Not yet....been out of town and now just plain super-busy. I'll get the details about the DEXA process and other stuff when I do it. Promise.
Dude...how 'bout those tunes I sent ya? Diggin' any of 'em?
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1hr & 20min spinning, 1 hour in the pool.....cal-burn; 1,700
breakfast; an apple & a 120-cal fiber bar.
Lunch, went to Gyu-Kaku (Japanese/Korean fusion)....seaweed salad, spinach salad, cucumber salad, assorted weird vegetable-based salads. About 4 ounces chicken, 8 pieces of assorted sushi. Lots of bulk, no exact idea of calories, but based on carbs I'd have to figure about 800 at most. Snacked on trail mix 2 hours later, just a few handfuls. Dinner was some salmon patties, 2 spinakapita's (sp?) and some juice...probably another 800. This is why it's hard to figure things, it's just random & sporatic consumption....but always good choices and moderate portions.
Highlight of the day:
In spin-class some newbie-gal asked me about which bikes had straps so she could use her tennis-shoes. The bike next to mine did, so I took her under my wing and got her all set-up. OH MY GOD she was sooooo beautiful & stunning, she looked like Shaniya Twain (sp?) and incredibly friendly. She was so hot I almost couldn't look at her. Name was Shay. She couldn't peddle out of the saddle and after 30 minutes she was just totally exhausted and left. I hope I don't see her again; that's the kind of stuff that can ruin a man & marriage! Oh lord she was fine!!!! :drooling1::drooling1:
breakfast; an apple & a 120-cal fiber bar.
Lunch, went to Gyu-Kaku (Japanese/Korean fusion)....seaweed salad, spinach salad, cucumber salad, assorted weird vegetable-based salads. About 4 ounces chicken, 8 pieces of assorted sushi. Lots of bulk, no exact idea of calories, but based on carbs I'd have to figure about 800 at most. Snacked on trail mix 2 hours later, just a few handfuls. Dinner was some salmon patties, 2 spinakapita's (sp?) and some juice...probably another 800. This is why it's hard to figure things, it's just random & sporatic consumption....but always good choices and moderate portions.
Highlight of the day:
In spin-class some newbie-gal asked me about which bikes had straps so she could use her tennis-shoes. The bike next to mine did, so I took her under my wing and got her all set-up. OH MY GOD she was sooooo beautiful & stunning, she looked like Shaniya Twain (sp?) and incredibly friendly. She was so hot I almost couldn't look at her. Name was Shay. She couldn't peddle out of the saddle and after 30 minutes she was just totally exhausted and left. I hope I don't see her again; that's the kind of stuff that can ruin a man & marriage!
Oh lord she was fine!!!! :drooling1::drooling1:1hr & 20min spinning, 1 hour in the pool.....cal-burn; 1,700
breakfast; an apple & a 120-cal fiber bar.
Lunch, went to Gyu-Kaku (Japanese/Korean fusion)....seaweed salad, spinach salad, cucumber salad, assorted weird vegetable-based salads. About 4 ounces chicken, 8 pieces of assorted sushi. Lots of bulk, no exact idea of calories, but based on carbs I'd have to figure about 800 at most. Snacked on trail mix 2 hours later, just a few handfuls. Dinner was some salmon patties, 2 spinakapita's (sp?) and some juice...probably another 800. This is why it's hard to figure things, it's just random & sporatic consumption....but always good choices and moderate portions.
Highlight of the day:
In spin-class some newbie-gal asked me about which bikes had straps so she could use her tennis-shoes. The bike next to mine did, so I took her under my wing and got her all set-up. OH MY GOD she was sooooo beautiful & stunning, she looked like Shaniya Twain (sp?) and incredibly friendly. She was so hot I almost couldn't look at her. Name was Shay. She couldn't peddle out of the saddle and after 30 minutes she was just totally exhausted and left. I hope I don't see her again; that's the kind of stuff that can ruin a man & marriage!
what the heck is a spinning class anyway? I looked it up a bit online and it just seems like aerobic biking? Stationary biking..
How old was this chick btw? Better stay away from her man! 1 hour of pleasure (probably about 3 minutes in your case
), could totally ruin your life!Highlight of the day:
In spin-class some newbie-gal asked me about which bikes had straps so she could use her tennis-shoes. The bike next to mine did, so I took her under my wing and got her all set-up. OH MY GOD she was sooooo beautiful & stunning, she looked like Shaniya Twain (sp?) and incredibly friendly. She was so hot I almost couldn't look at her. Name was Shay. She couldn't peddle out of the saddle and after 30 minutes she was just totally exhausted and left. I hope I don't see her again; that's the kind of stuff that can ruin a man & marriage!
Let's just hope that your wife isn't reading this journal:yelrotflmao:
BTW, I thought Steve told you not to work out for a while in order to see what happens with your weight...How is that working out for you?
hey BSL, turd boy! hahahahahhaaha Can you please stop informing the world how "real men" think!
thx
FF
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hey BSL, turd boy! hahahahahhaaha Can you please stop informing the world how "real men" think!
See.....there's your mistake; to presume men "think" in the first place.
I'd like to think I've developed something of a reputation for being a man-whore & neanderthal....it helps when I'm working my humor in my writing.
Bottom-line: I could never cheat on my wife...not because I couldn't get away with it, but because I could never live with the guilt. Period. Doesn't mean I can't talk up a storm on draw you guys to read my stuff.
FWIW, my wife recently came by the gym as I was leaving spin & headed for the pool. I introduced her to the spin instructors, a bunch of friends I've made in the class and literally a dozen senior-citizen gals that take the pool-exercise course next to my lap-lanes in the pool. I'm pretty much friendly with EVERYONE, young/old or male/female...doesn't matter, it's just nice to be at a gym where you feel like it's a hang-out or club...makes me feel like I'm supposed to show-up or else I'm blowing them off. Oddly enough, the woman are more approachable & friendly then the guys, woman will generally chat with anyone, whereas some of the guys are like deer in the headlights....BUT once you get to know them, they act like they're your brother or best friend. It's a strange social thing in the gym: total stranger or best-friend....not much in-between.
In reality, I do plan to participate in a triathlon and I'm training in that direction....but (and you'll hate me for saying this) I know I'm not ever going to be truly competitive on a real level. Maybe it's the size of my lungs, heart or general endurance/ability.....I just don't have it in me physiologically to contend with some of the people I've met who do compete. I'm using it for a goal and to a lesser extent looking good & getting fit is also part of my incentive: the fact that a "hottie" would even give me the time of day....yeah, I'll work with that for inspiration!!!
Thing is...(and FF has hit on this before)....our here in SoCal things are whacked far in favor of the woman. There are FAR less woman then there are men; at any bar, nightclub, dance places, dating agency, social gatherings...the men far outweigh the woman. To sum it up...if woman are rated on a scale of 1-10, then each woman in SoCal automatically gets to walk around with a presumtious +6 added to their score. Ya know what...this is so far of journal-worthy that it's time to stop. But let me add this: I always wear my wedding ring and it's a white-gold band with 7 small diamonds across the front: like a beacon screaming-out into the night it very well proclaims my marital status and instantly relegates me into the category of "unavailable"...and anyone who gets to know me generally hears me make some reference to my wife or kids in a short matter of time. I'm not a player or even much of a flirt...but I do like holding myself to aspire to wanting to look good enough for woman to classify some part of me as eye-candy. It's a bit delusional....but aren't most things in life?
FEELING LEAN TODAY....spun & swam yesterday and kept the overall calories light. Signing-off now...doing the home-gym and probably an hour on the elliptical. I'm considering adding a treadmill to the home gym but I hear these things tend to breakdown a LOT?
that was a good post pardna! really was....
I haven't had a wedding ring on in a long time...I'm not available, and it radiates within my ora! ahahhahaahha
I always sit in the front of a spin class- out of respect for the girlies that don't want me looking up their tail end. and besides that, I don't have to get to class early cuz the bikes in front are last to go... you know why? cu the chicks don't want to be voyeur material.
It is my goal to leave the biggest puddles of sweat, blow my nose into my shirt at least a coupel of times, huf and puff, and harrass at least one person with - "come on now give it some- quit acting like a girl!" I will say tghat to Etsuardo (5 time ironman). Or I will offer the powergel tubey thing to the person next to me after I sucked the gel out, "want some" hahahahah
Then I walk out and take off to run home. I have had a few people stop along side and aske me if I wanted a ride, but I say, "no thanks- Cya"
why did I tell you all that? sheeeyaht I don't know, just chatting with ya a bit.
you know, I am having an issue with these dimples in my butt cheecks... I almost feel like.... jhahahahaha yer a goof.... but I am glad you are here.
peace, breath, ohm
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oh yeah p.s. I started to post to tell you my other post was sarcastic you dummy... hahahahaha XOXOXOXO
FF
I haven't had a wedding ring on in a long time...I'm not available, and it radiates within my ora! ahahhahaahha
I always sit in the front of a spin class- out of respect for the girlies that don't want me looking up their tail end. and besides that, I don't have to get to class early cuz the bikes in front are last to go... you know why? cu the chicks don't want to be voyeur material.
It is my goal to leave the biggest puddles of sweat, blow my nose into my shirt at least a coupel of times, huf and puff, and harrass at least one person with - "come on now give it some- quit acting like a girl!" I will say tghat to Etsuardo (5 time ironman). Or I will offer the powergel tubey thing to the person next to me after I sucked the gel out, "want some" hahahahah
Then I walk out and take off to run home. I have had a few people stop along side and aske me if I wanted a ride, but I say, "no thanks- Cya"
why did I tell you all that? sheeeyaht I don't know, just chatting with ya a bit.
you know, I am having an issue with these dimples in my butt cheecks... I almost feel like.... jhahahahaha yer a goof.... but I am glad you are here.
peace, breath, ohm
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oh yeah p.s. I started to post to tell you my other post was sarcastic you dummy... hahahahaha XOXOXOXO
FF
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From what I hear....it's also the appalling lack of personal hygiene that helps repel 'em too!
:jump1:Oh dude...that is SO wrong. You sit up front cause you dig chicks checkin' out your butt AND any chick sitting up front is there because she wants people checkin' her out. Trust me; only the firmest asses run the front row (or in your case the biggest JackAss).
Butt (excuse the pun) this is a very interesting topic for discussion!!! Our spin-room has 4 tiers, so does the spin-room at the other gym I go to...I suppose it's a typical format. If there's one thing that is consistent, the newbie's & fatties are always in the very back row. That's where I started, but I've since immediately moved-up to the 3rd row and occassionally will pull up into the 2nd row when class is light. What keeps me from moving up? 2 things...1) I still think I need to drop some weight so I'm not running the "wide-load" sign on my butt. 2) I'm a bit self-conscious of my small balding-spot. But make no mistake; the placement in the class is entirely relative to how confident people are about their bodies! The fit people are up-front while the lesser or more shy are towadrs the back. I'd like to say "I don't care what others think"...but the only thing I can honestly say is "that I do". At least they dim the lights and run with red, blue or a combination of both colors.....but when the class ends and the white flourescents come on: everyone is a bit uncomfortable and it's just weird.
Good man!
I have to put 2 towels under my bike or else a small lake develops. One time I forgot to put towels down and after class I turned to the gal next to me and said "I think I need to go to the hospital"....she looked at me concerned, I then jestered to the large puddle and said "I think my water broke!"....scored a good hard laugh off that. Then in my best Homer Simpson voice I said "It's as impressive as it is disgusting"...chuckles continued. Btw; she was hot.
So FF...how many times have you reached over and cranked someone's knob up a few turns??? I bet your en evil bastard like that, eh????
Dude.....it's all good. I get your humor through & through. FWIW & to explain things, I run my business from home. I take calls, answer questions and pretty much explain things to the point where my customers (homeowners looking to get their attic or walls insulated) just schedule the work to be done. While I listen to them on the phone or sometimes when I'm talking...I'll be online & goofing around. I pretty much use this forum as a distration & diversion...plus, I enjoy typing.
Truth of the matter is...most the reason I type is because it gives me a chance to reflect, contemplate and evaluate the things I'm writing about....it's as much for me as it is for anyone else who reads it. It's also like a puzzle, I enjoy trying to relate my thoughts in a concise manner sprinkled with some humor.
ANYWAYS....did the full-body workout for about 1hr & 20 minutes and then the elliptical for 40 minutes on interval settings...I did the tougher hills on full-incline & full-resistance: me so moist!
Followed it up with some protein shake and some salmon patties (taste-tit-tee). On the good-news front: the center of my abs are definitely parting...when I run my fingers across my chest from left to right, I can clealry feel a nice depression as I pass over the center. That doesn't happen when you're gaining fat! My overall waist also looks a bit leaner too. The only problem is I have a common-cold and all this working-out is not helping....it's making it worse...yet I'm too dumb to stop & rest. Brillaint.
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I'm an instructor and I notice people will walk into my classroom and fill up the back rows first, before moving toward the front. Because my classes are long (9+ hours), I always ask them to move forward so I don't blow out my lungs and diaphragm by the end of the day. So, when I attend a class, such as a spinning class I now go right for the front, but I started in the middle rows until I felt confident that I could hang with the others. And I agree that the rookies and out-of-shapers fill up the back row.
I would smack the living dogsh!t out of any guy that did that to me! But, if a hottie reached over and cranked my knob, I'd be okay with thatSo FF...how many times have you reached over and cranked someone's knob up a few turns??? I bet your en evil bastard like that, eh????
Keep up the good work!
But, if a hottie reached over and cranked my knob, I'd be okay with that
Oh for sure, generally you have to pay good money to get your knob cranked on.
I owe ya one, that was a sweet set-up!
We haven't heard from FF yet, but I'm willing to bet just about anything he's messed with other people's bikes while their on it....he's probably got a few good stories!
Back n' FAT....
Okay, my nutritionist and several others suggested I take a week off, eat a bit more food and give my body a rest. So I did. Last weekend was Yosemite Nat'l Park and this weekend+ was Lego-Land, DisneyLand and a few other things.
I did not eat fried foods, I did not eat terrible food....but I did eat some good quantity, maybe 4,500 to 5,000 calories per day! I had some pizza, chocolate and all sorts of things. My "binge" was a mere fraction as compared to my old eating habits, but trust me.....it falls solidly into the category of NOT GOOD. I basically made okay choices and then played garbage disposal with all 3 kids left-over's (can't waste food!!!). I'm feeling sluggish, heavy and so off the wagon.
As far as exercise....just a bunch of walking, but I've been off the bike, out of the pool and away from the weights for some time now.
TIME TO HIT IT AGAIN.....
Side-note: I've now talked to FIVE people who have all strongly expressed to me how they were at my same plateau until they actually ate MORE calories and then their body started losing weight. Eating MORE to lose weight: voodoo dietetics???? I dunno....
Since every day is different in terms of exercise & what I eat, I think I need to focus on a 20% deficit and really watch what I eat. I feel rather lost, disillusioned and frustrated.....but I have no choice but to continue: more exercise, careful & nutritious eating, let's see what happens!
Okay, my nutritionist and several others suggested I take a week off, eat a bit more food and give my body a rest. So I did. Last weekend was Yosemite Nat'l Park and this weekend+ was Lego-Land, DisneyLand and a few other things.
I did not eat fried foods, I did not eat terrible food....but I did eat some good quantity, maybe 4,500 to 5,000 calories per day! I had some pizza, chocolate and all sorts of things. My "binge" was a mere fraction as compared to my old eating habits, but trust me.....it falls solidly into the category of NOT GOOD. I basically made okay choices and then played garbage disposal with all 3 kids left-over's (can't waste food!!!). I'm feeling sluggish, heavy and so off the wagon.
As far as exercise....just a bunch of walking, but I've been off the bike, out of the pool and away from the weights for some time now.
TIME TO HIT IT AGAIN.....
Side-note: I've now talked to FIVE people who have all strongly expressed to me how they were at my same plateau until they actually ate MORE calories and then their body started losing weight. Eating MORE to lose weight: voodoo dietetics???? I dunno....
Since every day is different in terms of exercise & what I eat, I think I need to focus on a 20% deficit and really watch what I eat. I feel rather lost, disillusioned and frustrated.....but I have no choice but to continue: more exercise, careful & nutritious eating, let's see what happens!
Yeah... let's see what happens! maybe going that high with calories will get your metabolism alive and kicking again!
Good luck... I will stay tuned.
Calorie Manipulation is the absolute "Power Machine".
Far too many do not realize its potential, and no, BSL, its no voodoo diet, its just simply working with----->bodily adaption.
I wrote the following in the Starvation thread: (in case you didnt see it)
First Post:
The term "starvation mode" generally means that the body has become extremely "efficient" (or making the most of) the amount of calories one is consuming (normally really low calories "particular" to the person), and will attempt to protect its fat tissue stores. In general, the body attempts to lower its metabolic rate in the face of long term very low calorie deficits. Despite the low calorie deficits, the body will not be able overcome it even though its adjusting and adapting (dependent on how low the calorie intake is), and tissue will continue to be lost, even it takes longer or does in fact slow.
If starvation mode "prevented" tissue loss (I mean all tissue), then the jews in the concentration camps would not have been near bones. If calorie deficits are servere, and LONG ENOUGH, though the body will adapt and attempt to overcome it, eventually it will succumb to it. I may mention though, that since most want to maintain as much muscle as possible and lose fat tissue, it does make our situation different but the body reacts in the same "like" manner.
This is one of the reasons (among many others), I firmly believe in "calorie manipulation and exercise manipulation" to facilitate fat loss while attempting to perserve and/or build muscle.
Here is a link of interest:
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Second Post:
Calorie manipulation means many things (IMO), but an example of calorie manipulation at work would be:
Varying deficits at scheduled intervals, eating over MT line at scheduled times (and for certain lengths), eating at MT Line, and allowing exercise to draw the deficit, etc, etc.
For some persons this type of calorie activity can jump start or maintain consistant fat loss while attempting to work with bodily adaptions.
While one can "work in" calorie manipulation within a 24 hour day with frequent meals (with the frequent meals being the medium by which the calories are consumed---be it 3 meals or 6 meals per day).
Frequent meals ARE NOT what I mean by manipulating calories NOR does it improve metabolism.
In other words, one eating 3 meals per day and one eating 6 meals per day is a very "minor" difference in the metabolic sense, it is the total calories consumed that is important between the 3 and 6 meal examples (NOT the number of meals).
Again, I am NOT undermining the important "functional role" frequent meals can play within a diet and fitness goal (as I have mentioned before on the forum many times). What I am saying, it has little if "any" impact on metabolism--despite what you read on the net, and what others may think--but this is my opinion.
One should not underestimate the power of the "almighty calorie manipulation".
IMO, if one is healthy, and "fully grasps" this importance and implements a plan of attack with putting calorie manipulation to work, they will be successful with their tissue loss.
How this is implemented depends on the person and their personal "position" in their goal of tissue loss.
If you gradually reduce calories, your body will tend to adjust metabolism downward rather than tap its fat reserves--and one deals wtih through calorie manipulation.
Best regards,
Chillen
Far too many do not realize its potential, and no, BSL, its no voodoo diet, its just simply working with----->bodily adaption.
I wrote the following in the Starvation thread: (in case you didnt see it)
First Post:
The term "starvation mode" generally means that the body has become extremely "efficient" (or making the most of) the amount of calories one is consuming (normally really low calories "particular" to the person), and will attempt to protect its fat tissue stores. In general, the body attempts to lower its metabolic rate in the face of long term very low calorie deficits. Despite the low calorie deficits, the body will not be able overcome it even though its adjusting and adapting (dependent on how low the calorie intake is), and tissue will continue to be lost, even it takes longer or does in fact slow.
If starvation mode "prevented" tissue loss (I mean all tissue), then the jews in the concentration camps would not have been near bones. If calorie deficits are servere, and LONG ENOUGH, though the body will adapt and attempt to overcome it, eventually it will succumb to it. I may mention though, that since most want to maintain as much muscle as possible and lose fat tissue, it does make our situation different but the body reacts in the same "like" manner.
This is one of the reasons (among many others), I firmly believe in "calorie manipulation and exercise manipulation" to facilitate fat loss while attempting to perserve and/or build muscle.
Here is a link of interest:
=========================================================
Second Post:
Calorie manipulation means many things (IMO), but an example of calorie manipulation at work would be:
Varying deficits at scheduled intervals, eating over MT line at scheduled times (and for certain lengths), eating at MT Line, and allowing exercise to draw the deficit, etc, etc.
For some persons this type of calorie activity can jump start or maintain consistant fat loss while attempting to work with bodily adaptions.
While one can "work in" calorie manipulation within a 24 hour day with frequent meals (with the frequent meals being the medium by which the calories are consumed---be it 3 meals or 6 meals per day).
Frequent meals ARE NOT what I mean by manipulating calories NOR does it improve metabolism.
In other words, one eating 3 meals per day and one eating 6 meals per day is a very "minor" difference in the metabolic sense, it is the total calories consumed that is important between the 3 and 6 meal examples (NOT the number of meals).
Again, I am NOT undermining the important "functional role" frequent meals can play within a diet and fitness goal (as I have mentioned before on the forum many times). What I am saying, it has little if "any" impact on metabolism--despite what you read on the net, and what others may think--but this is my opinion.
One should not underestimate the power of the "almighty calorie manipulation".
IMO, if one is healthy, and "fully grasps" this importance and implements a plan of attack with putting calorie manipulation to work, they will be successful with their tissue loss.
How this is implemented depends on the person and their personal "position" in their goal of tissue loss.
If you gradually reduce calories, your body will tend to adjust metabolism downward rather than tap its fat reserves--and one deals wtih through calorie manipulation.
Best regards,
Chillen
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I just found this link, and the contents of this book (freely published) is "rather interesting" to say the least--at least what I read thus far. I am not saying I agree with what he says (after all I havent read the entire book yet, lol), but just have a look, see.
Its called oddly enough: THE HACKERS DIET--HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT AND HAIR THROUGH STRESS AND POOR NUTRITION--(LOL)
As I read it, I thought of you by the very nature of how the author writes, and due to your present circumstances.
I think if you take the time to read the "entire book" it just may have some interesting benefits to you. Just keep an open mind and perception OPEN as you read it.
I am surely going to read it, and I hope it benefits you in some way.
Here is the link
AFTER YOU READ THE BOOK (), you can browse a little and he provides other information that may be useful.
Best wishes
Chillen
Its called oddly enough: THE HACKERS DIET--HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT AND HAIR THROUGH STRESS AND POOR NUTRITION--(LOL)
As I read it, I thought of you by the very nature of how the author writes, and due to your present circumstances.
I think if you take the time to read the "entire book" it just may have some interesting benefits to you. Just keep an open mind and perception OPEN as you read it.
I am surely going to read it, and I hope it benefits you in some way.
Here is the link
AFTER YOU READ THE BOOK (
), you can browse a little and he provides other information that may be useful.Best wishes
Chillen
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I am in the same position in terms of trying to get back on track. On a more positive note, I havent gotten too out of hand with the food, (just some alcohol here and there which isnt good) and I have kept up with the lifting even if the cardio has been lagging. Keep it up BSL!
Chillen & gang,
Thanks for taking an interest in me. I still feel a bit lost & overwhelmed, but I'm still determined to stay the course and get things rolling again.
Let me share this. Over the course of some 2 weeks I've taken the advice of my nutritionist and laid-off the exercise for a full rest-period. Iv'e also been sick so that made it easy too. In addition to that Iv'e been on vacation for the culmination of some 8 days...during this time I've eaten some pizza, some deserts and some chips; stuff I ordinarily wouldn't have gone near, even diet soda. By my estimates, I'd have to guess I've been eating on average about 4,200 calories per day, with some days exceeding 5,250 calories. I've also had some salty things as well and I'm not drinking as much water.
I feel bloated, heavy and FAT. Not in my face, but in my gut I can really see the bulge returning, almost seems like love-handles have re-inflated!!! Can a person put it back this fast???? I feel exactly like an alcoholic: the moment I touch any excess of food my body gleefully embraces it and I re-inflate like a life-raft! My shirts feel more snug and it feels like 2 months worth of wreckless indulgence. Can this really be my fate? Why does my body resist losing weight and yet embrace any opportunity to get huge?
So okay, I'm sure I'm carrying lots of water from the salt, and even given my excess of consumption, the most it could add-up to (providing my body stored every calorie in excess) is about 3 pounds at worst; not the thing love-handles are entirely made of.
Anyways, this morning I trained with the trainer for an hour and then did the elliptical for 35 minutes. Food thus far is:
3 gulps of orange juice from the jug as I headed to the home gym to workout
a 210-calories Zone protein bar
100 calories (1 tblsspoon) natural low-sodium peanut butter spread on top of
60 calories 1/2-piece matzo
80 calories from 4 dried plums
6 almonds
160 calories from a medium-size non-fat yogurt (wife brought home)
Aside from the exercise, I've had to make phone calls all day behind my desk. So that's about 1.5 hours of exercise and about 700 calories into the day and it's now 3:45pm
I have no idea what to target for total calories in today, with this notion of eating more to lose weight, I'm guessing about 2,500 calories and that means I've got another 1,800 to get in me...but I'm thinking about a piece of meat on top of some vege's for dinner....CAN'T DO THAT, it'll be a huge calorie deficit and along with my plans to spin/swim tmrw, I'll go right back to my huge deficit with huge exercise....and "starvation/suppressed metabolism" mode.
Sheesh, for a guy who tries to give others advice, I sure feel like a lost newbie! Hey, maybe I should pick-up some Hydroxicut at Rite-Aid??
Thanks for taking an interest in me. I still feel a bit lost & overwhelmed, but I'm still determined to stay the course and get things rolling again.
Let me share this. Over the course of some 2 weeks I've taken the advice of my nutritionist and laid-off the exercise for a full rest-period. Iv'e also been sick so that made it easy too. In addition to that Iv'e been on vacation for the culmination of some 8 days...during this time I've eaten some pizza, some deserts and some chips; stuff I ordinarily wouldn't have gone near, even diet soda. By my estimates, I'd have to guess I've been eating on average about 4,200 calories per day, with some days exceeding 5,250 calories. I've also had some salty things as well and I'm not drinking as much water.
I feel bloated, heavy and FAT. Not in my face, but in my gut I can really see the bulge returning, almost seems like love-handles have re-inflated!!! Can a person put it back this fast????
I feel exactly like an alcoholic: the moment I touch any excess of food my body gleefully embraces it and I re-inflate like a life-raft! My shirts feel more snug and it feels like 2 months worth of wreckless indulgence. Can this really be my fate? Why does my body resist losing weight and yet embrace any opportunity to get huge?So okay, I'm sure I'm carrying lots of water from the salt, and even given my excess of consumption, the most it could add-up to (providing my body stored every calorie in excess) is about 3 pounds at worst; not the thing love-handles are entirely made of.
Anyways, this morning I trained with the trainer for an hour and then did the elliptical for 35 minutes. Food thus far is:
3 gulps of orange juice from the jug as I headed to the home gym to workout
a 210-calories Zone protein bar
100 calories (1 tblsspoon) natural low-sodium peanut butter spread on top of
60 calories 1/2-piece matzo
80 calories from 4 dried plums
6 almonds
160 calories from a medium-size non-fat yogurt (wife brought home)
Aside from the exercise, I've had to make phone calls all day behind my desk. So that's about 1.5 hours of exercise and about 700 calories into the day and it's now 3:45pm
I have no idea what to target for total calories in today, with this notion of eating more to lose weight, I'm guessing about 2,500 calories and that means I've got another 1,800 to get in me...but I'm thinking about a piece of meat on top of some vege's for dinner....CAN'T DO THAT, it'll be a huge calorie deficit and along with my plans to spin/swim tmrw, I'll go right back to my huge deficit with huge exercise....and "starvation/suppressed metabolism" mode.
Sheesh, for a guy who tries to give others advice, I sure feel like a lost newbie! Hey, maybe I should pick-up some Hydroxicut at Rite-Aid??
OKAY......new plan incorporated. Thanks to all the help & advice from many people on this forum, I'm taking a new angle on everything.
First-off, I'm fairly convinced that I was in some kind of starvation-like mode. For months I'd be working-out 14-18 hours per week, eating low calories and keeping a huge deficit. In retrospect, I was often tired, sore, up & down with energy and at one point I noticed a sudden & rapid thinning of my hair!!! Another chief indicator was that when I did take 2-3 days "off", I would come back stronger, and that was because I gave my body a decent change to replenish glycogen, rebuild and start fresh. Over time, my body had merely adapted to the low-calories, exercise, etc. I was making progress, but just not the right way.
No more deficit of greater then 25%, I'll try for 20%
I'm going to eat more, but my calories will be cycled and I will not return to a daily routine low calories...I think I'll be very aggressive on weekdays but ease-up on Saturday & Sunday. Say 20% deficit M-F, maintenance on Saturday and maintenance +10% on Sunday.
I'm going to eat based more on activity: eat whole/healthy carbs BEFORE & immediately AFTER exercise, and then go light on the carbs into the evening with more emphasis on protein & vege's and very modest amounts of carbs....but yeah: I'll need to eat more but at the right times!
Today (a good example)
Breakfast - Zone-bar 210 calories carbs/protein
5 slices of mango (130 cals?)
Throughout my workout I sipped my protein-shake (water, lite soy-milk, 2 scoops protein powder, 2/3-cup Green Machine smoothy...all in all calculated at about 360 calories)...I also took in water that had a sum total of 140 calories of Accelerade:
1st spin-class 45 minutes (peddled a bit between classes)
2nd spin-class 1 hour & 20 minutes
Swam a mile
HR-monitor said I burned 2,210 calories
Met friend at Sagebrush cantena, had a large chicken burrito w/o sour-cream, but w/guacamole. Beans, chicken, some rice, some cheese...even had some chips & salsa. Ice-tea, no sweetners. I have no idea how many calories that bad-boy had, but I just burned some serious calories at the gym and I need to feed that. Heck, let's go large and call that burrito 1,100 calories!
4pm protein shake
6:30pm salad, home-made vege soup & lots of steamed brocolli, 2 chicken legs, about 1/2-cup of rice, some dark-chocolate & strawberries for desert (kids made it). Let's go large and call that about 800 calories.
Later tonight I'll hit another protein shake. After 2 weeks of not riding, I can really feel it...I also cranked hard in class today (as mentioned before, a good rest period lets me store-up some good glycogen/energy and performance jumps as compared to my daily routine).
Projected calories in today: 3,460
exercise 2,210
BMR less time in gym 2,000
Deficit...a clean 750 calories
First-off, I'm fairly convinced that I was in some kind of starvation-like mode. For months I'd be working-out 14-18 hours per week, eating low calories and keeping a huge deficit. In retrospect, I was often tired, sore, up & down with energy and at one point I noticed a sudden & rapid thinning of my hair!!! Another chief indicator was that when I did take 2-3 days "off", I would come back stronger, and that was because I gave my body a decent change to replenish glycogen, rebuild and start fresh. Over time, my body had merely adapted to the low-calories, exercise, etc. I was making progress, but just not the right way.
No more deficit of greater then 25%, I'll try for 20%
I'm going to eat more, but my calories will be cycled and I will not return to a daily routine low calories...I think I'll be very aggressive on weekdays but ease-up on Saturday & Sunday. Say 20% deficit M-F, maintenance on Saturday and maintenance +10% on Sunday.
I'm going to eat based more on activity: eat whole/healthy carbs BEFORE & immediately AFTER exercise, and then go light on the carbs into the evening with more emphasis on protein & vege's and very modest amounts of carbs....but yeah: I'll need to eat more but at the right times!
Today (a good example)
Breakfast - Zone-bar 210 calories carbs/protein
5 slices of mango (130 cals?)
Throughout my workout I sipped my protein-shake (water, lite soy-milk, 2 scoops protein powder, 2/3-cup Green Machine smoothy...all in all calculated at about 360 calories)...I also took in water that had a sum total of 140 calories of Accelerade:
1st spin-class 45 minutes (peddled a bit between classes)
2nd spin-class 1 hour & 20 minutes
Swam a mile
HR-monitor said I burned 2,210 calories
Met friend at Sagebrush cantena, had a large chicken burrito w/o sour-cream, but w/guacamole. Beans, chicken, some rice, some cheese...even had some chips & salsa. Ice-tea, no sweetners. I have no idea how many calories that bad-boy had, but I just burned some serious calories at the gym and I need to feed that. Heck, let's go large and call that burrito 1,100 calories!
4pm protein shake
6:30pm salad, home-made vege soup & lots of steamed brocolli, 2 chicken legs, about 1/2-cup of rice, some dark-chocolate & strawberries for desert (kids made it). Let's go large and call that about 800 calories.
Later tonight I'll hit another protein shake. After 2 weeks of not riding, I can really feel it...I also cranked hard in class today (as mentioned before, a good rest period lets me store-up some good glycogen/energy and performance jumps as compared to my daily routine).
Projected calories in today: 3,460
exercise 2,210
BMR less time in gym 2,000
Deficit...a clean 750 calories