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Calorie consumption and endurance
Sep. 4th, 2013 07:56 pmSo, funny story. One of the things I noticed in Chicago was that I was having trouble climbing stairs - I could do it, but it would make my heart pound way more than it does here, which made no sense, as Chicago's barely above sea level and here we're more than a mile up. By all rights the stairs up to the El train, as steep as they were, should have been a breeze.
I was a little worried, wondering if something odd was up with my body, but I didn't feel ill, just slightly run-down. And tonight I did my usual wandering down the hill and back up the staircase at the end of our street, and felt fine.
Then it occurred to me...I think, day for day, I was probably ingesting between 50 and 100% more food, calorie-wise, than I normally do. Often very rich food. The entire time I was in Chicago. (I REGRET NOTHING.)
Well, good to have that cleared up. And hurrah for being in as good a shape as I am so that I could even make it up those stairs after some of those meals.
I was a little worried, wondering if something odd was up with my body, but I didn't feel ill, just slightly run-down. And tonight I did my usual wandering down the hill and back up the staircase at the end of our street, and felt fine.
Then it occurred to me...I think, day for day, I was probably ingesting between 50 and 100% more food, calorie-wise, than I normally do. Often very rich food. The entire time I was in Chicago. (I REGRET NOTHING.)
Well, good to have that cleared up. And hurrah for being in as good a shape as I am so that I could even make it up those stairs after some of those meals.
