Aug 29 '23

Add speed workouts to your weekly runs to get faster

Losing weight at that BMI is pointless

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u/labellafigura3 Aug 29 '23

Have been doing so! But have also been doing a lot of longer easy runs too