thanks bytsi! I think I could revise some of the mottos around here to "fat loss happens in the freezer!" at least it does for me. speaking of which, just got back from the fish market. bought 4 pounds of locally caught sushi-grade ahi tuna. plan to dust in my new penzey's seafood seasoning, pan sear briefly, slice into nice slices, and freeze. if you like sushi, this stuff defrosts overnight and while you work in the morning, and voila!! sashimi for snack and or lunch. only works if you like raw fish though. you can reheat in the micro, but then it gets cooked, which is good, but not the same. naturally, it is best when eaten right off the pan, which I will do today for lunch. but I am too busy during the week to go to the fish market, which is only open while I work. eating well is a non-negotiable item on my to-do list. even when I am in a deficit. ESPECIALLY when I am in a deficit.
jane, ft lauderdale is about 3 hours away. I could meet you there and spend the night. I wouldn't want to do it as a day trip. let me know when you are planning that. I love ft lauderdale!
thanks roland! the quality of the buffalo at this restaurant was the best I have ever had. I even preferred it to the wagyu beef that I had both in vegas at the voodoo lounge and in this 5 star restaurant in kansas city, that I can't remember the name. young 30 year old female chef at this restaurant. really amazing food.
I love sashimi. When I was super low carb last year, I would buy a 1/2 lb of sushi grade fish and just eat it and vegetables.
roland, try this method. it is amazing. just freeze the slices in one of those pint sized freezer bags in individual portions. sometimes if it is a little icy still, I will zap 5 or 10 seconds in the microwave. I like the seared crust over the raw fish, so I pan sear mine, but it would work as a traditional sashimi too.
OMG am slow roasting green and white asparagus in the convection oven in penzey's Zatar spice and olive oil-- sumac, thyme, white sesame seeds and salt. will put under broiler to get crispy. it smells so good in here. then plan to pan sear the tuna.
ok so evenings are my hungriest time in a deficit. I drink tea and just try to get to bed early, by morning I am really fine. so glad this is only 2 weeks!! so far it has been 100 percent worth it. new scale lows and new sizes fitting at lululemon make it worth it.
but gosh, deficits are hard!! I guess it really has been a year since I've been in one, and I really don't like it. thank goodness maintenance doesn't feel this way. uggghhhh.
this deficit is really changing my perspective on the next several months leading up to my marathon. I think I owe it to myself to go back to tracking in the daily plate as I transition back to a precision nutrition style of eating. I am curious about what my daily maintenance needs really are, even though I was able to maintain 150 intuitively. I have decided that I really want a record of what my body requires as I train it to go farther and faster. I also think that recording in the daily plate will make it easier to maintain my new lower weight, which I know will be essential to getting my speeds where they need to be by race day. some of the data I was reviewing suggested a minute per POUND over the course of a marathon. maybe even more. 5 pounds is 5 minutes, which is HYOOOOGEE. lol.
scale holding steady below 150!! I feel a woosh coming on any day now. feel like I am still holding fluid from the 6 mile run and massage yesterday. will try to drink extra water today.
I will be doing an inbody 320 bioimpedence at franks this thursday, so that will be a good piece of data.
overall, I have to say that I feel pretty good. I have learned that the evening hungries pass if I just drink some tea and go to bed.
chilled spinach/basil soup with italian chopped salad, except after refrigerating, I realized the soup on its own was too bitter. when I combined the soup and the salad, it made a really interesting creamy italian gazpacho.
so creamy italian gazpacho it is!!!
put the following in a vitamix and pulverize until soup consistency
6 ounces nonfat cottage cheese
50 g baby spinach leaves
2-3 basil leaves
garlic clove
sprinkles of penzeys italian salad spice mix
chill
chopped salad:
2 ounces of fresh mozzarella cheese cut in small squares
75 g cherry tomatoes quartered
75 g yellow bell peppers fine diced
2-3 snipped basil leaves
2 tsp EVOO
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
sprinkle of penzeys italian salad spice mix
some of the data I was reviewing suggested a minute per POUND over the course of a marathon. maybe even more. 5 pounds is 5 minutes, which is HYOOOOGEE. lol.
This is nice for me to read today. Motivating! I knew I'd find something in here and this is it!
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Originally Posted by fengshway some of the data I was reviewing suggested a minute per POUND over the course of a marathon. maybe even more. 5 pounds is 5 minutes, which is HYOOOOGEE. lol.
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Originally Posted by GinnyLou
This is nice for me to read today. Motivating! I knew I'd find something in here and this is it!
WOW that is a big difference!!! Additional motivation for me to continue with my deficit and get rid of the extra lbs I'm carrying!
Leaner = FASTER!
tracey, it is simply amazing what fat loss does for running
so uGGGGGHHHH> track in 91 degree heat and awful humidity in a calorie deficit. did all 8 repeats of 600 meters. this. is. hard. way. hard.
and WAY worth it. had new lulu gear--running skirt and this cute tank that has a drawstring around the waist. felt fast despite the low fuel. one more track workout in this deficit next week, and then back to precision nutrition and restored glycogen!!!
in 14 days I have lost 5 lbs, 4 fat and 1 lean. My average calories were 1777 with 215 g protein, 116 g carbs, 55 g fat. Average exercise 3 hours per week.
I just have 1 more week of this serious deficit, then I will be upping calories, carbs and exercise. I am thrilled!!!
Thanks Ginger! I am hhhhungreeeeee today, I can really feel the deficit. Am so glad I am out of work early today. Will hang out, drink tea and rest! Ordered new ones from teavana/ hope they arrived!
Thanks Jill! Ooh I just checked, it was delivered today. Sweet oolong revolution, cacao mint, kamiya papaya oolong, kuki matcha, oh and my usual matevana. Yummmmmmm. Leaving work at 330 will be sipping by 4!!
Thanks Ginger! I am hhhhungreeeeee today, I can really feel the deficit. Am so glad I am out of work early today. Will hang out, drink tea and rest! Ordered new ones from teavana/ hope they arrived!
Right there with you. Embrace the suck. Wish we lived closer, we could have a cup o' tea together. Instead, I am sitting here listening to Andrew eat a wrap and Cheese-Its. LMAO! He's lucky I love him.
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oh, my oolong revolution was yummy, wish I could share with you. all pumpkiny, clovey and fall-like. reminds me of the fast speeds I will run when the temperature drops along with my weight!!!
Congrats, Wendy on the new low!! I know it makes you feel great. I am thinking about really getting serious for the next six weeks to drop some weight so I can run easier. Thanks for always being an inspiration!!!
hey blndambton, I have learned that I have to have short periods of more intense focus and deficit to drop weight at this point. through most of my weight loss, I was the queen of slow and steady, but getting after the last 20 or so has required different tactics.
hey katydid! considering that I use to shop in catherine's and lane bryant and wore a size 20-22W, I would have thought that size 6 at ann taylor was a fairy tale too if someone had told me I would get there someday!! I remember the first time that size 12 at ann taylor fit, because that is the largest size they carry there. I was thrilled. what is more shocking, is that I have been able to maintain a smaller size. when I started posting on JP's in april of 07, I don't think I really believed that I was capable of getting here or staying here. the people I have met, both virtually and in person on this board have played an integral role in this process. I am so so grateful!!!!
and with that, 146.75!! exactly one week from today, I will be carb loading , and then transitioning back to more running, more food, hoping to stabilize at my new weight or perhaps very very slowly lose a bit more over time.
all pumpkiny, clovey and fall-like. reminds me of the fast speeds I will run when the temperature drops along with my weight!!!
Now this has made me want to go out running!
I haven't run for ages just because I don't feel like doing it but I feel I need to start increasing my cardio. Running in the autumn, amongst the trees with the changing-colour leaves sounds delightful!
Major congrats Wendy, am very excited for you.. especially on how much of an impact this will have on your running times (fitting in clothes size 6 is neat though )
If you allow me to do some math: say from the 5lbs , 3lbs was fat , that's 3x3500=10 500/14 = 750kcal/day deficit. With an avg intake of around 1750 that's a mtn of 2500 kcal. Right where it should be for a lady who exercises as much as you do.
Maybe there's even more fat in that loss but just keeping it on the conservative side (60/40). Over a very long period of time, I've always had a 70/30 ratio myself, but short periods tend to mess things up.
Wanted to throw a food challenge at you.. : what to do with (sweet) plantains that's not a dessert but a main dish?
Opened the Flavor Bible but neither plantains nor bananas really had anything good to offer except 'Mexican/central american/African cuisine' .. well duh! Ate salmon with it as salmon had been planned anyway.. not bad actually.
Any ideas to offer?
Couch to 5k is a cool running program for folks wanting to get back in it poppy!
Thanks Tracey.
Espi, actually my recent fat loss was on only 2-3 hours Exercise per week, so my maintenance is actually much higher than what you calculate and will become higher still when I return to my running the week after next. One of the cool things that happened during all of this recent intuitive eating is that my basal metabolic rate increased.
I would take the plaintains and create long oblique slices. I would prepare a lime vinaigrete with olive oil , fresh lime juice, a bit of fresh orange juice and Cuban type spices. Toss together and convection bake using a cookie sheet til crispy like potato chips. Serve with a Cuban style black bean dip as the appetizer and ropa vieja as the main course. If you want to be fancy you can reserve sone plaintains and do a sweet batch using cinammon sugar and serve a scoop of mango coconut sorbet with a plaintain in it
I would take the plaintains and create long oblique slices. I would prepare a lime vinaigrete with olive oil , fresh lime juice, a bit of fresh orange juice and Cuban type spices. Toss together and convection bake using a cookie sheet til crispy like potato chips. Serve with a Cuban style black bean dip as the appetizer and ropa vieja as the main course. If you want to be fancy you can reserve sone plaintains and do a sweet batch using cinammon sugar and serve a scoop of mango coconut sorbet with a plaintain in it
My stomach totally growled when I read that! Yummmmmmmy. I love cuban food.
Oooh Jill you just made me think of something. A great sub for the ropa vieja on a diet would be a firm flesh fish like mahi done with mojo sauce all wrapped in a banana leaf on the grill. Natures parchment
Need to look up what 'ropa vieja' is. (old rope?)
Funny thing is.. you & most people in the South of the US (esp Florida) know far more about Cuban food than me, while I've been in Cuba for an entire month and don't remember much at all. Nearly ate the same damn food every day (though quite tasty): rice+beans & eggs plus a fried banana for breakfast & rice+beans & chicken for dinner & not much else in between.. the times I couldn't find a guest house to stay in .. nothing at all! If you don't cook, there's not much food at all outside the cities.
Wish we lived closer, we could have a cup o' tea together. Instead, I am sitting here listening to Andrew eat a wrap and Cheese-Its. LMAO! He's lucky I love him. 
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