Weight loss and swim times

Originally posted by Fitswimmer04 Are you the same Bill that was featured in Swim Magazine a few issues back? Hi, yes, I was included in the article about Jon Grey, whose weight loss success was truly unbelievable. One detail that was not included in the article was the bit about Jon and I swimming side-by-side at LC Nationals last summer. We had some very close races, but he cleaned my clock in the 200 ***! That was my inspiration to get back into the pool even though I still felt fat. I'm glad! As I mentioned (above) the point of sharing my success story with others was to help people, so I'm glad you were inspired. did you ever have a point in your weight loss where you got stuck? Absolutely! I found that as my body got to a better place, it wanted to settle in and stay there. What I've learned from speaking with others who have lost a lot of weight is plateaus are very normal. Sometimes people get down on themselves for not being able to move forward and reach their goals, but personally, I feel maintaining weight after losing it is a huge achievement!! When I reached my plateau, I enjoyed it for a while. Then, I reassessed what I was doing and came up with a plan to bust through the plateau. It involved a slight reduction in daily caloric intake combined with a slight increase in exercise. A good resource for tracking your daily nutrition and exercise is the Calorie Control Council web site. They have meters for calorie counting and calorie expenditure. These meters can help you get a rough idea about what you're doing and how to move ahead. One thing to note, though: I think their swimming calculations for calorie expenditure may not be based on the type of swimming many of us do. So, you may actually be expending significantly more calories than the meter would suggest. The web site is at: http://www.caloriecontrol.org/ Check it out, and check-in with questions if you have any... :) SB

Originally posted by Fitswimmer04 Are you the same Bill that was featured in Swim Magazine a few issues back? Hi, yes, I was included in the article about Jon Grey, whose weight loss success was truly unbelievable. One detail that was not included in the article was the bit about Jon and I swimming side-by-side at LC Nationals last summer. We had some very close races, but he cleaned my clock in the 200 ***! That was my inspiration to get back into the pool even though I still felt fat. I'm glad! As I mentioned (above) the point of sharing my success story with others was to help people, so I'm glad you were inspired. did you ever have a point in your weight loss where you got stuck? Absolutely! I found that as my body got to a better place, it wanted to settle in and stay there. What I've learned from speaking with others who have lost a lot of weight is plateaus are very normal. Sometimes people get down on themselves for not being able to move forward and reach their goals, but personally, I feel maintaining weight after losing it is a huge achievement!! When I reached my plateau, I enjoyed it for a while. Then, I reassessed what I was doing and came up with a plan to bust through the plateau. It involved a slight reduction in daily caloric intake combined with a slight increase in exercise. A good resource for tracking your daily nutrition and exercise is the Calorie Control Council web site. They have meters for calorie counting and calorie expenditure. These meters can help you get a rough idea about what you're doing and how to move ahead. One thing to note, though: I think their swimming calculations for calorie expenditure may not be based on the type of swimming many of us do. So, you may actually be expending significantly more calories than the meter would suggest. The web site is at: http://www.caloriecontrol.org/ Check it out, and check-in with questions if you have any... :) SB