Diet

IMO you need to either count calories or do something similar (eg WeightWatcher points) in a manner that takes into account the exercises you do and also allows you to achieve your weight loss goals in a controlled manner. I have done WeightWatchers before and its a good program, but I don't like the meetings (waste of time IMO). But recently I've been using the LoseIt app and it's been great, and unlike WW it is free. It is basically just a calorie-counting program, but with a smartphone it is ridiculously easy to track your meals and calories. You set your weight-loss goals (eg 1.5 pounds per week) and away you go. It tracks how far you are over or under in a particular week, so if you have a bad day you can make up for it. Or alternatively you can "save up" calories for a sin later in the week. You are free to eat healthy obviously (which I do); it is probably even compatible with the paleo diet (which I don't know much about). Compared to the WW online program it doesn't seem to have quite as good a catalog of restaurants but you can also find that information elsewhere online. Plus you develop a pretty decent sense of the number of calories of various dishes. - a ax wax ax Ada. A a so you can hazard a reasonably good guess sometimes. I try to leave a "buffer" in such cases by guessing conservatively. I know there are people out there who pooh-pooh the idea of counting calories and all that, but over the last few months I've been losing at exactly the rate that the app says I should be, and it absolutely has not impacted my energy levels in training in swimming or cycling. I have a swimming buddy who also runs and he's been doing paleo and has been just fine. He's lost a lot of weight but he still seems to be swimming fast in practice; he just went to spring nationals and had a good meet, so it doesn't seem to have impacted his performance. Just be aware that (IMO) many diets don't seem to give "serious" athletes enough credit for exercise. It isn't just the calories consumed during training, it is also the calories associated with recovery. My general impression is that there are a lot of decent diet programs out there, just be sure that you eat enough carbs to fuel your training. But obviously not too many: getting the right amount is why you need to track both food and exercise. Good idea. I'll track calories, but how do I figure out how many calories I'm burning via swimming? If anyone can help me it's pretty cold water and mostly 1 and a half hours of swimming. Also should I just basically guess on hoe many cals I'm burning on three Basics workouts? thankkksss I actually wouldn't mind weight gain if it means more muscle gain.

IMO you need to either count calories or do something similar (eg WeightWatcher points) in a manner that takes into account the exercises you do and also allows you to achieve your weight loss goals in a controlled manner. I have done WeightWatchers before and its a good program, but I don't like the meetings (waste of time IMO). But recently I've been using the LoseIt app and it's been great, and unlike WW it is free. It is basically just a calorie-counting program, but with a smartphone it is ridiculously easy to track your meals and calories. You set your weight-loss goals (eg 1.5 pounds per week) and away you go. It tracks how far you are over or under in a particular week, so if you have a bad day you can make up for it. Or alternatively you can "save up" calories for a sin later in the week. You are free to eat healthy obviously (which I do); it is probably even compatible with the paleo diet (which I don't know much about). Compared to the WW online program it doesn't seem to have quite as good a catalog of restaurants but you can also find that information elsewhere online. Plus you develop a pretty decent sense of the number of calories of various dishes. - a ax wax ax Ada. A a so you can hazard a reasonably good guess sometimes. I try to leave a "buffer" in such cases by guessing conservatively. I know there are people out there who pooh-pooh the idea of counting calories and all that, but over the last few months I've been losing at exactly the rate that the app says I should be, and it absolutely has not impacted my energy levels in training in swimming or cycling. I have a swimming buddy who also runs and he's been doing paleo and has been just fine. He's lost a lot of weight but he still seems to be swimming fast in practice; he just went to spring nationals and had a good meet, so it doesn't seem to have impacted his performance. Just be aware that (IMO) many diets don't seem to give "serious" athletes enough credit for exercise. It isn't just the calories consumed during training, it is also the calories associated with recovery. My general impression is that there are a lot of decent diet programs out there, just be sure that you eat enough carbs to fuel your training. But obviously not too many: getting the right amount is why you need to track both food and exercise. Good idea. I'll track calories, but how do I figure out how many calories I'm burning via swimming? If anyone can help me it's pretty cold water and mostly 1 and a half hours of swimming. Also should I just basically guess on hoe many cals I'm burning on three Basics workouts? thankkksss I actually wouldn't mind weight gain if it means more muscle gain.