Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Nutrition, I just don’t get it - Super Size me!
Life is pretty good right now. The family is healthy, we aren’t over committed with schedule, work is really good, busy but good and training is solid. I’m getting the frequency I want but not necessarily the total over all weekly time. Oh well, I have a family and that’s my reality.
But I struggle, oh how I struggle when it comes to eating.
Old me:
I would eat whatever I wanted when I wanted and for as long as I wanted. I was fat, happy, and wore big comfy clothes. Then I got tired of being 225 pounds, having my back hurt and my wife got on me about dieing. She can be real fun like that.
New me:
I’m weighing in at 187 pounds but I still feel heavy. My ideal weight would be in the 165 to 170 range. My current eating is much more in line with a healthy lifestyle. I’m off soda (my first love), never eat fast food and don’t ever do desserts. BUT I still cannot control my portions. If it’s on my plate, it will be eaten. This behavior effects me in many ways. Physically because I cannot lose additional weight and emotionally because I feel weird about my body (my hours of reading US magazine is catching up with me). Guys like Dave, Dean, Bryan, Alex, Eric and BMoe are all naturally skinny, ok maybe not BMoe. Then there’s my fat butt!
The me I want:
My body was meant to be 170 pounds and I’m pissed that it’s not but I cannot stop eating. Eating for me is comfort and control. This is really a big deal and I don’t know how to get passed it to move to the next level.
My reality is that if I want to go to the next level with training and racing that I need to drop 17 additional pounds. I think I need external help to get there but I don’t know what that would be…
Sleepless in the OC,
Andy B
outsideallday.com
on Friday, February 1st, 2008 at 2:10 pm:
“YOU CAN DO IT” - ROB SCHNEIDER
PS NOT A FUNNY JOKE TO THROW IN THE OLD BMOE… WATCH YOUR BACK.
on Saturday, August 16th, 2008 at 8:33 am:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com - I trained for an IM on only 1-2 servings of starches/day. Slowly but surely, if you break down the portions (and generally graze all day on good food like fruits and veggies), you will get to where you need to be…