Monday 9 August 2010

PB - be damned

One of my goals in 2010 is to lose a wee bit of weight - not much, just half a stone or so. Carrying less weight will probably go a long way to helping my knee. However, I've been at a loss as to why I've remained at a constant weight. Despite not overeating and also running a fair bit my blubbery bits have persisted. At the start of last week I found out my answer. I love peanut butter. I looked at the back of the jar for calorie content. Holy crapola! Then I learned 2 things:

- if I stop eating PB for a week I loose 3 lbs.
- PB would be brilliant to eat on a long training run or an ultramarathon where you need lots of calories crammed into a small space. 

5 comments:

  1. Hehe, yep peanut butter is bloody tasty but sky high on the old calory count. Probably better off munching a Big Mac.

    ;-)

    BTW where was that Blog title pic taken, it's a cracking photo?

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  2. The blog pic was taken on a run I did with Mike up Mount Keen. It was a grand day out.

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  3. Pardon the ignorance Dave but where is Mount Keen?

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  4. It is a Munro up near us Al. Have a gander at the following link:
    http://www.munromagic.com/MountainInfo.cfm/235

    It was a gently 9 mile run followed by a hard steep climb up the mountain. Then 9 miles back. I couldn't run for a week afterwards!

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  5. Pah, but a stroll in the park!

    what?

    ;-)

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