Hey Everyone!
I've noticed that it was so much easier to loose weight with running, as opposed to swimming. It seems even though i'm swimming hard, the 13 or so pounds that I need to loose haven't budged. When I was running, my diet didn't have to be really clean...in fact I ate pizza at least once a week, and found that it helped me during high mileage. During running, my weight was very low despite the pizza habit. While swimming makes me hungrier, and I'm probably burning more calories per workout, the weight loss isn't there.
Why is this?
Thanks,
Jerrycat
Well kids, on the who eats more when issue, I just got off the phone with my mom, yes I called my mom on this, and asked her to think back to when my sister and I were in high school and the different sports seasons. Specifically, I asked her if there was any season that we ate more food and if so, which one. Hands down and without hesitation, swimming was first, followed by basketball, then softball/track & field.
Softball and track remained relatively normal in food portions and how often we ate. Basketball "hunger" increased but no where near what swimming did. Mom agreed, what we ate during the swim season (thank goodness we didn't swim all year round!) was at least double our normal food portions.
Mind you, my sister and I were not (still aren't - hee hee) overweight either. I remember being very lean and very toned. Things that jiggle now surely didn't back then. (Oh, I can't wait to get back into the pool!)
So, it's been just over 10 years since I've graduated, however I clearly remember eating like there was no tomorrow. I could consume an entire pizza and still be hungry. Wanna laugh? On the nights of a home meet - we'd run home and eat a pizza before we swam then had dinner after the meet! On nights of an away meet - mom would pack an extra lunch for us to eat on the bus then had dinner after the meet - we had to eat!
Shaky, since you've an unusual (and slightly abnormal) amount of technical knowledge on the white-meat-dark-meat-muscle-top-and-bottom-workouts....can you tell me why during the swimming season my sister and I drank milk like we owned the cow? It's a safe bet that during the swim season we would consume 2-3 gallons of milk a week - MMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Okay, I'm laughing at myself right now. I can't add anymore to this thread...hee hee. After my confessions of eating like a whale, you probably think I look like one - I'm going to do some crunches - that would be the exercise, not the chocolate bar!
Well kids, on the who eats more when issue, I just got off the phone with my mom, yes I called my mom on this, and asked her to think back to when my sister and I were in high school and the different sports seasons. Specifically, I asked her if there was any season that we ate more food and if so, which one. Hands down and without hesitation, swimming was first, followed by basketball, then softball/track & field.
Softball and track remained relatively normal in food portions and how often we ate. Basketball "hunger" increased but no where near what swimming did. Mom agreed, what we ate during the swim season (thank goodness we didn't swim all year round!) was at least double our normal food portions.
Mind you, my sister and I were not (still aren't - hee hee) overweight either. I remember being very lean and very toned. Things that jiggle now surely didn't back then. (Oh, I can't wait to get back into the pool!)
So, it's been just over 10 years since I've graduated, however I clearly remember eating like there was no tomorrow. I could consume an entire pizza and still be hungry. Wanna laugh? On the nights of a home meet - we'd run home and eat a pizza before we swam then had dinner after the meet! On nights of an away meet - mom would pack an extra lunch for us to eat on the bus then had dinner after the meet - we had to eat!
Shaky, since you've an unusual (and slightly abnormal) amount of technical knowledge on the white-meat-dark-meat-muscle-top-and-bottom-workouts....can you tell me why during the swimming season my sister and I drank milk like we owned the cow? It's a safe bet that during the swim season we would consume 2-3 gallons of milk a week - MMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Okay, I'm laughing at myself right now. I can't add anymore to this thread...hee hee. After my confessions of eating like a whale, you probably think I look like one - I'm going to do some crunches - that would be the exercise, not the chocolate bar!
