IMKY Weightloss challange (Page 2)

We need some proof before you going making brash statements like that

I'll let Mike post his pic first

After doing IMAZ in November on very little training and eating garbage, I am thinking of changing both of those and that should take care of the first half of the weight I need to drop. The last 20 will have to be strict eating and tough workouts over the summer.

I have stopped drinking pop this week until after IM and am back starting to get consistent with my workouts again.

Also limiting alcohol for very special occasions.

Sounds like a good plan, Michael.

I had mixed results this weekend. I "accidentally" ate nothing but a box of Cocoa Krispies with milk yesterday.

I've been eating very light and healthy today--Puffins for breakfast, butternut squash soup and some lite string cheese for lunch. And I do feel satisfied.

You have 33 weeks.  Thats alot of time.  My goal is to cut 2500 calories a week(360 calories/day), which roughly equals .7 pounds/week.  This should put me around 157 the week of Louisville. Good Luck.

Not sure what your training looks like, since it's not posted in your log.  Maybe add strength training if you are not already doing some? 

Although you eat "really healthy", maybe there is something in your diet that needs to be tweaked?  Too many processed carbs, too much sodium, not enough protein? 

 i think the best thing you can do is to have your metabolic rate tested,,, so you know exactly how many calories you can eat in a day,,  When i had mine done I was surprise at how high it was in relation to what I thought,, so when I thought I was just cutting back 300 calories a day it was really over 800, which is why I was a snaking fool late in the day or just too tired to work out

x2 what Gary said.  How was your body fat measured?  Was it was done by an electronic machine or calipers? They(machine) usually they give a rough estimate RMR.

I need to change my starting bodyfat percentage from 14.8 to 13.6.   I had to replace the battery in my bodyfat calipers and while I would love to say I've lost 1.2% bodyfat in a few days, that obviously is not the case. 

I would change my number in the chart but I'm afraid I would mess the entire thing up.

How is everyone doing so far?  My wife SweetP has helped create meal plans for me and I'm going to be as strict as possible.

I'm doing well.  I'm hitting all my workouts and keeping my nutrition in check. On Monday I'm getting my body fat checked.  My weight fluctuates with dehydration and hydration.

I'm doing well so far.  I've increased the amount of h2o I've been drinking and I've been great about not eating sugar.  I'm also limiting the amount of "white stuff" in my diet....last night I had sushi, so that went out the window. 

Meeting with my tri coach next week to figure out my training plan for 09 racing. 

Sigh.  Despite a pseudo-race over the weekend, I seem to be up a pound or 2!  >.<  Hmmmm... and that was before all the PB I scarfed down last night.  It's not all bad, I've been eating more fruits and veggies, less dessert.  Just need to do more tweaking to the diet, and take more food to work to prevent future PB attacks.

I love PB!!  I love to eat it right frm the jar, no bread required, just a spoon....sooo yummy!

That's exactly my problem.  I made the mistake of sitting down to go over a presentation last night... with an open jar of PB, a spoon, and a beer.  Half hour later I noticed there was a sizable dent in the PB.  Oops!

I'm using livestong.com to try to keep to  2,000 calories/day.

So far I'm doing pretty good....but I'm not doing IM level training yet.  When I start going on 5 hr+ bike rides I will get wicked hungry!

~Mike

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I did well with Paleo last year before I really started to get into the bulk of IM training.  Once IM training volume was up, I just ate EVERYTHING!  This year I must have more control over that!

I'm 129 today!  I have not seen the 120s since 1993!

CONGRATULATIONS! You are more awesome and amazing today than you have EVER been!

Aww, thanks chicky....my own personal cheer-leader!!!

Great job Abbie, keep the momentum going!

Remember check is on Monday 1-19.  Try to stay away from the beers and buffets this weekend.  Don't want to mess up a hard weeks work on the weekend. 

need a solid weekend to keep up the gains I have made this week

been going well so far, I do need to clean up my eating a lot more but have made a ton of progress so far

So how do I get my fat butt on the weight loss chart? 

I'm at 152 now and need to get back down to 145 before IMKY.  I gained 7 lbs from October to January!  I know...I'm a big fat piggy.