Biggest loser
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It's easy to add 1600 calories of Oreos...stress eating during the NHL playoffs has been a thing too lol.
@2Julianas used the Dexcom G6 for a bit. Same one we had Trevor try out for his Type 1. The G7 was just released, and is significantly smaller/less intrusive. There was a pro that got DQ'd a month or three ago for using one during a race. Can't remember her name. She said it wasn't connected at the time (you need your phone near by and it's not like a pro is gonna whip out her iPhone in the middle of a race)
I did! Learned a bunch of interesting things about my personal glucose reactions relative to foods, timing of foods, and workouts.
Kristen Faulkner, I believe. That was a strange one.
I mean to me that makes me think it must work pretty well lol.
Does seem like you might be able to get some really interesting data from it with regards to bike racing....like how often do I REALLY need to eat during a race.
Always a good marketing strategy to say that something has been banned in competition.
I do think that it would be really interesting as well. There was a podcast that was discussing these...the Supersapiens one seems to be the most common, but there are other options as well, at least one of which is a lot more expensive but has some benefit that I can't recall.
Robin
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Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Weekly check-in. Maintaining same weight as last week. Wasn't sure how weigh in would go this morning as yesterday I celebrated my mom's birthday with a blizzard from Dairy Queen (I'm finding that dairy and sugar wreck me too). Good week of 2 long MTB rides, CrossFit and a run.
Weekly check-in. Maintaining same weight as last week. Wasn't sure how weigh in would go this morning as yesterday I celebrated my mom's birthday with a blizzard from Dairy Queen (I'm finding that dairy and sugar wreck me too). Good week of 2 long MTB rides, CrossFit and a run.
JDurk
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E2M program R9W1D6
Diet
Food intake was good most of the week. Did go out for Buck a Shuck at Max's Seafood in Gloucester City on Wed night, oysters, mussels in white sauce, bread, salad and meatless meatballs washed down with some Guinness. So some good, some bad. Last night had some steak tacos and a beer. No cheat meals this weekend planned, yet.
Exercise
Been feeling tired. Did the circuits with run warm-up M/W/F, no extra credit this week. Spin bike Tue, skipped it to sleep in on Thurs. Heading up to Wawayanda today to participate in the Xterra tomorrow. Will be doing the Duathlon, (4k run, 26k bike, 10k run). Going to be interesting. Will be sticking to the plan next week with circuits and adding extra credit back in. MASS French Creek is up next Saturday.
Weight
1/2/22 Starting weight = 235.4
5/06/23 current weight = 184.4
Diff: weekly up 2, total lost = 51
Not surprised with the trend up. Activity was lower, eating was up. It is what it is and know better.
Wife weighed herself this morning and was up 1lb for the week. She's not been as active and slowly her weight has gone up about 5lb from her lowest.
9hrs of pedal time last week, another 4 in the gym.
Did my first road ride of the year on friday.....while my left to right power isnt majorly off....about 4-5% (my right leg was always 2% weaker than my left) Whats really evident from my power data is the difference in phase from right to left....My right foot im making power for about 10% less of the circle than my left. Which im sure is due to the fact that I currently have little to no dorsiflexion in my ankle. Getting better every day, still currently sucks tho.
@JimN and @Meatball Mia @Ryan.P dragged me all over ringwood for 3+ hours on Saturday....They were working hard to try and make me die, and I was hurting, but I survived.
Then a couple more hours at Mahlon with Iggy and Bill on Sunday.....
End result, I lost a few pounds this week.
Did my first road ride of the year on friday.....while my left to right power isnt majorly off....about 4-5% (my right leg was always 2% weaker than my left) Whats really evident from my power data is the difference in phase from right to left....My right foot im making power for about 10% less of the circle than my left. Which im sure is due to the fact that I currently have little to no dorsiflexion in my ankle. Getting better every day, still currently sucks tho.
@JimN and @Meatball Mia @Ryan.P dragged me all over ringwood for 3+ hours on Saturday....They were working hard to try and make me die, and I was hurting, but I survived.
Then a couple more hours at Mahlon with Iggy and Bill on Sunday.....
End result, I lost a few pounds this week.
I wasn't working very hard.
Me either
JDurk
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E2M program R9W3D1
Diet
Did ok most of the week sticking to the plan. Sat and Sun sort of went off the rails with too much snacking, breaking my fast early, beer and ice cream. I was craving it and felt hungry quite often. Had a shitty celebration meal at the local Outback, service was terrible, steak was cold and they were out of the beer I wanted. Anyway, this week will be a test as my MIL will be in town, we're hosting a family party on Saturday and I'll be trying to be good all week pre-TSE which begins next Tuesday. We are going out to dinner with my parents and MIL on Wed to celebrate Mother's Day a few days late.
Exercise
Took it a little easy this week, only worked out T/W/Th. Did the Xterra Duathlon last Sunday at Wawayanda. As a 1st timer, didn't expect much as far as results. Ran a bit of the 1st leg 4k with my wife, but she said go ahead, so I did. She was supposed to do the sprint Tri, but decided to do her own sprint Du as the water was cold and wetsuit mandatory. Got in/out of transition in about 2.5min and out on the bike. I was on the geared HT mtb, was supposed to be gravel friendly, but I'd say that it was maybe 60/40. Made a lot of passes during that portion. There was 1 steep, rocky climb that most were walking and I cleaned it both times. A bit of mud and running water on a few trails. Another 2.5min transition back into run mode and out for the 10k. More elevation variation and rocks. Recognized a few of the trails from riding there. Ran the 1st 2ish miles, then switched to run/walk intervals for a bit, then back to full running to the finish. It was fun, may do it again. next year.
Thursday evening at Belmont #notarace, was 11th overall, with a 1st SS to the finish. Course was very gravely, short loop, 4 laps. There was 4 SSers and we all battled back and forth the first 2 laps before I pulled away. As I mentioned, TSE is next week, so will be taking it easy again this week, but sticking to the routine with no running.
Weight
1/2/22 Starting weight = 235.4
5/15/23 current weight = 186.6
Diff: weekly up 2.2, total lost = 48.8
Lower activity, beer, snacking, chocolate and ice cream all added up this week. It's all gone now for the week.
Wife is done working for a few months as graduation was last Friday, so no teaching. She plans to ramp up some activity and has hired a coach to get her back into multi-sport shape again. She likes to swim, tolerates the bike and hates to run.
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iman29
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bike lap times consistent after a run - well done !
Goal Weight End of May: 179.8 lbs
May 17 Weight: 183.4 lbs
Basically maintaining 2 weeks in weight wise which I'm calling a win. May has been the opposite of less hectic. Been to 4 sporting events, 2 dinners for birthdays and a mother's day BBQ.
Done with the base phase of my training plan and here come the intervals and the build. Also haven't raced since Port Jervis on April 16 due to Iron Furnace getting cancelled so hopefully getting something in soon. I feel so much faster on the bike than I did at Rattling Creek April 2. FTP is up 15 watts in 3 months so feeling pretty good overall.
May 17 Weight: 183.4 lbs
Basically maintaining 2 weeks in weight wise which I'm calling a win. May has been the opposite of less hectic. Been to 4 sporting events, 2 dinners for birthdays and a mother's day BBQ.
Done with the base phase of my training plan and here come the intervals and the build. Also haven't raced since Port Jervis on April 16 due to Iron Furnace getting cancelled so hopefully getting something in soon. I feel so much faster on the bike than I did at Rattling Creek April 2. FTP is up 15 watts in 3 months so feeling pretty good overall.
Nice work, what do you do for FTP tests?
I actually did a kinda 8min FTP test last week....im not really much of a believer in FTP tests after X number of years of training with a power meter....Not that they arent useful to people, but I dont necessarily find them useful to me personally. Anyway, I didnt give this much thought so the road I chose was rolling and not flat....its not really very useful to try and hold FTP test power on a downhill. But it was good enough to give me an idea what I should be doing with my intervals.
I actually did a kinda 8min FTP test last week....im not really much of a believer in FTP tests after X number of years of training with a power meter....Not that they arent useful to people, but I dont necessarily find them useful to me personally. Anyway, I didnt give this much thought so the road I chose was rolling and not flat....its not really very useful to try and hold FTP test power on a downhill. But it was good enough to give me an idea what I should be doing with my intervals.
I did a baseline ramp test when I started (248) and have been using Trainer Road's AI FTP since which feels about right. I don't really care about my FTP per se, as I'm not doing 1 hour straight TT's or anything of the sort so I've been just using their number. It's just a number to guide the training and I've yet to fail a workout (or an interval for that matter) so it feels about right.
One thing I will say, I was 4ish weeks into TR's sweet spot plan and I was getting absolutely smoked...heading into burnout territory. 4-5 days of sweet spot work was insane.
I changed to their polarized plan and it's been perfect.