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Weigh in 6/18/07 (Read 198 times)
Wingz
posted: 6/18/2007 at 11:15 AM
5/21/07 - 175
5/28/07 - 174.5
6/4/07 - 175
6/11/07 - 177
6/18/07 - 175

Familiar territory by now. Wink
GreginND
Go Far in Fargo
 posted: 6/18/2007 at 12:28 PM
modified: 6/18/2007 at 12:50 PM
As I expected, last week's tapering and carb loading added on another pound. But overall not bad. I got a new PR for the half marathon of 1:47:27 !!! So, it was worth it. Next week should be better.

3/19 235
3/26 231
4/2 230
4/9 230
4/16 227
4/23 226
4/30 224
5/7 223
5/12 219
5/21 - traveling
5/29 217
6/4 217
6/11 218
6/18 219
Greg in Fargo
My motionbased log
My Running Blog

2008 Race Schedule
  • May 17 Fargo Marathon • 4:26:02
  • June 15 Manitoba Marathon • 4:06:10 !! PR !!
  • July 4 MSUM 10K • 49:43
  • September 6 Dick Beardsley Half Marathon • 1:56:45
  • September 13 FM Bridge Bash 10 mile
  • October 5 Twin Cities Marathon
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    Registered for #2
    		 posted: 6/18/2007 at 12:38 PM
    1/1 ~ 145
    2/5 ~ 140
    3/5 ~ 138
    4/2 ~ 134.5
    4/9 ~ 136
    4/16 ~ 136
    4/23 ~ 136
    4/30 ~ 134
    5/7 ~ 137
    5/14 ~ 140.5
    5/21 ~ 136
    5/28 ~ 137
    6/4 ~ 136
    6/11 ~ 135.5
    6/18 ~ 134.5

    The next two weeks will likely undo a lot of the good I've done. My mom and nephew in town for this week, lower miles before my race this Sat., then next week I will be in the car and on vacation in WI, which = bad food, minimal miles, and more bad food....

    Tongue

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    Kirsten
    '07: 1324.5 mi
    '08: 1561 mi
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    • 1st trail relay (North Country)
    va
    		posted: 6/18/2007 at 1:03 PM
    Quote from GreginND on 6/18/2007 at 12:28 PM:
    ...But overall not bad. I got a new PR for the half marathon of 1:47:27 !!!...


    GreginND, Congrats on your new PR!!! That is a really great finish time!
    va
    		posted: 6/18/2007 at 1:18 PM
    Challenge Weight: 190.2

    8/19/06 220.0
    …
    4/02/07 199.2
    4/09/07 198.4
    4/16/07 197.0
    4/23/07 197.6
    4/30/07 196.6
    5/7/07 197.4
    5/14/07 195.4
    5/21/07 196.0
    5/28/07 196.0
    6/4/07 195.0
    6/11/07 193.6
    6/18/07 191.2

    Calorie counting is really doing the trick and just keeps getting easier. Ive been watching my portion size's and eating a lot of fresh fruit and low fat yogurt (thanks Shaunna!). I really cut back on high calorie beverages like milk and juice. Down side is that I am having less energy on my runs . This morning's 6 mile run was tough. I had no breakfast, and hadn't eaten since 4:00 yesterday afternoon. I guess I burned a lot of fat on this run! This week marks the official start of my marathon training. The plan is to do 30 miles this week - M:6, Tu:4, W:7, Th:4, Sa:9.
    jEfFgObLuE
    Frustrating Project
    		 posted: 6/18/2007 at 1:34 PM
    1/11: 220
    3/13: 214
    ------------------------------------
    3/19: 212 (Start weight of Spring challenge. 5% target: 201)
    3/26: 210
    4/2: 207.5
    4/9: 203
    4/16: 201
    4/23: 199
    4/30: 201
    5/7: 198.5
    5/14: 195.5
    5/21: 194
    5/28: 194
    6/4: 193.5
    6/11: 194
    6/18: 189

    A month of doldrums crushed by the "last lap" competitive instinct! Big grin
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    25k: 1:35:59

    21st Century: 5k: 19:42 |10k: 43:00

    "Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly, and they use too much vermouth."
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    jillsey
    		posted: 6/18/2007 at 1:44 PM
    6/18/07 128
    HurricaneShaunna
    not running in January
    		 posted: 6/18/2007 at 2:25 PM
    modified: 6/18/2007 at 2:25 PM
    Wow, WTG Jeff! Greg, nice PR!! Stephen.. you are my inspiration to stick with this.

    I am still up a 1 pound despite calorie counting ( I am counting everything I swear, I just don't get why I'm gaining) and have been stuck at this number for the past 5 days. I don't really trust the program I was using as it says my BMR is around 2550 calories, so I am going back to fitday and am going to aim for 1700 calories a day regardless of how much I burn with excercise. I think my BMR is around 1700 and AMR is around 2200, so that should be at least a pound a week loss.

    6-11- 156.0
    6-18- 157.0

    The science didn't work for me this week and I'm not sure why, except it's TOTM so it could just be water weight.. maybe I'll see a big drop later this week??
    Shaunna

    Working my way down from 167 lbs to 147 pounds. Currently 165.5 lbs. I've got my work cut out for me!
    lisak
    		posted: 6/18/2007 at 2:28 PM
    Sigh...I'm plateauing...
    4/2/07 123.4
    4/9/07 125.2
    4/16/07 124.0

    5/28/07 127.
    6/4/07 128
    6.11.07 126
    6.18.07 126
    Cincinnati Flying Pig May 4
    shyrunner07
    		posted: 6/18/2007 at 2:36 PM
    181 this morning...blaming that on post race bloat (or more like, post race pigging out... Blush damn you Drumsticks! lol)
    Runnergabe
    Systematic Chaos
    		 posted: 6/18/2007 at 3:39 PM
    Nice PR on the Half Greg! Nice losses there Stephen and Jeff!

    4/15/07 169
    4/16/07 168.5
    4/23/07 167
    4/30/07 167
    5/07/07 167.5
    5/14/07 165.5
    5/21/07 165
    6/4/07 165.5
    6/11/07 167.5
    6/18/07 166.5

    Ok, so I undid some of the "conference damage".
    I ate at the higher range of my calories and only ran one day last week due to the tendon pain/sprain.
    Sooo ... calorie counting it is and I think I can run with careful stretching, warmup and cooldown. Easy run only.
    Run whenever you can, walk if you must, crawl if you have to - but never give up! ........
    Crabby
    AK girls on the Beach
    		 posted: 6/18/2007 at 3:56 PM
    1/1/07 -158.5
    2/5/07 -159.8
    3/5/07 - 159.4
    4/2/07- 159.6
    5/7/07- 157.0
    6/4/07-154.5
    6/11/07-153.6
    6/18/07- 152.8

    I was actually down to 151.6 after a long run on Wed but I will be patient for that weight.
    Thanks all of you for all of the tracking! It is really helping me. I have a marathon in Oct and I do not want to haul around this excess tonnage for 26.2 miles. Am hoping to be 142.
    Run like you are on fire!

    5K goal 24:00 or less (PR 24:34)
    10K goal 50:00 or less (PR 52:45)
    HM goal 1:55:00 or less (PR 2:03:02)
    Marathon Goal...Less than my PR (PR 4:33:23)
    woodlandsprite
    Finished!
    		 posted: 6/18/2007 at 4:15 PM
    After hiding from this group for all this time, I realized I need to get back in the swing of things. I stepped on the scale this morning, and it only confirmed that fact.
    Tongue

    1/1/07 - 159.0
    3/12/07 - 160.6
    6/18/07 - 166.2!

    I'm hoping some of that is water - I felt parched this morning when I woke up. And I had a really salty dinner last night.
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    SurfNRun
    Shake it!
    		 posted: 6/18/2007 at 4:26 PM
    5/14/07 - 220
    ...
    3/19 - 178
    3/26 - 176
    4/2 - 175
    4/9 - 178 - Bad - bad - bad.
    4/16 - 177 - Not so good!
    4/23 - 178 - Twisted ankle blues!
    4/30 - 178.2 - On a brand new scale...yeah that's why i didn't lose any weight.
    5/7 - 176.5 - New scale i love you!
    5/14 - 174.4 - back on track...just in time for summer.
    5/21 - 174.5 - not as bad as i thought...given that i splurged all weekend along..
    5/28 - 174.4 - at least its going the right way!
    6/4 - 173.8 - schwinngggg!!!
    6/11 - 174.9 - what comes up must come down...i hope...
    6/18 - 175.0 - father's week!
    "If I had only two days to live, I would invade a neighboring country, and force my own ideology on them, whether they wanted it or not. "
    va
    		posted: 6/18/2007 at 5:39 PM
    Quote from HurricaneShaunna on 6/18/2007 at 2:25 PM:
    Wow, WTG Jeff! Greg, nice PR!! Stephen.. you are my inspiration to stick with this.

    I am still up a 1 pound despite calorie counting ( I am counting everything I swear, I just don't get why I'm gaining) and have been stuck at this number for the past 5 days. I don't really trust the program I was using as it says my BMR is around 2550 calories, so I am going back to fitday and am going to aim for 1700 calories a day regardless of how much I burn with excercise. I think my BMR is around 1700 and AMR is around 2200, so that should be at least a pound a week loss.

    6-11- 156.0
    6-18- 157.0

    The science didn't work for me this week and I'm not sure why, except it's TOTM so it could just be water weight.. maybe I'll see a big drop later this week??


    Hi Shaunna,

    Don’t get discouraged. Fluctuations in your water weight can easily mask fat loss. I have had poor eating habits and been overweight for a very long time, and if I can do it anyone can.

    I ran your numbers, and I think your BMR estimate is high (25 years old, 5’9”, 157 lbs ):

    bmr = 1537 calories (see http://www.fitwatch.com/qkcalc/bmr.html)

    I use sedentary lifestyle for calculation of AMR, and count the exercise separately. For you, this would be:

    amr = 1844 calories (see http://www.fitwatch.com/qkcalc/tdcn.html) (note this is just 1.2 times your BMR)

    I use this number as an upper limit of my calorie intake. So I think 1700 calories for you sounds good.

    Now for the calories-burned side of the energy balance.

    Last week you ran 20.4 miles in 3.5 hours or 5.8 miles/hour.

    calories burned per hour of running (157 lbs @ 5.8 mph) = 689 calories (see http://www.runtheplanet.com/resources/tools/calculators/caloriecounter.asp)

    Plugging these numbers into the formula from my web site, and solving for hours-per-week of running (HPW), assuming a desired 1 pound of loss per week:

    CPD = AMR + (CPH * HPW / 7) - 500 * PPW
    CPD = 1844 + (689 * HPW / 7) – 500 * 1
    CPD = 1344 + 98.4 * HPW
    HPW = (CPD – 1344)/98.4
    HPW = (1700 – 1344)/98.4 = 3.6 hours per week

    So, with an intake of 1700 calories, you will need to run 3.6 hours per week at an average speed of 5.8 miles per hour to lose 1 pound of fat per week. This amounts to running, for example, 5 out of 7 days, for 44 minutes at a pop. Note if your doing other exercise instead of running, you will likely have to exercise more, for most exercises burn less calories than running. You’re not cross-country skiing uphill are you? Smile If you’re doing other things on top of 3.6 hours of running, that’s even better.

    Stick with it a few more weeks, and I’m sure you’ll see results.

    Regards,
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