Old habits die hard, I still eat nearly everything out of measuring cups/bowls...

Start Weight 2/1/2017 245 Started Multiday fasting


Weight 8/1/2017 190 Stopped consistent multiday fasting


Weight 4/1/2019 190 Decided even though I no longer split my pants, I should get in better shape. Started run/walking


Current Weight 172 Currently training for first triathlon. Was supposed to be June 2020, will now be June 2021


5'10"

46 years old


Dexa says I'm 145 non fat mass, I'm guessing I will settle in around 160-165, but I don't know how this story will end. I'm just going to keep training and see how it goes.

8am-2 cups Black coffee with sweetnlow
630pm-32 minute Vasa interval workout
7pm-10 strawberries
1/2 cup macadamia nuts
1 package Punjabi Eggplant by Tastybite
1 serving sauteed green beans
2 Gardein crispy tenders
2 Quorn meatless nuggets
1 cup Black Tea with sweetnlow

That's very impressive. Keep up the work. I'm 10 years younger and a couple inches taller and have pretty much stayed around 160 plus or minus 10 lbs forever. Typically if I get injured or lazy I'll keep eating the same and gain 10 lbs in a week or so...

Yesterday:
-Breakfast: coffee/bagel
-Swim 4300 yds, run 5k at tempo pace
-Smoothie, couple granola bars
-Lunch: grilled cheese sandwich
-30 mile mountain bike
-Large salad
-Half chicken/bacon pizza, stopped eating because I wanted ice cream
-Large bowl of ice cream, definitely overfull after

Very cool, going to cross my fingers for "no injuries"! l can't lie, I'm jealous you are swimming...

7am-32 minute Vasa workout. All out intervals and threshold intervals
9am-2 cups coffee with sweetnlow
6pm-Celery sticks w/ 1/2 cup hummus
1/4 cup pistachios
10 greek olives
1 bowl pasta with sauce and Gardein meatless meatballs
1 serving sauteed green beans
1 bowl kale salad
1/4 cup blueberries
1 cup black tea with sweetnlow

I got hungry just reading that list!

I have a lake less than 10 minutes away, so getting out to swim is easy, although the first few weeks of corona I was a bit demotivated and didn't go.

Yesterday:
Swim 3300 yds, 1 hour strength workout
Breakfast: Coffee/bagel
Lunch: Leftover pizza
Snacks: trailmix and a couple granola bars
Dinner: Salad and Ice Cream

Toast + oatcakes with butter and jam
4 mile run then 30 mins weights in the garden
Eggs on toast with mackeral and cottage cheese
Fruit + yoghurt and a few pieces of chocolate
5 mile run
Chicken + rice with salad
Fruit and yoghurt
3 cups of coffee

Currently 66kg, 5ft 11 inches and 54 years old

Weights in the garden? I'm probably picturing something different than what you actually did.

Yesterday:
-1 hour trail run, 30 minutes swim and core strength
-Breakfast: Bagel and coffee
Smoothie, some granola bars and trail mix
-Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich
-72 mile bike with 22k Strava TT effort, couple bottles of Nuun and a Lara bar
-Dinner: Large salad, 1/2 loaf of garlic cheesy bread, a little bit of ice cream
-Couple IPA's

9am-TrainerRoad “Makalu”-3h45m aerobic ride

130pm-2 sparkling ice noncaloric drinks, 1 Gatorade zero

5pm-20 oz broad beans simmered in olive oil+lemon juice garnished with raw onion, sauerkraut and 10 garlic stuffed green olives

1 cup tabouli

½ cup hummus

Celery sticks

¼ cup pistachios

1 cup green grapes

½ cup blueberries

¼ cup macadamia nuts

7pm-1 cup black tea with sweetnlow

It's nothing very exciting - just throwing some kettlebells around for a bit.

Yesterday was:

Toast
5 mile run Haggis + eggs 3 x fruit
Oatcakes + cheese Chicken salad Fruit and yoghurt

10am-1 20 oz Gatorade
1030am-1h8m continuous pull on Vasa
12pm-1 cup black tea with sweetnlow
1 banana
¼ cup macadamia nuts
¼ cup almonds with wasabi and soy
3pm-8 large strawberries
1 cup tabouli
½ cup hummus
Celery sticks
¼ cup pistachios
530-8pm 48oz Narragansett Dell’sShandy
1 bowl Cape Cod potato chips
7pm-4 Shish kebabs(Tofu,onion,pepper,mushroom)
1 bowl kale salad
Plan was to enjoy the beer last night to refuel after the long ride. Without it, I was really light (171) this am, so I figured I was still glycogen depleted from the ride yesterday, hence the preworkout Gatorade.

Yesterday:

-Breakfast: Coffe/bagel/yogurt
-Swim 3700 yds
-Smoothie, granola bars
-Lunch: Couple chicken tamales
-Bike 36 miles with 4k of vert, run 3.5 miles at tempo, gatorade/water
-Dinner: Salad and full thin crust supreme pizza
-Couple IPAs

Yesterday:

Porridge
7 mile walk / hike
Chicken salad
Fruit + yoghurt
Lamb chops, rice and peas
Fruit + yoghurt
3 cups of coffee

Breakfast: 3 cups of homemade oat, almond, pumpkin seed, and raisin mix with milk
10 mile ride pulling the kid in a trailer down the canal path
Lunch: Two PB&Js, two apples
17 mile loop ride with rolling hills
4 mile ez run off the bike
Post workout: protein shake
Dinner: Three hotdogs, corn salsa and two beers

I eat the same thing for breakfast/lunch for the last ten years then eat whatever the hell I want for dinner . Doesn’t work for everyone, works for me.

6’2, 188lbs

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Strava

Yesterday

Breakfast @ 3:10AM:

Honeynut Cheerios with dark chocolate Silk
Chocolate why protein powder with chocolate milk

Unofficial Davis Double at @4:20AM 215 miles 11:46 moving time; 13:13 actual time

8 bottles with everything from Gatorade, Coke, Crystal Geyser sparkling water, and San Pellegrino
10 packets of Gu (I think. I lost count)
10 whole grain Fig Newtons
2 packages of pretzels
1 package of Gummy Bears
1 Svenhard's cinnamon danish

Dinner:

1 large order of McDonald's fries
1 smoothy with dark chocolate Silk, whey protein power base, cocoa powder, and lots of ice
1 bowl of oatmeal with sliced almonds, raisins, brown sugar, and flax seed meal
2 bottles of Crystal Geyser sparkling water
2 big glasses of water

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Mike Sparks


I have competed well, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

930am-TrainerRoad “Bear Creek”-1 hour of over/unders
1030am-1 cup black tea with sweetnlow
11am-Broad beans sauteed in olive oil and lemon juice
½ cup sauerkraut
½ cup raw onions
¼ cup sliced pickles
6 garlic stuffed green olives
¼ cup macadamia nuts
4 large strawberries
2pm-12oz Strawberry Cider
1 bowl Cape Cod potato chips
630pm-1 cup tabouli
½ cup hummus
Celery sticks
1 serving rice pilaf
1 bowl kale salad
1 cup black tea with sweetnlow

Big Day!


Yesterday:
Breakfast: coffee and bagel
Bike 50 miles, gatorade/water, 3 mile run
Smoothie, trail mix, BBQ chips
Swim 2400 yds, was warm so opted for no wetsuit
Dinner: Chicken fajitas and rice
Couple IPAs

Wait your pool is open. Now I am depressed.

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They constantly try to escape from the darkness outside and within
Dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good T.S. Eliot

Yesterday:

Porridge
11 mile run with hills
Meat pie with eggs
Fruit, yoghurt, nuts
Beef stir fry and salad
Fruit + yoghurt

I'm basically eating the same and doing slightly less exercise than I was before the lockdown - weight unchanged.

But my big race for this year was a 250 mile, 8 day run which was meant to start next Sunday - I'm on a whatsap group with some of them and they're wanting to do the race virtually - so starting from Sunday I will be doing long runs every day - and I'm pretty sure my food intake will increase substantially as well.