I meant to write this on Monday, but things have been getting in the way. Last week was somewhat predictable. I ended up hiking 51 miles last week and I logged <1500 calories every day except for Saturday. I lost exactly 2 lbs, weighing in at 160.2 lbs on Saturday morning. My totals for the […]
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You Can’t Out Train a Bad Diet Pt II
Two weeks ago, I hiked 60 miles, ate/drank whatever I felt like, and gained 1/2 lb. Last week, I hiked 48 miles & journaled (most) all of my meals, but didn’t shoot for a caloric deficit, only relying on the fact that journaling does make me more conscious about my diet. I weighed 163.3 at […]
Skiing vs Snowboarding
I started skiing when I was a kid and went once/year until college. After that, I went periodically, but not a ton. I tried snowboarding for 3 days at 17 and had the typical “fell a ton and hated it” experience. I picked up a snowboard again in my mid twenties and have ridden ever […]
You Can’t Out Train a Bad Diet
I did a mini-challenge last week. I challenged the conventional wisdom that “You can’t out train a bad diet.” It took me ~30 years or so to actually believe that, but it still seems like you could work out enough that you can eat/drink whatever you want. At the beginning of last week, I weighed […]