Illin’ and eatin’

Date: 12/04/09
Weight: 155!

Breakfast: Latte
Lunch: Half of a freezer pizza, Orange juice
Dinner: PBJ,
Snacks:

Workout:

Notes:

Since my post on my dietary challenges, I’ve gotten lots of offers of help. This is awesome. Obviously, I’m not the only one who has a hard time with diet (America, I’m looking at you and your 32% childhood obesity rate). But for this discussion let’s consider the athletes I know and with whom I pop wheelies.

My coach is currently trying to drop a few in order to fine tune his performance. He’s already a successful cat. 1 roadie in Boulder, but losing weight safely will help him out as he’s naturally built with a bit more muscle mass than most cyclists. The Gehling is hoping to cut some weight so that (he’s not such a fatty) he can move up the cat. 1 ranks. As for me, I’ve never really considered my diet very carefully as part of my training, and usually carry 5-10 lbs more than necessary. But now I need to look at all the variables in my racing, because next year I play on the big kids’ playground. And I want to rock out.

The diet plan is still on the way, but in the mean time I learned one of the worst ways to lose weight: I got a nasty cold this week and it took almost 5 lbs out of me. Naturally, some of that was water weight, but I also completely lost my appetite. Super duper.
So I haven’t ridden or done sit-ups. I have, however, had a ton of water and vitamins and naps. I’m getting fairly pro at napping.