Pulled a muscle @ lower right side rib last Saturday (3/20/10) and haven't paddled or done any exercise since Sunday. Really hurts and sleeping's difficult.
Anyway, I was 220 in June 2009 when I started paddling, and I am between 202 and 205 these days. I'm paddling 4-6X/wk, my muscles are built up and I feel fit, but my weight is still high. I have to modify my diet now if I want to lose any more weight.
One reason is Eckhart just posted something about being overweight being bad for your heart (that got me off my ass because of our John Myles experience), and second I entered a race and didn't do all that well. I'm a beginner but every extra pound makes the boat sit lower and results in more drag. I'd have to buy a new all-carbon boat (~$4000) to lose 5 boat pounds but I have at least 20 fat pounds to give. I like this fatsecret thing; it's easy to enter food and weight, and there is an app so I can enter stuff on my phone.
We'll see.
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