When I first started running on the treadmill, I started swelling a lot. At first I was scared that maybe I had a health condition that I didn't know about but then I realized it's because my heart is pumping the hardest it ever has in the last 5 years. And this hard pumping causes your body to swell.

It also discouraged me at first. Usually after I run for a mile or two, I would look at the gym mirror immediately after and think I look fat and that the last month of running on the treadmill ...
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