Discussion: eating

Just eat real food and let the gradual build-up of training take care of any remaining flab :)

In a month or three you'll be working hard just to eat enough.

I do eat real food though. I've pretty much lived on grilled piece of meat plus salsa and a bit of carbs this summer. I just have bad genes :)

But the right chromosomes.

Not for losing weight.

No, but the right ones nonetheless. ;-)

More vegetables?

I eat more vegetables than anyone else I know! But since Rob moved over I have definitely been lazy with making lunches, and the cafe at work is not massively healthy. Luckily, my new office has no cafe attached, so I'll be forced to get better at that again!

Drink more water. That and low-carb has made the biggest difference for me (even when eating patterns haven't changed).

Fewer vegetables?

I did read something that said drinking green tea after a meal (rather than water) made people feel fuller. Sounded like bunk to me even though I drink green tea.

Guinness works for that.

Life's too short. Eat what you want, and don't worry about it. Come on long runs or O training with us. We'll work it off while enjoying the wonderful woods around here. After two or three hours, you won't be able to get enough food;-}

Burritos 4 eva!

You do eat a lot of veg and are generally the healthiest eater I know so I understand your frustration. For me low-carb helped sort out my heartburn/bloating problems and also led to me dropping a bit of weight but I have a lot more spare fat than you and it is pretty hard to co-ordinate getting enough fuel on board for training.

I have been doing the LCHF diet for most of this year (cheating a bit on vacation and on the road sometimes) and I don´t feel there´s any risk of not getting enough fuel for training.

I haven´t felt that I´m not getting enough energy even with (sometimes) 2-3 hr workouts. Of course I´m not fast any more but rather keep grinding on (and less body to move around makes exercise easier anyways).

One important part of the thing about weight loss (which was my initial reason for starting this) - and maybe the hardest - is to cut out all bread, which I did effectively for 4-5 months (cheating a bit now). Other carbs, like potatoes, rice and pasta are OK since I usually eat the same as the rest of my family in the evening.

They say (not sure who "they" are in this case) that strength work and intervals ups your metabolism. Long runs are fine, but hard work keeps you burning through fuel for longer through the day.

I'm on the broke-grad-student diet, and it seems to mean I'm eating a lot more junk than I'd like... not good.