I couldn't do my weights at lunch, I had a full day sales meeting. We work through lunch and I have pizza brought in. Normally, I can stop eating at a couple of pieces. Today I think I stopped at about five. I figured it was at least a 1000 calorie lunch.I got to the YMCA by 4 pm and did a power weight training session. My joints were feeling the stress of the extra weight. I cautiously pushed as much weight as I could.
When I weight train, I don't sit still. I go from one machine to the next as part of my recovery. For example, if I'm doing a lower body exercise, once I'm finished one set, my rest is doing an upper body exercise, then I go back the the next set on the lower body exercise. If I waited after each set, and didn't move from machine to machine, I'd be in the gym at least 15 or 20 minutes longer. Needless to say, I work up a pretty good sweat rotating from machine to machine.
My overeating continued when I got home. Alice made Lasagna, I ate two big pieces and then 4 bowls of cereal. Ugh. In total I ate 4700 calories today. I had no self control. I find if I eat poorly at lunch, that lack of discipline carries forward for the rest of the day.
Tonight was my running speed work and it was really hard for me to get motivated to do it. First it was cold, - 17 C. Second, it was dark. Third, there was snow on the ground. Fourth, my stomach was so full, even 3 hours after eating I was still burping up Lasagna. I was debating with myself "whether or not I should do it tonight or tomorrow am in daylight?".
At about 9 pm, I read some blog and twitter posts and got a little inspiration and motivation. I got a "you can do it!" from @ree_ti_ree and a "suck it up wuss" from @rbuike. That's all it took to help push me out the door.
It was not a fast speed work session. I was doing timed intervals and was running on newly fallen snow. It's the equivalent of running on sand, with the added danger of slipping. The benefit was that different muscles for stabilization are used. The entire run I was burping up Lasagna. It was not an easy run, going as hard as you can and trying to keep your food down.
Tomorrows a new diet day. Onward and upward.
Weights - 50 minutes / power b
Speed Run - 1:10:32 / 13.45 km / 5:13 pace / 143 avg hr (max 168 bpm)
182.4 lbs / 21.7 % bmi
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I'm starting to see a theme with your diet - "4 bowls of cereal". I know what it's like, very moreish and before you know it 4 bowls have dissappeared and the body hasn't signalled enough.
I reckon you've got to treat cereal like beer - get on the cereal wagon until after China.
There's my 10 cents worth - PS don't replace the cereal snacks with wagon wheels!
PPS But don't forget to bring a wagon wheel to China for me.
B
Glad you did the running after all that food. At least you burned some of those 4700 calories. That is a lot, I looked at my calorie counting and you ate in one day what I had in 2.5 days.
Not preaching to you, just saying.
Don't worry, you get those days. I've seen that when I get closer to my race date I tend to have those days where I can't stop myself from eating.
I think it is the body's way of saying it needs something.
Good luck with the long training hours this weekend in the cold and snow.
J
S, no kidding. Cereal doesn't fill and then it's too late. At least it's healthy cereal. Cereal wagon, I like it, nice ring to it.
Bringing the wagon wheels is a great idea. Beer and wagon wheels afterwards. I like it!!!
J, I didn't realize it was that much until you said that's your 2.5 day total. Wow. If I ate that in 2.5 days, I'd definitely lose weight. I'm just so afraid of losing energy. Strangely, those totals are not unhealthy foods, relatively anyway. I think your right, my body is saying it needs something. Maybe it's the training in winter and it's trying to put in some extra "insulation". haha. Strange part is I'm looking thinner. But you are right, it's a lot. I need to keep it around 2400 calories. Still lots of time. I think LA will be a 5 - 7 lb loss week. Looks like this weekend is inside, too much snow on the ground. If the snow wasn't there I'd try to ride in the - 17 C for at least as long as I could until I frooze. That trainer is just mind numming, as you all to well know.
B
Where did you order your pizza and what kind was it?
I'd love to know where to get a pizza that 5 pieces only equate to 1000 calories.
Is it possible you are downing your food so fast that your brain hasn't had a chance to signal to you that you are satisfied. That usually takes about 20 minutes. Maybe you could train yourself to stop after 1 piece or 1 bowl and tell yourself if you are still hungry after 20 min then you are allowed to have 2nd's. (and another 20 min before you have 3rds and so on.)
A, everyone's a food expert. haha. It was from little caesars, a small one. Checked the calories on the web.
Thanks for the tip, I've tried that in the past, but it's never hurts to try it again. I'm obsessive compulsive, that's why I like long course triathlons and that carries through to my food and beer. I'm all or nothing and it's part of my DNA. It has its advantages and disadvantages.
Plus, I still eat out of boredom, stress, or I use it as motivation to go out and burn those calories off. Unfortunately it's my cross to bear.
B
hey thought i would let you know i just had an awesome trainer session thanks to the help of a video called fightclub. i downloaded it from a website called the sufferfest.com for 10 dollars. its an hour long workout using actual race footage and is set up like a spin class motivating you to keep going, go harder and then kicking your teethin at the end. it certainly made the hour go by faster.
i burnt 1060 cals in the hour, did 18 miles and my average heart rate was 153. was a great workout. have a look, it was pretty good. i used to hate the trainer and was actually looking forward to it.
i will be trying to beat my distance every time and hopefully drop my heart rate the more i do it.
JAM, I've also here from JudyMac that those video's are great. I've got to try it out. Congrats on the strong workout. I love it. Keep up the good work.
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