Greg's Running Blog

It’s been almost 3 months now since I put down the cream cheese and the candy bar. I have dropped 40 lbs and I’m at the half way point into my transformation. I think the second half is going to be a lot tougher and it will require more concentration and discipline from me to make it happen in a reasonable amount of time. But so far I’m pretty impressed by the rate of change and how quickly you can accomplish it if you put your mind to it. Sure, it’s not a 4 week miracle but Rome wasn’t built in a day either. And to be able to lose 40 lbs in 12 weeks is a great rate of weight loss while maintaining muscle mass and not going crazy from hunger.

This week my food intake was spot on. I had seven perfect food days in a row. I kept my protein high and my calories low. I could not have asked for a better week in terms of nutrition. My average calories were 1427 for the week and my average daily protein was at 147 grams. Both of these are exactly the numbers I was hoping for.

My cardio regime has changed drastically this week. I have started running and I don’t think there is stopping me now short of an injury. I ran 25 miles this past week which is almost the length of a Marathon. Sure, I ran it over 6 days but it is more than I have ran in the past 15 years. Since I started running, the elliptical has been phased out. I have also given up on the double cardio sessions. One running session burns as much calories as two elliptical sessions. My weight loss pace has not slowed down I have dropped from 201.1 to 196.4 this week. That’s 4.7 lbs. I have also dropped 1.2% in body fat this week. My only concern is that I seem to have lost a bit of lean mass in the process so I’ll have to keep an eye on that to make sure I don’t dwindle my muscle away as I’m heading down the slope.

My strength exercises are pretty uneventful, I had to start doing them in the evenings as my running takes up a lot more time during the lunch break. It’s not a big deal but I have to adjust to it that’s all.