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"Today we hear from Laura, a Vitamin G reader in Wisconsin, who writes to share her concern for her roommate who runs every day of the week. Is it healthy? &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m worried about my roommate,&amp;quot; Laura, a college student in Wisconsin, writes. &amp;quot;She runs every day of the week, even when she&amp;#x27;s really tired. She&amp;#x27;ll finish a long day of classes at school and even her part-time job and then come back to the apartment and leave moments later to go run for miles. Sometimes she&amp;#x27;s gone for an hour. Is this normal? I&amp;#x27;ve tried to talk to her about it, but she brushes me off. She says running is her way to de-stress, but I think she&amp;#x27;s becoming addicted to it. She&amp;#x27;s also losing a lot of weight. Help! What can I do?&amp;quot; While daily cardio--be it running or biking or something else--isn&amp;#x27;t, by definition, deemed an exercise addiction. In fact, fitness experts like MSN&amp;#x27;s Martica Heaner, Ph.D., even recommends daily cardio. Your roommate may just be a determined individual who puts fitness first in her life. Nothing wrong with that! But, it concerns me that you say she&amp;#x27;s losing &amp;quot;a lot&amp;quot; of weight and exercising at times when she&amp;#x27;s exhausted. These, to me, are signs of exercise compulsion, and I worry, as you do, that she may be having trouble letting her body rest. A day off from exercise every week is perfectly healthy--in fact, many lifelong runners allocate one day a week for their body to rest and regroup. You might mention this to your friend, and encourage her to speak with a doctor on campus who specializes in fitness. Good luck! I can tell you really care about your friend, and I wish her the best! Have you ever been addicted to exercise, or known someone who was? More reading: *More on running addiction ... *Running: Good news, it&amp;#x27;s not so bad on your knees after all ... *Can you run with your hair down (I do)? More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage FREE Beauty Stuff! Enter for your Chance to Win a New Prize Every Day! Photo: Getty"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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