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Discussion: Weight Loss
Subject: Weight Loss By: Pat G. Written on: 2006-04-25 02:03:00 Message: This is the beginning of my second year in triathlon. Last April 2005 I started at 240 lbs. By September, I completed two sprint triathlons and lost a total of 40 lbs. In December, I finished my first marathon. At the start of January I began training again, so i have been training for about 15-16 weeks. I have not lost any weight during this time period! I know that I don't always eat great ( I enjoy a little ice creaam or cookies every once and a while), but I am eating the same as I did last year when I lost all that weight. Plus, I have increased my training time to 8-9 hours per week and am burning 5000-6000 cal per week (according to the log). I have almost doubled the amount of training time and cal. burned from last season. I am trying to cut about 15 lbs so that I can be faster on the bike and run. But I don't know how to accomplish this. I feel like I am working hard and not getting the results that I want. Any suggestions? PG
Subject: RE: Weight Loss By: John H. Written on: 2006-04-25 03:40:24 Message: Weight loss is an ongoing adjustment. When you first started out, your diet and exercise provided a calorie deficit to enable you to loose weight to a point. Once that point is reached you level off because now you expenditure equals your output. I think you know what you have to do to loose those extra pounds. I too enjoy cookies for a snack and maybe ice cream for dessert. My daughter who is eight, just made me the yummiest peach cobbler :-). Like you my weight has leveled even though my training intensity has increased. I'm now about 6 weeks from my "A" race so I've talked with my personal chief (my wife) and told her that it's now time to go on a more restricted diet. I hope to loose 5-8 lbs. within the next 6 weeks. I have meals planned out along with snacks. The main thing is not to get too hungry or you'll be grazing in the cubboard.
Subject: RE: Weight Loss By: Jael A. Written on: 2006-04-25 10:39:47 Message: Pat, when it comes to diet unfortunately, it is simple: Calorie Outtake has be to greater than your calorie Intake. Trust me, I have a SWEET tooth, but I control it, it does not control me. Treat yourself every once in a while without going over board. Think about all the hard work you have to put in to burn calories. Is it really worth that bowl of ice cream? Can you have a small cup of ice cream instead? If you starting cutting your servings by a little you may just see a difference. Unfortunately, there is no magic trick to it , except eat healthy and whatever is out there that is VERY Yummy, have it sparingly.... Hang in there, do not get discouraged. You may want to read some material about nutriation, it will open your eyes. I took a nutrition course my first year of college that totally changed the way I ate. They had us write down EVERYTHING we put in our months for two weeks, then analyze it by categories, calories and food quality, then turn it in to our Professor for review. I never ate the same way again! Jael
Subject: RE: Weight Loss By: Brad H. Written on: 2006-04-25 12:08:39 Message: Pat; Your body has apparently adapted nicely to your training level and will be quite comfortable to stay at that plateau until you change something. More training hours is good, but may not be possible. Less (or correct) food is a good change. After a few years of training I stalled at 170-175 lbs. I changed my diet from 3 meals a day to 6 small ones. However, don't expect to eat 6 full meals and lose any weight. What I did was take my existing quantity of food and separate it up into smaller amounts. 3/4 cup of cereal w/milk and OJ for breakfast, half a sandwich @ 10 am, the other half @ noon with yogurt/fruit, a pc. of fruit mid afternoon (takes away the urge to pig out at dinner time) and a small snack after my workout. Throw in a bunch of water all day long and I now fight to stay above 160 lbs.
Subject: RE: Weight Loss By: Christopher C. Written on: 2006-04-25 14:40:02 Message: Alright, well this is coming from a health freak. You have to watch your training. If you are not doing low intensity workouts for a long peroid of time, then you are just buring calories. Burning calories is good if you are not trying to lose weight, your just trying to maintain it. You want to stay in zone 2 or keep your heart rate right around 128-133. I am 23 years old and I am a clydesdale, I weight right around 215 - 230 in the off season. Right now I am weighing in at 205 - 215 depending on when my race is. I try to get down to 205 or 200 right before a race. So, the week before a race my meals consists of egg whites, tuna, easy on the fruit, and gatorade, and simple sugars. You want to take in carbs but make sure it is in the morning and afternoon not late at night. You also want to make sure it is complex carbs, whole wheat, sweet patotoes, brown rice, etc. The best thing about this is that your trainning weight is about 220 and then you lose 10-15 pounds the week before the race. So, when you race you are going to be able to go faster and push yourself harder because of the huge weight lost. You can also start this diet two weeks before your race to see what weight you can get down too. My thing is that I love beer to much to give it up two weeks before the race. The other main thing you need to look at is are you eating to get full or to be satisfied. Eat to be satisfied and then just eat more little meals through out the day. This way when dinner comes around you can just eat a little meal and get up in the morning train, which training on a empty stomach is ok, just drink some can of sports drink and then go to training. This way you are only burning fat as long as you are keeping your heart rate down. You get your heart rate to high over 133 or 135 you are going to start to burn muscle because you have a empty stomach. Hope this helps hears to being a clydesdale
Subject: RE: Weight Loss By: Lauren M. Written on: 2006-04-25 15:53:35 Message: Don't worry, you are on the right track. Your exercising. Calories is your culprit though. It might be not enough calories. I have learned that sometimes a day a week of cheating is actually good for your body. It tells your body that your not constantly going to starve it. So eat that ice cream and pizza. Just eat it on the same day.
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