Body Composition Challenge (Page 9)

Does anyone know how to make one of the charts with links in it to folks blogs? That would really help, too in addition to ^^^

chrisrunzs26 - 2011-08-08 12:15 PM Well I thought I had a pretty good week over all. I hit 99% of my training and ate fairly well. That being said I am up .4lbs and my Body Fat% is actually down .7% I did my measurements (tape) and they are down in my arms and legs, the same in my chest, hip and stomach. I am going to break down and keep track calories and fat, protein and carbs. for at least a few weeks. I think I am eating all right but just to check.

My goals this week include: Getting 100% of my training in
                                         Staying positive and read inspirational things
                                         Not giving in the the little voices in my head that tell me that it would just be easier to stop working out and to just eat what I want. The little voices are showing up less and less with more and more exercise.     



Chris        

Hang in there Chris!  Tracking for at least a few days may be enlightening.  Definitely worth a try.  I find that the longer I eat less processed food, the weaker the voices get.  Main thing is to hang tough and keep fighting through.  Your body will get with the program and start changing!

132 today and more bad news to go with it........

We are an all inclusive club---you will see a difference so just stay with us and keep motivated.

I'll take that any day!

You know there are some really good frozen yogurts out there that have the same nutrition as the non-frozen stuff- though not the same as 3 scoops for sure.

You are better than me. I have to have one or the other in my morning coffee.

I eat the Dannon Light yogurt.  Sometimes I'll put a container in the freezer a couple hours before a meal so I can have it for dessert.  80 calories.  Pretty tasty!

I have a Tanita, but I'm not a big fan of body fat scales.  Unless you get the very expensive kind, the bodyfat number can fluxuate by a hundred different factors including fluid intake.  That being said, you can use the number to at least keep track of progress if you use it consistently.  Just like the calipers and tape measuring methods, it's not meant to be an exact science, but a tool to see if you're on the right track.

Totally missed that your bf% is down.  Chris, that means you lost fat and gained muscle.  This is a good thing!!!!

Thanks Tammy! 

Basically it's a blood/gas exchange test, breath in and out through a hose in your mouth with clips on your nose, not fun!  The test determines what training zone/heart rate I need to be at for my body to burning carbs as fuel and switch mostly to using it's own fat stores.

I thought I should post my photos from today here as well as in my log.  Photos are so honest that I feel guilty I was not as strict with my food intake (ate a lot of unnecessary junk last week) or workouts (skipped a bunch).  This honesty motivates me for the next week so here it goes:

CONGRATS!!! Awesome results!  I absolutely LOVE all of these quotes. I think I'll commit them to memory! Keep up the great work!

Congrats to all the losers, and hang in there to everyone else! We will do this!

I'm down 1.8 lbs and .8% body fat. I didn't get a chance to do pics and measurements today, so will do them tomorrow. I'm actually LOVING getting back to healthy, natural eating and already feeling much better. I did have a cheat meal at Red Lobster today with my mom for her 70th birthday, and have absolutely no guilt and will get right back to my healthy eating plan.  This is a huge improvement too!

This week will be very challenging as I am going to Vegas on Thursday and running a 51k on Sunday. I'm working on a plan for allowing myself some leeway without totally blowing it, but I know I'm up to the challenge.

Did anyone else reat the article in USA TRialtlon with the pillars of a nutrition plan?

4 key points:

1. your needs will be different depending on where you are in your training cycle (DUH!! how often do we ignore this point!)

2. Improve your metabolic efficiency to change your body composition....Abs, your test will be enlightening!!

3.  Learn more about how the food you eat effects you

4. periodize your nutrition with your training cycle

interesting.... where can i find this?

Week 1 Results are below.  I did consider creating a Google doc spreadsheet but I like tracking our progress personally.  With Google docs, I feel it would be easier for someone to quit (not that you would) the challenge (I have seen this with myself).  By tracking each one of you and myself personally, we all are accountable to someone besides ourselves.  I have decided not to track BF% since we are all measuring this differently or not at all (which is fine as it is just another measure to track success).  It still is a good thing to measure weekly if you have the capabilities (I still cannot find my calipers!  My sons may have used them to measure something somewhere).

Keep up the inspiring progress--I know I need it to get my diet in check.  The problem is that when I run more (relay coming up so that is all for me right now), my appetite is out of check and I eat, eat, eat.  The hell with portion size.  This has got to change for me to see my line head south.