I've been lc'ing since April 2000. I dropped 20+ lbs within the first 6 weeks and, technically, have been stalled since. I've tweaked my eating plan (increased carbs, decreased carbs, increased water, took more vitamins, added CoQ10, watched calories, increased calories etc etc) to no end but have not been able to lose these last 10 lbs.

I ran a marathon last October. I trained for almost 6 months and lost nothing. I stuck to a lc plan but had "good" carbs before my bigger weekly runs (ex: added some beans or whole grains the day or two before). I found my preformance was related more to calories than carbs.

I'm starting to train for my next marathon. A typical week consists of 3 shorter runs a week (start at 3 miles and increase to 5) and one long run (start at 5 and increase to 20). I also do a day of cross training and try to do some abs and pilates arms exercises 3 times a week.

Now is a bad time for me to cut back on calories because of this training. I'm just looking for new ideas or a way to tweak things to jump start this loss again. Does anyone have any thoughts about speed training along with endurance for weight loss?

I'm 5'2" (small frame) and 142/122/115 and, honestly, still look like I have some chub to lose.

Thanks in advance, I'm really enjoying the site.

Sid (oh yeah, I'm a girl!)