Breakfast of Champions
I have found my new breakfast – slow cooked Quaker oats (3/4 cup) and 1/2 cup of raisins – total calories 485 kCal. It sticks to my ribs for at least 2 to 3 hours, and that’s saying a lot for as frequent of an eater as I am. I then boil up some hot water for Good Earth’s Sweet n’ Spicy tea. This stuff is so good, I can’t believe it’s not sweetened!
I found out yesterday that staying around 2300 kCal/day is actually not too hard. I wake up hungry, but that’s what I’m supposed to fee like – right? I just substituted water and tea for each time that I wanted to drink juice or soda (the Devil itself). I figure that if I stay around the recommended 2300 kCal, which is 500 less than my current total, I will lose 1 lb a week. Plus, if I increase my activity level from its current amount (3-5 days a week, approx. 1 hour) to 5-7 days a week 1.5 hours average, I will be increasing my caloric burn rate by an additional 1500-2000 kCal/Week, which is a further 1/2 pound. At this rate, I will reach my goal of 156lbs in somewhere around 15-16 weeks. This is much more in line with my goal of the key races of the season which come around May, June, and July.
