The Plan, Diet and Weight

The plan for distance rides, is in the table here. The distance rides are intended to be weekend rides. During the week we should be doing rides of about twelve miles, two or three times. We'd be working on increasing our speed or working hills.

We have already run ahead of schedule a couple of times, and probably will again. This will give us a chance to cut back a bit on following weekends too. After the 16th of August, we'll probably cut back on weekend distances, to maybe forty or fifty miles.

Right now the plan is to attempt the ride beginning September 13th. There's a lot of prep work still to be done though.

Date week # distance
4/5/2008 1 12.0
4/12/2008 2 13.2
4/19/2008 3 14.5
4/26/2008 4 16.0
5/3/2008 5 17.6
5/10/2008 6 19.3
5/17/2008 7 21.3
5/24/2008 8 23.4
5/31/2008 9 25.7
6/7/2008 10 28.3
6/14/2008 11 31.1
6/21/2008 12 34.2
6/28/2008 13 37.7
7/5/2008 14 41.4
7/12/2008 15 45.6
7/19/2008 16 50.1
7/26/2008 17 55.1
8/2/2008 18 60.7
8/9/2008 19 66.7
8/16/2008 20 73.4


Diet/Weight Rant

I was happy that my weight gain over the last week was muscle, 2.1 lbs. Disappointed that my fat loss was only one tenth of a pound, with our scales, virtually indistinguishable.

I've done some research which shows the effect of different caloric intakes. (http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm) My maintenance level should be about 2800 calories, to loose fat 2000 calories, for extreme fat loss, about 1500.

After Thursday's ride I'm really not looking to give 20 to 30 pounds of fat a free ride around Colorado Springs, especially around southern Colorado.

I was trying to keep my caloric intake totals in my head. I thought that I was in the 1500 to 1700 hundred calorie range, but that doesn't compute.

It's time to become somewhat obsessive. I'm re-initiating the "What I ate today" journal. Where I record everything I eat, calculating more precisely what the calories are. I total the daily intake, and budgeting accordingly. Like a hand full of M&M's in the morning, then nothing else all day, or another diet option that lets me fill up with better foods.

End diet/weight rant.