I peak for , lose for & taper for our state meet in the month of April.
Since the start of S C season in Oct. I have managed to lose 20 lbs.
Now I'm down to only 1/2 a ton.
I wish I could keep it off during off season!
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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!!
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!
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.
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. :)
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 :-).
