This page contains all of the questions and answers that I have received in my Q&A posts. There is a lot of good information in those posts so rather than letting them getting buried in the blog, I decided to make a page dedicated to the wonderful questions that iI have received. If you have a question that is not answered on this page, leave you question as a comment and I will do a post on it and put it up on the blog for all to see. Here are the questions that I have received so far (and there answers).
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- How do you buy proper running and walking shoes?
- Is swimming better than running and vise-versa?
- How do you keep going in a workout when you want to quit?
- How do you balance you fitness life with being married?
- Do you have loose skin problems and would get surgery for it?
- How do you deal with unsupportive family and friends?
- How much weight do you want to lose?
- How many hours to you spend working on your blog?
- I read that you don’t have TV, is your wife cool with not having TV?
- What do you do when you have limited time to exercise?
- Do you tell everyone you see about how you lost 130 lbs?
- Does your wife exercise and eat healthy with you?
- Is low intensity exercise better than high intensity?
- How did you start running?
- Where did you get your inspiration for running and how long did it take you to build up to your first marathon?
- How did you deal with obstacles during your weight loss journey?
- How do you stay motivated with your running?
- How long did it take you to lose 130 lbs?
- What are some of your current and past weight loss struggles?
- What is your pre-race meal and what music do you run to?
- Do you worry about long term damage from running?
- How do you deal with the day-to-day weight loss boredom?
- How do you use a heart rate monitor for running?
- How to determine exercise intensity using the exertion scale?
My angle on weight loss 
Were you ever scared of becoming thin? If so what were those fears? How did you get over them? Now that you are thin do you have any fears and if so would you mind sharing them?
I did worry about getting thin sometimes but not to much. I have fears now for sure and I will share them
Yesterday I ran a 10.2 mile Trail Race (2,000 ft of elevation gain) and worked pretty darn hard to finish strong. Today I am super sore — my quads were not used to this particular kind of pounding and I posted a 1 pound gain this morning at weigh in. I was not exactly perfect with my food but I was only over 7.5 points for the week so I did not eat enough to gain 1 lb of fat.
I read that one can gain 2-4 pounds in water retention when muscles are sore and I sure hope that was the case.
Do you have any experiences with how some of you hard runs/races have affected your weigh-in’s?
Thanks!
Seujan
Hey Seujan. I will do a post on this subject. I emailed you a personal answer.
I’m training for my first 1/2. Like you, I’m an all or nothing kind of person so in the next 9 months I have a couple of 5Ks and 10Ks, possibly a 13K, 3 half marathons and a marathon. I’ve been running shorter races since I started running last year, 11 5Ks, a 4 miler and 2 10Ks (basically every race I could find that was close.) I haven’t lost but about 5 pounds since I started running. In the last 2 months I’ve added strength training and cross training hoping it would jump start my weight loss. I had lost 30 pounds in about 5 months leading up to my decision to start running. I still have 32 to go to hit the top of the mid range of my healthy weight bracket. I can not lose! I have been on this plateau for 10 months. I do not eat fried foods, I try to eat clean, focusing on fruits, veggies, nuts and lean meats. I try to stay away from processed foods. I stay in my calorie range of 1200-1800 calories (high end is usually on run days.) Do you have any words of wisdom???
Dragonfly: I will send you an email about this.