Walk-Jogger
My target running weight is 133 lbs for training, 134 when well-fed before a HM race. Been struggling since last week to keep my weight up above 132, so I've been having to stuff my face with extra carbs & protein yesterday and today. I'm getting sick of eating so much... Oops, sorry; wrong thread...
Retired & Loving It
Feeling the growl again
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"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
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Oh, just rub it in.
steph
Hmmm, where have I seen that sign before? LOL. Sorry, I apologize for that, it was mean of me. But seriously, I did not run Thursday, and only ran 2 miles Friday since I'm tapering for a race today, and based on all that I've eaten the past two days, I would expect to be up to 134 lbs or more this morning. And yet, I'm only 132.1ish, and hungry. That is strange, for me.
W8: 169.1
week 8: 119.6
Seems a bunch of us are moving in the wrong direction. Hmmm... OK, for me: new month, new determination. No gut rot. Don't buy it, don't eat it. There, I said it.
176 and steady.
Cecil - I think you need to run with one of those weight vests so you can feel how it's for the rest of us. Heh.
"He conquers who endures" - Persius "Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel
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After a bit of a pity party for myself comprised of food and beer over the weekend, regardless of whether I am able to start running again I have re-committed. I just turned down very good cake. That's a start.
I have re-committed. I just turned down very good cake. That's a start.
I gave up sweets for lent so I feel your pain as far as the cake goes! I've been dying for a
good cake or pie. Always want what I can't have.
Now, I'm also re-committing my self to the weight loss thing. I hesitate to mention it here but
since calorie counting hasn't been working (no control at the moment) I am giving the low carb type thing a go.
So, as well as sweets, out go most of the other carbs too.
FWIW: I followed Atkins quite a few years ago. Lost 35-40lbs. I did have plenty of energy.
Though I didn't run nearly as much then I did run regularly. I haven't settled on the exact plan
as of yet.
W8: 150.0
This was Sunday weigh-in while I normally weigh-in on Saturday. My race was Saturday in Redding which we traveled for so didn't have my scale to weigh in. I'm guessing I was <150 for the race but on the way back we pigged out on some fast food which definitely hits me in water weight the next day.
I gave up sweets for lent so I feel your pain as far as the cake goes! I've been dying for a good cake or pie. Always want what I can't have. Now, I'm also re-committing my self to the weight loss thing. I hesitate to mention it here but since calorie counting hasn't been working (no control at the moment) I am giving the low carb type thing a go. So, as well as sweets, out go most of the other carbs too. FWIW: I followed Atkins quite a few years ago. Lost 35-40lbs. I did have plenty of energy. Though I didn't run nearly as much then I did run regularly. I haven't settled on the exact plan as of yet.
I'm not one to tell anyone how to go about their nutrition or training but I will say that once I consciously reduced my carb intake significantly I lost a good bit of weight and it has stayed off for quite a long time. No effect on my energy levels and I race just fine even longer distance races.
Glad to hear it.
I just turned down very good cake. That's a start.
We should send it to Cecil.
And as for me: the freight scale couldn't decide between 157.0/157.5 today (post-run and barely dressed (but not particularly dehydrated, FYI)). Seemed to stay ever-so-slightly longer on 157.0, but I'll report it as 157.5 pounds.
"I want you to pray as if everything depends on it, but I want you to prepare yourself as if everything depends on you."
-- Dick LeBeau
Steph,
I am currently reading "Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance" by Phinney. Like $6 for kindle. It gives some good ideas and balance of strategy for low carb and endurance performance sports (running, cycling, etc)