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On my last triathlon (1/2 Ironman) I burned: 808 Swimming 4027 Biking 1454 Running 6289 Total

I over-simplified this for the sake of discussion. I cannot go 3 hours at that pace without nutrition. I usually have a Clif bar and I also was not counting the calories in the Gatorade. (I do for my own purposes, but I didn't want to create a post that was so long, people would not read it :tongue: )

It's supposed to work for swimming as well. My cycling computer just computes speed and averages. I think when I start seriously training for the fall races, I'll switch to the Garmin for cycling too just for the HRM feature.

Yes. Exercise is not my issue. I trained for a 1/2 Ironman without losing weight. Now that I have set weight loss as my goal (and not the race training) I am struggling with eating the right amount of food. During the week, I will burn about 1,000 calories/day in exercise, but on the weekend easily double or triple that…

I do the AM cardio routine as well. Usually 60-75 minutes of cycling or running. I usually have something like a sm banana or dry Special K cereral (no milk). I avoid dairy products before working out. Works for me and I get a more intense workout w/o feeling sick.

I recently completed a 1/2 Ironman. When I train, I take 1/2 of a banana and apple slices to eat after about mile 30. I usually ride 55-70mi/day on training weekends. I go for the green/yellow bananas anyway, and riding these hold up better than ripe ones. Be careful in packing them or you will end up with a new flavor of…

Try eating small portions of healthy carbs, pasta, brown rice, etc for lunch or mid afternoon. I wouldn't recommend this for dinner or later since while you may make your daily totals, eating a lot before you go to bed only promotes the conversion of that food into fat.