Skiing - Weight Gain or Loss - Season Long

[Riverskier]

To name a few:
The 2::00pm on a Saturday I am bored maybe I will take down a 6er
The 2:00am on a Fri/Sat night I definitely need one more beer

Ok, I will concede the 2am Fri/Sat night beer. That is NEVER necessary, or even a good idea for that matter.

The 6er on a boring Saturday afternoon is money though!

 

[wa-loaf]

I think I put 5 pounds on this weekend ...

 

[tekweezle]

I never seem lose weight during Ski season probably because whatever calories i might lose doing the activity I am doing is being matched with a similar intake in calories. fuel for the body. i might be in better shape from carrying skis and walking in heavy ski boots though. well, the arms and legs are going to be sore and stressed out.

it;s probably enough just to maintain status quo because if I didn;t do anything, i;d probably gain about 3 pounds a week just eating. plus during ski season, we are all probably eating abnormally high carb and protein diets without noticing-all the eggs and bacon for breakfast, pasta for dinner, and other hearty food, ect....

 

[jrmagic]

I put on a few pounds this season. I didn't ski often enough to stay in shape, just once or twice a week.

To have fresh legs for skiing, I skipped my workouts a couple days before skiing, then I'd rest a day after skiing, so I was lucky to get in one workout a week.

I need to find a way to get more workouts in during ski season. I find that if I don't do weightlifting with my quads during the season, they slowly lose strength. Skiing alone doesn't seem to build muscle mass for me.

That's always the problem. I tried to make sure I hit my legs either Tueday or Wednesday in the gym going pretty heavy figuring I ws getting low load/hi reps for those muscles on the hill and the focus the remaining days in the gymon the other body parts. It worked for the first half of the winter. next season I will try to maintain that all the way through.

 

[o3jeff]

I skied 6 times this year and lost 8 lbs. Probably all the walking I did instead.

 

[deadheadskier]

I think I put 5 pounds on this weekend ...

I went to the gym this morning. 5 pounds heavier than last Friday confirmed. :lol:

 

[Nick]

I need to drop 10 pounds again. I'm back to ~193. I should be low 180's. Started off so good in the new year too, I was down to 186 in late January.

 

[HD333]

AZ Biggest loser anyone? Sounds like a bunch of us need to drop 5-15 lbs. Maybe this could be the motivating factor? Thoughts? Honor system, post current weight in a thread then weigh in each week, keep it going for a month or 2, highest % of weight lost gets bragging rights?

 

[Cornhead]

AZ Biggest loser anyone? Sounds like a bunch of us need to drop 5-15 lbs. Maybe this could be the motivating factor? Thoughts? Honor system, post current weight in a thread then weigh in each week, keep it going for a month or 2, highest % of weight lost gets bragging rights?

I've weighed between 165lbs- 315lbs in my adult life. Not too healthy, I'm sure. I was riding my motorcycle and saw movement in my mirror. After closer inspection, it was my bare skin on my arm flapping in the breeze like a sweatshirt. I'd tense my muscles, it would stop, relax, back to flapping. I lost 70lbs in one year about five years ago. I ate less and exercised more...magic!

 

[Cheese]

Skiing is a good motivator to lose weight. The stress on knees, hips and back is directly related to body weight. Shed a few Hamiltons and the way you feel at the end of the day and especially multiple days might be the motivator to lose even more.

 

[Cannonball]

I had my annual physical today. I stepped on the scale. I had lost 20lbs and was the lightest I've been in over 15 years!!!! I told the nurse I didn't believe but he checked out the scale and confirmed that it worked fine The Doc came in and congratulated me. I told him I didn't believe it, but he checked out the scale and assured me it was working fine. I was feeling pretty good about myself. As I was getting dressed at the end of my appointment I couldn't help fiddling with the scale. They had the bottom weight set in lbs and the top weight set in kgs. I fixed it, reweighed myself, and found that I'm exactly the same as start of the season. The whole time I was thinking of this thread.....

 

[Cheese]

I had my annual physical today. I stepped on the scale. I had lost 20lbs and was the lightest I've been in over 15 years!!!! I told the nurse I didn't believe but he checked out the scale and confirmed that it worked fine The Doc came in and congratulated me. I told him I didn't believe it, but he checked out the scale and assured me it was working fine. I was feeling pretty good about myself. As I was getting dressed at the end of my appointment I couldn't help fiddling with the scale. They had the bottom weight set in lbs and the top weight set in kgs. I fixed it, reweighed myself, and found that I'm exactly the same as start of the season. The whole time I was thinking of this thread.....

Better tell the doc or next year he'll scold you for gaining 20lbs in a year.

 

[SkiFanE]

I lose weight, overall..but do tend to keep it through the holidays and once ski season really kicks in I lose. Down right now, not many ski days left...so I'm walking at work and need to start biking soon. Also..i may not lose tons, but what I have is definitely tighter, I just hate getting jigglier and heavier right as bathing suit season starts lol..hoping I can avoid that this summer.

 

[ski stef]

I just hate getting jigglier and heavier right as bathing suit season starts lol..hoping I can avoid that this summer.

+1!

 

[vonski]

I loose weight skiiing in winter. plain and simple!

 

[Cheese]

Down right now, not many ski days left...so I'm walking at work and need to start biking soon. Also..i may not lose tons, but what I have is definitely tighter, I just hate getting jigglier and heavier right as bathing suit season starts lol..hoping I can avoid that this summer.

+1!

 

[SkiFanE]

What I would look like if I sat on my ass all year:

 

[Cheese]

 

[jrmagic]

What I would look like if I sat on my ass all year:

LMFAO! Good for you that you don't.

 

[arik]

I go up to 152 in fall, and go down to 147 by spring.
I was a fat kid so real glad to be below my college weight, particularly as I am turning 40 this year.

I think the XC skiing helps more than the downhill