Diet plan for a Clydesdale stuck at 202!!!
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![]() | ![]() This is my first year doing tri's and I started at 242 lbs in March. I'm currently between 199 and 205lbs. I'm very happy with losing 40lbs, but now I'm wanting to get down to 185 after my Half IM on October 1st. I'm competing in a series so I need to stay at 200 for last two races. I'm looking to really watch what I eat more closely and continue to train hard. Here's what I'm thinking as far as diet plan goes. Comment and suggestion are greatly appreciated. 530am Coffee w/ splenda 700am choices: Honey bunches of oats 350 cals Clif bar 250 cals Clif protein bar 270 cals
1000am: mini Clif bar 100 cals
1230pm choices: Tuna salad w/ wheat dinner roll 450 cals 6" sub w/ baked lays 500 cals 2 homemade turkey sandwiches w/ chips 400
330pm choices: Clif bar 250 Clif protein bar 270
630-700pm choices: this meals always varies depending on family, but I want to stay under 900
Thanks, Bradley |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Need to get more fruits and veggies!! Instead of cliff bars for snacks maybe an apple w/ PB or cut up veggies and lf dip? |
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![]() | ![]() yeah you're right! That's one thing i did forget about. I do put lots of veggies on salad and sandwiches however. I'll add an apple and/or a banana. |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() When do you train in there? I would guess upon waking based off your meal timing. I'd add in as much real food as possible. If you were working out first thing I'd do something more like this:
5:30- Coffee w/ Splenda, toast with natty PB or Almond Butter Post workout- 1/2c to 1c of oats with a scoop of protein powder and enough milk to make a sludge like consistency 10- Banana 12:30- Lean protein, green veggie, nuts 3:30- Cheese stick or two 6:30- Dinner w/ family. Ideally something like 6oz chicken, spinach salad, brown rice/sweet potato 30 minutes to an hour pre bed- 1/2 c of cottage cheese.
When you want to lose the weight play with the portions and/or start training fasted. |
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![]() | ![]() uhcoog - 2011-08-15 9:29 AM When do you train in there? I would guess upon waking based off your meal timing. I'd add in as much real food as possible. If you were working out first thing I'd do something more like this:
5:30- Coffee w/ Splenda, toast with natty PB or Almond Butter Post workout- 1/2c to 1c of oats with a scoop of protein powder and enough milk to make a sludge like consistency 10- Banana 12:30- Lean protein, green veggie, nuts 3:30- Cheese stick or two 6:30- Dinner w/ family. Ideally something like 6oz chicken, spinach salad, brown rice/sweet potato 30 minutes to an hour pre bed- 1/2 c of cottage cheese.
When you want to lose the weight play with the portions and/or start training fasted.
Here is my workout schedule so far.
Monday 6am-7am Swim Tuesday 530am-630am Speed run Wednesday 630am-730am ride with intervals Thursday 500am-630am long run or long tempo run Friday 6am-7am Swim Saturday 630am-1100am Long ride
It does change depend on how I feel or if I have a race. |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() So you workout mornings. Cool. So to maintain your weight and stay a clyde I'd make sure you don't train fasted and just make sure that you stay in the 200-205 range by weighing yourself every now and again. When you want to lose weight I'd suggest this. Go get a body composition analysis. At that google the Katch-McArdle formula to figure out your maintenance cals. Subtract 500 cals from that number and go to town. Training fasted will accelerate your fat oxidation so you can eliminate the pre workout meal. I would definitely eat pre race though. Gives you that train low/race high effect. Anyway, make sure you eat lean proteins, get your greens, stay with complex carbs like sweet potatoes/brown rice/whole or steel cut oats, and get healthy fats in. It is hard to find a balance, but with some tinkering you'll find what works for you. |
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![]() | ![]() uhcoog - 2011-08-15 4:02 PM So you workout mornings. Cool. So to maintain your weight and stay a clyde I'd make sure you don't train fasted and just make sure that you stay in the 200-205 range by weighing yourself every now and again. When you want to lose weight I'd suggest this. Go get a body composition analysis. At that google the Katch-McArdle formula to figure out your maintenance cals. Subtract 500 cals from that number and go to town. Training fasted will accelerate your fat oxidation so you can eliminate the pre workout meal. I would definitely eat pre race though. Gives you that train low/race high effect. Anyway, make sure you eat lean proteins, get your greens, stay with complex carbs like sweet potatoes/brown rice/whole or steel cut oats, and get healthy fats in. It is hard to find a balance, but with some tinkering you'll find what works for you.
Thanks a lot! I got my composition done with a bod pod in May 12th and here were the results. Weight 210.8, BF 19%. It also did a kcal/day calculation. 2653 cals for sedentary, 3130 for low active, 3606 high active, and 4311 very active. I'm not sure which category I fall into, but those amounts seem high. I plan on going to get it done again in late September before the SC half IM. It's funny you mentioned the fasted workouts. Today was the first day I ate before training. I read somewhere last night about fueling for the workout, but I always thought it was better to train fasted so that I would use my fat for fuel. If I do lose weight, I can always eat a higher sodium meal before a race to hold some extra water weight I guess.
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() You didn't say how tall you are but for 210 the numbers look right. Because the activity adjustment is a percentage based calculation, I use the sedentary amount and add in what I burn -that's more accurate (if you wear a HRM and know what you burn). As others have mentioned, you need some veg & fruit in your plan! Lean less on processed bars; you will benefit nutritionally from whole foods even though the bars are a convenient quick grab and they aren't bad. I used to do my morning workout fasted, but switched to 100 cals pre to get my metabolism back in gear. Your body will burn fat if you are doing a low-mid intensity like a training ride. Once you push your heartrate to anaerobic, you're burning carbs and not so much fat because the body cannot convert fat to energy fast enough. When you don't give your body a little of the energy it needs for the burn, it becomes very efficient (thinking it needs to hang onto those calories) and slows down your metabolism. I've been stuck for months for that reason. Or maybe my body just likes its fat stores and isn't willing to give them up. I continue to beat them into submission. |