From my Progress Day 7 post last week...."My trick is to duplicate it next week."
Well it's next week now and I went from 183.6 to 180.4 this week for a total loss of 9.8. I have still been running about the same but watching what I have been eating. To be honest, I feel like I am eating more during the day. The main difference is less at night. That was (and will continue) to be my biggest hurdle.
SO, I will stick to it for another 7 days and re-evaluate. My stretch goals would be to just make it a habit again so I don't have to 'stick' to anything and get down to 175. In two weeks I will hit the 3rd anniversary of reaching my goal weight so it would be really nice to get down to that same weight of 175 on February 21st. This would actually be quite a significant improvement from when I reached it in 2010. Since I was more focused on fat loss initially I had very little muscle and lots of flab making up that 175. Since then I have changed my muscle to fat combination for the better.
I am feeling better everyday. Make it a great day everyone!
Great attention to the goal has = a wonderful payoff!! You can do it!!! Good job!!
ReplyDeleteThanks. It always has seemed like such a small difference but that small difference is magnified 10 times at the end of an ultra. We'll see how this all pans out. I feel like I am teetering on a delicate balance of reducing my weight to increase speed...while training hard and needing to refuel properly. I have been trying to focus on a higher protein mix to help repair muscles from hard workouts.
DeleteHow's hunger during all of this? I get ravenous from running so much and you're getting fewer calories than I am most days.
ReplyDeleteThe key for me is spreading out the calories evenly throughout the day. Surprisingly the smallest 'meal' I have is breakfast after 8-10 miles of running. But I follow it up at 10am with 200 or so calories in a snack. Plus I try to make it filling stuff with fiber and/or lots of protein.
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