This is what I calculated today...
Every night I eat 5 Dove milk chocolate squares = 220 calories.
3500 / 220 = 15.9
So every 15.9 days, I could cut 1 lb out of my diet just by not eating my daily chocolates.
That's just shy of 2 lbs per month... with just over 4 months until my marathon.
That's a potential 8 lbs. Per the theory, you gain 2 seconds/mile of speed for every lb lost.
So, potentially at the same physical capability as the last marathon, I could cut 16 sec/mile off.
Over 26.2 miles, this translates to 7 minutes.
So, the conclusion...
I could run with the exact same physical capability as last time, and just by cutting out my daily Dove chocolate, I could take 7 minutes off my time.
If only it were that simple!!!
See, I told you I have my own brand of crazy... these calculations covered my shower wall. All very interesting... in theory.
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They say that the best ideas come when you're in the shower (or for some people, on the porcelain throne). I definitely need to cut out the chocolate from my diet if I want overall better health this year.
wow. i am impressed :) i am not sure i could ever cut out chocolate-giving it up for lent is hard enough. but maybe just 1 piece instead of 5. whats the math on that? :)
Eh, who needs seven minutes? I think the chocolate is worth every minute lost. just sayin'.
Ahaha that's awesome! I wonder how many calories I could cut/ lbs I could lose by cutting out my wine habit, but I think I'd rather not know :D
haha. now that you put it that way, it makes losing weight sound incredibly simple!
Compromise: Switch to the dark chocolate variety for the antioxidants.
I also keep those 60 calorie sugar-free dark chocolate puddings in stock. When a craving hits at least I can keep it down to 60 calories.
You're funny :-)
Loved the though process!
Wonder what would happen if I gave up my super sized nightly bowl of ice cream...? =) Love your numbers =)
hahah. sometimes i think of stuff like that too. at really random times too. and in random places. :)
No matter what the debate is, chocolate is always gonna win!
LOL! I like your thought process but for me chocolate beats shaving 7 minutes off my time ;)
"Per the theory, you gain 2 seconds/mile of speed for every lb lost."
That is just the most inspirational thing you could say to a fat runner! I will now look at every pound as two seconds. I hope to lose 8 seconds this week :)
I mean gain 8 seconds! I need to gain 8 seconds this week....which totally sounds better than losing anything!
You're officially rendered me speechless!
Well worth it!! I feel like I'm always running numbers in my head....no wonder I am exhausted half the time!!
That's awesome you did that! I would say to just cut out half your chocolate, if cut it at all, or just do the 1 piece as suggested above. I just started a rather extreme diet, and it is rough. It has made me crave the WORST foods, especially since I am out of the expensive meal replacement shakes which were my only taste of chocolate in the day. My nutritionist did tell me that a cheat day once in a while is better for your body, though, instead of a little bit here and there of "indugences", as if you get your metabolism really burning high all the time and slap it with a bacon cheeseburger sporadically, it will eat it up fast, wheras if you just have little bits of stuff that slows you down all the time, your metabolism will slow overall, all the time. I hope that makes sense, as I am repeating what I was told in my own words.
yes, i really do wish it were that easy but this totally makes me laugh out loud!
I love that you did these calcs! I can't even begin to tally up the number of times I've done some kind of running/pace calculations on whatever bit of surface was within my reach.
(For the record, I think you should continue eating your Dove chocolates. A girl's gotta live a little, right?)
Lesley, I love that you broke your Dove Chocolates down like this! If only I could reduce my intake of Twizzlers...speed= less licorice....so hard to resist though!
So have you put this theory to work yet? It makes sense.
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