Calorie intake

[Lulubelle]

Originally Posted by Scuba Pete

When i was swimming in high school which was only like 7 or so years ago, we had to eat something around 6-7000 caleries just to maintain some form of weight. I also forgot to stop eating that much when i graduated. I went from 5'9" 157lbs to 5'11 and 230lbs in just 2 years. 45 in the first year 30 in the second. Swimming makes you hungry and does not act as an appetite suppresant like many other cardio type sports. It boosts your appitite. I ate 1/2 a box of ceral every morning after swimming then i was hungry an hour later. What i would give to look like i did when i was swimming.

It does make sense that swimming may make you hungrier than similar effort in another cardiovascular exercise. Maybe that was what I was trying to get at earlier when I made a reference to optimal exercises for weight loss. Honestly though, swimming is so good for overall fitness that it would be well placed in anyone's workout regimen, whether weight loss was the goal or not.

Originally Posted by crandf

With any luck, Phelps will eventually get fat too, then we can all feel a little better about our own bodies
I think Ian Thorpe got fat, right?>

Bro was not Phelps (only one medal, but the right color ), but he has "ballooned" all of the way up to 185 (6'4") at 38 years old. He looks a heck of a lot better to be honest. I'm just pissed that he got my Dad's fat genes (basically, there are none) and I got my Mom's.

[Vercingetorix]

Originally Posted by Noob

I've got an extremely fast matabolism.

You'll grow of that

Like you, through my thirties, I couldn't put on weight. Ate milkshakes and other junk. Then, I hit 40, and my metabolism dropped to nada.

[crandf]

Milkshake is junk? Nooooooo!