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I totally know what you are going through. My firt marathon I gained 10 pounds and went up a size. What I discovered is that you don't necessarily lose weight when you run. Actually you only burn about 100 calories per mile. Everyone's suggestions to watch what you eat are really good. But along with that you need to do two extra things.
1: when you run your stomach muscles weaken. For what ever reason I don't know. But they do. Which could cause the organs in your body to, for lack of a better explination, poke out because your stomache muscles aren't strong enough to keep them in. So you need to do some serious stomache exercises at least 3 times a week. 2: When you run you replace fat with muscle and muscle has a tendency to bulk up. In order to keep your legs long and lean looking stretching is so important. Without it your muscles bunch making you look chunkier even though you really are cut.
The best thing is to go with 3 really good stomach exercises 3-4 times a week after a run and find 3 really good stretches to do after every run and then at night before you get into bed. WARNING: No matter what the experts tell you, stretching before a run when your muscles are cold is vary bad. It's better to let your body warm up with a gentle jog then stretch what feels tight.
Good Luck!
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