Runner's World Essential Guides: Weight Loss: Everything You Need to Know about Running to Slim Down

by Runner's World

The miles you log are great for keeping you fit, healthy, and happy, and they help you to maintain your weight. But weight loss is a different story. Because you run, you may think you can eat whatever you want and still drop pounds. Unfortunately, that's not true. Running is only half the equation. You have to look hard at what and how you eat, too. Conventional dieting wisdom tends to leave runners hungry, tired, and overweight.Let Runner's World Essential Weight Loss lead you through the minefield of dieting by showing you everything you need to know to shed pounds without losing steam on the run. The editors of Runner's World, the foremost authorities on running on the planet, have collected the best information about weight loss on the run, answering questions such    • What are the 8 Golden Rules of Weight Loss?    • What should you eat to boost your metabolism?    • What are the best foods to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner to optimize weight loss?    • Weight-loss myths are debunked. And you'll get simple ideas for pre- and post-workout snacks as well as delicious, ridiculously easy-to-make recipes like a healthy hamburger and Angel Cake so that you'll have the fuel you need to run and the knowledge you need to shed pounds and keep them off once and for all!

Genres: Fitness

101 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 20, 2011

Reviews

[Siyuan Fang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very true and very practicable

[David Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for a New Runner

Really enjoyed this and it has helped me learn so much more about eating and why I was so hungry when I was running less.

[Caitlin · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Runner's World Essential Guides: Weight Loss: Everything You Need to Know about Running to Slim Down was exactly what I expected it to be. A quick "how-to" beginner's guide to weight loss while running, there is no striking new information here, but I found it a good reminder to get back to basics with respect to eating with the intention of fueling longer runs, rather than going crazy over calorie counts and decimal points on the scale. The book covered the usual topics, ranging from the importance of carbohydrates to eating real, whole foods but also delved a bit into how what we eat can influence how we train, which I did find helpful. I wish RW had included a bit more information with respect to how to gauge whether one is eating the right amount of calories to optimize performance and whether one should eat the same amount of calories on rest days to fuel recovery, but overall I found it to be a helpful little guide for beginning runners looking to drop a few pounds.

[Vertrees · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a short, easy read that does a great job of consolidating recommendations for diet and weight loss, not just about running. There wasn't much new for me since I have read a lot about it, but one thing that was new was rating your hunger scale at a meal in addition to logging what you eat. It will give you a good idea about what changes need to be made (i.e., if you are too hungry at a meal, then maybe adding a filling snack before you get too hungry and make bad choices. A good read, one I will recommend to others.

[Franzi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great book for beginners. If your are running for more than a few years and are reading up on stuff this book will probably not offer any new insights. It was a nice reminder for me on some things but no news. Perfect for beginners!

[Christina · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay, most of the same information I read was in the Runner's World complete guide to women's running. If I had to read one book, I would read the complete guide rather than this one.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the grocery list, but really there wasn't much new for me here.