iDieting

Kidney, even.

Cherry tomatoes, salami/chorizo, coleslaw, pistachios. A glass of V8 juice with worcester sauce (special edition) salt and tabasco,

A pleasing side effect of the diet for me is that I don’t feel the constant urge to clear my throat which had been a lifelong thing and people had assumed was some nervous thing. Which I always knew wasn’t the case. I’m also finding a surprising number of endurance athletes are only taking med/high GI carbs before during and after training now.

I abandoned the iDiet for 9 days and lost over a kg and an inch off my waist.

I ate at least a baguette a day, tons of dried fruit and nuts, energy bars, crisps and chocolate. A three course meal every evening with seconds or thirds of each course. Before eating an iDiet compliant breakfast of eggs I tried to eat muesli topped with porridge… I did do an awful lot of exercise though.

TSY – was this during transalps or something?

Trans Provence iDave. A truly fantastic event 🙂

That changes ‘a little’ the slant of your weight-loss post then 🙂

Sounds fantastic, dead envious me.

iDave – it was! Now for the next challenge… or look in the coin jar and enter next year 🙂

Anyway… a friend has decided it’s time to iDiet… can someone put up a link to the fact sheet? I forgot to attach it to the e-mail I sent from work. Thanks.

Now for the next challenge

How about a sub five minute mile. 🙂

😀 That’s on the list Darcy… I want something a bit more epic though 🙂

I want something a bit more epic though

Given the near impossibility of you achieving it, I’d say it’s fairly epic 🙂

Ha… is it really that hard then?

I drunkenly told someone (a good runner) one day years ago that any old eejit could do a five minute mile…”I mean how hard can it be?”…he laughed at my youthful stupidity and bet me a tenner I wouldn’t do one in six minutes, let alone five. So, we arranged a meeting at a running track, he told me that I should probably use a pace maker. Off we went for four laps + the extra bit for the mile.

I swear, I balls-out sprinted for four laps – at least that’s what it felt like – with my housemate (also a handy runner) pacing me for two and a bit of them. The last lap went by in some kind of delirium. I crossed the line at 5.50.

Then I puked.

Then I collapsed.

Lay there for around 5 minutes before I could even speak.

Could hardly walk for a few days afterwards.

So, yeah, I reckon a sub five-minute mile (for a non-running type person) would be damn difficult, yeah. 🙂

Hmmm… so you’re saying I shouldn’t even try? I’ve done a tad over 6 mins with no training.

I might have to have a run with the super-fit iron man at work and see if he thinks he can train me up for it.

You can try it if you want – I wouldn’t suggest to you what you should or shouldn’t do TSY 😛

I think my legs would fall off if I tried to do a sub-5.

I think my legs would fall off if I tried to do a sub-5.

Me too…it’s what blows me away about HM runners that run 13 miles in around 70 minutes.

Day before my crash, I weighed in at 80.5 Kg, diet is very easy to go with these days.
Doesn’t even feel like I’m trying anymore.

Now the hard part is to avoid weight gain while I’m laid injured, but recovering.

I can still walk, perhaps even get onto a cycling machine in the gym.
But I still have a lot of upper back pain and swollen muscles in the neck and shoulders.

Challenge now is to also get my intake correct with respect to giving the body what it needs to effect repairs.

Where/how did you crash Solo? I don’t recall you describing what happened…unless you did on the other forum.

I’m easily led though darcy… and you’ve somewhat crushed my youthful enthusiasm.

I might just kick back and eat the rest of the Lorraine Pascale chocolate cheesecake I’ve got from off of the tele the other night.

Me too…it’s what blows me away about HM runners that run 13 miles in around 70 minutes.

I did the Great Yorkshire 10k run the other year. It’s an out and back course. So while I am killing myself running at 7ish mile/min on one side of the road, these kenyan chaps come sprinting past the other way. Might as well have been sitting in the pub for the exertion they were showing.

I’m easily led though darcy… and you’ve somewhat crushed my youthful enthusiasm.

😐

And I thought I’d goaded you into having a go. I’d seriously like to see how a fittie like yourself would do trying to run at that pace.

I’m not even Kenyan 🙁

Solo… what was this crash?

Yeah, you might have added too much doubt Darcy. I am going to do some running this winter though so I’m keeping it as a target. Want to put in some serious base work and maybe lose a bit more weight… don’t want to get injured!

Leave him Darcy, it’s obvious he is not up to the challenge.

It’s an out and back course. So while I am killing myself…

Same here with both the Bristol 10K and HM – a good stretch of both goes out the portway (underneath the suspension bridge), so yeah, you get the see the bastards come flying past, already about three miles ahead of you – looking like they’re just lolloping along…and what’s worse…you have to applaud them. It’s how I imagine Molly runs since he adjusted his footstrike. 🙂

It’s how I imagine Molly runs since he adjusted his footstrike.

I hear he is like a greased whippet falling off a cliff, since making the change.

I did 8 x 200m intervals then worked out what it would be for a mile at that pace – without the walking around between. Not saying like…..

Solo – what’s this crashing thing?

Interesting that iDave… sort of like intervals 😀

Sat eve, did a nocturnal road ride with a friend.
Some distance into the ride I crash big time at considerable speed.

Double fracture to right wrist, severely impacted back in region of D1 ? vertebrae, very pain upper body pain now and swelling, yadda, yadda.

I’ve tried to avoid calling on Mr Ibruprophen, have had to relent occassionally.
Fracture clinic yesterday saw me told that some of the injuries may never fully heal, I’ve been awarded a blue polyester cast for my endeavours.

So, learning now to do stuff LH’d and by myself.
Go on, now I suppose you’re gonna tell me its going to rain.
😐

Jeez, that sucks mate! What caused the crash?

Hope you feel better soon… hard out iDieting for you for the time being then?

shit, that’s grim! will email you some useful rehab stuff.

Hope you feel better soon…
Thanks TSY.
I can’t get back on a bike this side of xmas, which really sucks !.

hard out iDieting for you for the time being then?

Thats the dilema. I’m not going to compromise maximizing my recovery, from a diet perspective, but after reaching 80.5 Kg, shedding fat while increasing muscle, was very motivating, would be a pity to see it reverse.
Does boosting one’s intake of certain micronutrients, actually contribute positively to the body’s repair ?.

Sounds shit Solo. Hope stuff heals up soon dude.

they should be making sure that the injuries fully heal – ask for a second opinion?

Sounds shit Solo. Hope stuff heals up soon dude.

Know what ?.

I know that at times, we wind each other up and tear the odd stripfrom each other.
But You guys are spot on, when it counts.

I’ll be back on two wheels one day.

Cheers.
😉

Solo

Solo.. bummer…

In other news, Mrs Grips is iDieting and just went out for a run. I’m dead proud 🙂

I just had a piece of toast.

they should be making sure that the injuries fully heal – ask for a second opinion?

Apparently, some fragments of bone typically wont knit back to the main body of the main bone.

I’ve started taking a calcium sup and drinking milk (yuck) for a temporary period, in light of no other advise.

Been thinking of seeing my GP.
Will make an appointment tomorrow.
Upper body pain and swelling is concerning.
Also passed pink water after the crash, but thats stopped now.
Also internal chest pain in the area of the esophagus.
All was repoted at A n E, but they only seemed interested in the wrist.
It was a proper body slam on the deck, after I’d used my face to plough the verge.
Mate recons we were doing mid to high 20s mph. at the moment of the crash.

I just had fish and chips and mushy peas, purely because I’ve had a shitty day and feel weak. though I am doing a 100 miler on Sunday as penance.

And three slices of German salami.

I’m not doing a 100 miler on Sunday. I shall be beginning my holiday.