Greg's Running Blog

This week has come to an end and I had been too busy to post up the update on time. So what have I been busy with? Mostly running and family stuff.

Eating was spot on again, I really don’t know what else to say about it any more. Food is a non-issue for me at this point. I think 7 months is definitely enough to build new eating habits. I’m certainly not dieting any more, it does not feel like a diet. It feels just normal eating. I only ate above my 2,400 calorie allocation one day and I ran 13.1 miles that day and burned 1,500 calories in the process. So eating a whopping 2,700 calories that day were more than justified. Thanks to that day I have averaged 2,446 calories for the week as my daily intake. Protein was at 131 grams, which is a bit more than I’d like but unlike most people who have problems with not eating enough protein, I’m quite the opposite and I tend to eat quite a good amount of protein. And I eat all this without protein shakes. I don’t remember the last time I had a protein shake.

Running has been great this week. If you look at the chart you will see that I had two days where I didn’t run and I only had a measly 2 miles on Sunday. This is because of my race schedules. I had a race on Saturday and I ran a really fast 13.1 mile run on Wednesday so I needed two days to rest and get my legs ready for the 5K race. On Sunday I only ran 2 miles to keep my legs moving and ready for the next race on Monday. So I only ran 31.4 miles this week which is much lower than last week but it is actually still a pretty good mileage and it is a lot of hard miles. This weeks mileage was about quality vs. quantity. Calorie wise I have burned 3,464 calories with the running this week.

I skipped the gym altogether this week. I performed no strength training. I feel bad about it but I just couldn’t find the time or motivation to go.

Weigh loss has been steady this week, my rolling average indicates a 1.2 lbs (0.6 kg) drop for the week which would mean my BMR is 2,551 calories. It is higher than before so I’m either not counting all my calories burned or I’m counting too many calories for intake. This is quite the opposite problem than what most people make when they start counting calories. They tend to underestimate the calories in and overestimate how much they burn. It’s nice to have this problem for myself.

Overall I’m really pleased with the way the week went, I think it was a great week. A couple more is all it will take to get to my target!