NicoleI’m going to make my one of my clients try something new. She did Ironman Louisville last summer, and has taken a long break from any structured training. So as we get her back into moderately structured training in her prep phase, I thought it would be great to apply Bob Seebohar’s metabolic efficiency concepts. Since she is very interested in nutrition and body composition tweaking, she is a good candidate to try this. We’re going to do this subjectively (i.e. not get tested) for cost reasons at this time, but I hope to be able to see her “numbers” one day. She’s given me permission to blog about her efforts. Last night we met and went over the basic concepts.
Some information about her background:
1) She’s an elementary school teacher so has an engaging job during the day which leads to raiding the fridge and pantry when she gets home.
2) She swam competitively in college – and swimming always makes her very hungry.
3) She is a confirmed “cereal addict.” One bowl usually leads to two if there is milk left in the bowl, and this is often a dessert.
4) She eats a lot of fruits and veggies already and overall a healty diet (beyond the cereal binging.)
5) In discussing her IM and typical training and race nutrition, she had a good foundation, but would tend to eat a lot (oatmeal/cereal) before and after training.
What will happen over the next 3-4 weeks:
1) All training will be aerobic and “easy.”
2) She is to do her best to eat only fruit, vegetables, lean meats & healthy fats. No cereal if she can help it! (She will most likely need to slowly cutback on her weekly cereal intake due to the quantities normally consumed.)
3) We have a starting weight, and will monitor weekly. She doesn’t want to get obsessed with her weight, so we will also see how she feels and what changes she notices.
I will post weekly on her progress and any issues/concerns she has during her Metabolic Efficiency Training!
Nicole
