weight loss and skiing

[climb2ski]

The easiest change to make in your diet, is to go on an all water diet for fluids. No soda, redbull, whatever. You drink most of your junk calories. I lost serious weight once just doing that.

This only works if your current diet includes lots of soda, redbull, whatever. If you are have 1 12 ounce can a day and cut that out you will not see major change.

[steve]

Anyway, I can see losing 5-10lbs of water weight. I just read that and went... how in the hell do you lose 10lbs a week? (I was thinking more... linear) But if you're gaining a lot of it right back once you replenish yourself after the activity, it's not like you'd have lost 200lbs by the end of the season.

yeah, no way he's losing 10lbs of fat a week. 3lbs of fat/week is a seriously aggressive fat-loss goal...

[Natedogg]

I'm about 6'3, 220. I don't look real overweight, but I've always been too pudgy for my liking. I can't ever seem to eat right, maybe I should see a nutritionist to get me on the right track.

Damn, lots of good info here. I am about 6'4 and around 220... Id love to get down to 200, but I too am not motivated. I dont think I eat terrible, but I do slather my salads with ranch... And of course when Im not in the field, and Im sitting in front of my idiot box at work, I just tend to eat eat eat... UGH!

The morning workout has crossed my mind before, and it sounds like some of you have had success with it. Maybe this is the motivation I need! Now I need to figure out how to get to bed before midnight or 1AM...

[Cono Este]

This only works if your current diet includes lots of soda, redbull, whatever. If you are have 1 12 ounce can a day and cut that out you will not see major change.

Beer, juice, V8, pisco, whatever. If all you have is one soda a day, then nothing but water, not even beer, then I am already impressed.

[snowfire]

Wow, sounds like quite a few mags fight the battle with the spare tire. I certainly am. I've lost about 10 lbs since March (I know, not much at all, but I kept going up and down for quite awhile). I still have about another 10 to go, but I've plateaued (?) at 122/123 for the last month, and can't seem to get it under 120. (I'm 5'3 and need to be between 110 and 115- I'm not a petite girl and don't expect to become one, but I'm pretty short so 112ish seems pretty reasonable). I mountain bike 3-4 times a week, was running until my PT put the kibosh on it for my knee rehab. The last couple weeks have been pretty busy and I was sick so the riding has stopped, but I'm planning on starting up again very soon (excuses, excuses). I've made some diet changes but nothing too major. I've never drank soda/redbull, etc, only water with the occasional OJ (and of course beer, but I've cut that quite a bit). I need to slash my portion sizes by about half... I know I need to do it, but damn I'm such a good cook that it's hard.

Good luck all.

[Sphinx]

Beer, juice, V8, pisco, whatever. If all you have is one soda a day, then nothing but water, not even beer, then I am already impressed.

I drink two cups of coffee with cream and sugar every day. Sometimes a cup of herb tea with two teaspoons of sugar. And water. The total is usually fewer calories than a soda.

I'm not giving up my coffee, so the best I could lose is less than 100 calories per day.

[steve]

I need to slash my portion sizes by about half... I know I need to do it, but damn I'm such a good cook that it's hard.

story of my life..
even when I'm not cooking.

-steve

[INDY GS]

I drink two cups of coffee with cream and sugar every day. Sometimes a cup of herb tea with two teaspoons of sugar. And water. The total is usually fewer calories than a soda.

I'm not giving up my coffee, so the best I could lose is less than 100 calories per day.

Switch to splenda instead of sugar, use skim milk instead of cream. Splenda tastes just like sugar, and you'll cut fat with the skim. Pretty simple way to get what you want and cut a few calories.

On a side note, so many I talk to are so consious of weight of gear and they never look at the pilot. Yeah you can cut a few grams of weight by purchasing some ultralight composites, but more than likely you can drop a few lbs and have the same effect.

For some perspective, When i first losta lot of weight, I tried to compare the amount to something of similar weight. My kayak weighs 45 lbs, when i hit that goal, I picked up the kayak and carried it around for a while. granted the weight is distributed differently, but damn that was a serious eye opener.

Good luck to all that struggle with this issue. This thread has re-motivated me to get unlazy.

[steve]

or, learn to drink it black. that's what I did.

think of the benefits
- you can make coffee much faster
- it's much easier to get exactly what you want at the dunkin donuts
- you save calories

[Sphinx]

I lost thirty pounds in a year without ditching my coffee (220 to 190 at 6'3"). The secret was being broke.

You can have my coffee when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

[BallsDeep]

As I said before, I'm a total nutrition freak and frequently help friends out with nutrition plans. Here's some "rules" people can follow...I developed these for a friend who wanted to drop some bodyfat without going on one of my full-blown programs:


* First and foremost, a successful diet starts with successful grocery shopping (planning). Since you want to avoid eating out while on a fat loss diet, you’ll want to have plenty of healthy foods readily available to eat wherever you are. Pick one day of the week as your grocery shopping day, and make sure you purchase enough quality food to last for all the meals of that week (an added bonus of fat loss diets is that you usually save some cash as you’re not eating out as much). Use these groceries to plan out all of your meals, including any meals that will be eaten outside the home (such as lunch).


* Avoid crap foods – these include most processed foods which are full of saturated fat, sugar, and other empty calories. Try to consume “real” foods such as fruits, veggies, whole-grain carbohydrates (i.e. bread, pasta, oats, etc.), lean proteins (chicken, fish of any kind, lean ground beef and lean cuts of beef such as sirloin or top round). When you do your grocery shopping, stick to the perimeter of the store (produce, bakery, meat departments) as this is where a majority of the quality food is. Look at nutritional labels and avoid any foods that have more than 10 grams of sugar or 3 grams of saturated fat per serving. Items like yogurt (which most people think of as healthy) are not necessarily an optimal food when evaluated by this criteria.


* Also, be wary of salad dressings, condiments (ketchup is the devil) and NO CHIPS!



* Eat more fruits and veggies, but eat more veggies than fruit. Consume at least 3 servings of green veggies per day.


*For beverages, consume only water with the occasional calorie-free drink. Hydration is super important to the fat loss process, so make sure to drink at least 64 ounces per day. Doesn’t sound like you drink alcohol too much, which is a very good thing!


* Eat out only once or twice per week, tops. While you can eat out on a fat loss diet, it takes a significant amount of planning and attention to detail to do so successfully. So, you can have your Thai food once per week, but stick to the healthy eating for all the other meals.

[Viva]

I'm not giving up my coffee, so the best I could lose is less than 100 calories per day.

Hey, you ever hit the Grove? I haven't been to campus since my return, would be nice to hang at the Grove for a bit.

[Viva]

or, learn to drink it black. that's what I did.

I like my coffee hot, strong, and black....
















































.....just like my soul.

[yooper]

No chips? How about tortilla chips and salsa? Salsa can't be bad for you, and tortilla chips can't be that bad, right?

Good tips, by the way. Thanks.

[Sphinx]

Hey, you ever hit the Grove? I haven't been to campus since my return, would be nice to hang at the Grove for a bit.

What/Where is the Grove?

[Viva]

What/Where is the Grove?

Grove Cafe, JONG! Check out the link, the Grove is the yellow splotch in the center. There's also a bike shop, a book store, an art gallery, sundries, etc. Zoom out to see where it is relative to engineering.

http://maps.ucsd.edu/Viewer.htm?Map=...=187&Lkey=5058

[Sphinx]

Hmmm...will have to check out.

[Viva]

Hmmm...will have to check out.

A lot of grad students from Biology and Sch. Med. hang out there.

I'll PM you if I think I might make it over some day.

[altagirl]

No chips? How about tortilla chips and salsa? Salsa can't be bad for you, and tortilla chips can't be that bad, right?

Good tips, by the way. Thanks.

Sure, salsa is good for you, but tortilla chips aren't any better for you than potato chips. Starch fried in oil regardless of what the starch is.


I haven't had soda or artificial sweeteners or trans fat (hydrogenated oils) in years. But after being in a lazy phase, I've been on a new diet for the past 6 weeks, which is:

Six 300 cal meals a day.

No wheat. No corn. No chicken. If it has a big list of ingredients or things that don't sound like food on the label, I don't eat it.

I eat a lot of eggs, goat milk and cheese, lean beef, fish, brown rice, veggies, oatmeal, spelt, fruit, turkey, green tea, nuts, quinoa, etc.


And I've been feeling really good. I lost 8lbs, and didn't get sick when Mr.AG did a few weeks ago (which may be a first for me). The wheat and corn thing was mostly a test to see what the effect would be and I feel damn good. I was chatting with my mom about this last week and she remembered when I had allergy tests as a kid that I was mildly allergic to wheat and corn, but since it was mild and they're in everything, they just ignored it and I've always eaten them.


Anyway, most of my "diet" isn't difficult to follow. I love veggies and real food. The thing I've had to work on is to stop eating when I'm full. When stuff tastes really good, I just want to keep eating it... I'm also too good a cook for my own good.

[Grange]

Beer, juice, V8, pisco, whatever. If all you have is one soda a day, then nothing but water, not even beer, then I am already impressed.

I cut out soda about 5 years ago now. I'll still have a soda occasionally at my cottage or at a restraunt, but it's been a long time since I actually bought any for home. It took a while to get used to not having soda in the fridge, but after a while I got used to just drinking water and sometimes I'll treat myself to a glass of skim milk.

[FreshPow]

When stuff tastes really good, I just want to keep eating it... I'm also too good a cook for my own good.

Ha! This is my problem, too! However, not being able to cook for the past year has = 30 pound weight gain for me. I think my own cooking will be much healthier than eating out all the time once my kitchen is done. Hopefully the 30 pounds will come off with lots of vigorous riding/exercise this season and freshly prepared meals.

[powstash]

between 04-05 and 05-06 I lost 20 lbs.
it made a huge difference.

good news. I've dropped 19 pounds since my post surgery fatness in April.

The thing I've had to work on is to stop eating when I'm full. When stuff tastes really good, I just want to keep eating it... .

What she said. Transitioning from my 20's college appetite to now this has been the hardest thing. I love to eat and my wife makes some awesome grub. But smaller portions and one serving is getting easier to manage . Mrs. Powstash thought that it was her cooking at first - but she now realizes that I don't want a fat powstash.

[Endlessseason]

Congrats to all who have lost weight. I'm pretty psyched myself as I'm currently under 220 for the first time in ages.

I'm sure this goes without saying, but I'll do a PSA anyway: Don't forget to reduce your DIN sometime before hitting the slopes. If you don't account for your weight loss since last season you just might cut it a little short.

[Powder Seeker]

I still have about another 10 to go, but I've plateaued

Snowfire,

The closer you get to your optimum weight, the harder it should become to lose that weight. It will take more work. However, once you reach it, maintaining it should not be as difficult.

Good Luck!

[steve]

Congrats to all who have lost weight. I'm pretty psyched myself as I'm currently under 220 for the first time in ages.

I'm sure this goes without saying, but I'll do a PSA anyway: Don't forget to reduce your DIN sometime before hitting the slopes. If you don't account for your weight loss since last season you just might cut it a little short.

I'm off the chart by 75 lbs.
heh..