First LBD, first 4.75" heels.. tooting my own horn pix

Could never have done either pre-weight loss. I always loved those sexy ultra high heels- but never in a million years were my feet and knees able to handle it when I was heavy.. now, no issue! Spent an entire evening in nearly 5 inchers, and did not come home with raw hamburger toes. My feet WERE definitely done by the end of the night for sure. Despite an open bar, I also remained upright and didn't take a spill in them either .

Woke up today at 144 & change, feeling great, life is good!

Pic of me outside pre-wedding, and pic of my awesome & cute husband inside later.. and a pic of me and the gorgeous bride at the end of the night.. feeling no pain at that point!

Wow!  You are such an inspiration to someone like me who is so early into maintenance.  Thanks for taking the time to post.  

Wearing high heels was and continues to be one of my BEST NSVs. I've always been crazy about shoes and I was so sad to have to give up my heels at my heaviest.  Now I wear them every chance I get.  Like you, no sore feet or knees. And did you notice how much longer the little rubber thing at the bottom of the heel itself lasts?? Awesome!  And so are you :)

I couldn't even stand in things like those back when I was near 300! It's insane to me that I can kinda-boogie in them now.

You look great! ... but what's an "LBD?"

And thanks for posting all your diet info - in general I'm following the primal/paleo stuff and it seems to be working.  I only deviate for longer workouts or events (> 3 hours) when I just need the carbs to prevent bonkage...

Tom

TOM!!!!  Little Black Dress!

Tom, just curious- have you tried using fat for fuel during the long workouts? Curiosity question only, I don't ever give diet advice anymore as everyone has to find what works for them in the long run.. 

I've read a bit about low-carb, high fat endurance training.. not a lot (as I don't do it personally) but from a few things I've read- the claims are the bonking stops when you get fully fat adapted?

I know my body runs best on a 70%+ fat (total cals/fuel) intake.. I don't always stay in that zone, but when I'm there, it's pretty great (and tasty.)

I stay low carb  most of the time, even for training, but for the intense stuff (over 3 hours - pushing hard) I'm burning 700-1000 c/hour and haven't been able to keep up energy-wise - I seem to hit a nasty wall at the three hour mark - about the time you'd expect all available carbs to be exhausted.  I can keep going, but it sure feels bad.  If I use carbs, I don't hit that wall - even though I'm only taking in a max of 300c/hour of carbs, it keeps enough in my system to help burn the fat (so I'm told - the old adage is that, supposedly, that fat burns in a carb flame... not sure if that's totally true, but even some low-carb advocates advise to use carbs on long, high-intensity events.)  I suppose there are individual differences, but I feel pretty good when I use carbs in this targeted fashion...

I know there are people more fat-adapted who can pull it low-carb endurance - i haven't been able to; So far my race results and more controlled experiments show that the carbs work for me under these conditions - 300c/hr - which still leaves me in a 500-700c/hr deficit...  I'm a bit wary of messing around - last time I bonked hard enough to faint, which left me with a very sexy black eye... as I broke my fall mainly with my face (photo available on request :) )

No need for the photo finish bonking pic! :)

I just was curious as I do not do anything like what you do.. and only read about it, so no first hand here :) 

I personally have no dog in the fight over carbs, save for the idea that pushing much over 150-200g/day unless you are doing what YOU do is overkill.. for the vast majority of us desk-jockeys keeping under 100 is prudent.. I know I fall well under that mark most days just by default of my food choices.

Me too - i'm normally less than 100 g carbs/day, 50-70 net (after deducting fiber) - nearly all carbs from vegetables, very little from starch or sugar.

I've read two books on Low-carb for athletes, one indicated that fat adaptation should work for endurance, the other suggesting that it could never work for endurance.  So I had to do my own experiment - but it's also possible that I'm not fat adapted enough - but right now I feel like I have my performance dialed in, while maintaining low-carb 28 days out of 30... so I'm happy with straddling the two worlds for now.

You look stunning! Keep up the great work.