thebigb - 2012-05-25 8:31 AM
Thanks for posting this...
Do you consistently maintain your weight with a diet like this or do you find yourself losing?
Do you know ballpark how many calories/carbs/protein you intake daily?
Hi Lisa.

Regarding calories/carb/protein intake I have no idea. I have never counted calories or specific nutrional content of what I eat. I simply eat a diet heavy on whole foods, organic, gluten free
(a recent change I adopted out of curiousity and feel it really added to helping me stay lean and I feel good
). I never eat highlt refined or processed food, stuff in packages, fats food, fried food, ect. My poor wife...

My weight is pretty consistent now but it used to swing a lot before I really cleaned it up more, cut out breakfast, restricted training calories when appropriate, and going gluten free. I used to swing between 162-172 lbs depending on the time of season and training load. Now I am 158-164, 158 being my race weight. I didn't target that, it's just where I ended up and feel good at that weight. As an almost 44 year old man, even with the training volume I do every year, I need to be very aware of putting on weight. There are overweight people on my Mom's side of the family. I don't use my training as an excuse to eat, I can't if I want to achieve what I want from the sport.
On the gluten free note, I've pretty much adopted a GF diet simply because my gf has celiacs. Can't say I ever gave it much thought beyond being a "fad" but honestly, I find myself feeling quite a bit better and the weight is really starting to peel off of me now. About the only gluten I get now is in beer 