I have been pretty impressed with the quantity of food I have been eating. Every morning I wake up at 6:30am, and eat 1st breakfast, which is usually a bowl of cereal and a banana. I go to practice, get back at around 10 am, and eat second breakfast, which is usually a 4 egg scramble and oatmeal, or a full batch of blueberry pancakes. I shouldnt forget about orange juice. At around 12:30pm I usually have lunch, which today was 1/2 pound of pasta w/ sauce. At around 3 I will have a snack, maybe a pbj or a bowl of cereal. I go to second practice. After that I have dinner at around 7 or 8, which last night was a big time stirfry with a lot of rice, two heaping plates worth, plus a 3 glasses of milk and a glass of orange juice. I figure that I am burning about 4000-5000 calories a day rowing, which takes a lot of energy. yummy. Even with all this food consumption, I am still losing weight.
To everyone's surprise, this morning we had a skill-and-drill row. Most of us were expecting a barnburner to finalize the lineup. I was back in the 5-seat of the wisconsin boat. Topher, the Dmouth coach said, "if you want this to be the boat, you guys better show something in the first piece this afternoon". We will see, though I'm not sure what the workout will be tonight. We voted today on the coxswain, which is always sort of awkward, even though it is anonymous. the lineup right now is:
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8 Grant James (wisco)
7 Ross James (wisco
6 Derek Rasmussen (wisco)
5 Silas Stafford (thats me!)
4 Henrik Rummel (harvard)
3 Blaise Diddier (wash)
2 Charlie Cole (yale/oxford)
1 Alex Osborne (Stanford)
this is definitely not a final lineup, so dont go proclaiming this to the world, but its probably pretty similar to the final lineup, with a few more switches.
Dr. Dave says:
ReplyDeleteIf you find that you are losing weight and/or want to increase the amount of calories you consume in a 24 hour period, try having a protein shake in the middle of the night. Your body enters a starved state early in the morning (a few hours before you wake up) because it is finished processing the previous night's food. In this starved state, your body is no longer able to repair muscle, and instead uses muscle and fat as a fuel source to tide you over through the night. If you are trying to lose weight, great! But if you are trying to recover for practice the next day, not so great. If you want, try setting your alarm for 3 or 4 in the morning, and have a protein shake ready next to your bed that you can gulp down and be back asleep before you even really wake up. The extra energy will be much appreciated by your body as it prepares for the next practice! Of course, if it interferes with your sleep then this advice probably isn't for you.
dang it, why haven't i found this blog earlier? good luck silas!
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