Is this Epic eating thing dying out? Are we all afraid now that collisiontheory is alleging that “Epic” is trademarked? Are we not men (and, of course, women)? Have you all accomplished your goals? What is the record for consecutive rhetorical questions asked on Slowtwitch? Am I getting close to that record? Huh?
I’m still in. I intend to “win” this thing.
Big Duke Six is one day closer to being Medium Duke Six.
Wednesday:
Oatmeal
Apple
Almonds
Turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread
Banana. Cucumber
Piece string cheese
1-1/2 chicken breast w/ goat cheese
Broccoli
not in the least. but the thingy i’ve been fighting has bloomed overnight, and i’m officially sick. that established, it was my new, usual, 600 calorie b’fast of oatmeal and 2pc of lightly canola-spreaded toast and six pots of coffee.
i have to go into town in a little while, which i’ve been avoiding, since so many of my favorite restaurants are there. panera. mexican hole in the wall. quiznos. so i have to eat here and then QUICKLY rush into town and back out, before i get too hungry and can’t pass it up.
Slowman, one thing I have noted in the past was that whenever I tried to lose weight by limiting portions, I got a cold. When I lose weight by doing multiple 20 hour weeks and eating like crazy (and sleeping) I never get sick.
“whenever I tried to lose weight by limiting portions, I got a cold.”
this has been coming on for several days. if anything, it is less severe than i thought it was going to be. we’ll see.
i’m a little bemused by all the warnings i’m getting about the dire consequences to my eating “only” 2500 calories in a day. as my training has not consisted of more than 90 minutes during the day, it’s not like i’m in the middle of RAAM or anything.
funny thing about me. for some reason, i’m slow to decide on something, but once i do, i don’t have any problem wavering. so now that i’m into this “diet” i doubt i’ll be leaving its essential elements for quite some time. yes, i’ll certainly increase my caloric intake as needed, but i suspect this is going to be the model for how i’m going to be eating for the forseeable future.
My problem this weekend is that it is my mom’s birthday on Friday, and mine on Sunday. It amazes me sometimes the way our social gatherings/obligations revolve around food.
I love the fitday website. Really helps with the calorie counting.
I weighed in today at 175. Don’t hate me becuase Monday night was 184. Really tells you what kind of swing a.m. to p.m. can have and a full stomach vs. empty, bladder bowels etc.
Today is:
Yogurt and 1/4 cup grape nuts on top
Coffee, black
Banana, Apple
Turkey & Swiss on whole wheat with yellow mustard
Don’t know what is for dinner yet.
"i have to go into town in a little while, which i’ve been avoiding, since so many of my favorite restaurants are there. panera. mexican hole in the wall. quiznos. so i have to eat here and then QUICKLY rush into town and back out, before i get too hungry and can’t pass it up. "
Slowman…where is town? I can’t imagine you drive all the way into Copperhill/Santa Clarita but the restaurants you described fit perfectly with the Seco Canyon/Copperhill intersection.
This is my first diet ever and it turns out I suck at it. Had 5 slices of pizza last night and finished off the rest for lunch along with a chicken nugget and some leftover red beans and rice. I’m holding steady at 134, though, due in part to yesterday’s brick.
The point of this is to eat less, right? Just checking.
3500 kcal to a pound so to lose a pound a week you need to adjust your diet 500 kcal per day, either eat 500kcal less, exercise 500kcal more or some combination there of. 500kcal per day should be easy right? A 5 mile run OR no pesto on you whole wheat flatbread OR 1/2 a snickers bar and a 2.5 mile run. Easy.
…hey, no dire consequences. I’ve just always failed when I limit caloric intake, but I always succeed when I do mega hours :-)…and I gain weight when I just run. I need a few 500-600K weeks on the bike and then I am quickly down to race weight
I agree with you MHCoburn… I’m really liking the www.fitday.com site… For those of you that are interested in seeing how your day breaks down, it’s kind of neat. A bit cumbersome at first, but once you get the hang of it, pretty neat. Like one poster said on “Epic Wednesday”… It’s kind of fun to break down and tweak your diet.
So my day:
Breaky:
2 eggs scrambled and an extra white (threw in some spinach, broccoli and feta). Coffee with milk and sugar … Cinnamon bun (couldn’t resist)
A.M. snack… large banana
Lunch: Tuna Sando again! Couple of small home made chocolate chip squares… cup of OJ
P.M. Snack… Orange
dinner… Grilled Chicken breast with bbq sauce on a salad with a bunch of different veggies and poppyseed dressing… large apple for desert.
Water throughout the day and with meals… Oh and a multi to start the day like a poster had recommended
Current morning weight: 171 goal: 160… 5’10"
Final breakdown:
Cals: 2240 … Fat: 78g Carbs: 263g Protein: 138g
No workout today… swim tomorrow a.m. Any comments on that breakdown?? It seems to me a bit high in the fat and protein… Any thoughts?
Post ride: 2 eggs+2 egg whites on whole grain toast. That really didn’t do it for me, so I then proceeded to eat a few handfuls of Trader Joes spiced tortilla chips and a coke, which hit the spot just fine thank you very much.
Dinner: large spinach and carrot salad, apple. We’ll see if that holds up - doubt it’ll be enough.
Your %s are 46% carb/24% pro/31% fat! I don’t know how much training you are doing but if you are getting into longer hours, bump up the carbs and reduce the fat.
I am into my 2nd phase of build and really coming into good form now. Because I have this week off because of vacation, I am doing real quality. Today was my anaerobic day for swim and bike which will be followed by two days aerobic and then the final anaerobic workout at the track on Sunday. Here are my numbers for today:
2400 base caloric requirement
1823 calories for 40 mile Bike (main set; :23s AT hill climb)
435 calories for a 3.3 mile aerobic run
640 calories for the afternoon swim (main set 8x50,6x100,200, all AT)
Totals out to 5298 for today. I am at 2900 after dinner so will fall short probably by 700. My breakdown right now is what I want to show you. It is 65/19/16. That is pretty much where I have kept it since I started my 6 week reduction program last November. I always thought that a calorie is a calorie is a calorie. Actually there is more to it than meets the eye. According to research that I have read, excess protein and carbs are very inefficient as to converting over to body fat. In fact, almost 70% is lost in the conversion process. Excess dietary fat is a much different story. It is almost chemically identical to body fat so therefore, it is almost a 100% conversion to adipose body fat.
So, whether saturated, monounsaturated, or polyunsaturated, watch out.
Have to start drinking some beer now. Then eat later again. Need to take in about 1500 calories before I crash just to get close to target. Weigh in at 167/6.5%. It is the same every morning, day after day, becoming week after week.
Today was actually an easy day… tomorrow and towards the weekend i’ll be putting in some more hours. This is actually the first time I have ever really taken a critical look at my diet. And those numbers did look a bit out of wack. I think some of the excess fat is coming from my fondness of cheese! I’ll start to phase that out a little (but i’ll always have some regardless!) I’ll start to look for a few more sources of high quality carbs.
