Goal Progress - courtesy of Fitday.com
"You are currently 15 lb above the target weight.
The deadline for your goal is 63 days (9 weeks, 0 days) away.
To meet your goal you need to lose about 1.67 lb per week."
I'm down 5 lbs since starting this South Beach thing. Not bad - that's 2.5 lbs per week and it's not for a lack of eating. Today, I'm trying to drink 40 oz of (diluted) sports drink in preparation for tomorrow. I expect to retain some water along with the extra glycogen which I'll then loose when the glycogen burns off (That's why extreme diets cause people to loose 10+ pounds really quickly. By basically fasting, people burn off muscle glycogen stores and the water involved in doing so.) So, really, I'm trying to put on a couple of pounds of water.
Running gurus recommend eating 5-8 grams of carbohydrate for every kilogram of lean body mass daily when carbo-loading for a marathon - for me that's 240-380 grams. Since starting South Beach, I've been eating between 130-200 grams of carbohydrate daily - plenty to fuel daily running and weekend 8-10 milers but I don't know about a marathon.
Yesterday, I managed 256g (including the 30 oz of sports drink) but I had to work at it. That's a big change from earlier this spring when I rarely fell below 300 grams. The difference is, whenever I tried to cut calories while eating high carbohydrate, I was hungry all the time. Right now, I'm trying to eat extra grains and fruits to get me to my carbohydrate goal but I can't imagine eating 380 grams.
Time for a mid-morning snack . . . wish me luck.
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