Re: Training Qs: intervals, blowing up, fat...

On Wed, 14 May 2008 01:34:26 GMT, Ryan Cousineau <rcousine@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>I'm just 
>consuming way too many calories, and my theory is the best way to work 
>that out is to just really work hard on avoiding the behavior that leads 
>me to consume certain types of marginal (as in the extra 10%, not as in 
>doughnuts) calories.

I would suggest getting a 'good enough' idea of how many calories you
are consuming versus how many you consume to not gain any weight.
(maintenance)

Theoretically, going only 100 calories over your maintenance every day
for a year is going to end up causing a weight gain of 1lb every 6
months, unless you're young. (all other things being equal).

It's not much food. Just one extra tblspoon of peanut butter above
maintenance, for instance.

That -could- translate to about 10-12lbs weight gain per year, esp if
you're over 35-40 and work desk..

If you're young and have an active job, you burn it off. If you go
from active job to sedentary, you start gaining.

To lose 1lb per week, you have to eat 500 cals/day Less. Or burn 250
more than you do now (riding for 40min), and eating 250 less, or 2.5
tblspoons of peanut butter less -every- day for a week.

(Usually fat -loss- is a bit slower than that, due to other factors.)

Also, you can't gorge on weekends, because you blow the week in
totals. What's hard is hunger tends to go up and
consistency/motivation comes and goes.