How many lbs. have you lost this season?

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orca1946 — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:58:27 GMT

Do not work that repair too hard in the effort to lose pounds! It will come back. Like me close your mouth & workout!

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orca1946 — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:19:48 GMT

I'm holding steady & ready for Nats. in Mesa ! :banana::bolt:

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Former Member — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:35:43 GMT

really frustrated I can't contribute to the falling numbers being posted here. Had shoulder surgery in Dec and got cleared to start light workouts about 2 months ago, and officially cleared 1 month ago so I decided to give swimming a go and I really enjoy it. Definitely feel stronger and look leaner, but haven't seen any change on the scale. What's up with that?!!

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orca1946 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:17:35 GMT

The last time I was under 200 was when I did an Ironman tri. THEN - - I had my right hip replaced TWICE in 7 years !!?? Well, no running & age :cane: have taken their tool & lbs. :afraid:

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gigi — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:19:55 GMT

5 Pounds! :)

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ColoJoel — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:11:42 GMT

I am now at a mostly-steady 167 lbs or so (prior to starting swimming in Dec 2009 was running more like 180+). So not all of it was lost 'this season' but I swim a fair amount & (I feel), watch what I eat (more so than in the past :-).

RE: How many lbs. have you lost this season?

orca1946 — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:55:37 GMT

Redbull, that is a good number.:applaud::banana:

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Former Member — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:48:46 GMT

13 lbs so far back in good shape. I need to still get the body fat % down.

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orca1946 — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:55:05 GMT

After working so hard to pull my weight down this season, I look as if I had a tech suit on!:)

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orca1946 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:57:35 GMT

Unless you are getting ready to swim in really cold water, 20 lbs. is quite a gain.

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Former Member — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:28:02 GMT

KevinS - AWESOME! Totally awesome!!! Picking your food carefully is really a lifestyle choice, not just a 'diet' - and I've been slow to move over to a non-carb diet too (I loves me my breads, doughnuts and pastas) ;) But I've changed over to where I can have a doughnut once a week (or less, I really don't crave them anymore), and I have cut down to minimal bread (I use those Orowheat Sandwich Thins now, and usually only half of one) - it does make a difference for me and I haven't had any desire to go back to my old eating habits, but if I do indulge on occasion - it's definitely not something I beat myself up over and I've been able to maintain this ever since. :) (~7-8+ months now and counting). Congrats again and enjoy! :) It only gets better. :)

RE: How many lbs. have you lost this season?

Former Member — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:31:07 GMT

If you get a chance - watch the movie FatHead . Eat more fat, less carbs (not zero carbs) and you'll notice a difference. If you actually put a little time into looking at your options, there are plenty out there. :) It's worth it. I watched this. Thanks for suggesting it. It is a good movie, almost a centers around disproving "Super Size Me." I was on a lower cal, diet, watching my fat more than carbs. I did good dropping the first 20 or so pounds, but then leveled off with almost no weight loss in a couple of weeks. I kept the lower calorie diet, and eliminated a great deal of carbs (try to keep my carbs under 75g a day). I lost 7 more pounds the week I started doing this. I am still keeping it up, and I enjoy it. I haven't eliminated carbs, and allow myself to eat SOME foods that are considered "higher fat" and it seems to be working and I feel great. I don't know if I can ever give up carbs completely - I love sandwiches too much.

RE: How many lbs. have you lost this season?

orca1946 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:08:51 GMT

Sometimes the body goes into starvation mode & will hold what it can for a long time.

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cheakamus — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:41:57 GMT

A really interesting, well-written and thought-provoking article on the effects of sugar in our diets in the NYT today: www.nytimes.com/.../mag-17Sugar-t.html Well worth the read!

RE: How many lbs. have you lost this season?

Former Member — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:22:23 GMT

I am up to 14 pounds since Mar 1, and 20 since Jan 1. I have done this while increasing my bench #'s from 8 reps at 185 to 8 reps on 225!!

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Rykno — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:39:16 GMT

i've been up and down the past 4 yrs. all of last year i think I only stepped on a scale 5 times. I was injured and couldn't swim the way I wanted and lost all motivation to keep the weight off. march 21st after our nationals I felt great, but swam slightly slower than 2009 times when I was 185lbs. Maybe being 226lbs had something to do with the .5-.8 sec/50m. Now I'm looking fwd to long course nationals and OW season. I started stepping on the scale every morning before breakfast. I've already lost 4lbs in 3+ weeks. I've got 20 weeks before our OW nationals and I am hoping to lose roughly 2lbs a week until then. I only record my wednesday weight, but by stepping on the scale every day I can see what worked and didn't work the day before. but from day to day I can go up or down 2lbs easily. that's why my official weigh in is always wednesday.

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bowyer954 — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:13:24 GMT

I think it helps if you start out "chunky". I am down 20 lbs. I started the paleo diet and that has helped a lot. Being a sprinter a going down 20 lbs have really helpedmy times.

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Former Member — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 05:06:00 GMT

Hahaha... Orca - I know it sounds backwards - but that's just because of the history of our food pyramid. Were you able to watch the movie? It really explains it all well... (better than I could). But there's a LOT of science behind it - not just one guy's observations...

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cheakamus — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:50:36 GMT

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orca1946 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:31:43 GMT

Good job Mary - slow & controlled.

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poolraat — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:26:39 GMT

I don't worry too much about my weight. What I keep track of is my body fat percentage. In January it was 17.76%, last week it was 16.37%. I'm hoping to be in low 15's by the time I go to nationals.

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orca1946 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:46:16 GMT

I need some of my "flotation material" or I will sink !!:bolt:

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Former Member — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:19:25 GMT

Now I eat a more or less paleo diet, and I can't wait for breakfast in the morning. If you get a chance - watch the movie FatHead (on Netflix or Hulu: Hulu - Fat Head - Watch the full feature film now.@@AMEPARAM@@www.hulu.com/.../djyiCttz-dTjtvypNWoCLw@@AMEPARAM@@djyiCttz-dTjtvypNWoCLw) - it's long (2 hours give or take), but it's VERY informative and it takes the science of diet and puts it in fantastic lei terms). But it'll have you re-thinking your food choices... it's not diet specific - but his conclusions do seem to loosely follow those of the Paleo Diet. Eat more fat, less carbs (not zero carbs) and you'll notice a difference. If you actually put a little time into looking at your options, there are plenty out there. :) It's worth it.

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orca1946 — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:04:40 GMT

Good food & great views in the part of the states my wife & I love to visit.

RE: How many lbs. have you lost this season?

Former Member — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:27:32 GMT

Started January 3...down 11lbs. Not a huge amount but I haven't really cut back on my diet yet. I just started to do that late last month and finally saw the scale creep a bit faster downward. Goal is 30 lbs down by the end of the year, if not more! :applaud: I swim 3-4 days a week averaging about 2700-3000yds per one hour session.