Hi,
I seem to be loosing the plot again, this happens every time i train for a marathon. I cant stop eating, my husband says i am like a hoover. Normally i am able to find a balance with eating and training and therefore dont normally have weight issues.
However i dont seem to know how to control myself with food, yes i know its cos of the increased training but i am putting on weight.....does anyone else have this problem.
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My appetite has ballooned, and so have I!
First time mara training. Wasn't expecting this side effect!
My approach to try to lessen the damage is to chop up lots of veggies (sweet pots, parsnips, sweede, onion, peppers, pots, courgette, etc etc etc) bung em in to roast before you go out to train on a low heat, then by the time you get back theyre done. Lots of good nutrition, but not too much in the way of calories, so you can fill your face! Of course you need to have some meat/fish with it too, and poss some brown rice.
Trouble is, the large slab of cake afterwards undoes all the good work!
Nick, the large-volume, low-calorie approach doesn't work for me. There's a little meter at the top of my stomach that clocks in every calorie and sends out for more if I don't give it enough.
I usually have some homemade soup/stew ready. So I'll have that when I get in, and a sandwich.
And then the cake!
Arty - nope, not just me...I would like to be about 6lbs lighter...but I guess that is silly. I dont know what % of me is fat though, which clearly is a better indicator of ones weight/size etc.
I try not to make cakes or buy biscuits, otherwise I just eat them!
Of course a good way to lose weight would be to eat some slightly off fish/meat/chicken....as the resulting food poisoning would shed pounds!...
times I put on weight during the training.
GQ - I did that a couple of weeks ago too! Banana and a drink of water in the middle of the night. I was ravenous! hee hee
Lou - Don't give up! Keep on going. This is a side effect of training, but not a reason to give up.
Ah Nick - the quickest weight loss diet in the world! lol Not sure I fancy that one.
I do wonder how much runs would be easier with out the extra weight. I will find out. One day!
...or go out and get 'proper' flu (not man flu!) I lost 3/4 of a stone in 2 weeks once and went under 11 stone! I was told that I looked awful though!
Seeing as I am more or less always training for a mara or similar, then I guess I am not going to lose weight.....sob!
I am off to the gym now before its to late and i hit the vending machine....
Not easy, and there are certainly many days when I don't manage it, but your attitude to it all is what's important - if you're able to be proud of yourself for being able to run for 2 hours when you couldn't before, that's what to focus on.
And the fact that I am getting out there at all is pretty damn good for a natural couch potato!
:-)
And about legs. Would your calves get bigger with running (muscle?) as I noticed that two pairs of knee high boots felt tighter?