From alpha testing to the QUERCUS 200

306.2 for week 2 of 60-90 weeks is -3.6 pounds this week -4.8 pounds for 2 weeks and -27 pounds for the year. My average is now -1.4 pounds per week. That's 260 pounds by the end of the year at that rate.

I have felt pretty run down since I started counting calories. It will be an adjustment to my routine just like running, vegan diet, and gluten free eating was. I should be much better adjusted already. I haven't felt as strong of an urge to eat the last couple days and the last 2 runs felt better too.

I let my calories swing up with the upswing in running and weeklong work travel trips. Through bad "estimating" and rationalizing that I was working hard or that I was really hungry.

I believe that intuitive eating is the goal. I should be able to recognize when I am hungry and how much I should eat to satisfy that hunger. Counting calories is a tool to help teach me these skills.

My hunger will exceed my caloric needs because of a lifetime of overeating and because I am obese. Short term I have a baseline of homostatis in calories in and appetite. A downward shift in calories will cause a temporary increase in hunger and decrease in energy.

By reducing my calories to a level that would be sufficient to maintain an ideal weight I will achieve that ideal weight in time. Because I am not that ideal weight I will be hungry and not feel great during that adjustment. The initial reduction in calorie intake will have the most marked symptoms of hunger and fatigue while a new baseline of calorie intake is made. That effects are already diminishing.

I will not be able to eat whenever I am hungry for now, but that is temporary rather than a pattern that I need to maintain.

My plan in it's simplest form:
Keep counting calories and running.
 
The biggest key for me in the early days of the calorie deficit was to make the calories count, meaning that you when you consume your calories you try and pack them with as much nutrition as you can (lots of protein and fiber and vitamins and such). That and a decent amount of fats seemed to stem the hunger most of the time.

Good job on all the weight lost so far. You'll be breaking three bills in no time.
 
Thanks Vee! I don't think feeling hungry is going to last. I think it's a symptom of the too many calories I was eating before. I am very mindful of maximizing my nutrition. Minimizing processed food and having to focus on getting complete protein every meal has done that for me. It's strictly an issue of adjustment to a reasonable quantity.

Run
30 min
2.29 miles
159 BPM

It was quite warm and humid. Never fear the worst is yet to come. :cry:
 
Run
30 mins
2.41 miles
+0.01 mile PR
159 bpm

Same average BPM as yesterday, but 0.12 miles further. I ate all raw whole foods all day and had a lot of black coffee. Cooked tempeh and veggies for dinner and I'm feeling great and under 2,300 calories. I was right at 2,300 yesterday as well.

I'm adapting to the reduced calories again. i should probably cool my jets a bit on the HR. Setting PRs left and right is like maxing every time you lift. I'll try to have an easy run tomorrow.
 
Hi Quercus,

admiration and respect for being so tenacious in spite of your aches and pains! I´m glad to see your hard work is paying off :smile:

LaMaria
 
Thank you LaMaria! Hopefully the worst of the pain is behind me for good.

I couldn't run last night because it was storming. I needed the rest anyway. I went over calories by 250 yesterday (2,550). I'll try to come in under today. It is a challenging week as there are more storms in the forecast today and I am going on a fishing trip tomorrow and will be gone through Saturday. I'm packing healthy food and my running shoes, but it will be hard to stay on track. My goal is to still have a loss for the week.
 
I'm excited about the trip. I haven't spent much time with Dad lately and my nephew and I haven't ever spent much time together. The fishing will be fun. We always catch something down there.

Recovery Run
30 min
2.11 miles
134 bpm avg hr

By far the easiest 2.1 ever. I could whistle or talk the whole time and didn't break a sweat. The cold front that moved through helped.
 
304.0 for week 3 of 60-90 weeks is -2.2 pounds this week -7.0 pounds for 3 weeks and -29.2 pounds for the year. My average is now -1.5 pounds per week. That's 256 pounds by the end of the year at that rate. 51.5 inches at the belly which is the first move in a very long time. The past loss tells me I should have lost an inch already, but just seeing it move pleases me.

1.5 is my minimum loss rate and I'm there so 2,300 is a good calorie point for now. I'm guessing/hoping that the rate will contiue to increase for a while which is fine.

We came home yesterday rather than today because the wind got bad and made fishing very tough. The wind only cooperated on Thursday, but we did very well then. We caught speckled sea trout, flounder, croaker, hardhead catfish, gafftop catfish, and a toadfish. We caught mostly speckled sea trout which was the plan. My Father caught the biggest sea trout I have ever seen in person and I lost a very nice one. We had a good time, but it is filthy and exhausting. All my fishy/shrimpy clothes are washed and I didn't get sunburned.

We fried fish with french fries on Thursday. I had, a sausage and some cheese yesterday for lunch. I didn't really count calories or follow my diet for 2 meals, but I didn't pig out either. Either I didn't eat too much or i had lost more weight already so the rebound still resulted in a good loss. I'll take it.

5/14/2014 Run
30 minutes
2.52 miles
149 BPM avg HR
+.11 mile PR for 30 minutes

I'll add the HR later when the watch surfaces, but it wasn't high. I have less than a half mile to go to reach my long term running goal. I will keep hitting PRs as the weight keeps falling. I will be very pleased to make higher distances in the heat and the fall should be awesome gains once the heat dies down. I will reach my running goal before the end of the year. and weigh <260.
 
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I will manage 4 days of running this week despite the trip and a storm on Monday. I prefer 5 days a week if not more, but having 3 days off every once in a while probably won't make any difference.
 
Thank you Cate!

Run
30 mins
2.4 miles
151 bpm avg HR

Wasn't feeling it tonight. I worked hard, but it sucked the whole time.

Under calories for the day. ~2,000
 
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150 miles 311 and 200 miles 304 same shirt

I don't think there is much difference. The next addition will be at 300 miles so twice the running distance as between these first two. The second pic is of poorer quality.
 
Recovery Run
30 minutes
1.98 miles
130 BPM avg HR

I mowed and did a bunch of other crap in the yard and house and my back felt tight and fatigued so I played it safe.

303.0 this morning.
 
It is hard to tell with the difference in picture quality, but the difference between 311 and 304 should be close to an inch on the waist so there's probably some difference.

Your doing a great job regardless. This running has got to be doing wonders for your general physical "wind" going about your daily life.
 
Hey Quercus- been following your journey. Took me a while to get through the 50+ pages :) Very inspiring and great progress. Keep at it. We're all inspired by you.
 
I am feeling pretty good for a bit Vee. I have quit drinking coffee and I've been dragging rear for a couple days while I adjust. It has been hard. I think I'll feel a lot better once I adjust.

Thank you Amberlace! That really helps keep me going.

run
30 minutes
130 bpm
2.03 miles

Just plodding along trying to function. I can't believe how much the lack of caffiene is kicking my butt. Something I needed to cut way back on if it makes this big of a difference.
 
Quitting coffee AND coke must be hard... I´ve never been a coffee-drinker (ugh, just the smell of it...) but I do still indulge in diet coke (up to half a liter a day) even though I know my body from the throat down doesn´t like the stuff. Will get to that when I´m firmly on track with the weight thing and don´t want to think about it until then! So again: respect. Please keep reminding me which way is forward :waving:
 
The soda went from regular to diet a long while back, but the level of consumption of diet was high (up to 2 liters a day). What I realized is that the sweets that I was craving were tied to all of the sweet in my diet in the form of diet soda. Quitting diet soda has stopped my cravings for sweets almost completely. I started upping my already high intake of coffee once the sodas went away and I realized that I was really depending on the boost and it was taking more to get it to the point that I felt bad when I drank enough coffee and worse when I didn't.

Today is the first day that I haven't felt terribly sleepy since my last cup of coffee. I may decide to have coffee again, but with sensible limitations. For now I will stay away completely.

You have the right idea. I drank a ton of diet soda when I stopped drinking alcohol. I drank a ton of coffee when I stopped drinking soda. Weightloss and exercise is all you have to do. If you get to a point later and you want to make other changes great. If you are fit and at a healthy weight the odds of a half liter of diet soda doing harm are low. Thank you for the encouragement. Best of luck!
 
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