Diet

In an effort to save some money, I'm going to see if I can keep track
of everything I eat and drink for a few weeks. If I still can't
figure out how to drop at least a pound every 2 weeks, then I'll
seriously consider hiring a nutritionist. At around $600 for 8
weeks, they aren't cheap. My goal is to weigh between 150 and 155
pounds by April 19th, for the Boston Marathon. I haven't been that
light in the last 10 years.

Heaviest I've weighed is 190 lbs, in June I think of 2007. After losing 20 lbs in about 8 months, my weight is unchanged over the last 2 years.

Initial stats are:
11/5 - 2845 cal - 58/17/25 Carb/Pro/Fat
11/6 - 165.4 pounds

Feeling Good

I admit that over the weekend I should of done much longer workouts, and a much lower intensity. However, on the positive side, I did run and bike faster than I thought I could in the heat, and it felt good. Today I did my 6@6 and felt great. It was only 7:30 pace, but I've run that pace before and felt like my legs weighed a ton.

According to the gizmo at the gym, my body fat is 11.8% today. I'd love to only carry 155 pounds around on my runs instead of 165, but it's hard to complain about that body fat.

Fat

Yesterday I had the gym measure my body fat. 13.5%. Last winter a personal trainer measured with those calibers and said it was 7%, and one of the $200 weight scales at a marathon expo said I was 10%. At that time, I think I was 8 lbs heavier. Odly enough, if 13.5% is accurate, I'm more relieved than bummed. Just a little relieved... everyone wants to have a low body fat, right? However, what this means is that I have rooom to lose weight without looking like I'm malnutritioned! I'm only 5'7.5" and weigh 167. That's officially a BMI of "fat." My guess is there are not a lot of sub 3 hour marathoners carrying that much weight on such short legs.

My plan is to get a daily nutrition plan this week, and stick to it next week. See if I can drop 1 - 1.5 lbs per week between now and my marathon. Now it's time for some fun with FitDay to guess at my caloric intake needs and protein/carb/fat distribution.