Will I lose weight running 5k every day ?

[Dogeare101]

and when combined with healthy/clean eating. I find cardio easier and more pleasurable than weights/strength training

5k/30min is 'only' about 300 kcl extra.

as the old saying goes you can't outrun a bad diet.

don't get me wrong, running is great. but diet is more important for weight management.

and everyone should do some strength training.

Strength training is critically important. It's the #1 way to prevent bone loss as you age. Even if you're not crazy about it, still use weights.

People on here will tell you it's more about what you eat and the running won't make a difference, but I think combined with eating well it will. I lose weight if I run 3-4 times a week, as long as I'm eating well too.

I do think running every day carries more of a risk of injury and you might then be out of action for a while. Maybe consider adding in a couple of rest days. It seems counterintuitive but your runs will be better if you're rested. I do yoga on one of my rest days as it helps increase upper body strength and balance, which running does not!

I agree wholeheartedly with greenacrylicpaint. At my heaviest, I was running for two to three hours each day up several steep hills. I didn't lose weight. The running probably meant I could eat an extra slice of cake or a Pret sandwich without gaining weight, but the running would increase my appetite.

Also, I had a job that involved hauling heavy things around mountains for weeks every summer. I usually came back heavier because I tended to eat pizza for dinner or a large servings of pasta.

The point is, exercise is great for our health, but it's diet you want to focus on to lose weight.

I gained a huge amount of weight a few years ago and got a major wake-up call when a doctor weighed me during a check-up to prepare for a procedure. I immediately went on a diet and haven't overeaten since. I love food, but realized that the only thing that would work for me would be to give up on my food hobby. I got new hobbies. I stopped cooking at home because I can't control my portions. I only eat cake once every couple of weeks and only at cafes (because I'll eat the lot if I bake).

That may sound bleak, but it isn't. I do new activities while at home (like sewing--never thought I'd be into that, but it stops me from immediately turning to food when I'm bored). It feels so, so much better to be healthier, that food is a sacrifice I'm willing to make. And because I'm so busy, I find I don't sit around missing all the food I used to enjoy.

I still exercise insanely (weigh-lifting nearly every day, yoga twice a week, cycling at the gym--I injured my Achilles while running, probably because I was too heavy), but eased off the exercise for a couple of months when I first started the diet because it sparked my appetite. The exercise makes me feel much better, but it's the diet changes that helped me to lose weight.

You don't necessarily have to do all this. I have the kind of personality that requires focus and structure to accomplish change and maybe you don't need to be intense. What I am saying though is that you shouldn't overload yourself with feeling like you have to revolutionize your diet AND exercise regime all at once and diet is the thing to focus on to lose weight. Good luck; I really hope it works out for you.

I love running and I think it’s fantastic way to control weight . HOWEVER….I’ve never lost weight from it alone . It makes me hungry . I find I eat back the calories . I think a combo is strength training , running, walking and a good diet will work best 😊

Running is 100% what helped me lose weight and what helps me maintain my weight several years on. I feel healthier for it and am far less likely to over-eat or eat crap these days

I agree re weight training. I used to do classes at the gym that involved weights (nothing too heavy but challenging enough). Then lockdown came and I got into running, and the weights work fell by the wayside. After 18 months of getting pretty fit and losing weight running, my back completely gave way and I've spent the last 2 years struggling with it and trying to regain my fitness. I'm now slowly introducing weights again and noticing a vast improvement. Hoping I can get back to the running, but won't ever do this without building in the weights work too.

Running is good for your heart and good for your soul, you should definitely do it! However, it’s no guarantee you’ll loose weight. It will help though, all other things being equal. Running becomes more significant as you get fitter and can extend your distances but start with what you can manage.

Also, there’s no such thing as clean eating. Eating is neither clean nor dirty.

5k is about 300 or so calories burned depending on your build, weight, pace. That’s an extra piece of toast with peanut butter. That’s hummus and carrots. All ‘eating well’. Running will likely increase your appetite too, and a bigger portion of pasta or whatever will add up.

If you calorie control in a meaningful, measured way- of course you will lose weight and be in more of a deficit. But a vague concept of ‘eating well’ won’t lead to weight loss.

doubt it. You’ll reward yourself by sitting down more or being less active for the rest of the day apparently. Your body doesn’t want to lose weight so will try and recoup the calories somewhere. It’s also not very many calories burned, it’s only three miles!

I have once managed to lose weight from running but that was marathon training - 40 miles a week works but not really less than that I'm afraid.

Agree with all of this 🙂
In my case, running definitely helped lose weight.

Are you a runner now? Are you overweight? Because you need to take care with running while overweight - you could injure your feet, ankles, knees. Start slow and stay safe!

Also, losing weight is almost entirely about food intake.

You don't need to run every day, it is good to have a couple of days off a week...

You would have to deduct the running steps from your daily steps target or as PPs have said it is very easy to sit around all day after a nice run!

I've done running streaks and they're bloody hard work, and that's doing 1mi gentle recovery runs interspersed in it. It doesn't take many 5ks to just feel knackered and depleted. That's when my appetite goes up.

Strength is important for building muscle to boost metabolism.
Running alternate days is a more sustainable approach.

As a shortie with a small BMR, regular exercise helps me maintain a healthy weight on something that looks like a normal diet. Being sedentary and living on 1600 calories a day for ever more has less appeal than a 20 mile run on a 5⁰C day 😂 285 calories for busting my guts at parkrun is not an efficient strategy for weight loss in its entirity.

That said, regular exercise helps me want to eat better. I often run at lunchtime so that affects my intake. A long run tends to dent my appetite, but it's the next day that I'll crave carbs to replenish myself.

Regular exercise helps, but as a piece of a wider strategy.