Re: dumb fat person post
Post again about a week before your trip. Let us know howyou're doing. If I can make it, I come up and cheer you on
the second day of your trip as you will pass right by my
place up there.
Gary (it's too damn hot already! 93°F today.......)
"Redfoot" <no_spam@spam.org> wrote in message news:9ta3c.28-
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> "Redfoot" <no_spam@spam.org> wrote in message news:ILTZb.-
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> > Hi, my brother talked me into signing up for a 7-day /
> > 6-night mountain
bike
> > ride from Telluride, CO to Moab, UT coming up early June
> > (mostly fire
trails).
> > Trouble is that as a parent of a very young child, and
> > also finishing up
a
> > graduate degree in EE and working fulltime, I've become
> > grossly
overwight and
> > have not train in almost a year. I'm 6'0" tall and 240
> > pounds, yeah I'm normally heavyset anyweigh (usually
> > around 200 even if at fighting
weight) but
> I
> > am scared now because I'm afraid I won't be able to cut
> > it unless I
seriously
> > lose some weight and get training.
> >
> > I was wondering if someone could point me to a resource
> > which would not
only
> > recommend some good training regimen, but also spellout
> > a good diet for
losing
> > some extra weight. Ideally an online "diary" type of
> > thing where I
could
> input
> > my food for the day, it would count calories, and also
> > what I did in the
gym
> or
> > on the road that day. Or does it make sense to hire a
> > personal trainer
for
> > this?
> >
> > Sorry if I come across like an idiot - but maybe I am!
> > Is it too much
to
> expect
> > to lose 40 pounds in 3+ months and also get into
> > reasonalbe shape to
finish
> the
> > ride? It's probably 35 miles a day at avg. 8000 t.
> > elevation - I'm not
> looking
> > to set any records, but I don't want to die of
> > exhaustion either.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Fat Red
> >
> >
> >
>
> Hello, and thanks to all who took the time to respond to
> my post. Some
good
> advice and some good support.
>
> I began my regimen two weeks ago today, and weighed in at
> 238.5 at that
point.
> As of yesterday morning, I'm down to 234.0, so although
> that's not too
huge of a
> drop, it *is* 4.5 pounds in two weeks, which is probably
> all I can hope
for if I
> want to lose the weight safely. My hope is that if I keep
> the same level
of
> weight loss (or perhaps a bit less - I know that weight
> loss slows down
after a
> while), that I'll be down to 205 or 210 by the time we
> leave for the trip
to
> Telluride-Moab. If I make it to that weight I won't feel
> too bad about
being
> able to make the ride in its entirety.
>
> Basically, my regimen consists of watching what I eat, and
> doing a lot of
cardio
> and some minor weight lifting. I'm basically lifting three
> times a week, moderate weights, 3 sets of about 12 reps
> for each exercise. I'm lifting
on
> M-W-F, and am alternating lower and upper body exercises
> every other
session.
> So, the first week I did Monday and Friday upper body, and
> Wednesday lower
body.
> Last week was the opposite - lower body on Monday and
> Friday, with upper
body
> weight training on Wednesday. This way I'm not too sore in
> the areas I'm targeting when I have to hit them again. Oh
> yeah, I'm also doing ab work
with
> every weight session. I'm not trying to look like Arnold
> here, just
hoping I
> can strengthen up some core areas before the trip.
>
> As for cardiovascular training, I spent the first week
> doing a lot of easy spinning on my road bike on the
> rollers. I've got a couple of 45:00
minute
> videos that I watch during this - one is an actual
> training video, the
other is
> just footage of some railroad trains in various parts of
> the country (I'm
kind
> of a railroad buff so watching trains whizz around for 45
> minutes is
actually
> fun for me). The second week I mixed it up a bit, with a
> couple of bike sessions, but a 30 minute rowing session
> (hard) and two 30 minute
stairmaster
> sessions (the kind with the actual stars, on an escalator
> type tread - I
don't
> like the little step master machines because you can cheat
> and short-step
it).
> This week I've begun doing some spinning classes in the
> gym, which are
good
> because we've been doing a lot of interval work, and it's
> hitting me that
my
> conditioning leaves quite a bit to be desired when it
> comes to having to
produce
> power near my lactic threshold. I know from previous
> experience that the spinning classes are good when first
> getting back in shape, but after a
while
> they become a bit stagnant and frankly, too short and too
> easy. So I plan
on
> transitioning over to longer outdoor bike rides in the
> next couple of
weeks, as
> the weather keeps getting better and the days longer. I
> anticiapte that a
lot
> of my training will continue to be indoors, however,
> because I find that
after I
> get home from work, feed and bathe the kid and put him to
> bed, that it's
close
> to 7pm and there's not a lot of light left!
>
> For my "diet," the main thing I did was to give up
> drinking beer. This
probably
> amounted to around 1500 calories a day, as I absolutely
> love the stuff,
and
> easily put away 6-8 of them a night (please, no
> lectures about
alcoholism - I'm
> quite aware that I have a problem). Not the cheap stuff,
> either - usually Sierra Nevada or Sam Adams or something.
> Anyway, I also cut way back on
dairy
> products and processed meats, and am striving to eat a
> salad and some
other
> vegetables every day.
>
> I've got 12 weeks to go until the trip - I think I saw
> someone here post something about a 12-week stationary
> program in the "Smart Cycling" book
(which
> I just happen to have) - perhaps that will dovetail
> nicely with my
schedule.
> Maybe I'll start that program next week; I do have a
> stationary trainer
and also
> a hear rate monitor - that will give me 11 out of the 12
> training weeks.
>
> Thanks for listening - I'll try to post more in a couple
> more weeks when (hopefully) I've lost more weight, gained
> more fitness, and gotten a
little
> closer to my goal.
>
> Fat Red
