Mars
02-24-06, 09:43 AM
I am riding pretty hard on my commutes, which come to about an hour of riding a day. In spite of this exercise, I have a hard time losing the weight I would like for this summer. I see that others here are also trying to shed some pounds. So I came up with an idea based on the "Extreme Commute Club" and "Very Long Commute Club" threads in the Commuting forum. The concept is to support and advise each other in their dieting goals and successes. In the VLCC, I have found if I say what my riding goals are for the week and then report how I am doing day by day, I am less likely to bail out on my long rides.
To transfer the concept here, I propose that whoever would like to try this idea post their dietary goals for the week. Then, use the "edit" feature to post what you actually ate day by day. If we are honest about what we consumed, I think that we will learn from our eating habits. We can encourage each other to meet our goals and hopefully the posting here will motivate us to keep on our diets.
Here is how it might look:
My goal is to reduce my eating to 2000 calories a day.
Monday
Oatmeal and banana 185 calories
muffin 90
BLT sandwich 195
2 bowls chili 890
2 pieces garlic toast 310
popcorn 250
total 1835
Met my goal today, but was starving in the evening. Made a bit of popcorn, could have eaten more, but stopped myself.
I am going to start "week one" Sunday evening if anyone would like to try this idea out. Feel free to use any diet you like, it doesn't have to be calorie counting. Hope to see some of you next wee on this thread!
To transfer the concept here, I propose that whoever would like to try this idea post their dietary goals for the week. Then, use the "edit" feature to post what you actually ate day by day. If we are honest about what we consumed, I think that we will learn from our eating habits. We can encourage each other to meet our goals and hopefully the posting here will motivate us to keep on our diets.
Here is how it might look:
My goal is to reduce my eating to 2000 calories a day.
Monday
Oatmeal and banana 185 calories
muffin 90
BLT sandwich 195
2 bowls chili 890
2 pieces garlic toast 310
popcorn 250
total 1835
Met my goal today, but was starving in the evening. Made a bit of popcorn, could have eaten more, but stopped myself.
I am going to start "week one" Sunday evening if anyone would like to try this idea out. Feel free to use any diet you like, it doesn't have to be calorie counting. Hope to see some of you next wee on this thread!