Women who started running and had an hourglass figure to start, how did running change your body?

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1. More muscles

2. Alrighty, alarms are tripping for unrealistic body image ideas. Not sure where you are headed with this question but:

   It takes a lot of work to change one’s body. I assure you, any changes will be slow and gradual (if they aren’t, you need to ease off and see a professional).

   No amount of running/exercising/dieting will change the skeleton underneath. There will be limits to what you can accomplish (I was once skinny as a rail and still had these goddamn hip dips).

   Where are you at on your fitness journey? Just starting out? I would highly recommend finding a starter plan like what can be found on r/couchto5k. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel and you don’t need to waste your time with *Fitness Tips from This Gorgeous Model/Olympian/MIT Grad* article or Instagram personalities holding their butt cheeks up with yoga pants and a prayer.

3. Running seemed to be the only thing to flatten my stomach and make my bust a little smaller – I’m a little busty, so I welcomed the change. I’ve done other cardio and even though I get an intense workout, I feel like I notice more results from a run. Unfortunately, I think I get joint pain now so I tend to do other workouts. I can still flatten my stomach from other exercises but I liked how running was an all-in-one thing for me. I didn’t even run a lot at my peak but I get pain in my shins now.

4. Toned muscles, Helps with PMS and reduce stress!

5. My calves got hench.

6. Got a sundial

7. More cut overall, more muscle definition. I have an ass and a curve to my hips when I dip into underweight territory from running so <15% body fat for me. I aim to maintain at abt 5-6 lbs above the underweight mark w reasonable exercise and intuitive eating. Running just cuts the extra fat I otherwise store in hips/butt/thighs area, with less fat around my chest and slightly smaller chest too.
   Remember for the cut to show you have to maintain a calorie deficit of between 500 and 1000/day ideally, while keeping protein intake up so as not to lose a lot of muscle mass. This is just if you are looking to lower BFP and maintain that muscle from lifting!

8. It really didn’t. I went from sedentary to running a half marathon. I gained stamina and muscle tone, but I didn’t lose any weight and my clothes fit about the same. Still, it made me feel healthier physically and mentally.

9. Made me a fitter hourglass

10. All running changes for me is lean out my legs and tone my lower belly.

11. Not running know, but when I did I still a hourglass

12. dont know if im completely an “hourglass” as in marilyn monroe but i am curvy in a similar feminine shape lol. i found most of my fat loss was in my legs, specifically thighs. also waist! i find my abs hurt almost as much as my legs the day after a run lol. as for muscle growth – i noticed it the most in my calves.

13. My feet are stronger, my calves are a bit bigger and I have murdered about 50 pairs of shoes.