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If you can eat nothing but chipotle and chick fil a for 4 months you can handle a couple weeks of recovery. Nice to see you succeed with maintenance even with the recovery. Always tempting to make excuses b but you put in too much work to backslide
This is my 5th straight week doing a 40 hour fast. I'm considering doing some bone broth in the future to help with some of the hunger and possible go for longer.
Couch to 5k is the consensus program for people who are training up for their first time (or one of their first times) running a 5k. There are a few different programs sites and apps for c25k that are generally pretty good. And you're around where they start.
Yep, had my dad and brothers over for Father’s Day. Steak and shrimp, broke into the Clase Azul Mezcal and the Kentucky Owl bourbon. Regret none of it.
243.3 today, 4.6 pounds last week and 32.7 in total. Saturday was a "bad" day because of a birthday/father's day celebration, but managed to make pretty good choices and got back after it yesterday. Wife and kids are gone until July 3rd, so hope to ramp up activity that would normally be spent on them when I get home from work.
I really hope you realize what an inspiration you are to a lot of us. Thanks and continued good luck on your journey.
Thanks for saying that. Just knowing that people are keeping an eye on it keeps me honest, so I hope you realize I appreciate you taking the time to say this, too. There's definitely days where I could have wavered, and thought about reporting back to the thread and decided not to.Atomic Punk said:
Spot on. I cheated a bit the past month and gained back a couple of pounds. Some of that was by design -- trying to put on muscle, doing the 100 pushup plan, etc -- and some of it was because I have a sweet tooth and like buying donuts, M&Ms and ice cream. Normally, without the lingering memories of this thread, I would have put on 10-12 pounds in May/June. Instead, I put on 2-3 pounds and have continued a good chunk of my healthier lifestyle habits. Some of the weight gain is just part of the process of traveling for work again and figuring out what my new work travel eating has to look like. Some of it is laziness. Some of it is poor decisions.
Shoulder is somewhat better, going to see the surgeon for the 6 week follow-up next Wednesday. Sleeping is a little better (waking up once a night instead of twice). Increased range of motion with the shoulder, but still some pain and a lot of stiffness. I stopped taking the narcotic last week (wanted to get off as soon as possible as some people in my family have had issues, and I didn't want to test those waters).
I am not a doctor and this is not medical advice, but maybe try volume eating?
outstanding, I forgot how simple oatamel n fruit then salmon n sweet pot fries is to put together and stay on track.
Nice. Those short increases add up quickly.
depends on the day and what I'm having with it. Sometimes teriyaki and grilled pineapple. Sometimes plain. I really like kikkoman sweet soy sauce for rice, and also sesame shoyu, and sweet chili sauces from my local stores. I use those on my vegetables all the time and sometimes on my fish.
Yeah, this is pretty much what I do. On long run days, I try not to ramp up the calories fully. And on no-run days, I tend to go 200-300 calories above my goal. It depends on the day....but basically I try to average out to the right number of calories over the span of a full week.
The first time I read this it said S&M friend. That would have been more intriguing.
Once you get to a certain point where you’ve changed your lifestyle and bad habits it’s common to feel guilt when you want to indulge. Notice you mentioned in the post that you already feel so much better. Healthier. At some point the scale doesn’t really matter anymore if you feel good. Look good. Clothes fit and you’re comfortable in them. Who cares if you have some wine or an unhealthy snack? You’re right back at it the next day.
Cutting 20 lbs in 4 months while training for a marathon seems pretty straightforward but remember you always lose some muscle mass when you lose weight. I know you mentioned in the 10k thread that you were working on your leg muscle, and you can't add muscle mass if you're in a calorie deficit. It migut also be tough to lose weight closer to race day. So maybe try to target a couple months of hard dieting and then coasting a littlw as you get closer to the day
241.3 today, 2 pounds last week and 34.7 in total. Had a couple of worse days than normal, power was out for 7 hours and I never tested the generator when I bought my house, so had to have dinner out of the pantry. Went out with some friends on Saturday. Bar had an EH Taylor that I wanted to try before opening my bottle at home. Also, progress has to get slower as the easy weight comes to an end. I also have to get my exercise up. Holding steady with an IF of 20:4, having two meals in that period of 600-800 calories each.
leg strength comment was more in relation to not having lost as much there despite not running near enough lately. I have done a lot of squat/semi-squats while umpiring baseball games all spring. cardio level has suffered but overall strength feels good as I start to ramp the miles back up.
That is exactly my thinking too but I know myself too well and can go too far down that road if I’m not careful. I thought actually writing it out here will help me with my personal accountability. The real test will be the next month - I’m on holidays the month of July and need to make sure I still get enough exercise to balance the BBQ and brews.
