Comments on: Can I lose 1/2 stone in 12 days?!? http://www.colinmcnulty.com/blog/2009/11/09/can-i-lose-12-stone-in-12-days/ Fitness, Health, Diet, Crossfit, Weightlifting, Musings and fun. Please comment on what you read. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:19:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Colin McNulty http://www.colinmcnulty.com/blog/2009/11/09/can-i-lose-12-stone-in-12-days/comment-page-1/#comment-2976 Colin McNulty Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:51:50 +0000 http://www.colinmcnulty.com/blog/?p=844#comment-2976 Erica: thanks for the tip. I agree with you that a moving average is a great way to track trends (I've just installed Google 15, thanks). The sad reality is, that I'm just happy with a local minima on Sat 21st Nov! I full expect to have to starve myself on Fri 20st and eat nothing Saturday morning to make the weight. It's my own fault for being complacent. Matt: You're probably right that I shouldn't cut my protein, but just the carbs. I'm not sure about replacing the carbs with fat though. Increasing fat is exactly the prescription for stopping losing weight on the Zone, which is not what I want. I'm also interested in how you worked out I should be on 19 blocks. I've always gone off 15 blocks as directed by the <a href="http://www.zonediet.com/Tools/BodyFatZoneBlockRequirementCalculator/tabid/159/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">zonediet.com block calculator</a> I use 0.7 (Moderate) for the activity multiplier, which is usually where Crossfitters disagree, but I understand that to be the recommended multiplier: Body Fat %: 15 Body Fat Weight (lbs): 26 Lean Body Mass (lbs): 149 Daily Protein Requirement (g): 104 or # of Blocks of Protein: 15 # of Blocks of Carbohydrate: 15 # of Blocks of Fat: 15 Erica: thanks for the tip. I agree with you that a moving average is a great way to track trends (I’ve just installed Google 15, thanks). The sad reality is, that I’m just happy with a local minima on Sat 21st Nov! I full expect to have to starve myself on Fri 20st and eat nothing Saturday morning to make the weight. It’s my own fault for being complacent.

Matt: You’re probably right that I shouldn’t cut my protein, but just the carbs. I’m not sure about replacing the carbs with fat though. Increasing fat is exactly the prescription for stopping losing weight on the Zone, which is not what I want. I’m also interested in how you worked out I should be on 19 blocks. I’ve always gone off 15 blocks as directed by the zonediet.com block calculator I use 0.7 (Moderate) for the activity multiplier, which is usually where Crossfitters disagree, but I understand that to be the recommended multiplier:

Body Fat %: 15
Body Fat Weight (lbs): 26
Lean Body Mass (lbs): 149
Daily Protein Requirement (g): 104
or # of Blocks of Protein: 15
# of Blocks of Carbohydrate: 15
# of Blocks of Fat: 15

]]> By: Matt Baldwin http://www.colinmcnulty.com/blog/2009/11/09/can-i-lose-12-stone-in-12-days/comment-page-1/#comment-2975 Matt Baldwin Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:52:34 +0000 http://www.colinmcnulty.com/blog/?p=844#comment-2975 Colin I'd advise that you don't cut your protein blocks too low. You still have 10 days or so. So, FAST for one day, while drinking tea of lemon juice with cayenne, maple syrup (about 2 tbsp. during the day) and maybe some ginger. Then, go with a Zone Rx of normal protein, 3/4 of the carbs, and sub fat for the carbs, so a bit higher fat than normal. You probably need at least 135 g of protein per day... i.e. 19 blocks for you, but do just 12-14 blocks of carbs, and do 12-19 blocks of fat, depending on whether you are losing weight or not. Matt Colin I’d advise that you don’t cut your protein blocks too low. You still have 10 days or so. So, FAST for one day, while drinking tea of lemon juice with cayenne, maple syrup (about 2 tbsp. during the day) and maybe some ginger. Then, go with a Zone Rx of normal protein, 3/4 of the carbs, and sub fat for the carbs, so a bit higher fat than normal. You probably need at least 135 g of protein per day… i.e. 19 blocks for you, but do just 12-14 blocks of carbs, and do 12-19 blocks of fat, depending on whether you are losing weight or not. Matt

]]> By: Erica http://www.colinmcnulty.com/blog/2009/11/09/can-i-lose-12-stone-in-12-days/comment-page-1/#comment-2972 Erica Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:19 +0000 http://www.colinmcnulty.com/blog/?p=844#comment-2972 Don't forget your moving average. :) When I was "making weight" for by 30th birthday, I talked about the charting and incorporating the moving average of your weight trend. If you aren't factoring it, you should. Here's my post on the topic from awhile back: http://funforfit.blogspot.com/2009/04/moving-average-and-weight-loss-where.html Don’t forget your moving average. :)

When I was “making weight” for by 30th birthday, I talked about the charting and incorporating the moving average of your weight trend. If you aren’t factoring it, you should. Here’s my post on the topic from awhile back:
http://funforfit.blogspot.com/2009/04/moving-average-and-weight-loss-where.html

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