Greg's Running Blog

It’s a bit belated on the status update but I assure you it’s accurate and to the point. So let’s get through the raw numbers real quick just so we’re up to speed on my transformation.

As you can see my calories look pretty decent for the week considering I was out of town for the weekend. The Friday binge can be explained with my purposeful carbohydrate loading that I was doing for the Saturday morning 10K that I ran. More on that later. The very same race is the reason why there was no running or exercise logged for Friday either, it was a rest day before the race. Average caloric intake for the week comes in at 1,890 calories with 123 grams of protein which is right where I want to be at this point in my transformation.

My weight has still been on a steady decline even though the weekend really did a number on my weight due to excess sodium and the carbohydrate loading of Friday that caused me to retain more water than usual. My rolling average indicates a 1.7 lbs (0.8 kg) loss for the week which I will gladly take. The days of 2 lbs weekly loss are gone but I’m perfectly happy with where I’m at right now.

Running was great all week, I even did a 6.2 mile run while out of town on Sunday. I have ran 28.9 miles and burned 3,541 calories which is very similar to the mileage and calories burned on my 5K race week two weeks ago. It averages out to 506 calories a day. I only did one strength training on Wednesday and my chest is really sore from it. I think I tore it up pretty bad so I’m taking it easy for the next couple of days until I think I’m back to normal.

Based on the numbers of 1,890 calories in with a 506 calorie daily cardio output and 1.7 lbs of weight loss which translates to 5,950 weekly, 850 calories of deficit daily my calculated BMR is 2,234 calories. Again, this is right in line with the guides. I either cheat on every number or I’m hitting them pretty close to reality. I chose to believe the latter as I have no reason not to.

All in all I think my weight loss is right on track even if it’s slowing down lately. Looking at where I came from and where I’m going I have absolutely no problem with the slowing down, I actually feel pretty darn good about the whole thing overall.