Ya gotta eat to lose baby
Well I am officially fired up! We set a date for my big ASS climbing objective. This is the goal that got me going to see a trainer in September and enduring sore muscles, buckets of sweat and a love/hate relationship with trainer extrordinaire Nathan. I sat down with Nathan initially and explained the sport of Ice Climbing, explained my goals. As the conversation progressed and he asked questions I could see this wary look creep into his eyes. Sort of like when someone encounters an animal they *assumed* was friendly but now aren't so sure. At the end of the conversation he concluded "Well, you are crazy, but we can work together". I think he was most excited to see my Ice Tools and incorporate them into my workouts. Nathan did some research and we began training to turn me into a stronger Ice Climber. And man has he done that.
Climbers can be a superstitious lot and I was taught very early on that one doesn't divulge potential objectives for a varity of reasons. The first one being that no one wants to *attempt* and not be successful and have to explain after the fact what happened. The second is you don't want other climbers, friends or otherwise to either scoop you, adopt your goal as theirs or generally be a pain in the ass. And god knows climbers love to be a pain in the ass with a competitive fire and joi de vive.
For that reason there will be no mention of the exact objective until I am successful. Suffice to say I am willing to work hard for it and that brings us to the title of this post. If you were carrying a pack and you realized you had a 5lb weight in there, with no usefulness except for being heavy, wouldn't you want to chuck it before you started hiking? Of course you would. Me too, and I am fairly confident that I have that amount of extra weight on my frame right now that is not doing me any favours. I'm well aware that other people really hate it when a slim/fit person laments "I need to loose 5lbs" In fact, they want to stab you with a dull butter knife. For me this all about achieving my goal and it will be easier to do with the proper strength to weight ratio.
When I approached Nathan about it, his statement was: "Ya gotta eat to lose" He has put me on a menu plan and he is NOT kidding about his statement. I was one of those people who didn't eat breakfast. Hell I have my snooze button and my morning routine down to the minute to make it out of the house and to work on time. That never included eating the "most important meal of the day".
Now I will be eating every 2 hrs whether I want to or not. A combination of Protein/carbs/fruits/veggies and whatever else my body should be having. The goal is to keep the metobolism high and active. It's not fancy and it's not rocket science. I didn't have the courage to ask him where drinking alchohol fit into this mix after I just bought a case of the most incredible wine!!
However, right now my eye is on the prize: Loose at least 5lbs, keep the workouts going, keep the cardio going, climb on the weekends and attempt my goal in a months time.
I gotta go eat.
Climbers can be a superstitious lot and I was taught very early on that one doesn't divulge potential objectives for a varity of reasons. The first one being that no one wants to *attempt* and not be successful and have to explain after the fact what happened. The second is you don't want other climbers, friends or otherwise to either scoop you, adopt your goal as theirs or generally be a pain in the ass. And god knows climbers love to be a pain in the ass with a competitive fire and joi de vive.
For that reason there will be no mention of the exact objective until I am successful. Suffice to say I am willing to work hard for it and that brings us to the title of this post. If you were carrying a pack and you realized you had a 5lb weight in there, with no usefulness except for being heavy, wouldn't you want to chuck it before you started hiking? Of course you would. Me too, and I am fairly confident that I have that amount of extra weight on my frame right now that is not doing me any favours. I'm well aware that other people really hate it when a slim/fit person laments "I need to loose 5lbs" In fact, they want to stab you with a dull butter knife. For me this all about achieving my goal and it will be easier to do with the proper strength to weight ratio.
When I approached Nathan about it, his statement was: "Ya gotta eat to lose" He has put me on a menu plan and he is NOT kidding about his statement. I was one of those people who didn't eat breakfast. Hell I have my snooze button and my morning routine down to the minute to make it out of the house and to work on time. That never included eating the "most important meal of the day".
Now I will be eating every 2 hrs whether I want to or not. A combination of Protein/carbs/fruits/veggies and whatever else my body should be having. The goal is to keep the metobolism high and active. It's not fancy and it's not rocket science. I didn't have the courage to ask him where drinking alchohol fit into this mix after I just bought a case of the most incredible wine!!
However, right now my eye is on the prize: Loose at least 5lbs, keep the workouts going, keep the cardio going, climb on the weekends and attempt my goal in a months time.
I gotta go eat.
posted by Lise B at Wednesday, March 08, 2006
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