Greg's Running Blog

I have celebrated my 5 month progress anniversary this week and I’m just shy of 60lbs total lost. I came a long long way from the fat guy I used to be and this week was another great week towards the goal of being fit for life.

Strength training was solid, I did my two upper body sessions as planned. Cardio workout has been nothing but running exclusively for the past month and it went great this week again. I ran a total of 36.6 miles (58.9 km) with my longest run ever, a 9 mile one (14.5 km) on Sunday morning. My running program is coming along fine, a blister here and there but otherwise I feel fantastic when it comes to running. I have burned 4,579 calories with running this week.

Eating was really good again. I’m eating out a good bit more now but I’m making the right choices and it helps me stay within my caloric budget. I have averaged 1,856 calories a day for the week and I have averaged 125 grams of daily protein. It is less than I used to but with all the running I am doing I need more carbohydrates and a bit more calories so the average as well as the protein is a number I am very happy with. The only day I ate over 1,850 calories was Sunday and that day I ran 9 miles that burned 1,100 calories off of me. It’s hard to run the miles without calories.

I have lost 2 lbs (0.9 kg) this week which corresponds with 7,000 caloric deficit, 1,000 calories a day. Combine that with my 1,856 calories of intake and 653 calories of running average and you get 2,201 calories as my BMR. Again, it is pretty much spot on. I just need a couple more weeks like this and I’ll be hitting my target weight in no time!