EricTheBiking wrote:
h2ofun wrote:
How to lose weight, do not eat as much. Easy
I think you actually have this correct. The thing that most folks reading this were really surprised at was that you would consider it OK in the context of your diet and training plan to do anything for 3 hours and not consider the energy and recovery ramifications.
Nobody's saying you're no good, nobody's saying your training is not effective, and nobody can dispute your very solid results.
However, if you want to be the best you can be, if you want your training to be the most effective it could be, and if you want those results to be even better, you'd do well to heed some of the advice in the thread (even if it was outweighed by insults).
That advice is: 3 hours of fasted training with no immediate glycogen replacement is compromising your training and your fitness, and lowering your ability to compete. You should replace at least a few of those burned calories almost immediately.
Is your performance still high enough to suit you? Maybe so. Are you super duper efficient at all 3 sports, leading to your compromised fitness still producing winning performances. Maybe so. But could you be better? Obviously.
I don't think making the ho hum, happens every time dogpile on h2ofun, easy as it may seem, is the right solution here. You guys aren't listening to what Dave is saying, and then he doubles down with his fist in the air.
-Eric
ps -- seriously, consider banishing "snowflake" from your vocabulary, unless it's the atmospheric phenomenon. You sound ridiculous :)
The way I look at it is if I eat after my workouts, and since total food for the day is what impacts weight, this would mean I have to eat less at my other meals, which currently I have no desire to eliminate my cookies and ice cream.
Now, for ME, if I found this impacted my performance, yep, I would change.
But for some folks to always think their way or opinion is the ONLY way, well, lots of things work for others but not me, or things that work for me do not work for others. Why do some always always have to fight about it? And this is why I call them all snowflakes. A snowflakes always has to jump in with negative comments that their way or opinion is the ONLY way to go. I never ever say that. When I get folks at races always asking for my thoughts on how to get better, since they see my results, I always say this is what I do, but it may not work for anyone else! They need to find what works for them. And the main thing is what works is something they can stick with 7 days a week, 12 months a year, for years. So if one cannot do this, let alone stay healthy, well, they are talking to the wrong person.
I do think snowflake is better than bully, but some on ST seem to be both. :)
I really could care less about being faster!! I was talking to the 2 time gold medal 70-74 AG at the last race. We both laughed about comments from folks about getting faster. He said at our age, our goal is to try and not slow down as much, let alone, stay healthy to just get to the starting line. I am just amazed how many fewer racers I now race against in the 60-64 AG. And how slow, especially in the run, most are.
Assuming I am healthy this weekend in Bend, it will be real interesting to see folks in my AG race results. Now since I plan to try and race all three, I can already see from this thread that some will cherry pick the results that want to compare me against. :) And since I want to be at race weight, I am back to full court press reducing the food intake to get the weight off before Sat and Sunday. Fatter does not make one faster on the run.
Dave Campbell |
Facebook |
@DaveECampbell |
h2ofun@h2ofun.net Boom Nutrition code 19F4Y3 $5 off 24 pack box |
Bionic Runner |
PowerCranks |
Velotron |
Spruzzamist Lions don't lose sleep worrying about the sheep