So I'm 2 weeks away from my first race of the year 'at weight', meaning that since I row in the lightweight category I have to lose a few pounds. I have to weigh in at the round number of 154.3 pounds (or 70 kilograms) in order to race. Generally I walk around/train all year at about 160 - 2, then skinny up for racing. Once I get down to that weight, it's pretty easy to keep it down. But getting down the first time is a bitch. So if you ask me what I am doing this weekend, the answer is 'not eating.' I have purchased myself a wide assortment of gum in order to keep flavor in my mouth - I have at least six flavors at my disposal, including Sweet Cinnamon, Sweet Peppermint, Raspberry Mint, Sweet Berry and Forever Fruit. I actually highly recommend Stride Gum (http://www.stridegum.com/#/home/) to those of you who are gum lovers. The packaging is pretty cool, and the flavor lasts. It beats out Orbit gum any day.
I used to chew on gummi candy (gummi bears, gummi coke bottles, etc) and LifeSavers (I would pop in one Peppermint and one Wild Cherry simultaneously) when losing weight because it's fat free and sweet, but then I had to have two root canals last spring and that was the end of my candy consumption.
I also feel really weird when I have a sweet craving and end up walking in an ice cream shop. Everyone around me is ordering milkshakes, oreo toppings, hot fudge and some kind of exotic flavor. I have to put the blinders on and do my best not to look at the really tasty options and look straight at the frozen yogurt menu. I'll be honest, I'm pretty self-conscious when I order a fat free, sugar free kid's size vanilla/chocolate swirl frozen yogurt. I try not to look anyone in the eye and duck out of the store as quickly as possible. Part of me wants to explain - "Really, I'm trying out for the Olympics - that's why I'm ordering this..." but I bite my tongue everytime.
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Lucky for you, Meat, I've been eating for both of us.
In the meanwhile, I've been trying to find a way to deep fry butter, but so far the recipe eludes me.
On a similar note, you gotta admire the willpower of bulimics. Hint. Fatty. Hint.
Another idea: Start shaving off your freckles. You'll lose, like, 4 pounds right there. Boom.
Problem solver, Meat. It's what I am.
Another weight-loss strategy: getting rid of reduplicated internal organs.
That extra kidney is just slowing you down, Mike.
Plus, sell that bad bitch on eBay, and BAM--you just bought a whole new Spandex wardrobe.
Win-win-win.
You know what else might help?
Laxatives.
How bad do you want it, Mike?
Little toes are vestigial, you know. Don't really need 'em. Just extra weight, when you think about it.
Lev, you will need to fill me in on the meal you discovered between breakfast and brunch soon...
I call it "Brunchfest" and I have discovered that it really tides you over until "First Lunch."
Also: if you got yourself a girlfriend or pet, you could unload several critical ounces of useless semen--EVERY DAY. It's true. I saw it on Discovery Channel.
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