<p>Running is great. I’m an avid runner myself. It burns a lot of calories. But Jenny, the reason you are excercising so much but not losing any weight is that successful weight loss consists of about 70-80% changes in diet and only 20-30% excercise. You need to do both, but eating a heathy diet with an eye to cutting down a little bit (not drastic at all) and eliminating empty calories is a much surer way to lose weight.</p>
<p>Just a few random tips:</p>
<p>If you drink sodas, drink only diet soda. A 12 oz can of regular soda has the equivalent of about 10 teaspoons of sugar in it.</p>
<p>Drink fruit juices but in moderation. They are healthier than sodas, but they actually contain more sugar and hence more calories than soda.</p>
<p>Drink nonfat milk.</p>
<p>Don’t skip breakfast. The calories from a healthy breakfast plus a modest lunch will add up to a lot less than those from no breakfast plus a mid-morning snack and a pig-out lunch that you ate because you were so ravenous from skipping breakfast. </p>
<p>Cut down on the greasy stuff. Eat bread but put jam on it instead of butter. Eat bread instead of croissants. An average-sized croissant contains about 12 pats of butter baked right into it. Don’t slather butter all over vegetables or other things on your plate. For example on a baked potato substitute salsa for the butter or sour cream.</p>
<p>Read the ingredient labels. Often the calories or fat or are not obvious. You won’t know until you read the label. An example: peanut butter is 70% fat.</p>
<p>Try eating nothing for the rest of the evening after dinner. When you get hungry later in the night, go to bed instead of going to the kitchen. If you must have a snack, make it fresh fruit.</p>
<p>Take smaller portions. Not starvation fare, but maybe about 80-90% of your normal size. Try eating an apple about 15 minutes before lunch or dinner. It’s healthy and tastes good will cut your appetite.</p>
<p>If you must snack between meals, eat a fresh fruit. No candy, ice cream, pastries, etc</p>
<p>Don’t torture yourself. Allow youself a little treat, a small cup of ice cream or something on a rare or special occasion. But just keep the portion small and don’t indulge very often.</p>
<p>If you fail and eat some huge greasy meal at some point, don’t give up on the whole effort. Get right back on your good habits and carry on.</p>
<p>Exercise. Don’t neglect that. What everybody says about the running is true.</p>