Yanti & Salty Mad Manatees PART 3: FULL POD (Page 64)

Nice to se you getting involved in some proper sport (snot rocketing). Well done Salts

I meant to say ditto but computer ran away!  I hate weighing in, haven't done so for ages, I just know if my jeans feel tight it's time to cut down, if not eat heartily!

TriAya - 2012-07-23 12:06 AM

Asalzwed - 2012-07-23 8:13 AM

ArielLIlB - 2012-07-22 6:37 PMOOf, talk about too much wine consumption - I indulged immensly last night, which means my 18 mile ride today fell to the wayside.  Laid in bed for a few hours not falling back asleep, got up and went to polo match (I haven't been in about 15 years!) at a fancy schmancy country club with a friend, then my fave pizza place - onion and garlic, thin crust, ate the whole thing myself, word.  Yesterday was riding (did not get up and run, either. oops)  Fell off a pony, oops. Shoulder hurting today even thought it felt like my meaty thigh took the brunt of the fall.  THen took my sister in law for her first wine tasting at a local vineyard, fun!! Then to my stepmom's to begin said overindulging with stepmom, stepbrother and his fiance.  Great night, lots of chatting, singing disney songs and Rolling Stones, then some missing dad.  A little bittersweet.  Overall, a lovely weekend, plus we had amazing weather here in Mass. 80, dry and sunny with a light breeze

Hahaha! Wait, did you fall off of the pony because of the wine?

Or did you give the pony any wine?

I think if I had given him some wine, he wouldn't have been able to disappear from underneath me so fast!!

I'd be the last (okay, second-to-last) person to recommend missing a chance for OWS or to go into a race-setting OWS unprepared. But I agree with Salty. I think you're okay here and you've got enough to do.

As my article says (oh GEEZ somebody hit me with a paddle already, I sound like someone on Fox News) ... breathing and VISUALIZATION can go a long, long way. Your body, and confidence (which is a mental thing) respond to vivid, controlled visualization the same way they would the actual event.

ebshot - 2012-07-23 7:16 AM

jobaxas - 2012-07-23 2:39 AM

ukweeble - 2012-07-23 1:30 AM

ebshot - 2012-07-23 1:36 AM I am exhausted.  I spent about 5 hours painting our shed.  Ugh.  The weather was perfect though, sunny and 70's.  I wanted to ride the trainer today but there is no way I am doing that now. 

I have a run on tap for tomorrow morning and it's my weekly weigh in day.  I hope to see the scale moving downward.

Good luck with the weigh in

I meant to say ditto but computer ran away!  I hate weighing in, haven't done so for ages, I just know if my jeans feel tight it's time to cut down, if not eat heartily!

Maybe I need to adopt your strategy...the scale wasn't too kind today.  Only down one pound this week but at least it's a loss.

I think I need diet help.  Usually I drop weight pretty fast but for some reason I am not this time.  I am counting my calories and upping my workouts.  Am I not eating enough?  Eating too many carbs?  My daily calories are in my logs and I usually eat about 50% carbs, 20% protein and 20% fat (yeah, I know that doesn't add up to 100, work with me here. ).  So, what do you think??

I did the calorie counting for months and months after my honeymoon (where I gained 9 pounds and was up about 15 from where I would like to be), started tri training in January and logging way more exercise than I had in the couple months prior, and had ZERO weightloss.  So I signed up for the only thing that has ever worked for me: Weight Watchers.  And I've lost 4 pounds while still pigging out and have some drinks on the weekend over the past month. If I behaved myself on the weekend, I know I'd have lost even more.  I've previously lost 25lbs on WW - after 4 months abroad in Australia. This must be why Jo trains for all these Ironman events, there's something in the food/beer there!

ebshot - 2012-07-23 7:16 PM

jobaxas - 2012-07-23 2:39 AM

ukweeble - 2012-07-23 1:30 AM

ebshot - 2012-07-23 1:36 AM I am exhausted.  I spent about 5 hours painting our shed.  Ugh.  The weather was perfect though, sunny and 70's.  I wanted to ride the trainer today but there is no way I am doing that now. 

I have a run on tap for tomorrow morning and it's my weekly weigh in day.  I hope to see the scale moving downward.

Good luck with the weigh in

I meant to say ditto but computer ran away!  I hate weighing in, haven't done so for ages, I just know if my jeans feel tight it's time to cut down, if not eat heartily!

Maybe I need to adopt your strategy...the scale wasn't too kind today.  Only down one pound this week but at least it's a loss.

I think I need diet help.  Usually I drop weight pretty fast but for some reason I am not this time.  I am counting my calories and upping my workouts.  Am I not eating enough?  Eating too many carbs?  My daily calories are in my logs and I usually eat about 50% carbs, 20% protein and 20% fat (yeah, I know that doesn't add up to 100, work with me here. ).  So, what do you think??

How do you feel?

How does your body feel?

For how long have you been trying to lose weight this time? Is there anything different about your circumstances, diet, activity, or has there been a significant length of time between this bout of trying to lose weight and the last?

A month isn't a very long period of time.

Stress, fatigue and medications can each have enormous impact on your metabolism.

I'd look at why you're trying to lose weight. If I were trying to deal with, uh, a quarter of everything that you do, I might be inclined to focus on eating as self care--really focusing on energizing, healthful, nutritious whole foods, so that eating supports feeling better as a whole.

It's very difficult to lose weight when you're under a lot of stress, whether that's life circumstances, increased responsibility, or large-volume training stress if you're, say, going for an Ironman.

Be gentle with yourself, and be good to yourself. You deserve it.

ebshot - 2012-07-23 9:49 AM

TriAya - 2012-07-23 9:40 AM

ebshot - 2012-07-23 7:16 PM

jobaxas - 2012-07-23 2:39 AM

ukweeble - 2012-07-23 1:30 AM

ebshot - 2012-07-23 1:36 AM I am exhausted.  I spent about 5 hours painting our shed.  Ugh.  The weather was perfect though, sunny and 70's.  I wanted to ride the trainer today but there is no way I am doing that now. 

I have a run on tap for tomorrow morning and it's my weekly weigh in day.  I hope to see the scale moving downward.

Good luck with the weigh in

I meant to say ditto but computer ran away!  I hate weighing in, haven't done so for ages, I just know if my jeans feel tight it's time to cut down, if not eat heartily!

Maybe I need to adopt your strategy...the scale wasn't too kind today.  Only down one pound this week but at least it's a loss.

I think I need diet help.  Usually I drop weight pretty fast but for some reason I am not this time.  I am counting my calories and upping my workouts.  Am I not eating enough?  Eating too many carbs?  My daily calories are in my logs and I usually eat about 50% carbs, 20% protein and 20% fat (yeah, I know that doesn't add up to 100, work with me here. ).  So, what do you think??

How do you feel?

How does your body feel?

For how long have you been trying to lose weight this time? Is there anything different about your circumstances, diet, activity, or has there been a significant length of time between this bout of trying to lose weight and the last?

I've been trying to lose weight for a month.  My diet is about the same as last time I dropped weight but no wine this time.  My activity level is less (maybe there's the problem!) and I feel fat and exhausted.  My stress level is through the roof too.  I know all this effects weight loss but I'm doing the best I can.  Should I just stay the course?

ETA:  I am also on some med's that I wasn't on before.  I wonder if that has any impact?

I also want to point out that I'm always excited by any movement on the scale. One pound is great, ESPECIALLY if you are under a lot of stress and have a lot of distractions (and new meds! that's a significant change in your body to have something new in there).  And you said it yourself: you're doing the best you can.  Take the one pound as a big achievement, and hopefully you will give yourself the credit you deserve.

ebshot - 2012-07-23 6:16 AM

jobaxas - 2012-07-23 2:39 AM

ukweeble - 2012-07-23 1:30 AM

ebshot - 2012-07-23 1:36 AM I am exhausted.  I spent about 5 hours painting our shed.  Ugh.  The weather was perfect though, sunny and 70's.  I wanted to ride the trainer today but there is no way I am doing that now. 

I have a run on tap for tomorrow morning and it's my weekly weigh in day.  I hope to see the scale moving downward.

Good luck with the weigh in

I meant to say ditto but computer ran away!  I hate weighing in, haven't done so for ages, I just know if my jeans feel tight it's time to cut down, if not eat heartily!

Maybe I need to adopt your strategy...the scale wasn't too kind today.  Only down one pound this week but at least it's a loss.

I think I need diet help.  Usually I drop weight pretty fast but for some reason I am not this time.  I am counting my calories and upping my workouts.  Am I not eating enough?  Eating too many carbs?  My daily calories are in my logs and I usually eat about 50% carbs, 20% protein and 20% fat (yeah, I know that doesn't add up to 100, work with me here. ).  So, what do you think??

Erica,

I took a quick look at your logs and noticed that many of your sessions are less than 45 minutes.  I lost most of my weight when I had workouts in the 1 hour to 1:15 range.  I think the 15-30 minutes of cardio over a 45 minute buidup is where the pounds really come off.  But then again, weight loss is simply calories in vs calories burned so I'm not sure how much this helps.  I'm a work it off kind of person, not so much a calorie counting person.

I should/could have just highlighted the whole thing but that is some damn good advice right there. 

A month is seriously not enough time and a pound down is a pound down. Just keep on, keepin' on!

I had success with weight-loss through a long period of making small, sustainable changes. The bulk of my weight-loss came from managing the food that I ate, not the workouts. Those were just the icing on the cake. 

Also, do your best not to cut things out as that is generally not sustainable, just try to moderate. 

Not sure this will be helpful, but this is my experience.  I was logging my calories and workouts, first on myfitnesspal, then here.  According to BT, mfp was having me eat way too little calories.  My body was constantly in starve mode, hanging on to every calorie for dear life.  When I started training for tri, I still had about 10 lbs that I wanted to lose, but realized that I can't lose weight and train for an event at the same time.  My body breaks down.  So I started focusing on training rather than weight loss.  Eating well, and still logging calories, but just to try to keep in=out to keep my body fueled. 

A few weeks ago (maybe 6?), I fell off the food-logging train.  Still eating healthy (for the most part; I still like my beer), just kinda got lazy about logging.  For the past few weeks I have been allowing myself pretty much what I want (when I say that I mean good food, not junk), because I have found that works well for me leading up to a race.  Just out of curiousity (and not without a little trepidation) I got on the scale this AM--and I am down 4 lbs!  I really believe that you have to give your body what it needs, both calorie and nutrient wise, and it responds.

Stress and medications DEFINITELY play a role.  Try and take a few minutes each day just for you.  Give yourself that gift, you deserve it! 

Uh oh!  That could turn out to be expensive! 

Congrats on the race!

Oh no!  A divorce bike!

Seriously, though, the birthday party sounds good.  Thanks for sharing.

Ha! Probably no more than the rest of this money-sucking-sport! I'm still looking in to the compact crank.  I've seen some used on ebay for 100-ish. I'm afraid of buying the wrong thing, but I don't want to ask my LBS and then not buy from them...

Regarding hilly bike routes -- the things that have helped me are:

• Hill repeats
• Riding hilly routes -- look for the hilliest routes nearby
• Changing the rear cassette.  If you have a 12/25, try a 12/27
• Changing to a compact crank.  My first road bike was a triple, when I got my current road bike, I swapped to a compact crank on it.
• Upgrading wheels.  My bike came with a craptastic wheelset.  I upgraded to Mavic Ksysrium SLs and that made a huge difference in both climbing (and descending!) and handling.

All of these things have helped me a lot.  I am not a natural climber but I am determined ;-)

Maybe I missed it but what is your current setup TJ?

The trusty steed is a 2003 Giant TCR Aero 2

The factory specs:

My tires are NM resistant (see prior goathead dialogue) so they are beefy and heavy, but they keep me from fixing flats every ride, which is what I was doing before I went with the armadillo/goo filled/lined set up

Oh believe me, every route I ride has some hills! Some bigger than others but I live in a very hilly area.  We have a mountain that rises about 5,000 feet above Albuquerque that I am thinking I will learn to climb this winter as well. I'm also enjoying trying to be QOM on Strava for the nearby hills.  That'll make me get a move on! 

Yes. YES!!! SORE LATS!!!

That's my girl.

You know if I were there, I'd be happy to dig my fingers into them for ya. Because, I'm a giver like that

Yeahhhhh, I'm guessing if you were here it wouldn't have taken a massage for me to know my lats were sore, I'd be feeling them all the time...

But I appreciate the sentiment...

rawr!

How should I structure my swims for the next 4 weeks if I am going to do another sprint tri?Obviously, once again my training won't be great. 4 weeks is not really enough time. Especially since I am still supposed to be taking it easy again this week. But, whatever.

I can go to the pool 2 times a week for sure, maybe 3. For an hour at a time. Ish.