IM Weight Loss

My coach told me a lot of his athletes gain weight during IM training b/c they overestimate calories burned and underestimate calories eaten.  You still have to watch your diet, you can't just eat whatever you want if you want to lose/maintain weight.  I have been hypervigilant about only eating to fuel and have lost 8 pounds (also following weight watchers) and I still feel energized and am not hungry all the time.  

 I did gain weight when training for 2 of my stand alone marathons and I'm pretty sure it's because I took the attitude "I'm training for a marathon, I can eat whatever!"  Well I had to carry extra lbs across the finish line so I am not doing that again!  

I've lost about 95 and hope to lose another 8 before IMLP. Last 8 are slow going. I know losing those last few pounds will improve my power/weight ratio and make those hills a bit easier.

I think it is hard to fuel well for workouts and also cut calories..at least for me it is. 

I stayed pretty much the same throughout the training.  Maybe 1 or 2 pounds different (margin of error makes it a wash).

But I also train year round anyways, so it stays pretty consistent.

I'd say that during my peak week's I was probably down 4 or 5 pounds, but that came back as soon as I was in a recovery week and during my taper.  Even now during my intensive marathon training my weight is pretty stable similar to where it was during IM training.

If I stay on the same weight that I am right now, I'll be down about 20-25 lbs this November for IMAZ.  I weighed 196 at Lake Placid last July and I'm about 177 now.  I'm actually trying to get down to 170 at race time.

I weighed in heavy as well ..... like 10 pounds more than I was just a few days before on my Tanita scale (which is pretty damn accurate).  They made me keep shoes and everything on and sinc I registered right when I pulled into the event I also had a 32 oz. Gatorade and big azz sSnickers bar in my stomach.  But still ... their scales had to be not calibrated correctly.