Why I Don’t Lose Weight
I still haven’t made much progress with my weight loss over the past couple months. I can’t really say that I’ve tried all that hard, but I bet some folks wonder how one can workout so much and not lose weight. Well, here’s my workout and “nutrition” info from yesterday.
- Morning Workout:
- Masters swimming - ~3k yards in just under an hour
- Breakfast:
- Bruegger’s Classic Wrap (two eggs, two slices of cheese, and sausage wrapped in a tortilla shell)
- Lunch:
- Chipotle carnitas burrito (no sour cream or cheese, but still…)
- Afternoon Snack:
- 1/2 a can of Pringles Light
- Afternoon Workout:
- Ride ~40 miles with the tri club
- Dinner:
- Famous Dave’s where Carol and I “split” (meaning I eat about 2/3) a full slab of ribs, mashed potatoes, corn bread.
- Also consumed a tall beer.
- “Dessert”:
- I still wanted to eat when I got home, so had some ramen-like noodles before I went to bed.
So… three hours of working out where I burn say 1,500 calories. Yeah, I had eaten more than that before I was half way through my burrito at lunch. And the rest of the food that I consumed during the day I’m sure was more than my basal metabolic rate, so pretty much I gained weight yesterday. :P
I’m scared to think of what would happen if I stopped training for a couple of years. I’d be HUGE! :( Oh well… maybe I can give Kobayashi a run for his money one day.