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This is trail running on a mountain so not flat ground. I normally sprint 50% and jog/walk the other 50%.
I've been doing this the past 5 years and haven't lost a single pound. Actually gained a few.
How much do you currently weigh? And how much are you eating? It must be a ton if you are at a calorie surplus after all that running.
Again, why does your family want you to join a gym when you are already exercising?
You are amazing to be running on a mountain 7-10 miles a day, 7 days a week for 5 years. I would be burnt out and my joints would be trashed after half a week of this. In most training programs for half and full marathons, you have one long distance day a week with shorter runs the other days and some days off. The body in the majority of humans needs to recuperate and rebuild that tissue. Good meticulous nutrition helps with most normal humans in doing this as well.
You have some pretty amazing genetics. Maybe you are just retaining water or something. That is probably your weight gain.
You should try ultra marathons - 50-100 mile runs. I can imagine you are bored with the same distance every day. Since you are used to this kind of training, ultra marathons might trigger that weight loss you are looking for.
I typically run 3-4 hours a day and I drop 5-7 pounds. But I gain it all back and more by the end of the day since my diet consists of eating everything.
Three hours of "running" covering 7 miles? Four hours covering 10 miles? That's not "running", that isn't even a fast walking pace. You're under 2.5 mph pace here. For perspective I do 9 mph pace over 3 miles.
Not sure what you're looking for here, moral support? For what? You know what the problem is, you eat too much and you move too little, either you give a crap or you don't. Figure it out and work on it yourself, this board won't give you what you want to hear.
You need to ask yourself what you really want as what you are doing isn't working as you keep sabotaging your primary intentions.
Only you can make it work.
From your O.P., if you don't focus on the diet first, any change in what you are doing for exercise is futile and frustrating. Do whatever exercise you want, and somehow work on your mentality towards food. You can take all the advice in the world regarding diet, and there is plenty of it. But in the end, like quitting smoking, only you can take the first step.
That being said, my initial advice is baby steps with diet. One idea is to take just 1 food that you consider "bad", and either just take it away from your diet, or substitute something new. Or, alternate, drop 1, then add 1, etc. Again, baby steps. Too much at once can be overwhelming.
I'd start with flipping through http://brainoverbrawn.com/; it's a free ebook with some good, simple nutritional and workout advice.
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