So I have dabbled with a few different styles of eating since I took on my Century (100 miles) bike ride last September and I discovered that I was wrong..imagine that. I kept my weight off for three or more years with little effort and then boom my weight shot back up to nearly 245 lbs over the winter and I have not been able to drop a pound in spite of all of my efforts.
Two days ago I pulled up all of my notes and realized I was fighting a losing battle and I needed to return to my paleo ways and quick!
Now the problem was I chose carbs so I could ride 100 miles , I did pull that off but I also damaged my Achilles tendons and sent my body back into a carb craving machine that was not able to ride. I had committed myself to a fifty mile ride this weekend and I have not had the energy to ride much at all with my extra 20lbs. In short this made for a lackluster ride of 43 miles before my body just gave up and my legs turned into cement.
On the ride I chose to leave music behind and think about what had go wrong in diet. I had made what was easy very complex and it was showing in my health.
Calories in/ out are important and can not be ignored. You can look up some sites on the web and with a little math get a good idea of how many calories your body burns at rest.
Chose an activity you love that burns calories, walking , hiking, and biking and some kettlebell works are my plan for a t least one hour out of my day.
Figure out a goal that you want to reach, a great one if you're over weight is 10% weight loss.
In my case this morning I weighed 236 lbs , that's a pound lighter after my four hour bike ride which gives you and idea that this is a long slow process unless you intend to workout four hours every day.
I want to get below 200lbs this year as my goal, so I have a full seven months to lose the weight, and I expect too see it go some like this. Down 10lbs the first month and then the maybe six pounds over the next two months and then a plateau where my weight loss stalls for several weeks. When your weight has stalled that's the time to recalculate your numbers and start over, because you're eating too much again.
Stick with the basic rules, eat clean and lean, easy on the carbs, move often,play in the sunshine and sleep good at night.
Already this morning a fog is leaving my mind and I feel back on track.
Peace and love
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