# any runners?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [August 10, 2006, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-runners/15767 "2006-08-10T08:53:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-runners/15767/50 "2006-08-14T13:12:01Z")

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> [@newman](#):
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> so. i’ve been running for 3 weeks now…  
> nearly every day 40 minutes +, 4 miles +, eating less, drinking a lot of water.
> 
> i just weighed myself today. +1 pound.
> 
> this is disheartening… although i feel and look thinner…
> 
> maybe it’s muscle? idk…

If you’ve never run in the past, you are probably gaining muscle. As said above, weight isn’t the most important thing. Fitting into your size 5 jeans is.

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