Pounds for Turkey
I lost 6 pounds since last week. This was the first week of Operation Streamline, my winter training regimen, that will hopefully drop a sleek, 210 pound runner on the trails come spring. (If I were in the mood to cheat, I’d tell you I lost 8, because I lost 2 pounds from before the gym to after the gym, but that’s water).
Part of the reason I lost the weight was because I changed up my eating a bit. I carved out a few calories here and there, especially in my choice of monster foods. But the real reason, I think, that things changed, was that I dove into a fairly intense weight lifting program, and started repeatedly banging out 500 calories worth of work on various cardio machines.
Bodies are tricky. Mine wanted lots more food when I was throwing more miles at it, but now, with my fitness level still going up, but my endurance level probably diminishing a bit, I’m back to burning more fat and calories. Does it know? Is this like how a thermos is smart?
All I know is that a major component to my successful weight loss is tricking my body and throwing more of something new at it. That’s how I broke through every plateau I ever experienced. (Three: one at every 20 pounds I lost, four if you count the one where I gained 10 pounds back during marathon training).
I am CRAVING pumpkin pie, so Kat’s going to make me one before we head off to NYC to see the inlaws. Make me some pahhhhhhhhhhh! : )
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sings: ~i’m picking out a thermos for yoooou. no ordinary thermos will dooooo~
if it makes you feel any better, pumpkin is a great high fiber food, low in fat and super high in antioxidents. eat enough for both of us, cuz i sure do love me some pumpkin pahhhhhhh!
Most training is designed to get our bodies to become more efficient - endurance training is this way even more than most other forms. For weight loss, you either want some very inefficient training - or gobs and gobs of efficient stuff. I found that riding 30 miles (gobs) on a mountain bike (forced inefficiency) 3-4 times a week (again, gobs) was pretty damn effective.
Kat Von D…
I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read….
I do love me a smart thermos.