My recent health/fitness hiccup

[jon-nyc]

Typical macro breakdown:

Protein 200-220
Fat: 160-190
Carbs: 350-450

[Axtremus]

@Klaus said:

What do you do to get to 4000kcal a day?

Would have been epic had the answer been "pies."

Get well soon.

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc wow! I had no idea. Sending positive thoughts to you!!!

[jon-nyc]

So during my trip I averaged 3416 calories/day and 144g/d of protein.

In the previous 10 days before the trip, I averaged 4065 kcal and 201g protein per day.

Also no weights while I was gone. I didn't get much exercise except walking, and not too much of that.

I lost 4.3lbs on the trip.

Back to work. Should catch that up in a few days. By next weekend for sure.

[Mik]

That is so very foreign to my experience as to be alien. I get calories from oxygen.

[Tom-K]

I couldn't lose 4.3lbs. if I stopped eating for a whole month.

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc said:

I didn't get much exercise except walking, and not too much of that.

Maybe a dumb question, but is there a benefit to not exercising so much? Would that help with keeping the weight on?

[jon-nyc]

I would have thought so. In fact I wasn’t worried about lesser calorie intake so much since o was burning less. But here I am.

[Mik]

I just started back to HIIT on the Airdyne the past week or so. Supposed to build VO2 max faster. I’m getting upwards of 110-120 bpm. Plateaued at 67 lbs on weight loss even thought my waist keeps shrinking. Maybe the weight training.

I didn’t have to work this hard in my 30s. Grr.

[jon-nyc]

Update. Its been almost exactly two months since I stopped that drug. My weight hit 168.2 today, my nadir was 148.1 on February 28th.

So I’ve gained 20lbs in 2 months. Good weight too, not sloppy weight. When I hit 175 or so I’ll probably cut back the carbs a bit but keep myself at 3000 calories or so. Maybe not though since by then I’ll be riding a lot and burning calories.

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc That is good news!!!!! Keep eating!!!

[blondie]

Yes! Good news. Keep on gaining!