20 Down
Sorry to freak everyone out with my lack of posting but I've been kinda busy. In addition to another promotion by default (always seems to happen to me and it's never, ever good), I've been seriously busting my ass to lose weight now that I'm not traveling and can eat properly. Back on June 5th, I reported my weight as 269.5 and when I hit the scale this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to see 249.5 on the LCD before me. 20 pounds in a month. Not bad but I was shooting for 25 even though I expected to gain some serious leg muscle. My program is pretty simple:
1) 121 minutes of cycling @ 75% of capacity 6 days a week
2) 30 minutes of easy spinning on the day I have off
3) No soda
4) No fast food
5) Some type of whole grain cereal for breakfast every morning
6) Weigh myself every morning and record it in my cycling log spreadsheet
The only hard part above was the no fast food but it hasn't been a problem since I'm only a half mile away from home. I can't make the convenience argument anymore. But other than that, I don't watch what I eat and eat when I'm hungry. This is really the first ever real attempt at losing weight in my life and it really wasn't that hard after the first three days. I don't think I would have lost even an ounce had I not been cycling this hard so I'm convinced weight loss by diet only is a farce.
One thing I've learned is to weigh yourself every day. Yes, every day. All the diet books I've ever seen say to avoid doing that because you might get discouraged. BS I say. Weighing myself made me think every day why I'm making this choice or that choice and why I have to go sit on the trainer for 2 hours and one minute. Some days I was annoyed but I knew the battle wasn't for a day and if I gained half a pound or so, I would just lose it over time.
Unfortunately, 20 pounds isn't much and the only place I've noticed it is in my thighs. I used to be able to easily "pinch and inch" but not anymore. My waist is the same size but my legs are thinner despite the extra muscle. But then again, I'm not doing this for appearance, I'm doing this to climb Evans faster. I've got exactly one year to drop another hundred before I'm ready.
July 6th, 2007 - 16:28
Proud of you. 20lbs in one month is a great accomplishment. Keep up the hard work!!!
Oh ya, check out my website when you get a chance. New pictures of the boys are up. The tech took some in the 4D real time technology, you can really see their faces.
Love ya.
Kell
July 9th, 2007 - 08:13
Great job sweetie,
Since I haven’t seen you for a month, I am sure that I can be an unbiased eye. I bet you have slimmed in other areas too. Since I have lost another 10 lbs maybe we can wow each other. can’t wait to see you next week. Love you,
Amy
July 10th, 2007 - 15:32
121 minutes. Good for you. That’s a long time to be on a trainer. A real long time.
I bought a 2006 Trek Madone over the weekend. $1500! A steal. It’s quite nice. Really goes and has that carbon “magic carpet” ride.
July 12th, 2007 - 21:18
What’s the signifigance of the extra minute? Why not a flat two hours?
July 12th, 2007 - 21:50
Jerrod, ahh, finally, someone asks me about the extra minute. When I started racing as a junior, everything was about doing a little bit extra than your competitor. An extra mile here, an extra hour there and so on. Most people would just do two hours so I do two hours and one minute. It’s totally just a psychological thing…