Today it starts. I’m 175 pounds. I’m going to post here everything that goes into my mouth, and every bit of training I do, for the balance of April. My goal is to end the month as close to 160 pounds as possible, and if I don’t get to 160 I’ll have to make it up at Summer School.
MONDAY: Today, so far…
B’fast: two everything bagels with a little Canola oil on each.
Lunch: a head of Romaine lettuce w/a bit of caesar dressing cut with balsamic vinaigrette; half a thin crust individual pizza. The pizza was 500 calories, and 18g of fat.
I reckon I’m up to about 900 calories so far today, maybe 1000. It’s dinnertime and, of course, I’m starving. My goal is to train everyday, to make this go easier, but I didn’t train today because I was a bit sick. So, I’m taking it easy and hoping tomorrow I’ll be in the pink.
Anyway, if I have to take a frigging carpet knife to some of this fat, so as to get it off before May 1, that’s what I’m going to do. And you all will be the witness of my success or failure. I’ll report on my weight and what caused it to go up or down, on a daily basis.
Well I started march at about 150lbs. All this damn running I’ve been doing for my May 1st marathon got me down to 146 now. Hoping to be back up to 150 soon. =P
Slowman, good luck on dropping the excess. I tried in vain for two months to go from 145 lbs to 140 before Boston Marathon next week. No luck. Now I am in taper mode. No way I want to try and lose anything so close to race day (one week out). It may seem like not too much, but 5 lbs is a bit more than 2 Kg. 2Kg = 2 L of water, or four small water bottles. Imagine running with 4 bottles around your body. That is what 5 lbs of extra mass does to you !
Question for you. When you go on the portion reduction program (ie limiting calorie intake at each meal), can you actually make it through the nite. When I substantially reduce calorie intake, I wake up around 3 am, starving and barely able to get back to sleep. I need a good solid snack 30 min before bed to make it through the nite with restful sleep, and above all, I value good sleep over reduced weight.
I can’t. What’s more, I swear I loose weight better by taking in some calories (high in protein-usually protein shake-yeah, I know-unpure- or cottage cheese) shortly before bed. It is basically calories consumed v. burned-but when you are tweaking I think there is more to it than that. Despite what some say about eating before bed-it sure seems to help me-whether the better sleep or jump started metabolism is responsible, I don’t have a clue.
“that I saw last year where you guys weighted yourself like twice? ;-)”
that was not my sheet of paper. that was monty’s.
DINNER: two soy enchiladas. 500 cal. 4 oz sirloin. corn w/ some assorted sliced peppers. glass of red wine. unsweetened iced tea. i reckon it at about 1000 calories, tho i don’t know about the steak.
that’s it for tonight, except i have some hard candies that are 15 cal per, i’ll suck on a few of those probably.
if i can keep it under 2000/day, and i train reasonably regularly, i think i’ll be in good shape.
That kind of calorie reduction is gonna slow your metabolism down too much. Your body is going to go into conservation mode. Are sure you want to do that?
I’ve been saying, “Today it starts” for going on three months now. As I sit here eating a nice big piece of my son’s leftover birthday cake (chocolate, whipped cream icing - f’ing good!) at, ooooooh, at about 197lbs, it occurs to me that I may have found just the challenge I need. In fact, I’ve been putting off a trip back to the Greenhorns until I was at an acceptable weight. So, Mr. Slowman, I’m in. Everything I eat gets posted daily along with my weight.
This is not the first time I’ve done what you’re doing. A few years back I was 260+ and started not only eating better, but cutting myslf off at 5pm every night. Worked wonders. I’d be hungry until about 9pm - if I made it past that witching hour, I was fine.
Before I start, however, I must get something off my chest. And, please Eric, I mean this in only the best way so don’t take it personally, but…Fuck You!!!
