Fat Enders

[MN Dave]

Anyone other runners getting frustrated by the weather? Secondwind?

It's not the snow but the underlying ice; I can barely get to the end of the street without breaking my neck so haven't been for a run for over two weeks. This is pretty annoying as I lose fitness very quickly.

treadmill...

[SonicMan46]

treadmill...

Same here - have a bike & treadmill in the basement (along w/ another bike for Harpo) - just need electricity and of course the motivation, always the hardest part! 

Now, we've been doing more 'trail hiking' & walking paths lately, but this is certainly not the season!   

[Lethevich]

Anyone other runners getting frustrated by the weather? Secondwind?

It's not the snow but the underlying ice; I can barely get to the end of the street without breaking my neck so haven't been for a run for over two weeks. This is pretty annoying as I lose fitness very quickly.

I've taken to doing it in the early morning or late night on the road (the only surface that has grip). As it's a holiday season, there aren't many cars in the morning, and when one comes I step on the path until it passes.

[MN Dave]

Daily calorie budget: 2189

Weight today: 264.5

Here we go again...

Eff you, vessel! 265.5. You want a fight?; you got one!

[secondwind]

Anyone other runners getting frustrated by the weather? Secondwind?

It's not the snow but the underlying ice; I can barely get to the end of the street without breaking my neck so haven't been for a run for over two weeks. This is pretty annoying as I lose fitness very quickly.

Yes, the snow/ice has really interfered with my program.  (That's it--it's the snow and ice..  That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!)  But now that the roads in my neighborhood are pretty much clear, I should be getting back to daily running. . . unless it rains tomorrow! 

[MN Dave]

Down a pound...again.

[secondwind]

Down a pound...again.

Congratulations!

[karlhenning]

Go, Dave, go!

[Harpo]

I was making progress until I went to "Carols, Cookies and Cocoa" yesterday and just had to try all the cookies, mostly homemade, not to mention chocolate truffles and a yummy almond coffee cake. That Little Devil voice kept whispering "Just one more."  The voice receded today, I think.

[Elgarian]

Down a pound...again.

Already you seem like a man who needs a graph-plotting program. (Not that it helps in any significant way, but it provides hours of family fun.)

[MN Dave]

My Lose It! app has a graph.

Up a pound again. 

[Elgarian]

My Lose It! app has a graph.

Then you have every reason to be a happy and fulfilled specimen of Graph-Plotting Weight-Recording Man.

Up a pound again.

Look on the bright side: think how bad you'd have felt if you hadn't lost one yesterday.

[MN Dave]

According to Lose It!, I should be losing two pounds a week at this level of caloric intake, however the body seems to be resisting.

We will not give up. 

[Elgarian]

According to Lose It!, I should be losing two pounds a week at this level of caloric intake, however the body seems to be resisting.

I'm gradually proving what I knew already - that as the body gets used to lower calorie intake, the metabolic rate slows down so the weight loss is always less than predicted. Bearing in mind that even ignoring that factor, to lose a pound of body fat we have to reduce our calorie intake by 3,500 calories, realistically it's going to be a lot slower than 2 pounds a week for most of us.

So I think the trick is not merely to eat fewer calories, but also to be persistent and move more to keep the metabolic rate up. I'm trying to walk more often - little short strolls scattered through the day in addition to my daily 40 mins on the exercise bike. However, right now I have a bad cold, so that's the end of my bike sessions for a while: all I feel like doing is curling up in a ball and shivering quietly in between sneezes.

[MN Dave]

Yeah, I'm doing the iPod/treadmill thing.

[secondwind]

I'm gradually proving what I knew already - that as the body gets used to lower calorie intake, the metabolic rate slows down so the weight loss is always less than predicted. Bearing in mind that even ignoring that factor, to lose a pound of body fat we have to reduce our calorie intake by 3,500 calories, realistically it's going to be a lot slower than 2 pounds a week for most of us.

So I think the trick is not merely to eat fewer calories, but also to be persistent and move more to keep the metabolic rate up. I'm trying to walk more often - little short strolls scattered through the day in addition to my daily 40 mins on the exercise bike. However, right now I have a bad cold, so that's the end of my bike sessions for a while: all I feel like doing is curling up in a ball and shivering quietly in between sneezes.

Sorry to hear you're sick, Elgarian!  Get well soon.  Until then, I recommend cocoa with peppermint schnapps!  (just get the sugar-free cocoa mix and use fat-free milk. . . )

[karlhenning]

Mend quickly, Elgarian!

[Elgarian]

Ah .... Ah ........ Ah......... Tishoo!

[MN Dave]

Down 1 1/2.

[secondwind]

Down 1 1/2.

Wonderful!