kaburns1214 Mentor Group - CLOSED (Page 10)

I'm two weeks out from my first Tri in 2011 and im feeling very under-prepared at the moment! Was doing fine before christmas but i've just spent the past week down south fighting a fire in one of our national parks and the food they feed us is so full of grease and crap im feeling incredbily stodgy right now. I have a wedding to go to this weekend coming, so i have no idea how im going to get my training in eeeek.

I think i'll start out with an early morning ride tomorrow, riding always clears my head

Count me in on the weight-loss challenge, i have 2kg i want to lose to reach my goal weight.

Happy Jan 2 everyone!  Funs over, back to work tomorrow, sunday run with kelly, shaun and erica today followed by a swim. 

Weigh in today and post your weights.  remember to use the same scale each week and try to weigh in at the same time.  Good luck everyone! 

I'm in.  267.2 this morning.  Yikes! 

My goal is to drop 25 pounds in 3 months.  If I can carve out the comfort foods, it should go a long way to making my goal.

Couple of questions on the Aerobar situation:

1.  Are they clip-ons attached to a road bike bar, or are they clip-ons attached to an aero base bar?
2.  Does the entire base bar or handlebar rotate as well, or is it only the aerobar?

If the entire base bar or handlebar is rotating with the aerobars, then the issue is with the neck of the bike and not the aerobars.  Check to make sure those bolts are fully tightened as well.

3.  Are the aerobars and/or base bar old?

If the aerobars are old, it may be that the contact surface has stripped between the base bar and the aerobar clamps.  This is especially possible if you climb while in aero because you end up pulling on the aerobars for leverage.

4.  Are there any wires or cables between the aerobar clamp and the base bar?

I've had situations before, especially on a road bike with clip-ons, where the clamp for the aerobar is around the cables running under the bar tape.  Then, as I would ride, the aerobars would rotate because the cables would move against the handlebars.

Let me know if any of these answers your question.  Or, if possible, post a pic of your setup and we'll see if there is something else I can spot.

Current weight = 65.5kg (or 144 pounds)...which given the crap i've eaten this week i'm actually suprised at haha.

Goal weight is 64kg

Edited by Grilledmonkey 2011-01-02 7:12 PM

I'm in too.  Starting weight is 199.5.  Goal weight is 175.0 which I hope to hit in time for summer.

Ugh

218 starting weight...back on the wagon!

Goal is 195 for me by the end of this challenge. 

Just uploaded the 16wk Olympic-run focused plan to my training log. We'll see how this goes for me.

oops


Edited by kaburns1214 2011-01-02 11:34 AM

Kel's recent quote while developing a shopping list.  I had asked about getting MorningStar Veggie burgers and she responded with

"Why are we spending money on expensive healthy foods when they are only going to act as side items in your sh*t-food buffet?"

Kel has agreed to add an incentive to those of us in the weight loss challenge.

A container of custom Infinit will be awarded for each of two categories:

1.  First person to reach their goal weight
2.  Person who has lost the largest percentage of body weight at the end of the challenge.


Here are the rules:

By Monday night, everyone who wants to play needs to post their current weight and their goal weight into this thread. 

Goal weight should be the weight you wish to obtain by March 31.  To meet the requirement of "reaching" your goal weight, you must hit and hold that weight or lower for 2 weeks straight.

Each week, post your current weight to this thread by noon on Monday and Jeff will be responsible for collating the values.

Obviously, it's only open to Kel's current mentees (or spouses) and is intended to be a good-natured competition. 

Let's get ready to GRUM-BLLLLLLE!

He forgets to mention that an entire pack of double stuffed oreos constitutes a "snack" in his book.

the bike is a tri bike. the bars are aero bar base and are new it seems like the bar are tapered so the aero bar don't seem fit fit right. There are no wires under the clips.  I'll try and get a pic. up loaded.

my starting wieght sad to say is 232. the good news its 8 pounds less than a couple of weeks ago when I joined this group. I would like to get to 190 but I'll be happy with 200. 

Got my first run of 2011 in today.

About 18 degrees when I went out, but super sunny (gotta love the desert) and zero wind. Only thing cold was my face/nose. Hit some ice and snow in one spot that hasn't seen sun since the summer, but I just crossed the road and ran in the desert for a short bit there to find the sun again.

 

Good luck to everyone doing the weight loss challenge!!  While I will not be joining this challenge, I will think of a different nutrition related challenge for myself which involves looking more closely at some of the nutritional values of the food that I eat, which might lend itself to making some better choices. 

As for the clipless pedals, it took me a while to get used to clipping in and out of them.  I used them for the first time on a group ride, and fell into a car, at a stop light.  They suggested I "practice some more" before rejoining the group.  Pretty embarrassing, ha.....

I LOVE the armadillo in the background!

I'm in for the weight loss challenge - I don't have too much to lose but would get down to a more comfortable light weight -

Start - 132 pounds
Goal - 125 pounds

I need to cut out the junk again and get back on my low carb, no sugar plan. I'm just glad I didn't gain more than I did this past month!

Kelly - can you explain your Z1 Z2 and Z3 in your log?

Also, with the HRM, what are your guidelines (as far as %) for long runs vs interval runs vs. easy runs? Where should I aim to be for each of these runs? I just ran 4 miles today and maintained mostly at 75%, getting up to 80% with a series of hills.

you have an armadillo issue my friend.

Attached is the Xcel spreadsheet for the weighloss challenge.  Weigh in on Sundays. I trya nd post the updates by the next day.  Here are a few keys to weighloss (I lost 40 pounds about 4 years ago and have managed to keep most of it off but its time to refocus and get to a better race weight, particularly in light of an injury i had 2 years ago):

1.  Diet is the key - you need to eat less

2.  Just because we workout doesn;t mean we can eat everything in the house

3.  Have a damage control food ready - this is something that you can eat when you are about to break down and knock down a tub of Ben and Jerry's.  For me, it baby carrots, yes they are not the "best" (due to a high sugar level) but they are good for you and low cal. 

4.  If you are hungry, before you eat drink 16 oz of water and wait a few minutes.  We often mistake hunger for deydration.  Also, try and drink at least 1 gal of water per day.

5.  Eat a huge helping of veggies (not potatos or corn, they dont count) at lunch and dinner.  My favorite short cut is to have bags of trader joes organic frozen vegetables in the freezer.

6.  Eat fresh fruit - some will frown on this because of sugar.  But I think that is silly.  no one ever got fat eating oranges and pears.

7.  Stay away from total junk: soda, candy, frozen foods, things with ingredients that did not exist 100 years ago, etc. 

8.  If you want a treat, have it BUT make it yourself: cookies from scratch, french fries from scratch, etc.  If you are not willing to do the work, no treat.

9.  If you have a party day, make sure you do it on a big volume day.  if you burn 4000 calories from exercise, an second helping of lasagna wont kill you.

Good luck everyone!

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BT Weight Loss Challenege 2011.xls (20KB - 20 downloads)

#1 is the big one.  For me, a one hour run is about 6 to 6.3 miles, which is a bout 600 calories.  Without even thinking about it, you can eat 600 calories.  Any fast food meal is more than 600 calories, a chocolate milk is 400 calories, a bag of chips is probably 300 to 500 calories.  Working out makes it easier to maintain weight, but there are so many little traps to steal away that workout.

What I've been trying to do is portion out my workday snacks so that I have 5 containers of 100-200 calorie snacks for my lunch box.  I don't have a vending machine at work - which in some ways is better because I can't go and get a bad snack, but its worse because by the time I get home I'll eat anything and everything.

Also, I try to bring lunch to work as often as possible.  I pack a big lunch:  a salad with cheese and beans, a package of string cheese (this is being phased out soon), two pieces of fruit, nuts, and some carrots and celery.  Sometimes there will be some homemade hummous.  I can start grazing at about 10:30 or 11:00 and keep going to 3:00

My other trick is to cook as much as possible for the week on the weekend.  I work long days and by the time I get home I'm on autopilot.  I don't want to think or have to do more than make a plate and toss it in the micro.  I cook and freeze a lot of food and freeze some of it so I can have it in a week or two (so I don't eat the same thing all week.)

There are tons of little tricks and little changes.  You've got to find your weaknesses and eliminate or modify them.  Mine are beer and cake/cookies.

Good luck everyone.

Forgot to mention, my goal weight is 64kg (or 141 pounds), so you can update your spreadsheet =)

my weakness is night eating. I do really well all day and then..........need I say more. Raw almonds and baby carrots are my go to snocks. I also bought an apple corer and slice so I will snack an apple slices and it is helping.  Even though I am not in the contest I will be posting my calories and eating on my blog. It is time consuming to log everythhing so when I do it helps me eat less-thus log less.

almonds and all nuts are great,  but be careful: a handful = ~100 calories.

1/4 cup cashews = 200 calories. 

Measure everything at first.  "A handful" varies greatly person to person.  With a little experience you'll be able to estimate a 1/4 cup, a tablespoon or a cup.  After cruising this site for a while, you'll see that the basic knock against people is that they over-estimate their calorie expenditure and under-estimate their calorie intake.