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As a follow-up to yesterday's post, I added up our ice cream consumption for the year (we have a notepad on the fridge where you check off every carton that gets finished). I will report that our consumption dropped 9% in 2012 compared to 2011. But I will not post the total numbers because they are still far too embarrassing. 

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From Rob on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 09:07:58 from 206.71.84.68

You forgot to mention the smog, and the cold and the slick roads.

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 09:10:34 from 155.100.226.191

None of those things bother me. The smog is overrated, the cold isn't a big deal if you dress for it and don't look at the temperature before going outside, and the slick roads are OK if you get out early enough and don't have to worry as much about cars. If those are my biggest problems, than I don't have much to complain about :-)

From Rob on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 09:13:48 from 206.71.84.68

I didn't say you had to complain about them.

I would say my biggest problem with the cold isn't the cold, it's the heat. I always end up over dressing and over heat then I'm miserable. I do best in shorts and T's.

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 09:16:08 from 155.100.226.191

I get sick of people complaining about the cold all day at work. Its like - you live in UTAH people, what do you expect?!?

Yeah I agree though, shorts are the way to go. Much simpler. Even capri pants are a better option than having to wear so many layers on days like today.

From Andrea on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 09:26:14 from 72.37.171.52

It only dropped 9% because I stopped eating ice cream for a couple months! You should've picked up the slack.

From Rachelle on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 09:56:47 from 199.190.170.22

It will be interesting to see how the lack of icecream consumption effects your performance. :)

Great blog posts the last couple of days Jake. I am definitely looking forward to the one on recovery as that is something I have definitely neglected over the winter.

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 10:03:24 from 155.100.226.191

Its definitely not a "lack" of consumption!

From runningafterbabies on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 13:13:59 from 71.195.219.247

And your favorite flavor would be?

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 13:27:56 from 155.100.226.191

Cookies and Cream was the big winner in 2012, accounting for a staggering 24% of total ice cream eaten.!

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 13:29:31 from 155.100.226.191

Specifically, Kroger's Deluxe Light Fun Munch

From Bret on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 14:36:26 from 96.45.118.12

Loved the detail of the annual report with all of the graphs - and the ice cream stats today made me grin.

Happy to see that your weight fluctuates a bit during the year (like mine). I think that graph would actual be close to what my year was like. I just always assumed the elites were pegged at a certain weight and stayed there year round.

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 14:39:46 from 155.100.226.191

The true elites might stay more consistent, but for mortal high-level hobby joggers like us, that's too hard!

My body seems to have a set point around 145 during the colder months of the year. When its hot outside, that set point seems to drop. My diet doesn't really change and my mileage is consistent, so its kind of interesting to see how it fluctuates.

From Bam on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 15:02:05 from 89.126.28.24

Like Bret, I too was surprised with how your weight yoyoes. I could understand the odd pound here and there but the range was quite marked.

That said, there's no way you'd be able to do the quantity and quality of training that you do, if your nutrition wasn't close to being on the money.

Also, in any pictures I've seen of you, your BF looks as though it's probably around the 6% area, if not lower - although your eye-lids often look heavy:)

Maybe if you were to stop running you'd balloon. Best you only do two day tapers this year:)

Seriously, those stats and graphs and your attention to detail were enlightening and show how much you want all this - I'm sure that you'll get it too.

From DaleG on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 15:08:26 from 66.87.67.72

Jake, you remind me of me when I was younger. I kept stats on just about everything. It's a lot of fun.

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 15:08:38 from 155.100.226.191

I really don't obsess over the details. I wake up, jot down my heart rate, sleep hours, weight... it takes 2 minutes total... then pretty much forget it and go on w/ my day... I do it because I find it interesting over the long term, to look back at it all and play around in Excel :-)

Obviously I have some OCD tendencies, so this is actually a healthy outlet for me.

Most of my weight is in my face. As Andrea points out all the time, I have a "cartoon head"

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 15:12:59 from 155.100.226.191

I've found that my resting heart rate is a very good indicator of how well I am recovering, whether I have a cold coming on, etc. I get a lot of information from that first 60 seconds of the day. That knowledge alone makes all this record keeping completely worth it.

From Jason D on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 16:11:04 from 24.1.80.94

Sadly, I had to put ice cream back on the "no buy" list. I tried it for a while this summer, but my per day carton average was pretty high. Say, closer to 1 than to more sensible decimals that fall between it and 0 :)

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 16:17:19 from 155.100.226.191

haha, I know... when I round to the nearest number of cartons per day, I would really like the closest whole number to be "0" and not "1". I cannot lie and say that has currently been the case. But part of that is Andrea's fault!!!

From Lily on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 18:26:17 from 67.199.178.95

WTH?!? Can you beautiful people explain to me how you get away with eating that much ice cream at all? I can't do that or I feel fatty patty! Dang

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 20:07:48 from 67.177.11.154

I burn a few calories with some of the running I do, here and there.

One time I ate an entire jar of peanut butter and half a jar of Nutella over the course of 10 days and lost 7 pounds during that time frame (John Muir Trail!)

From Jon on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 20:37:42 from 107.203.52.135

I'm so disappointed that your not on top of the leader board for the week. Some 50+ year old guy is spanking you.

From Lily on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 20:43:18 from 166.137.210.34

During the summer of 2010, I ate 4 dunford donuts every saturday, and brownies with frosting on Sundays. I was mega twig that summer!

From Jake K on Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 09:10:30 from 155.100.226.191

Jon - a good FRB group resolution would be to keep me off the top of that page. Take turns. Crockett stepped up this week. It would be good for me as well in my personal life... Andrea doesn't believe my tall tales of schoolgirls in Africa running 150 miles a week, so it would be nice if I had some tangible evidence that people are running more than me all the time :-)

From Jon on Sat, Jan 05, 2013 at 18:59:06 from 107.203.52.135

Jake- I think you staying off the top of the board is up to you more than us, as few of us are willing/able to regularly top 100 miles. Even the ultra guys don't do more than 120 miles the week of a hundred race (Davy's the exception with his 48 hr race).

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