Hello,
The good news is that I ran 6 miles on Sunday morning. That's the first time I've run that far in probably 10 months. I was slow at about a 10 minute mile average, but the stamina was there. I'm happy about that. It double the amount of anything I've run recently.
The bad news is that this morning I weigh 246. Now I do have some soreness from the run and I suspect that 4 lb jump is most likely water retention. It certainly wouldnt be the first time I've had a 4 pound jump from water retention. In fact many runners will tell you that they often find they've GAINED weight while training for a marathon for example.
With that said even taking into account those 4 pounds I'm less than impressed with my progress thus far. I'm trying not to get discouraged though. I do realize I still need a solid plan in place that I don't have. I'm just struggling to come up with a plan that is so adaptable based on my hectic schedule. My schedule is no excuse for my diet though and it's still not what it should be so I should be looking there.
So I'm thinking about trying an actual diet of some sort. I don't know what yet, so I'm open to suggestions. In the end I can probably eat about 2200-2400 calories a day and lose about a pound a week. I'm just struggling with doing that.
Until next time.
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7 years ago
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For my money the Paleo diet is the one to go with. Eat meats, vegetables, some fruit, nuts, and seeds, as much as you want. For me it's just a way of life now (for the most part, I do cheat occasionally), and it's fairly effortless once you get the hang of it. The first time I went strict Paleo I lost 7 pounds in a week. I would recommend checking out "The Paleo Solution" by Robb Wolf, and also "The Paleo Diet" by Dr. Loren Cordain for the details and science behind it.
I'm a 52 year old guy who started at 238 pounds and wants to get to 199 pounds. I'm eating 1500-1800 calories a day and in 3 weeks have shifted 15 pounds
I know the first weeks are the easy part, but I think working out a low-cal yet nutritious diet is important
Soon I will start to exercise as well !
Neil Paterson
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