Balance between weight loss and energy supply
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theShiba posted 11 weeks ago.
I don't want to be "that guy", but I politely ask that you look through the Health/Nutrition section a bit before we start another thread about this... We've had a lot of discussions about this very topic recently. I know that the numbers are a bit different for everyone, but the principles stay the same, so let's try to keep those discussions going, and not have 100 about the same topic.
If those don't answer your questions, feel free to come back and ask again in this thread.
"Every journey has a secret destination of which the traveler is unaware." —Martin Buber
I'm thinking about trying to shed a few more pounds before I start competing in a few weeks.
My concern is that I certainly don't want to cut out too many calories because I'm also continuing to ramp up my training and I already sometimes feel like I don't have enough gas in the tank for hard workouts.
So my question is if anyone has any recommendations for ways to tailor a diet for weight loss without sacrificing energy. I try to focus on low-fat foods in general, but should I target specific types of foods? Is running a calorie defecit the only way to go?
I should also say that I'm not overweight, currently 142 +/- 2lb. My Tanita scale reports body fat of 8.5% (+/- 1.0) and a BMI calculator puts me at 22.2 (right in the middle of "normal"). I just know that last fall when I lost 10lbs my running improved significantly, and I feel like I could afford to go down to as little as 135 for the competitive season. I suppose the questions should also be asked: Is this assumption misguided?
I stood next to Levi in Solvang (!) and he was exactly my height but looked more slender. A bit of googling tells me he weighs almost 10lbs less and clearly he has much more muscle than I do.