Newbie Training questions

[Gabrielito23]

Trying to trim down (160 or less) and bring my aerobic stamina way up. Currently I'm bout 5'10", 175. Got some fat to loose, and i have already started training 5 days a week. I just really suck at running. I try to run everyday, but i can only run about 5-6.5 MPH for a duration of about 25 minutes w/ no more than 3 mins rest. I feel like I'm doing really well, but at the end of it I've only run about 2.5 miles. Been a nonsmoker for 'bout a week, but i feel worse then when i was smoking.

1. Should i eat before i run, if i run in the morning?
2. If i get up @ 4-5 am, what time should i stop eating at?
3. How many calories should i take in?
4. Is it easier to run on a Treadmill or outside?

[Trick]

Trying to trim down (160 or less) and bring my aerobic stamina way up. Currently I'm bout 5'10", 175. Got some fat to loose, and i have already started training 5 days a week. I just really suck at running. I try to run everyday, but i can only run about 5-6.5 MPH for a duration of about 25 minutes w/ no more than 3 mins rest. I feel like I'm doing really well, but at the end of it I've only run about 2.5 miles. Been a nonsmoker for 'bout a week, but i feel worse then when i was smoking.

1. Should i eat before i run, if i run in the morning?
2. If i get up @ 4-5 am, what time should i stop eating at?
3. How many calories should i take in?
4. Is it easier to run on a Treadmill or outside?

1) If fat loss is your primary concern, no, eat one hour after your run.
2) Well that depends when you go to bed, but again, if fat loss is your main concern, 2-3 hours before bed should be the limit
3) Impossible to say without knowing much more about you
4)Easier? Treadmill. I'd still recommend running outside, also because it's easier to do interval training that way (in my opinion at least), which is in my opinion, better.

[PunchDrunk]

No, eat right after running. Waiting for an hour, you'll go catabolic (start to lose muscle as well).

I cannot emphasize how overrated regular running is for weight loss. Do anaerobic intervals (sprints, burpees etc.), weight circuits, anything high intensity instead. Much harder, but much more effective.

Try to find one of those online calorie calculators, that'll tell you (approximately) how many calories you burn in a day, based on your age, weight, activity etc. With that you can figure out how many calories you spend in a week. 500 calories less than you spend every day for a week, should lose you 1lb.

[Trick]

[QUOTE=PunchDrunk;2297500]No, eat right after running. Waiting for an hour, you'll go catabolic (start to lose muscle as well).QUOTE]

Well, not to get technical, but all metabolism is catabolic. Although you're right in that you will lose more muscle if you don't eat well after long cardio work. But you WILL lose more fat as well, which is why I said if fat-loss his the main issue.

Ditto on the interval training though, it's harder but like 'most everything else that's harder, it's better.

[PunchDrunk]

I don't agree that you will lose more fat if you don't eat for an hour after training. Especially not when that training is done first thing in the morning, which is essentially after an 8-12 hour fast. The point about eating as soon after as you can, is that you keep your metabolism UP. If you wait to eat, your metabolism shuts down, which means that you won't burn many calories the rest of the day. Add to that, that you'll most likely be pigging out at night (there are studies that show this).