What Running While Fat Taught Me About My Body
An “I Desire” essay
6 min readJun 10, 2019
Trigger Warning: Disordered eating
Despite the hype, anyone who has ever tried to lose weight solely by running knows that it’s rarely successful. There are a lot of reasons for this: after a run, you often feel ravenous, and end up consuming more calories than you burned. After a few runs on the same path, your muscles become…