Quote Originally Posted by solobiker View Post
Thanks for all of your comments. I don't think I have too much more to lose. I am 5' 6" and weigh about 140. It would be nice to lose about 5 more pounds. I eat pretty clean...no junk food/processed food with the exception of energy bars of some sort on the weekends while backcountry skiing. I have pretty good endurance...can ski tour for many hrs without needing to rest. I am very goal driven. I guess I was just giving myself something to shoot for just so my training/exercise more of a purpose behind it... I would gladly take any other suggestions.


I do wear a HR monitor which I know is not completly accurate but it does give me a rough idea.

Thanks again!!

I'd look at the food piece of things. I recently went from 130 to 121, from 30% body fat to 21%. The main thing I did was nutrition tracking and ramped up my cardio. My goal was to lean out so I was pushing a little less me around skiing and biking. The food tracking thing was huge. I was thinking "sure I eat pretty healthy" but to be concrete about portion size and calories was rather enlightening. Also what I learned about the relationship between base calorie needs, and what you can earn through exercise, was also enlightening.

The main tool I used was a smart phone app, MyFitnessPal. Now I know a lot of folks dis these apps as approximate at best, but it sure worked for me. I used my age, starting weight and desired weight to set the parameters for the nutrition guidelines it used. The database is huge, the bar code scanner is great, and even adding the scratch stuff I make at home ( I do this a lot!!) wasn't much of an issue. I followed the calorie guidelines pretty much to the t and was even able to follow my intake of protien carb and fats and make adjustments when needed. It was a very educational process and I'm really glad I did it. Plus leaning out like I did - can't complain about that.