Thank you everyone for the advice and support, Louise I have joined the site you suggested and when you do input your food consumption it is a bit of a shock anyway going to try and reduce my portion size first will let you all know how I get on

Lisa

Hi Louise

I always joke that underneath my flabby jacket is a lovely toned body, thanks for advice I suppose I have to accept that I really need to eat less, its quite hard when your husband is 6ft 4 and can eat like a horse and be slim and with 4 cchildren and a full time job trying to concentrate on food discipline is hard. I really hope that my body fat has changed and that my running is not in vain

Hi Lisa

Have you tried measuring your fat percentage as well as your actual weight?  As muscle weighs more than fat its often the case that beginner runners stay the same weight, but actually their percentage of fat has lowered.

If this is not case, then perhaps you have increased your food intake to fuel your running without realising it.  I always find the simplest thing is to keep a food diary and try to cut down on treats and monitor portion sizes.  A good site that I have found useful is www.nutracheck.co.uk - although not cheap you can sign up for short periods when you need it.  I definitely don't recommend a quick fix diet - that won't help your running - you just need to cut down gradually.  I suggest you have a look at our 'weight management' page under the articles and Advice menu. 

Hi There

I have been running for about a year now, started cause I gave up the ciggs about 18months ago and wanted to lose weight, note I have a BMI of 30. Last year I ran the race for life in 28mins, a 10K in 1hr 4 mins and 2 other 5ks at 32mins. This year I am going to run 4 5ks a 10K and the cardiff 1/2. I have not lost any weight, I even had my thyroid checked and I am normal. It is so disheartning as I am running about 4 sessions a week and have started some intervals on the treadmill in the gym, I am faster than many of my friends and know if I was 3 stone lighter then I would beat all of them. I know I am getting fitter but remain fat what the hell do I do now. I dont want to starve or do any quick fix diet involving glupy shakes. Has anyone got any reasonable advice for me??