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Part 1 — DrSugar Answers: Losing Too Much Weight Running?
DrSugar is in the house and answering your questions.
Dear DrSugar,
I have a problem that might seem a little odd, but I am not dieting and I am losing too much weight. I am training for a marathon, and exercise daily about 2 hours Monday through Friday (running outside mixed with swimming, spin class, body pump, and running on Treadmill).
Catching Up With Biggest Loser Tara Costa
Even though she is no longer required to pull big numbers at the weekly Biggest Loser weigh-ins, Tara Costa is still working it. She told Life and Style that she's "still battling the last 10 pounds."
Tara currently weighs 164 pounds (down from 294 at the start of the show), but the second runner-up of from last year's season says she'd "love to live at 155-ish."
Part 2 — You Asked: Losing Too Much Weight Running?
Yesterday DrSugar answered the health related portion of this question.
Dear DrSugar,
I have a problem that might seem a little odd, but I am not dieting and I am losing too much weight. I am training for a marathon, and exercise daily about 2 hours Monday through Friday (running outside mixed with swimming, spin class, body pump, and running on Treadmill).
Swimming For Weight Loss?
Swimming has gotten a bad rap as an exercise for weight loss. Unlike running, which curbs your appetite, swimming seems to increase it.
Studies comparing swimming with walking and cycling weight-loss programs found that swimmers gained five pounds on average, while the other two groups lost between 17 and 19 pounds.
You Asked: How to Get Rid of My Ab Flab
Dear Fit,
I'm fairly thin, have muscular thighs from running 20 minutes a few times a week and toned arms from doing yoga, but my belly is pudgy. I heard crunches won't get rid of my gut, but what exercises will?
— Jiggly Middle
We all have areas of our body that hang on to fat, so to hear my suggestions about how to get rid of the extra around your midsection keep reading
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- Maintain your healthy weight: clear your closest to keep off the pounds — Shape Up!
- Why Katherine Heigl envies Nicole Richie — That's Fit
- Cleat up and head to the field. It's soccer time — Fresh Fitness Tips
- Christian Bale goes to extremes with weight loss for a role — Fit Celeb
- Three ways to sip your vitamins — Fit Bottomed Girls
- Take care of your knees and they will keep on running — Health
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- How to make the menu at Chili's Grill diet friendly — Daily Spark
- Elizabeth Hurley stands behind organic pork — FitCeleb
- Freshen up the stash in your desk drawer with healthy treats — Vital Juice
- The economics of running a marathon — Fit Bottomed Girls
- When it comes to weight loss, exercise alone is not enough — That's Fit
- Celebrate the official end of Summer with ceviche — Mark's Daily Apple
- New reason to love sweet potatoes: they help make for beautiful skin — Healthy Bites
- Fitness gear every woman needs priced under $10 — Vitamin G
Exercise No Good For Weight Loss?
A couple of years ago the Cardio Free Diet introduced popular culture to the concept that exercise and weight loss were incompatible. Recently we learned that exercise doesn't boost fat-burning. Now Time magazine's new cover story investigates the seemingly detrimental relationship even further.
Exercise
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Recommended Exercise Method...
- Exercise's Effects on the H...
- Exercise's Effects on Diabe...
- Exercise's Effects on Bones...
- Exercise's Effects on the L...
- Exercise's Effects on Weigh...
- Exercise's Effects on Other...
- Complications
- Motivation
- Resources
- References
- A new study found that aerobic and resistance training significantly reduced fatigue in men undergoing radiation treatments for prostate cancer. Fatigue is a common side effect of such treatments.
- Doctors at the Mayo Clinic found that exercise improves the physical and emotional well-being of patients with Alzheimer's disease. The patients exercised for as little as 60 minutes each week.
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